1819-10-14 Manumission: Robert Brister

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00538
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 315
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 316

Manumission of Robert Brister (certificate dated 1819-10-14, deed dated 1819-10-14), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 315-316. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Robert Brister, aged 26, was manumitted by Mary Groom of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of South Amboy (Matthias Mount) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Joseph McChesney and Robert McChesney) on October 14, 1819. The document stated that Robert Brister 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 October 14, 1819, by Mary Groom. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 28, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 14, 1819
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Robert Brister (b. 1793)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01426
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 26
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Groom
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Robert Brister"
Additional Participants

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Robert McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00234
Role: Judge

Matthias Mount
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00281
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Mary Groom
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00324
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event