1812-02-22 Removal Registration: Kate, Issabel

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00188
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 112
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 113

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, pages 112 and 113. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. XI. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
An enslaved woman named Kate, aged 38, and her daughter Issabel, aged 4, moved with enslaver John Toan from South Amboy, New Jersey, to Cayuga County, New York, in 1812.

A removal certificate authorizing John Toan to remove Kate from the state of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on February 22, 1812. The certificate was signed by two judges (Asa Runyon and John Outcalt). The document stated that Kate was examined by the judges and consented to move with John Toan to Cayuga County, New York. The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 22, 1812.

A removal certificate for Issabel was issued at the same time and signed by the same officials. Issabel's certificate said that the child was examined by the judges and consented to move with John Toan to Cayuga County, New York. The certificate stated, "at the same time Kate the mother of the said Issabel the only parent known of the said child upon private examination before us declared her consent to the removal of her said child to the place and state aforesaid."
Event Type
Removal Registration
Keywords
Removal of mother and child
Removal to another northern state
Removal of person eligible for gradual emancipation
Date
February 22, 1812
Location of Event
South Amboy
Cayuga County, New York
Primary Participants

Kate (b. 1774)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00636
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 38
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Toan
Verbatim description from source:
"slave called Kate aged about thirty eight"

Issabel (b. 1808) {daughter of Kate}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00637
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 4
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Toan
Verbatim description from source:
"female servant aged four years"
Additional Participants

John Toan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00033
Role: Enslaver
Comment: moving to New York

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Judge

John Outcalt (1770-1853)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00035
Role: Judge

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event