1814-10-04 Manumission: Betty

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00642
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 160
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 161

Manumission of Betty (certificate dated 1814-10-04, deed dated 1814-10-04), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 160-161. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Betty, aged 31, was manumitted by Anna Covenhoven of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of South Amboy (John Perrine) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert McChesney and John L. Anderson) on October 4, 1814. The document stated that Betty 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 October 4, 1814, by Anna Covenhoven. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 11, 1814.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
October 4, 1814
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Betty (b. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01372
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 31
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Anna Covenhoven
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro slave Betty"
Additional Participants

Robert McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00234
Role: Judge

John L. Anderson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00235
Role: Judge

John Perrine
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00208
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Anna Covenhoven
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00233
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event