1812-03-27 Birth: Sarah

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01658
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 131

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 131. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 131
Child: Sarah
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Rev. Robert Finley
Location: Basking Ridge, Bernards
Birth date: 27 Mar 1812
Reported date: 5 Oct 1813
Clerk: Samuel Swan (Somerset County Clerk)

The same birth certificate also lists the birth of Sarah's younger brother Anthony who was born in 1813. Rev. Robert Finley was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge at the time of these events.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 27, 1812
Location of Event
Basking Ridge, Bernards
Related Event
1813-07-12 Birth: Anthony
Primary Participants

Sarah (b. 1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04033
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child named Sarah"

Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04034
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"black slave named Phillis"
Additional Participants

Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01508
Role: Enslaver

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