1815-05-29 Manumission: Adam

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00652
Source
Middlesex County Manumissions and Removals, page 172

Manumission of Adam (certificate dated 1815-05-29), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 172. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description
Adam (or Addom) was manumitted by James Morgan of South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseers of the Poor of South Amboy (John Perrine and David Smith) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Robert McChesney and Samuel Pitney) on May 29, 1815. The document stated that Adam 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. Adam's exact age was not recorded in the document. This document was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on October 20, 1815.
Event Type
Manumission
Date
May 29, 1815
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Adam
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01383
Role: Manumitted Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Transition
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Morgan (1756-1822)
Verbatim description from source:
"male slave; slave named Addom"
Additional Participants

Robert McChesney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00234
Role: Judge

Samuel Pitney
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00266
Role: Judge

John Perrine
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00208
Role: Overseer of the Poor

David Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00247
Role: Overseer of the Poor

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

James Morgan (1756-1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00246
Role: Enslaver, Manumitter
Record Contributor
Isaac Guzmán
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event