1820-03-18 Manumission: Mariah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00568
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 323
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 324

Manumission of Mariah (certificate dated 1820-03-18), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 323-324. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Mariah was manumitted by John Fitz Randolph of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (John Dayton and Ephraim Runyon) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William B. Manning and John Gillman) on March 18, 1820. The document stated that Mariah 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. Mariah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 11, 1820.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 18, 1820
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Mariah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01037
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Mariah; Neagro woman named Meriar"
Additional Participants

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

John Gillman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00283
Role: Judge

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

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

James Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00397
Role: Witness

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

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

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event