1816-04-08 Manumission: Eff

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00616
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 184

Manumission of Eff (certificate dated 1816-04-08, deed dated 1816-04-08), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 184. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Eff, aged 27, was manumitted by William Cafferty of East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of East Windsor (John Hammell and Charles South) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Andrew Rowan and John James) on April 8, 1816. The document stated that Eff 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 8, 1816, by William Cafferty. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 8, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 8, 1816
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

Eff (b. 1789)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01394
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 27
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Cafferty
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Eff; negro slave"
Additional Participants

Andrew Rowan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00118
Role: Judge

John James
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00128
Role: Judge

John Hammell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00214
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Charles South
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00155
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel Mount
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01730
Role: Witness

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

William Cafferty
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00258
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event