1812-05-09 Birth: Bet
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01741
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 116
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 3, Item 34
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 116. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 3 (1812-1814), Item 34. Somerset County Clerk's Office. - Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Loose Certificates Part I, Series 3, Item 34
Recorded by the County Clerk in: Book A, Page 116
Child: Bet
Mother: Dina (or Dinean)
Enslaver of mother and child: Peter Voorhees
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 9 May 1812
Reported date: 7 October 1812
Clerk: Samuel Swan
The original loose certificate records the mother's name as Dinean, while the County Clerk's register book records her as Dina. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- May 9, 1812
- Location of Event
- Somerset County
- Primary Participants
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Bet (b. 1812)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04212
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"black female child...child's name Bet"Dina {Dinean}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04213
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"mothers name Dina / mothers name Dinean" - Additional Participants
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Peter Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04209
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker