1823-06-25 Manumission: Dinah

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00621
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 384

Manumission of Dinah (certificate dated 1823-06-25), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 384. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Dinah was manumitted by Abraham Schuyler Neilson of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission listed the enslaver's name as "A. S. Neilson of the township of North Brunswick." The certificate was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nicholas Booraem Jr. and James Dunham) on June 25, 1823. The document stated that Dinah 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. Dinah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 14, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 25, 1823
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Dinah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01472
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Schuyler Neilson (1792-1861)
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Dinah"
Additional Participants

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

James Dunham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00340
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

Abraham Schuyler Neilson (1792-1861)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00018
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event