1810-07-04 Birth: Robert

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01646
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: Robert
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: J. B. Teisseire
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 4 Jul 1810
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
July 4, 1810
Location of Event
Princeton
Primary Participants

Robert (b. 1810)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04016
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 Robert"
Additional Participants

Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk

John B. Teisseire (ca. 1757-1837)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03283
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Resource class
Event