1820-04-15 Manumission: Ben

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00648
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 375
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 376

Manumission of Ben (certificate dated 1820-04-15, deed dated 1820-04-15), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 375-376. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Ben was manumitted by Joseph Grover of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Brunswick (Andrew McDowell and John Barricklo) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Nathaniel Hunt and John Bastedo) on April 15, 1820. The document stated that Ben 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. Ben's exact age was not recorded in the document. The deed of manumission was executed on April 15, 1820, by Joseph Grover, in the presence of witnesses Benjamin Griggs and Daniel J. Barricklo. The deed was notarized by Moses Morris on December 26, 1820. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on June 10, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
April 15, 1820
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Ben
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01465
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Grover
Verbatim description from source:
"slave named Ben"
Additional Participants

Nathaniel Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00107
Role: Judge

John Bastedo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00108
Role: Judge

Andrew McDowell (1757-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00093
Role: Overseer of the Poor

John Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00269
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Daniel J. Barricklo
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00354
Role: Witness

Moses Morris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00190
Role: Witness

Benjamin Griggs
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02856
Role: Witness

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

Joseph Grover
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00384
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event