1804-09-02 Birth: Dick

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01350
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: 25
Child: Dick
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Dinah Voorhees, widow relict of Jaques Voorhees, deceased
Location: Franklin
Birth date: 2 Sep 1804
Reported date: 18 Apr 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty
Event Type
Birth
Date
September 2, 1804
Location of Event
Franklin (Somerset County)
Primary Participants

Dick (b. 1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03384
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dinah Stryker Voorhees (d. 1831)
- Jacques Voorhees (1763-1802)
Verbatim description from source:
"male Black child named Dick"
Additional Participants

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

Dinah Stryker Voorhees (d. 1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03378
Role: Enslaver
Comment: widow of Jaques Voorhees

Jacques Voorhees (1763-1802)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03383
Role: Enslaver, Deceased
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event