1823-11-20 Manumission: Ann

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00651
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 397
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 398
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 399

Manumission of Ann (certificate dated 1823-11-20, deed dated 1823-11-20), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 397-399. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Ann, aged 24, was manumitted by Henry Cotheal and David Cotheal (acting jointly), both of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of Woodbridge (Jonathan Freeman and Frazee Ayers) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Josiah Ford and Ichabod Potter) on November 20, 1823. The document stated that Ann 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 signed on November 20, 1823, by Henry Cotheal and David Cotheal. These documents were recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on November 25, 1823.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
November 20, 1823
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Ann (b. 1799)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01480
Role: Manumitted Person
Age: 24
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Cotheal
- David Cotheal
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave named Ann"
Additional Participants

Josiah Ford
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00300
Role: Judge

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

Jonathan Freeman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00334
Role: Overseer of the Poor

Frazee Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00335
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

Henry Cotheal
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00391
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter

David Cotheal
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00392
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event