1824-06-19 Manumission: Jeremiah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00581
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 417
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 418

Manumission of Jeremiah (certificate dated 1824-06-19, deed dated 1824-06-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 417-418. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jeremiah, aged 34, was manumitted by John R. Van Liew of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nicholas Booraem Jr. and James Dunham) on June 19, 1824. The document stated that Jeremiah 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 June 19, 1824, by John R. Van Liew. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 19, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 19, 1824
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Jeremiah (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01491
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John R. Van Liew (1791-1838)
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave named Jeremiah"
Additional Participants

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

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John R. Van Liew (1791-1838)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00404
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event