1809-03-17 Birth: James
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01562
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 85
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 85. 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: 85
Child: James
Mother: Nancy
Enslaver of mother and child: John Meldrum
Location: Bridgewater
Birth date: 17 Mar 1809
Reported date: 4 Sep 1809
Clerk: Joseph Doty - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- March 17, 1809
- Location of Event
- Bridgewater
- Primary Participants
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James (b. 1809)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03889
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Meldrum
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child called James"Nancy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03710
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Meldrum
Verbatim description from source:
"born of his female slave called Nancy" - Additional Participants
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Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County ClerkJohn Meldrum
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03252
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam