1818-04-13 Birth: Nell
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01323
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 239
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part II, Series 1, Item 55
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 239. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1818-1840. Series 1 (1818-1820), Item 55. 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: 239
Child: Nell
Mother: Gin
Enslaver of mother and child: Andrew Brown
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 13 April 1818
Recorded date: 7 January 1819
Clerk: Swan
Although the locality was not listed on this birth certificate, other county records indicate that Andrew Brown was a resident of Franklin Township. Thus, it can be inferred that the child was born there. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- April 13, 1818
- Location of Event
- Franklin (Somerset County)
- Primary Participants
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Nell (b. 1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03353
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Andrew Brown (d. 1822)
Verbatim description from source:
"female black child"Gin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03354
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Andrew Brown (d. 1822)
Verbatim description from source:
"mother" - Additional Participants
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Andrew Brown (d. 1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02554
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam