1804-11-15 Birth: Mary

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01349
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 6

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 6. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 6
Certificate number: 24
Child: Mary
Mother: Gin
Enslaver of mother and child: Jacob Voorhees
Location: Bedminster
Birth date: 15 Nov 1804
Reported date: 17 Apr 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty
Event Type
Birth
Date
November 15, 1804
Location of Event
Bedminster
Primary Participants

Mary (b. 1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03210
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"female Black child named Mary"

Gin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03211
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"Gin a female slave"
Additional Participants

Jacob Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03174
Role: Enslaver

Joseph Doty (1794-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03365
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event