1815-04-01 Manumission: Lester

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00576
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 165

Manumission of Lester (certificate dated 1815-04-01, deed dated 1815-04-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 165. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Lester, aged 39, was manumitted by John Tindall, yeoman, of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye and John C. Schenck) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Tindall and Andrew Rowan) on April 1, 1815. The document stated that Lester 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 April 1, 1815, by John Tindall. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 3, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 1, 1815
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Lester (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01377
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 39
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Tindall
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man slave called Lester"
Additional Participants

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Judge

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John C. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Josiah Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01776
Role: Witness

Sylvanus Hutchinson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01803
Role: Witness

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

John Tindall
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00240
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event