1823-12-25 Manumission: Harry

Research Tips

See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
Identifier
NJS-EVE-00598
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 406
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 407

Manumission of Harry (certificate dated 1823-12-25, deed dated 1823-12-25), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 406-407. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Harry was manumitted by James Martin of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

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 (Enoch Fitz Randolph and William Benjamin Manning) on December 25, 1823. The document stated that Harry 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. Harry's exact age was not recorded in the document.

The deed of manumission was executed on December 25, 1823, by James Martin in the presence of witnesses Phineas Fitz Randolph and James Martin Jr. The deed was notarized by Judge Nicholas Booraem Jr on December 30, 1823.

Both of these documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 30, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 25, 1823
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Harry
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01485
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Martin
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Harry"
Additional Participants

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

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

Phineas Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00221
Role: Witness

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Witness

James Martin Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01753
Role: Witness

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

James Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00397
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event