1820-05-22 Manumission: Samuel Brown

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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
Manumission
Date
May 22, 1820 – May 24, 1820
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Samuel Brown (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01438
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin A. Brown
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Samuel Brown"
Additional Participants

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

Josiah Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00300
Role: Judge

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Frazee Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Benjamin A. Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00333
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event