1816-05-02 Manumission: Thomas

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00516
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 188
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 189

Manumission of Thomas (certificate dated 1816-05-02, deed dated 1816-05-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 188-189. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Thomas, aged 31, was manumitted by Asher Pyatt and Reuben Drake, the executors of the will of Ephraim Pyatt of Piscataway, NJ, deceased.

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 (Samuel Drake and George Boice) on May 2, 1816. 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. The deed of manumission was executed on May 2, 1816, by Asher Pyatt and Reuben Drake. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 17, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
May 2, 1816
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Thomas (b. 1785)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01396
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 31
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ephraim Pyatt (d. ca. 1816)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Thomas"
Additional Participants

Samuel Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00230
Role: Judge

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
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

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

Ephraim Pyatt (d. ca. 1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00148
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Reuben Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00223
Role: Executor or Administrator

Asher Pyatt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00263
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event