1819-03-17 Manumission: Benjamin Mendes

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00645
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 307
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 308

Manumission of Benjamin Mendes (certificate dated 1819-03-19, deed dated 1819-03-17), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 307-308. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Benjamin Mendes, aged 35, was manumitted by Benjamin Davids of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Richard Cutter and Joseph Crowell) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Ichabod Potter and Richard Marsh) on March 19, 1819. The document stated that Benjamin Mendes 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 17, 1819, by Benjamin Davids. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on August 16, 1819.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
March 17, 1819 – March 19, 1819
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Benjamin Mendes (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01421
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 35
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin Davids
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Benjamin Mendes"
Additional Participants

Ichabod Potter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00032
Role: Judge

Richard Marsh
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00173
Role: Judge

Richard Cutter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00312
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Joseph Crowell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00285
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Benjamin Davids
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00318
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event