1812-12-04 Removal Registration: Mary
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To learn about the removal registration system in New Jersey, see What Is a Removal Certificate? You can use the Removal Records Index to review all removal registrations by origin, destination, and other criteria.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00192
- Source
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 129
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Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 130
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Removal certificate for Mary (1812-12-04) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 129-130. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
- Event Description
- A removal certificate authorizing enslaver Joseph W. Hagaman to remove Mary, an enslaved girl aged 13, from the state of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on December 4, 1812. The certificate stated that Mary would turn 14 on February 15, 1813. The certificate was signed by two judges (Ralph Sansbury and Joseph McChesney). The document stated that Mary was examined by the judges and consented to move with Joseph W. Hagaman from Princeton, NJ, to Cincinnati, OH. Additionally, the document stated that "Sableak a free mulattress mother of the said Mary (the said Mary having no father in the State of New Jersey)" also appeared in court and "declared and testified to us upon such examination that she freely consented that her said Daughter Mary should go with her said master to the said State of Ohio and there reside with him in quality of a servant." The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 8, 1812.
- Event Type
- Removal Registration
- Keywords
- Removal of person eligible for gradual emancipation
- Removal of unaccompanied minor with parental consent
- Removal to another northern state
- Date
- December 4, 1812
- Primary Participants
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Mary (b. 1799) {daughter of Sableak}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00640
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 13
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph W. Hageman
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave a Mulatress aged fourteen years the fifteenth of February next; female slave Mary"Sableak
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00629
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Free
Verbatim description from source:
"Sableak a free mulattress mother of the said Mary" - Additional Participants
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Joseph W. Hageman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00065
Role: EnslaverRalph Sansbury
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00066
Role: JudgeJoseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge - Record Contributor
- Adam McNeil
- Jesse Bayker