1815-06-07 Manumission: Cate

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00641
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 180

Manumission of Cate (certificate dated 1815-06-07, deed dated 1815-06-07), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 180. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Cate, aged 35, was manumitted by John G. Schenck of West Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of West Windsor (Henry Dye) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Moses Morris and Ralph Sansbury) on June 7, 1815. The document stated that Cate 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 June 7, 1815, by John G. Schenck. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on April 29, 1816.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
June 7, 1815
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Cate (b. 1780)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01390
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John G. Schenck
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Cate; negro woman slave"
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

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

John G. Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00189
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event