1819-07-16 Manumission: Margaret Lawrance

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00571
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 305

Manumission of Margret Lawrance (certificate dated 1819-07-16, deed dated 1819-07-16), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 305, 370. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Margaret Lawrence, aged 38, was manumitted by John Rattoone of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Perth Amboy (Charles Ford and John Wait) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert Arnold and James Skinner) on July 16, 1819. The document stated that Margaret Lawrence 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 3, 1819.

The deed of manumission was signed on July 16, 1819, by John Rattoone. The deed was recorded separately by Deare on January 25, 1823.

John Rattoone also manumitted a man named Silas Hendrickson at the same time.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
July 16, 1819
Location of Event
Perth Amboy
Related Event
1819-07-16 Manumission: Silas Hendrickson
Primary Participants

Margaret Lawrance (b. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01351
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Verbatim description from source:
"coloured woman called Margret Lawrance aged about thirty eight years or thereabouts"
Additional Participants

Robert Arnold
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00298
Role: Judge

James Skinner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00297
Role: Judge

Charles Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00295
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Wait
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00347
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00316
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event