1811-01-12 Birth: Dinah

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01273
Source
Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part II, Series 1, Item 15
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 210

Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1818-1840. Series 1 (1818-1820), Item 15. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 210. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Child: Dinah
Mother: Betty
Original enslaver of mother and child: the widow Lemetje Van Neste
Delayed birth registration filed by new enslaver: John J. Schenck
Location: Somerset County (Locality not listed)
Birth date: January 12, 1811
Reported date: April 9, 1818
Clerk: Samuel Swan

John J. Schenck filed a delayed birth registration for Betty's three children Dinah, Rompey, and Mary in 1818, after the death of Schenck's mother-in-law Lemmetye Van Neste (deceased 1816). The delayed birth registration indicated that the children were "born at the widow Lemetje Van Neste's." Although the township was not listed on the birth certificate, Lemmetye Van Neste and John J. Schenck were both known to be residents of Hillsborough, and it can be assumed that the children were born there.
Event Type
Birth
Date
January 12, 1811
Location of Event
Hillsborough
Primary Participants

Dinah (b. 1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02974
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
- Lemmetye Staats Van Neste (1750-1816)
Verbatim description from source:
"children of colour"

Bett {Betty}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02978
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
- Lemmetye Staats Van Neste (1750-1816)
Verbatim description from source:
"childrens Mother"
Additional Participants

John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02975
Role: Enslaver
Comment: reported the birth

Lemmetye Staats Van Neste (1750-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02976
Role: Enslaver
Comment: original enslaver (deceased 1816)

Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event