1821-06-02 Manumission: Isabella Brown

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00594
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 344
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 345

Manumission of Isabella Brown (certificate dated 1821-06-02, deed dated 1821-06-02), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 344-345. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Isabella Brown, aged 38, was manumitted by George Y. Brewster of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman, Frazee Ayers, and Moses Martin) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Josiah Ford) on June 2, 1821. The document stated that Isabella Brown 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 June 2, 1821, by George Y. Brewster. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 22, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 2, 1821
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Isabella Brown (b. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01447
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 38
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Y. Brewster
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Isabella; negro woman named Isabella Brown"
Additional Participants

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

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

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

Frazee Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00335
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

George Y. Brewster
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00362
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event