1804-09-14 Birth: Catharine

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01335
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 3

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 3. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Ebenezer Stockton account book, 1804-1810 (MS625), Historical Society of Princeton. See image of p. 43, showing Richard Stockton's account for 1804, in the Slavery at Morven digital exhibit. https://morvenmuseum.squarespace.com/kate
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 3
Certificate number: 10
Child: Kate or Catharine
Mother: Nancy
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Stockton, Counsellor at Law
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 14 September 1804
Reported date: 5 March 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty

The locality was not specified on this birth certificate, but Richard Stockton was a well-known resident of Princeton and owner of the Morven mansion. Thus, it can be inferred that Catharine was born at Morven.

Dr. Ebenezer Stockton attended Nancy during Kate's delivery, as documented in his medical register with the following notation for the account of Mr. Richard Stockton on page 43:
"1804 Sept.
13th a visit & delivery of Blackwoman 5 [dollars]
14th a visit ----- Blackwoman 25 [cents]"
Event Type
Birth
Date
September 14, 1804
Location of Event
Princeton
Primary Participants

Catharine (b. 1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03369
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Stockton (1764-1828) {the Duke}
Verbatim description from source:
"Kate or Catharine a female black child"

Nancy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03370
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Stockton (1764-1828) {the Duke}
Verbatim description from source:
"Nancy a female slave"
Additional Participants

Richard Stockton (1764-1828) {the Duke}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02434
Role: Enslaver

Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County Clerk

Ebenezer Stockton (1760-1837)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03503
Role: Medical Provider
Comment: attended Nancy during the delivery
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Gloria Schulz
Resource class
Event