1823-06-23 Manumission: Cornelius Jaques · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-EVE-00628

Source

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 403

Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 402

Manumission of Cornelius Jaques (certificate dated 1823-06-23), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 402-403. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Cornelius Jaques, aged 24, was manumitted by John D. Jaques of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and Moses Martin) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Richard Marsh) on June 23, 1823. The document stated that Cornelius Jaques 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. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on December 16, 1823.

Event Type

Manumission

Date

June 23, 1823

Location of Event

Woodbridge

Primary Participants

Cornelius Jaques (b. 1799)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01483
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 24
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John D. Jaques
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Cornelius Jaques"

Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

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

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

Moses Martin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00383
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John D. Jaques
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00395
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

Record Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker