1822-07-27 Manumission: Benjamin

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00646
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 362
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 363

Manumission of Benjamin (certificate dated 1822-07-27, deed dated 1822-07-27), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 362-363. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Benjamin, aged 28, was manumitted by Robert Boggs of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. 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 July 27, 1822. The document stated that Benjamin 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 July 27, 1822, by Robert Boggs. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 27, 1822.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
July 27, 1822
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Benjamin (b. 1794)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01459
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 28
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Boggs (1766-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave named Benjamin"
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

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