1811-06-12 Manumission: Cuff

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00131
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 105
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 106

Manumission of Cuff (certificate dated 1811-06-12, deed dated 1811-06-12), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 105-106. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cuff, aged 27, was manumitted by Samuel Willet of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (John Van Nuis) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Asa Runyon, Joseph McChesney) on June 12, 1811. The document stated that Cuff 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 June 12, 1811.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 12, 1811
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Cuff (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00576
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 27
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Willet
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man slave"
Additional Participants

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

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

John Van Nuis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00054
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Samuel Willet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00204
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event