1819-03-06 Manumission: Peter

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00556
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 299

Manumission of Peter (certificate dated 1819-03-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 299. 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 Mary Clarkson of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (John Harriott and Joseph Crowell) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Josiah Ford and Richard Marsh) on March 6, 1819. 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 20, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 6, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Peter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01415
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Clarkson
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Peter"
Additional Participants

Josiah Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00300
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

John Harriott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00286
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Mary Clarkson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00299
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event