1817-07-29 Manumission: Richard Barkelew

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00543
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 200
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 201

Manumission of Richard Barkelew (certificate dated 1817-07-29, deed dated 1817-07-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 200-201. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Richard Barkelew (or Buckelew), aged 25, was manumitted by Abraham S. Barkelew of the township of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Abraham S. Barkelew's family is associated with the area of North Brunswick township known today as South River, and this manumission probably took place there.

The certificate of manumission, which spells the last name of Richard and his enslaver as Barkelew, was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Willet and Jacob Van Wickle) on July 29, 1817. The document stated that Richard Barkelew 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, which spells the last name of Richard and his enslaver as Buckelew, was signed by the enslaver on July 29, 1817.

These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 29 and July 30, 1817.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
July 29, 1817
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Richard Barkelew (b. 1792)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01402
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham S. Barkelew (d. 1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Slave called Richard Buckelew; slave named Richard Barkelew"
Additional Participants

Samuel Willet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00204
Role: Judge

Jacob Van Wickle (1770-1854)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00068
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

Abraham S. Barkelew (d. 1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00273
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event