1814-04-11 Manumission: Nean

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00156
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 150
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 149

Manumission of Nean (certificate dated 1814-04-11, deed dated 1814-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 149-150. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Nean, aged 32, was manumitted by the last will and testament of Gershom Dunn of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The executors of Gershom Dunn's estate (Phineas F. Randolph, Barzillai F. Randolph) brought Nean to court to complete the process and obtain a certificate of manumission.

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 11, 1814. The document stated that Nean 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 April 11, 1814, by the executors of the estate and witnessed by Thomas Hance and S. W. Scott.

These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 29, 1814.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
April 11, 1814
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Nean (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00601
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 32
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gershom Dunn (d. ca. 1814)
Verbatim description from source:
"negrow man slave called Nean"
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

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Witness

S. W. Scott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01795
Role: Witness

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

Gershom Dunn (d. ca. 1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00220
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Barzillai Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00222
Role: Executor or Administrator

Phineas Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00221
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event