1805-11-02 Birth: Cuffe
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01686
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 100
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 100. 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 100
Child: Cuffe
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Rev. Robert Finley
Location: Bernards
Birth date: 2 November 1805
Reported date: 29 July 1811
Clerk: Samuel Swan
The same birth certificate also lists the birth of Cuffe's younger brother Cyrus who was born in 1808. Rev. Robert Finley was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge at the time of these events. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- November 2, 1805
- Location of Event
- Basking Ridge, Bernards
- Related Event
- 1808-04-16 Birth: Cyrus
- Primary Participants
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Cuffe (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04132
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Cuffe"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 Phillis" - Additional Participants
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Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01508
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker