1812-05-02 Manumission: Jane Oppie

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00143
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 123
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 124

Manumission of Jane Oppie (certificate dated 1812-05-02, deed dated 1812-05-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 123-124. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jane Oppie, aged 28, was manumitted by Elizabeth Story and Joseph Story, the administrators of the estate of Joseph Story West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey, who died intestate circa 1811. The administrators issued a deed of manumission for Jane Oppie on May 2, 1812, and brought her to court to complete the process and obtain a certificate of manumission. On the same day, the Storys also manumitted Jane's husband Thomas Oppie.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye, Giles W. Olden) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan, William Tindall) on May 2, 1812. The document stated that Jane Oppie 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.

These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 30, 1812.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
May 2, 1812
Location of Event
West Windsor
Related Event
1812-05-02 Manumission: Thomas Oppie
Primary Participants

Jane Oppie (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00588
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 28
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Story (d. ca. 1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Jane Oppie"
Additional Participants

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Giles W. Olden
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00182
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Joseph Story (d. ca. 1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00183
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Joseph Story
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00461
Role: Executor or Administrator

Elizabeth Story
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00305
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
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