1812-08-01 Birth: Rachel

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01645
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 123

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 123. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 123
Child: Rachel
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: J. B. Teisseire
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 1 Aug 1812
Reported date: 15 Jun 1813
Clerk: Samuel Swan (Somerset County Clerk)

The birth certificate recorded in Book A does not list the locality, but John B. Teisseire was known as a resident of Princeton in Montgomery township, and it is likely that the child was born there.
Event Type
Birth
Date
August 1, 1812
Location of Event
Princeton
Primary Participants

Rachel (b. 1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04015
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John B. Teisseire (ca. 1757-1837)
Verbatim description from source:
"a black child named Rachel"
Additional Participants

John B. Teisseire (ca. 1757-1837)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03283
Role: Enslaver

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