1821-04-09 Manumission: Dublin Halsey

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00618
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 340
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 339
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 341

Manumission of Dublin Halsey (certificate dated 1821-04-09, deed dated 1821-04-09), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 339-341. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dublin Halsey, aged 25, was manumitted by Robert Lee of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and John Harriott) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Benajah Mundy and Richard Marsh) on April 9, 1821. The document stated that Dublin Halsey 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 9, 1821, by Robert Lee, and witnessed by John B. Lee and Jesse B. Lee. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 14, 1821.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 9, 1821
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Dublin Halsey (b. 1796)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01444
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 25
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Lee
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Dublin Halsey"
Additional Participants

Benajah Mundy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00102
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Harriott
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00286
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Jesse B. Lee
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01762
Role: Witness

John B. Lee
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01763
Role: Witness

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

Robert Lee
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00359
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event