1817-03-18 Birth: Hannah

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01734
Source
Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 191
Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 4, Item 55

Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 191. Somerset County Clerk's Office.

Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 4 (1815-1817), Item 55. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Event Description
Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:

Book A, Page 191
Child: Hannah
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Augustus R. Taylor
Location: New Brunswick (Franklin Township side of the city)
Birth date: 18 March 1817
Reported date: 1 May 1817
Clerk: Samuel Swan

At the time of this event, the western portion of the City of New Brunswick was still considered part of Franklin Township in Somerset County. Today, the entire city is considered to be part of Middlesex County.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 18, 1817
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Franklin (Somerset County)
Primary Participants

Hannah (b. 1817)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04197
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Augustus R. Taylor
Verbatim description from source:
"born in my family of black slave parents a female child named Hannah"
Additional Participants

Augustus R. Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03508
Role: Enslaver

Samuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event