1810-08-24 Birth: Rach
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01743
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Manumissions, and Removals, Book A, Page 154
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Somerset County Birth Certificate, Part I, Series 4, Item 27
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Somerset County Register of Black Children, Book A, Page 154. Somerset County Clerk's Office.
Certificates of Births of Black Children and Slaves, 1805-1817. Series 4 (1815-1817), Item 27. 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 4, Item 27
Recorded by the County Clerk in: Book A, Page 154
Child: Rach
Mother: Bet
Enslaver of mother and child: Peter Voorhees
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 24 August 1810
Reported date: 20 March 1815
Clerk: Samuel Swan
The same document also reported the birth of Rach's older sister Bet, who was born in 1808. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- August 24, 1810
- Location of Event
- Somerset County
- Primary Participants
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Rach (b. 1810)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04216
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"Rach was born"Bet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04215
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"her mother's name is Bet" - Additional Participants
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Peter Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04210
Role: EnslaverSamuel Swan (1771-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02553
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker