1807-11-09 Birth: Jane

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01708
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 92

Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 92. Archival location: Somerset County Clerk's Office. Manumission and Register of Blacks, Book B.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book B, Page 92
Child: Jane
Mother: Jenney
Father: Tom
Enslaver of mother and child: John Frelinghuysen
Location: not listed
Birth date: 9 November 1807
Reported date: 15 May 1828
Clerk: Isaac Southard

The birth record did not list a locality; however, other historical sources indicate that John Frelinghuysen was living at his late father's homestead in Millstone (then in Hillsborough township) at the time of this event, and it can be presumed that the child was born there.

The same birth registration record also mentioned Jane's siblings Rachel, George, and Arch.
Event Type
Birth
Date
November 9, 1807
Location of Event
Hillsborough
Millstone (Somerset Court House)
Primary Participants

Jane (b. 1807)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04168
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833)
Verbatim description from source:
"one female born Novr 9th 1807 named Jane"

Jenny
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04166
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman slave named Jenney"

Tom
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04167
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Unknown
Verbatim description from source:
"husband is Tom"
Additional Participants

John Frelinghuysen (1776-1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02552
Role: Enslaver

Isaac Southard (1783-1850)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03397
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event