1823-09-12 Manumission: Tom

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00510
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 392
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 393
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 394

Manumission of Tom (certificate dated 1823-09-12, deed dated 1823-09-12), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 392-394. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Tom, aged 26, was manumitted by the last will and testament of Peter Vredenburgh (1745-1823) of New Brunswick in the Township of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The executors of Peter Vredenburgh's estate (son Peter Vredenburgh and brother-in-law James Schureman) brought Tom to court to complete the process and obtain a certificate of manumission on September 12, 1823. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of New Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.). The document stated that Tom 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 signed by the executors Peter Vredenburgh and James Schureman on September 12, 1823. The certificate and deed were both recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) in his Book of Manumissions on September 16, 1823.

A woman named Margaret was manumitted by the executors on the same day.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
September 12, 1823
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Related Event
1823-09-12 Manumission: Margaret
Primary Participants

Tom (b. 1797)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01477
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 26
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Vredenburgh (ca. 1745-1823) {Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr.}
Verbatim description from source:
"negro Tom a slave belonging to the Estate of said Peter Vredenburgh"
Additional Participants

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

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Peter Vredenburgh (ca. 1745-1823) {Petrus Benedict Van Vredenburgh Jr.}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00388
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Peter Vredenburgh (1778-1848)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00389
Role: Executor or Administrator

James Schureman (1756-1824)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00390
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event