1804-10-03 Birth: Benjamin
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01328
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 2
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 2. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
- Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Book A, page number: 2
Certificate number: 6
Child: Benjamin
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Peter A. Dumont
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 3 October 1804
Reported date: 18 February 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty
This birth certificate did not list a locality, but other records from Somerset County indicate that Peter A. Dumont was a resident of Hillsborough. Thus, it can be inferred that the child was probably born in that township. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- October 3, 1804
- Location of Event
- Hillsborough
- Primary Participants
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Benjamin (b. 1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03362
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter A. Dumont (1734-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child born of a female slave named Benjamin" - Additional Participants
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Peter A. Dumont (1734-1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02747
Role: EnslaverJoseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam