1820-11-29 Manumission: Sarah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00527
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 329
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 330

Manumission of Sarah (certificate dated 1820-11-29, deed dated 1820-11-30), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 329-330. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Sarah, aged 24, was manumitted by Thomas Hill, Esquire, of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem) on November 29, 1820. The document stated that Sarah 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 November 30, 1820, by Thomas Hill. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 1, 1820.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 29, 1820 – November 30, 1820
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Sarah (b. 1796)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01436
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 24
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Hill
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Sarah"
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

Thomas Hill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00123
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event