1816-12-07 Manumission: Peter

Title

1816-12-07 Manumission: Peter

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00554

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 190

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 211

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1816-12-07, deed dated 1816-12-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 190, 211. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Peter, aged 25, was manumitted by Phineas Mundy of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Nathan Bloomfield and Richard Marsh) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Elston and Benajah Mundy) on December 7, 1816. The document stated that Peter 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 was executed on December 9, 1816, by Phineas Mundy.

The deed of manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 13, 1816 (p. 190); and the certificate of manumission was recorded by Deare the next year on November 3, 1817 (p. 211).

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Date

7 December 1816 – 9 December 1816

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participant

Peter (b. 1791)

Enslaver

Phineas Mundy

Additional Participant

Andrew Elston

Benajah Mundy

Nathan Bloomfield

Richard Marsh

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Peter (b. 1791) ***
Role: Emancipated Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Phineas Mundy
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man called Peter"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Andrew Elston
Role: Judge

Benajah Mundy
Role: Judge

Nathan Bloomfield
Role: Government Official

Richard Marsh
Role: Government Official

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Phineas Mundy
Role: Enslaver - Manumitter

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker