1802, Sarah, Manumission

Title

1802, Sarah, Manumission

Description

Sarah was manumitted by Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) of North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The certificate of manumission was signed by the Overseer of the Poor of North Brunswick (John Van Nuis) and Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County (Abraham Schuyler, Elijah Phillips) on July 3, 1802. The document stated that Sarah 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. Sarah's exact age was not recorded in the document. This manumission was recorded by the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare) on July 7, 1802.

Andrew Kirkpatrick was a prominent Queen's College / Rutgers trustee and benefactor.

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00059

Event Type

Legal: Manumission registration

Action Status

Completed

Date

July 3, 1802

Source

Manumission of Sarah (certificate dated 1802-07-03), recorded in Manumissions and Removals Book, p. 35. Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, 1688-1929, Vol. XI (MC 784.1). Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Primary Participant

Sarah

Primary Participant Description

female negro slave named Sarah

Freedom Status

Transition

Enslaver

Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831)

Age

Adult

21 to 40

Author

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Source Resource

https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1649

Source Site

https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home

Sex

Female

Contributor

Isaac Guzmán

Jesse Bayker