1824-04-10 Manumission: Peter

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00555
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 413
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 414

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1824-04-10, deed dated 1824-04-10), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 413-414. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Peter was manumitted by Gilbert S. Van Pelt, the executor of the will of Guisbert Sutphen of South Brunswick, NJ.

Gilbert S. Van Pelt brought Peter to court to obtain a certificate of manumission on April 10, 1824. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell and Daniel J. Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Gulick and Aaron Gulick). 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. Peter's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 10, 1824, by Gilbert S. Van Pelt in the presence of witness George A. McDowell. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 22, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
April 10, 1824
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Peter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01489
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Guisbert Sutphen (d. ca. 1824)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man of the dec'd named Peter"
Additional Participants

Samuel Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00320
Role: Judge

Aaron Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00403
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Overseer of the Poor

George A. McDowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01743
Role: Witness

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

Guisbert Sutphen (d. ca. 1824)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00401
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Gilbert S. Van Pelt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00402
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event