1820-04-03 Manumission: Plina Maria

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00548
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 336

Manumission of Plina Maria (certificate dated 1820-04-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 336. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Plina Maria was manumitted by Bernard Smith, Esquire, of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nicholas Booraem Jr. and James Dunham) on April 3, 1820. The document stated that Plina Maria 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. Plina Maria's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 11, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 3, 1820
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Plina Maria
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01441
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Bernard Smith
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Plina Maria"
Additional Participants

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
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

Bernard Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00355
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event