1811-09-07 Manumission: Jack

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00134
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 109
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 110

Manumission of Jack (certificate dated 1811-09-07, deed dated 1811-09-07), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 109-110. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack, aged 37, was manumitted by John N. Simpson 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, John F. Randolph) on September 7, 1811. The document stated that Jack 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 September 7, 1811.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 7, 1811
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Jack (b. 1774)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00579
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John N. Simpson
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man slave"
Additional Participants

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

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
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

John N. Simpson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00175
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event