1813-04-29 Manumission: Peter

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00146
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 132
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 133

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1813-04-29, deed dated 1813-04-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 132-133. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Peter was manumitted by Jacob Boice of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon, Samuel Stelle) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Drake, George Boice Jr.) on April 29, 1813. The document stated that Peter 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. Peter's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 29, 1813, by Jacob Boice and witnessed by Ephraim Runyon. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 1, 1813.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 29, 1813
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Peter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00591
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Peter"
Additional Participants

Samuel Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00230
Role: Judge

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Samuel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00185
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Witness

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

Jacob Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00219
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event