1825-01-29 Manumission: Hannah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00602
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 426
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 427

Manumission of Hannah (certificate dated 1825-01-29, deed dated 1825-01-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 426-427. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Hannah, aged 21, was manumitted by Thomas Hill 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 (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on January 29, 1825. The document stated that Hannah 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 29, 1825, by Thomas Hill. The deed noted that Hannah had turned age 21 on December 25, 1824. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on February 17, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
January 29, 1825
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Hannah (b. 1803)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01498
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 21
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Hill
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Hannah of the age of twenty one years last twenty fifth day of December"
Additional Participants

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

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

Thomas Hill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00123
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event