1821-08-18 Manumission: Edward

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00617
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 342
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 341

Manumission of Edward (certificate dated 1821-08-18, deed dated 1821-08-18), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 341-342. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Edward, aged 23, was manumitted by Ann Parker 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 (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on August 18, 1821. The document stated that Edward 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 August 18, 1821, by Ann Parker. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 20, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
August 18, 1821
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Edward (b. 1798)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01445
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 23
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ann Lawrence Parker
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave named Edward"
Additional Participants

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
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

Ann Lawrence Parker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00267
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event