1818-01-26 Manumission: Maryah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00563
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 213
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 214

Manumission of Maryah (certificate dated 1818-01-26, deed dated 1818-01-26), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 213-214. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Maryah, aged 28, was manumitted by Peter Runyon Jr. of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and John Dayton) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Samuel Drake and George Boice) on January 26, 1818. The document stated that Maryah 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 January 26, 1818, by Peter Runyon Jr.. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 27, 1818.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
January 26, 1818
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Maryah (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01407
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 28
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Runyon Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman called Maryah"
Additional Participants

Samuel Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00230
Role: Judge

George Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00199
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00253
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Peter Runyon Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00279
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event