1810-04-09 Manumission: Edward Wales

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00120
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 95
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 94

Manumission of Edward Wales (certificate dated 1810-04-09, deed dated 1810-04-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 94-95. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Edward Wales, aged 21 to 40, was manumitted by William Manning of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Edward Griffith, Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John F. Randolph, George Boice Jr.) on April 9, 1810. The document stated that Edward Wales was examined in court and met the eligibility requirements for manumission in New Jersey, i.e. the person was 21 to 40 years old and was "sound in mind and not under any bodily incapacity" of obtaining a livelihood. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 19, 1810.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 9, 1810
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Edward Wales
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00565
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Manning (1740-1814)
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Edward Wales "
Additional Participants

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Judge

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Judge

Edward Griffith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00025
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Witness

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

William Manning (1740-1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00198
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event