1820-05-22 Manumission: Samuel Brown

Title

1820-05-22 Manumission: Samuel Brown

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00531

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 332

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 333

Manumission of Samuel Brown (certificate dated 1820-05-24, deed dated 1820-05-22), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 332-333. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Samuel Brown, aged 38, was manumitted by Benjamin A. Brown of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and Frazee Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Josiah Ford) on May 24, 1820. The document stated that Samuel Brown 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 22, 1820, by Benjamin A. Brown. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 7, 1820.

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

22 May 1820 – 24 May 1820

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participant

Samuel Brown (b. 1782)

Enslaver

Benjamin A. Brown

Additional Participant

Ichabod Potter

Josiah Ford

Jonathan Freeman

Frazee Ayers

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Samuel Brown (b. 1782) ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin A. Brown
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Samuel Brown"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Ichabod Potter
Role: Judge

Josiah Ford
Role: Judge

Jonathan Freeman
Role: Government Official

Frazee Ayers
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Benjamin A. Brown
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker