1823-12-18 Manumission: Antony

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00649
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 408
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 409

Manumission of Antony (certificate dated 1823-12-18, deed dated 1823-12-18), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 408-409. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Antony, aged 37, was manumitted by Aaron Hassert of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of New Brunswick (Abraham Van Arsdalen) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Thomas Hance and Nicholas Booraem Jr.) on December 18, 1823. The document stated that Antony 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 December 18, 1823, by Aaron Hassert in the presence of witness Caroline Hassert. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on January 2, 1824.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
December 18, 1823
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Primary Participants

Antony (b. 1786)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01486
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 37
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Aaron Hassert (1769-1842)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave Anthony"
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

Caroline Hassert
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01727
Role: Witness

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

Aaron Hassert (1769-1842)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00245
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event