1814-11-05 Birth: Betty
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01258
- Source
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part II, Series 1, Item 6
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 210
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Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1818-1840. Series 1 (1818-1820), Item 6. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 210. Somerset County Clerk's Office. - Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Book A, page number: 210
Child: Betty
Mother: name not recorded
Enslaver of mother and child: Ann Frelinghuysen
Location: Somerset County (location not specified)
Birth date: 5 Nov 1814
Reported date: 1 April 1818
Clerk: Samuel Swan
Although the locality was not mentioned on this birth certificate, other county records indicate that Ann Frelinghuysen was a resident of Hillsborough. Thus, it can be inferred that the child was born in that township. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- November 5, 1814
- Location of Event
- Hillsborough
- Primary Participants
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Betty (b. 1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02951
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ann Yard Frelinghuysen (1764-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child" - Additional Participants
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Ann Yard Frelinghuysen (1764-1839)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03350
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam