1819-02-01 Manumission: Charles

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00633
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 296
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 297

Manumission of Charles (certificate dated 1819-02-01, deed dated 1819-02-01), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 296-297. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Charles, aged 28, was manumitted by Sarah Goelet of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Perth Amboy (Charles Ford and John Wait) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (James Skinner and Robert Arnold) on February 1, 1819. The document stated that Charles 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 February 1, 1819, by Sarah Goelet. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on March 1, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
February 1, 1819
Location of Event
Perth Amboy
Primary Participants

Charles (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01413
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 28
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Sarah Goelet
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave called Charles"
Additional Participants

James Skinner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00297
Role: Judge

Robert Arnold
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00298
Role: Judge

Charles Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00295
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Wait
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00347
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Sarah Goelet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00294
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event