1823-09-20 Manumission: Rachel

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00546
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 401
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 402

Manumission of Rachel (certificate dated 1823-09-20, deed dated 1823-10-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 401-402. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Rachel was manumitted by Jonathan Dayton of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and John Dayton) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Stelle and Enoch Fitz Randolph) on September 20, 1823. The document stated that Rachel 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. Rachel's exact age was not recorded in the document.

The deed of manumission was executed on October 1, 1823, by Jonathan Dayton in the presence of witness Peter Dayton, and was notarized by Judge Josiah Ford on December 11, 1823.

Both of these documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 12, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 20, 1823 – October 1, 1823
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Rachel
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01482
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jonathan Dayton
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Rachel"
Additional Participants

Samuel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00185
Role: Judge

Enoch Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00394
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00253
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Peter Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01790
Role: Witness

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

Jonathan Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01362
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event