1815-07-21 Manumission: Enos

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00613
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 167
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 168

Manumission of Enos (certificate dated 1815-07-21, deed dated 1815-07-21), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 167-168. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Enos was manumitted by James Paton of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Nathan Bloomfield and Richard Marsh) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ephraim Harriot and James Eugene Parker) on July 21, 1815. The document stated that Enos 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. Enos's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on July 21, 1815, by James Paton. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 3, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
July 21, 1815
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Enos
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01379
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Paton
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Enos"
Additional Participants

Ephraim Harriot
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00165
Role: Judge

James Eugene Parker (d. 1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01334
Role: Judge

Nathan Bloomfield
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00212
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Peter Edgar
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00291
Role: Witness

Andrew Elston
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00244
Role: Witness

George Paton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01747
Role: Witness

M. Bloomfield Wall
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01782
Role: Witness

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

James Paton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00241
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event