1825-04-11 Manumission: Jack Dunn

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00588
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 429
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 430

Manumission of Jack Dunn (certificate dated 1825-04-11, deed dated 1825-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 429-430. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack Dunn was manumitted by James Gilman of Piscataway, acting as administrator of the estate of Hezekiah Goodfellow. James Gilman brought Jack Dunn to court to obtain a certificate of manumission on April 11, 1825. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Piscataway (Ephraim Runyon and John Dayton) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (William Benjamin Manning and Enoch Fitz Randolph). The document stated that Jack Dunn 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. Jack Dunn's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 11, 1825, by James Gilman. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 13, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
April 11, 1825
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Jack Dunn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01500
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hezekiah Goodfellow (d. ca. 1825)
Verbatim description from source:
"black man named Jack Dunn the slave of the said Goodfellow"
Additional Participants

William Benjamin Manning (1786-1847)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00232
Role: Judge

Enoch Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00394
Role: Judge

Ephraim Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00141
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Dayton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00253
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Hezekiah Goodfellow (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01368
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

James Gilman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00418
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event