1810-11-09 Manumission: Jane

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00135
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 111
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 112

Manumission of Jane (certificate dated 1812-01-03, deed dated 1810-11-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 111-112. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jane was manumitted by Rebecca Edgar of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The deed of manumission was executed by Rebecca Edgar on November 9, 1810, in the presence of James Paton and Ichabod Potter. The deed stated that Jane was aged 24 at that time.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Lewis Kelly, Isaac Clarkson) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter, Richard Marsh) on January 3, 1812. The document stated that Jane 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 January 9, 1812.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 9, 1810 – January 3, 1812
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Jane (b. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00580
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 24
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rebecca Edgar
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

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

Lewis Kelly
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00100
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

James Paton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00241
Role: Witness

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

Rebecca Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00176
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event