1812-08-25 Birth: Dick

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01692
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 180
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 301

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 180. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 301. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain two conflicting records for Dick, son of Flora, enslaved by John Joline, innkeeper in Princeton. The certificates were submitted 7 years apart.

The conflicting information is as follows.

Book A, page 180, has a birth certificate for Dick and another certificate for his brother Joe. This page says that Dick was born on 6 August 1813. The certificate was signed by John Joline on 13 April 1816 and was recorded in the book on 16 April 1816 by Samuel Swan (clerk).

Book A, page 301, has a birth registration for Dick and his three siblings Joseph, Lewis, and Samuel. This page says that Dick was born on 25 August 1812. The certificate was signed by John Joline on 6 January 1823 and was recorded in the book on 20 February 1823 by Isaac Southard (clerk).
Event Type
Birth
Date
August 25, 1812 – August 6, 1813
Date Certainty
Questionable
Location of Event
Princeton
Primary Participants

Dick (b. ca. 1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04154
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Joline (1769-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Dick / negro child named Dick"

Flora Stryker (1793-1882)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02534
Role: Parent
Age: 19
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Joline (1769-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"Flora my female slave / certain negro slave named Flora"
Additional Participants

John Joline (1769-1839)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02533
Role: Enslaver
Comment: reported child's birth twice

Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk
Comment: recorded first certificate in 1816

Isaac Southard (1783-1850)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03397
Role: County Clerk
Comment: recorded second certificate in 1823
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event