1807-01-25 Birth: Tom

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01554
Source
Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 1, Item 30
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 56

Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 1 (1805-1808), Item 30. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 56. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 56
Child: Tom
Mother: Peg
Enslaver of mother and child: Jaques Cortelyou
Location: Franklin
Birth date: 25 Jan 1807
Reported date: 7 Oct 1807
Clerk: Joseph Doty
Event Type
Birth
Date
January 25, 1807
Location of Event
Franklin (Somerset County)
Primary Participants

Tom (b. 1807)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03874
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jaques Cortelyou (1778-1863)
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child called Tom"

Peg
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03875
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jaques Cortelyou (1778-1863)
Verbatim description from source:
"his female slave Peg"
Additional Participants

Jaques Cortelyou (1778-1863)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03149
Role: Enslaver

Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event