1817-10-29 Manumission: Ellen Kinsey

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00614
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 206
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 207

Manumission of Ellen Kinsey (certificate dated 1817-10-29, deed dated 1817-10-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 206-207. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Ellen Kinsey, aged 30, was manumitted by Isaac Lawrence 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 (Asa Runyon and Thomas Hance) on October 29, 1817. The document stated that Ellen Kinsey 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 October 29, 1817, by Isaac Lawrence. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 29, 1817.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 29, 1817
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Ellen Kinsey (b. 1787)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01405
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 30
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Lawrence
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Ellen Kinsey"
Additional Participants

Asa Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00034
Role: Judge

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
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

Isaac Lawrence
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00275
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event