1813-07-12 Birth: Anthony

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01659
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: Anthony
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Rev. Robert Finley
Location: Basking Ridge, Bernards
Birth date: 12 Jul 1813
Reported date: 5 Oct 1813
Clerk: Samuel Swan (Somerset County Clerk)

The same birth certificate also lists the birth of Anthony's older sister Sarah who was born in 1812. Rev. Robert Finley was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge at the time of these events.
Event Type
Birth
Date
July 12, 1813
Location of Event
Basking Ridge, Bernards
Related Event
1812-03-27 Birth: Sarah
Primary Participants

Anthony (b. 1813)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04035
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child born the same mother named Anthony"

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