1810-10-09 Manumission: Stephen

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00123
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 99

Manumission of Stephen (deed dated 1810-10-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 99. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Stephen, aged 33, was manumitted by Elisha Coriell of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The deed of manumission for Stephen was signed by Elisha Coriell on October 9, 1810, in the presence of witnesses Ephraim Runyon and Zedekiah B. Coddington. The document was notarized by Justice of the Peace George Boice on December 12, 1810, and recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 18, 1810.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 9, 1810
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Stephen (b. 1777)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00568
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 33
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elisha Coriell
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Stephen "
Additional Participants

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Witness

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

Zedekiah B. Coddington
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01812
Role: Witness

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

Elisha Coriell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00200
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event