1825-04-11 Manumission: Peter Wooding

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00552
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 428
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 427

Manumission of Peter Wooding (certificate dated 1825-04-11, deed dated 1825-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 427-428. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Peter Wooding was manumitted by John Giles of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (John Dayton and Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Enoch Fitz Randolph and William Benjamin Manning) on April 11, 1825. The document stated that Peter Wooding 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. Peter Wooding's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 11, 1825, by John Giles. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 12, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 11, 1825
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Peter Wooding
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01499
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Giles
Verbatim description from source:
"Black man Peter Wooding"
Additional Participants

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

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

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

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

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

John Giles
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00409
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event