1817-04-11 Removal Registration: Maria

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00194
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 195

Removal certificate for Maria (1817-04-11) recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 195. 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 Henry T. Bell to remove Maria, an enslaved woman aged 21 years and 7 months, from the state of New Jersey was issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex County on April 11, 1817. The certificate was signed by two judges (Thomas Hance and John Outcalt). The document stated that Maria was examined by the judges and consented to move with Henry T. Bell from New Brunswick, NJ, to New York City. The certificate was recorded by the County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 12, 1817.
Event Type
Removal Registration
Keywords
Removal to another northern state
Date
April 11, 1817
Location of Event
New Brunswick
New York City, New York
Primary Participants

Maria (b. 1795)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00642
Role: Relocated Person
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry T. Bell
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave named Maria aged twenty one years and seven months"
Additional Participants

Henry T. Bell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00631
Role: Enslaver

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
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