1825-04-11 Manumission: Fanny Ditmus

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00612
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 434
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 433

Manumission of Fanny Ditmus (certificate dated 1825-04-11, deed dated 1825-04-11), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 433-434. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Fanny Ditmus, aged 32, was manumitted by Abraham I. Gulick of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Samuel Gulick and Daniel J. Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (John Bastedo and Joseph McChesney) on April 11, 1825. The document stated that Fanny Ditmus 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 April 11, 1825, by Abraham I. Gulick. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 11, 1825.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 11, 1825
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Fanny Ditmus (b. 1793)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01503
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 32
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham I. Gulick
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Fanny Ditmus"
Additional Participants

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Joseph McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00067
Role: Judge

Samuel Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00320
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Abraham I. Gulick
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00473
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event