1815-11-23 Manumission: Henry

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00597
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 279
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 280

Manumission of Henry (certificate dated 1815-11-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 279-280. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Henry was manumitted by Jacob Fitz Randolph of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Nathan Bloomfield and Thomas Edgar) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Elston and Richard Marsh) on November 23, 1815. The document stated that Henry 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. Henry's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 31, 1818.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 23, 1815
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Henry
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01410
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Henry"
Additional Participants

Andrew Elston
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00244
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

Nathan Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00212
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00024
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Jacob Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00050
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event