1825-06-20 Manumission: Tom

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00512
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 438
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 439

Manumission of Tom (certificate dated 1825-06-20, deed dated 1825-06-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 438-439. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Tom, aged 35, was manumitted by John I. Bergen of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Samuel Gulick and Daniel J. Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt and Joseph McChesney) on June 20, 1825. 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 executed on June 20, 1825, by John I. Bergen, in the presence of witnesses Samuel Disbrow and Christopher I. Bergen. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 16, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 20, 1825
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Tom (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01504
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John I. Bergen
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Tom"
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Samuel Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00320
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Samuel Disbrow
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01797
Role: Witness

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

John I. Bergen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00411
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event