1818-10-03 Manumission: Mariann

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00567
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 276
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 277

Manumission of Mary Ann (certificate dated 1818-10-03, deed dated 1818-10-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 276-277. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Mariann (or Mary Ann) was manumitted when she was 21 years old.

She was manumitted by Samuel Edgar of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Joseph Crowell and John Harriott) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Ephraim Harriot) on October 3, 1818. The document recorded her name as Mary Ann and stated that she 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 October 3, 1818, by Samuel Edgar, and was witnessed by John Holton and Ichabod Potter. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 17, 1818.

Note that, although the manumission certificate does not mention this, in manumitting Mariann, Samuel Edgar was following the wishes of his father James Edgar, deceased in 1815. James Edgar's will, written in 1814, recorded the young woman's name as Mariann and instructed that she should be manumitted at age 21. Samuel Edgar was one of the executors of his father's will.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
October 3, 1818
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Preceding Event
1814-12-20 Will (of James Edgar): Mariann, Letty, Cato, Jake, Suck
Primary Participants

Mariann (b. 1797) {Mary Ann}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01345
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Edgar (1788-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Mary Ann of the age of Twenty one years of last March past"
Additional Participants

Samuel Edgar (1788-1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00284
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

James Edgar (1748-1815)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01325
Role: Deceased

John Holton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01767
Role: Witness

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

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

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

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event