1823-08-14 Manumission: Jane

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00585
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 386
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 387

Manumission of Jane (certificate dated 1823-08-14, deed dated 1823-08-14), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 386-387. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jane, aged 25, was manumitted by Mary Minto of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and William Tindall Jr.) on August 14, 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 14, 1823, by Mary Minto in the presence of witnesses David J. Dye and Walter M. Skelton. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 15, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 14, 1823
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Jane (b. 1798)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01473
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Skelton Minto (d. 1824)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called 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

David J. Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01733
Role: Witness

Walter M. Skelton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01807
Role: Witness

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

Mary Skelton Minto (d. 1824)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00114
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event