1824-09-06 Manumission: Jane Stelle

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00582
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 423
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 422

Manumission of Jane Stelle (certificate dated 1824-09-06, deed dated 1824-09-06), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 422-423. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jane Stelle, aged 34, was manumitted by Jacob Parker of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and Moses Martin) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Josiah Ford and Richard Marsh) on September 6, 1824. The document stated that Jane Stelle 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 September 6, 1824, by Jacob Parker. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 8, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
September 6, 1824
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Jane Stelle (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01496
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Parker
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Jane Stelle; negro slave called Jane Stelle"
Additional Participants

Josiah Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00300
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Moses Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00383
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Jacob Parker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00407
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event