1808-04-16 Birth: Cyrus

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01687
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 100

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 100. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, Page 100
Child: Cyrus
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Robert Finley
Location: Basking Ridge, Bernards
Birth date: 16 April 1808
Reported date: 29 July 1811
Clerk: Samuel Swan

The same birth certificate also lists the birth of Cyrus's older brother Cuffe who was born in 1805. Rev. Robert Finley was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge at the time of these events.
Event Type
Birth
Date
April 16, 1808
Location of Event
Basking Ridge, Bernards
Related Event
1805-11-02 Birth: Cuffe
Primary Participants

Cyrus (b. 1808)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04133
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Cyrus"

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

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
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event