1823-08-07 Manumission: Jane

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00584
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 385
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 386
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 384

Manumission of Jane (certificate dated 1823-08-07, deed dated 1823-08-07), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 384-386. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jane, aged 21, was manumitted by Thomas Hill of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and William Tindall Jr.) on August 7, 1823. The document stated that Jane 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 August 7, 1823, by Thomas Hill. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 7, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 7, 1823
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Jane (b. 1802)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01471
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Hill
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Jane"
Additional Participants

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

William Tindall Jr. (1784-1877)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01354
Role: Judge

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

Henry Perrine
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01748
Role: Witness

Thomas F. Sargent
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01804
Role: Witness

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

Thomas Hill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00123
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event