1825-05-03 Manumission: Nicholas

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00560
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 432
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 433

Manumission of Nicholas (certificate dated 1825-05-04, deed dated 1825-05-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 432-433. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Nicholas was manumitted by Robert Morris Boggs of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Staats Van Deursen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Dunham and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on May 4, 1825. The document stated that Nicholas 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. Nicholas's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on May 3, 1825, by Robert Morris Boggs, in the presence of All. Griffith and Littleton Kirkpatrick. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 5, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 3, 1825 – May 4, 1825
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Nicholas
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01502
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Morris Boggs (1796-1827)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Nicholas"
Additional Participants

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
Role: Judge

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Staats Van Deursen (b. 1773)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00460
Role: Overseer of the Poor

All. Griffith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01718
Role: Witness

Littleton Kirkpatrick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01779
Role: Witness

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

Robert Morris Boggs (1796-1827)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00754
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event