1823-03-29 Manumission: Betsey

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00644
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 373
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 374

Manumission of Betsey (certificate dated 1823-03-29, deed dated 1823-03-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 373-374. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Betsey, aged 34, was manumitted by Robert Boggs of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Manumission documents noted that she was "named Betsey, otherwise called Eve."

The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on March 29, 1823. The document stated that Betsey 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 March 29, 1823, by Robert Boggs, in the presence of witness Samuel S. Deare. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on March 31, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 29, 1823
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Betsey (b. 1789) {aka Eve}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01464
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 34
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Boggs (1766-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave named Betsey, otherwise called Eve"
Additional Participants

Thomas Hance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00227
Role: Judge

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: Judge

Abraham Van Arsdalen (d. ca. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00276
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Samuel S. Deare
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01800
Role: Witness

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

Robert Boggs (1766-1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00380
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event