1810-08-11 Manumission: Tabitha

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00122
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 97
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 98

Manumission of Tabathy (certificate dated 1810-08-11, deed dated 1810-09-12), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 97-98. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Tabitha was manumitted by Elizabeth Barron of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

On the manumission documents, her name was listed as Tabathy or Tabb. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Ezekiel Ayers, Isaac Clarkson) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy, Ephraim Harriot) on August 11, 1810. The document stated that Tabathy 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. Her exact age was not recorded in the document.

Elizabeth Barron signed a deed of manumission for Tabb on September 12, 1810, in the presence of witnesses James Edgar and Martha Edgar.

These manumission documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 14, 1810.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 11, 1810
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Tabitha
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00567
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elizabeth Barron
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Tabathy; negro woman Tabb"
Additional Participants

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

Ezekiel Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00028
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Isaac Clarkson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00172
Role: Overseer of the Poor

James Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01752
Role: Witness

Martha Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01783
Role: Witness

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

Elizabeth Barron
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00163
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event