1809-06-11 Birth: Dick
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01678
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 92
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 2, Item 78
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 92. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 2 (1809-1811), Item 78. Somerset County Clerk's Office. - Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Book A, Page 92
Child: Dick
Mother: Betty
Enslaver of mother and child: John J. Schenck
Location: Hillsborough
Birth date: 11 June 1809
Recorded: 25 July 1810
Clerk: Samuel Swan
Note that the loose birth certificate only list the enslaver as John Schenck, but the corresponding page in the clerk's register specifies "John J. Schenck of the township of Hillsborough." - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- June 11, 1809
- Location of Event
- Hillsborough
- Primary Participants
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Dick (b. 1809)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04095
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Dick"Betty
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04096
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
Verbatim description from source:
"female black slave named Betty" - Additional Participants
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John J. Schenck (1776-1862)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02975
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker