1819-10-28 Manumission: Thomas

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00514
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 320
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 318

Manumission of Thomas (certificate dated 1819-10-28, deed dated 1819-10-28), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 318, 320. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Thomas, aged 30, was manumitted by George Boice of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and John Dayton) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Benjamin Manning and John LaTourrette) on October 28, 1819. The document stated that Thomas 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 4, 1819.

The deed of manumission was executed on October 28, 1819, by George Boice. It was notarized by Judge Thomas Hance and recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 24, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 28, 1819
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Thomas (b. 1789)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01428
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Thomas; negro slave called Tom of the age of thirty years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

John LaTourrette
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00328
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00253
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

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

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event