1823-08-30 Manumission: Samuel Lawrance

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00530
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 395
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 394

Manumission of Samuel Lawrance (certificate dated 1823-08-30, deed dated 1823-08-30), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 394-395. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Samuel Lawrance, aged 22, was manumitted by John Rattoone of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Perth Amboy (Charles Ford and Joseph Marsh) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert Arnold and James Skinner) on August 30, 1823. The document stated that Samuel Lawrance 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 August 30, 1823, by John Rattoone. The deed provided information about Samuel Lawrance's birthday, stating "coloured Slave Samuel Lawrance will be twenty three years of age on the twenty second day of October next" (meaning October 22, 1823).

The certificate and the deed were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 11, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 30, 1823
Location of Event
Perth Amboy
Primary Participants

Samuel Lawrance (b. 1800)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01478
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 22
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Verbatim description from source:
"coloured Slave Samuel Lawrance will be twenty three years of age on the twenty second day of October next"
Additional Participants

Robert Arnold
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00298
Role: Judge

James Skinner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00297
Role: Judge

Charles Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00295
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00365
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00316
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event