1804-11-01 Birth: Jack
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01332
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 3
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 3. 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: 3
Certificate number: 7
Child: Jack
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Joseph Doty
Location: Bridgewater
Birth date: 1 November 1804
Reported date: 18 February 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty
The enslaver who submitted this birth certificate, Joseph Doty, appears to be the same man as the Somerset County Clerk, Joseph Doty, whose job it was to record the certificates in the book of birth records. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- November 1, 1804
- Location of Event
- Bridgewater
- Primary Participants
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Jack (b. 1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03363
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03364
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave" - Additional Participants
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Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: Enslaver
Comment: he was both the enslaver and the county clerk who recorded the document - Record Contributor
- Saketh Mandayam