1814-04-19 Manumission: Phebe

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00551
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 152
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 325
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 326

Manumission of Phebe (certificate dated 1814-04-19, deed dated 1814-04-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 152, 325-326. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Phebe, aged 26, was manumitted by Reuben Drake of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Samuel Stelle and Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (George Boice Jr. and John Fitz Randolph) on April 19, 1814. The document stated that Phebe 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on September 21, 1814, on p. 152.

Additionally, Reuben Drake signed a deed of manumission on April 19, 1814, in the presence of witnesses Amasa Flatt and David Clayton. Six years later, on July 31, 1820, Judge Benajah Mundy notarized the deed, and the county clerk recorded a copy of the deed on p. 325-326.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 19, 1814
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Phebe (b. 1788)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01033
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 26
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Reuben Drake
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Phebe"
Additional Participants

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Judge

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Judge

Samuel Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00185
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Witness

Amassa Flatt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01719
Role: Witness

David Clayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01732
Role: Witness

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

Reuben Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00223
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event