1805-01-20 Birth: Ka[?]

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01356
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 7

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 7. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 7
Certificate number: 30
Child: female child which is called Ka[..?]
Mother: [Bek or Bel]
Enslaver of mother and child: Abraham Van Arsdalen
Location: Bridgewater
Birth date: 20 Jan 1805
Reported date: 24 May 1805
Clerk: Joseph Doty

The first two letters of the baby girl's name appear to be "Ka" and the remainder is missing due to deterioration of the paper around the edge of the page. The mother's name appears to be Bek or Bel.
Event Type
Birth
Date
January 20, 1805
Location of Event
Bridgewater
Primary Participants

Ka[?] (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03393
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Van Arsdalen
Verbatim description from source:
"female child which is called Ka[... ripped page edge]"

Bek
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03229
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Van Arsdalen
Verbatim description from source:
"a female Slave"
Additional Participants

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

Abraham Van Arsdalen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03380
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event