1814-05-07 Birth: Jane
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01744
- Source
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Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 267
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Somerset County Register of Black Children and Manumissions, Book B, Page 267. Archival location: Somerset County Clerk's Office. Manumission and Register of Blacks, Book B.
- Event Description
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Somerset County birth records of enslaved children contain the following record:
Book B, Page 267
Child: Jane
Mother: Han
Enslaver of mother and child: Peter Voorhees
Location: Somerset County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 7 May 1814
Reported date: 20 August 1835
Clerk: John M. Mann
This document was filed in 1835 when Jane was already 21 years old and was eligible for emancipation under New Jersey's gradual abolition law. The document further indicated that Peter Voorhees sold Jane and her mother Han to Jacob Drake in 1814 when Jane was an infant.
The following is a complete transcript of the document:
“Hans child Jane was born in my kitchen May 7th 1814 and sold her and her mother to Jacob Drake in July the same year
Peter Voorhees” - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- May 7, 1814
- Location of Event
- Somerset County
- Primary Participants
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Jane (b. 1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04217
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"child Jane"Han
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04218
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"Han" - Additional Participants
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Peter Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04211
Role: EnslaverJohn M. Mann
Person identifier: NJS-PER-03401
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker