1816-04-08 Manumission: Philip Freeman

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00175
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 185
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 186

Manumission of Philip Freeman (certificate dated 1816-04-08, deed dated 1816-05-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 185-186. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Philip Freeman, aged 34, was manumitted by Isaac Freeman of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Nathan Bloomfield and Thomas Edgar) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy and Richard Marsh) on April 8, 1816. The document stated that Philip Freeman 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 10, 1816, by Isaac Freeman. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 11, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 8, 1816
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Philip Freeman (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00619
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Freeman
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Philip Freeman"
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

Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00024
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Isaac Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00069
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event