1816-12-07 Manumission: Peter

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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
Manumission
Date
December 7, 1816 – December 9, 1816
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Peter (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01397
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Phineas Mundy
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man called Peter"
Additional Participants

Andrew Elston
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00244
Role: Judge

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

Nathan Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00212
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Phineas Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00264
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event