1806-03-25 Birth: Anthony

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01477
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 38

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 38. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, page number: 38
Certificate number: 129
Child: Anthony
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Stockton Esqr.
Location: Montgomery Township
Birth date: 25 Mar 1806
Reported date: 20 Dec 1806
Clerk: Joseph Doty

The location listed is Montgomery Township. Richard Stockton was the owner of the Morven mansion in Princeton, which was then part of Montgomery township.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 25, 1806
Location of Event
Princeton
Montgomery
Primary Participants

Anthony (b. 1806)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03735
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Stockton (1764-1828) {the Duke}
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child named Anthony"

Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03736
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Stockton (1764-1828) {the Duke}
Verbatim description from source:
"his female slave Phillis"
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
Record Contributor
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event