1811-04-08 Manumission: Vilet

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00129
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 104

Manumission of Vilet (certificate dated 1811-04-08, deed dated 1811-04-08), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 104. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Vilet was manumitted by Hector Bloomfield of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Isaac Clarkson, Ezekiel Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy, Richard Marsh) on April 8, 1811. The document stated that Vilet 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. Vilet's exact age was not recorded in the document.

It appears Hector Bloomfield was illiterate as he signed a deed of manumission by his X mark, witnessed by Henry Freeman and Moses Freeman.

This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 7, 1811.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 8, 1811
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Vilet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00574
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hector Bloomfield
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman Vilet"
Additional Participants

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

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

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

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

Henry Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00136
Role: Witness

Moses Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01787
Role: Witness

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

Hector Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00098
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event