1825-01-19 Manumission: Francis

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00609
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 424
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 425

Manumission of Francis (certificate dated 1825-01-19, deed dated 1825-01-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 424-425. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Francis, aged 27, was manumitted by Daniel Brunson 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 (James Dunham and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on January 19, 1825. The document stated that Francis 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 19, 1825, by Daniel Brunson. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 29, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
January 19, 1825
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Francis (b. 1798)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01497
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 27
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Daniel Brunson
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Francis"
Additional Participants

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
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

Daniel Brunson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00408
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event