1814-05-28 Manumission: Mander

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00153
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 143
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 144

Manumission of Mander (certificate dated 1814-05-28, deed dated 1814-05-28), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 143-144. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Mander, aged 35, was manumitted by Asher F. Randolph of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Nathan Bloomfield, S. S. Barron) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy, Richard Marsh) on May 28, 1814. The document stated that Mander 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. The deed of manumission was executed on May 28, 1814, by Asher F. Randolph and witnessed by Andrew Elston and Richard Marsh. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 6, 1814.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 28, 1814
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Mander (b. 1779)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00598
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Asher Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Mander"
Additional Participants

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

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

Nathan Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00212
Role: Overseer of the Poor

S. S. Barron
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00213
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Andrew Elston
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00244
Role: Witness

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

Asher Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00211
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event