1823-01-03 Manumission: Hannah Hendrickson

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00600
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 370
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 372

Manumission of Hannah Hendrickson (certificate dated 1823-01-03, deed dated 1823-01-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 370, 372. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Hannah Hendrickson, aged 21, was manumitted by John Rattoone of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Perth Amboy (Joseph Marsh and Charles Ford) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Skinner and Robert Arnold) on January 3, 1823. The document stated that Hannah Hendrickson 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 January 3, 1823, by John Rattoone. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 15, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
January 3, 1823
Location of Event
Perth Amboy
Primary Participants

Hannah Hendrickson (b. 1802)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01463
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Verbatim description from source:
"coloured woman named Hannah Hendrickson"
Additional Participants

James Skinner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00297
Role: Judge

Robert Arnold
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00298
Role: Judge

Joseph Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00365
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Charles Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00295
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Rattoone (1744-1823)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00316
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event