1813-06-19 Manumission: Caty

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00636
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 181

Manumission of Caty (certificate dated 1813-06-19), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 181. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Caty was manumitted by John Vanneste of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye and John G. Schenck) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Moses Morris and Ralph Sansbury) on June 19, 1813. The document stated that Caty 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. Caty's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on May 1, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 19, 1813
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Caty
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01391
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Vanneste
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman slave named Caty"
Additional Participants

Moses Morris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00190
Role: Judge

Ralph Sansbury
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00066
Role: Judge

Henry Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00104
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John G. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00189
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

John Vanneste
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00255
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event