1819-06-19 Manumission: Jack Demun

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00589
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 302
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 303
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 304

Manumission of Jack Demun (certificate dated 1819-06-19, deed dated 1819-06-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 302-304. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Jack Demun, aged 39, was manumitted by the last will and testament of Israel Thornal of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, who died in May 1819. The executors of Israel Thornal's estate (Lewis Thornal and Manning Thornal) brought Jack Demun to court to complete the process and obtain a certificate of manumission. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Joseph Crowell and Richard Cutter) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Josiah Ford) on June 19, 1819. The document stated that Jack Demun 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 signed on June 19, 1819, by Lewis Thornal and Manning Thornal in the presence of witnesses Reuben M. Mundy and Joseph Crowell. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 1, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
June 19, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Related Event
1823-05-20 Manumission: Philip St. Clair
Primary Participants

Jack Demun (b. 1780)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01418
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 39
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Israel Thornal (1745-1819)
Verbatim description from source:
"slave late belonging to the sd Israel Thornal named Jack Demun"
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

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

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Cutter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00312
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Witness

Reuben M. Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01793
Role: Witness

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

Israel Thornal (1745-1819)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00099
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Manning Thornal (1794-1868)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00314
Role: Executor or Administrator

Lewis Thornal
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00315
Role: Executor or Administrator
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event