Peter Voorhees · New Jersey Slavery Records · New Jersey Slavery Records

Research Tips: This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
Identifier: NJS-PER-04210
Given Name: Peter
Family Name: Voorhees
Sex: Male
Biographical Description: Peter Voorhees was an enslaver who lived in Somerset County in the early 19th century. His township of residence is not known. He held in bondage a woman named Bet, and he filed a birth certificate for Bet's children in 1815 (the births took place in 1808 and 1810). However, he did not write down his place of residence on the document.

Note that there were several other slavery records filed under the name Peter Voorhees in Somerset County in the 1810s that omitted a township of residence. These were entered separately into the New Jersey Slavery Records database, but there is a possibility that they may be referring to the same Peter Voorhees.
Keywords: white person; enslaver
Places: Somerset County
Enslaver of: Bet; Bet (b. 1808); Rach (b. 1810)
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker
Linked Events: Additional Participant in:

1808-12-02 Birth: Bet (Role: Enslaver)

1810-08-24 Birth: Rach (Role: Enslaver)