1816-01-03 Birth: Joseph

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01693
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 records for Joseph, son of Flora, enslaved by John Joline, innkeeper in Princeton. The certificates were submitted 7 years apart. According to these certificates, Joseph's birthday was either 3rd or 5th of January 1816.

The conflicting information is as follows.

Book A, page 180, has a birth certificate for Joseph (listed as Joe) and another certificate for his brother Dick. This page says Joe was born on 5 January 1816. 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 Joseph and his three siblings Dick, Lewis, and Samuel. This page says that Joseph was born on 3 January 1816. 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
January 3, 1816 – January 5, 1816
Date Certainty
Approximate
Location of Event
Princeton
Primary Participants

Joseph (b. 1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04155
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Joline (1769-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Joe / negro child named Joseph"

Flora Stryker (1793-1882)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02534
Role: Parent
Age: 23
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Joline (1769-1839)
Verbatim description from source:
"my negro slave Flora / 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