1818-11-28 Manumission: Saul Edgar

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00525
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 281
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 282

Manumission of Saul Edgar (certificate dated 1818-11-28, deed dated 1818-11-28), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 281-282. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Saul Edgar, aged 31, was manumitted by Peter Edgar and David Edgar, the sons and executors of the last will and testament of Thomas Edgar of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The executors brought Saul Edgar to court to obtain a certificate of manumission. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Joseph Crowell and Richard Cutter) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Ephraim Harriot) on November 28, 1818. The document stated that Saul Edgar 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 on November 28, 1818, by Peter Edgar and David Edgar. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 5, 1818.

The abstract of the will of Thomas Edgar (published in the Calendar of Wills, Vol. 12, 1810–1813) does not mention Saul Edgar.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
November 28, 1818
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1808-04-01 Will (of Thomas Edgar): Jenny, Dinah
Primary Participants

Saul Edgar (b. 1787)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01412
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 31
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Edgar (1746-1812)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Saul Edgar"
Additional Participants

Thomas Edgar (1746-1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01341
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

David Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00292
Role: Executor or Administrator

Peter Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00291
Role: Executor or Administrator

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Cutter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00312
Role: Overseer of the Poor

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event