1819-08-24 Manumission: Hannah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00603
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 312
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 313

Manumission of Hannah (certificate dated 1819-08-24), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 312-313. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Hannah was manumitted by Stelle Fitz Randolph 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 (John Gillman and William Benjamin Manning) on August 24, 1819. 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. Hannah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 25, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 24, 1819
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Hannah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01041
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Stelle Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"slave called Hannah"
Additional Participants

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

John Gillman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00283
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

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

Stelle Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00321
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event