1817-11-13 Manumission: Hepzibeth

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00595
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 211
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 212

Manumission of Hepzibeth (certificate dated 1817-11-13, deed dated 1817-11-13), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 211-212. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Hepzibeth, aged 37, was manumitted by Ezekiel Kinnan of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Outcalt and Thomas Hance) on November 13, 1817. The document stated that Hepzibeth 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 November 13, 1817, by Ezekiel Kinnan. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 13, 1817.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 13, 1817
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Hepzibeth (b. 1780)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01406
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ezekiel Kinnan
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Hepzibeth"
Additional Participants

John Outcalt (1770-1853)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00035
Role: Judge

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Ezekiel Kinnan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00278
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event