1797 Registration: enslaved people in Chester
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01934
- Source
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Report of Blacks in Chester Township
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Report of Blacks in Chester Township, 1797. Archival location: Burlington County Historical Society. Abolition Collection (MSS 5). Box 1, Folder 1: Negroes Census Records.
- Event Description
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In 1797, the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery created a report enumerating free and enslaved Black people in the township of Chester, Burlington County, New Jersey.
The report counted 10 enslaved people. The enslaved people's names were not recorded. Instead, the "Slaves" side of the report listed the names of 8 white men who held 1 to 2 Black people in bondage in their household.
The enumerator used non-standard phonetic spellings for some of the names on the list. Based on known family names in the Chester area in the late 18th century, "Scank" refers to the Schank family and "Hulings" is presumed to be Hewlings.
The following is a complete transcript of the "Slaves" column from this report:
"Slaves
John Bispham 1
John Scank 2
Richard Edwards 1
Abraham Hulings 1
Wiliam Foster 1
John Cox 2
John Earl 1
Hezekiah Toy 1" - Event Type
- Registration
- Date
- 1797
- Location of Event
- Chester (Burlington County)
- Related Event
- 1797 Registration: free Black people in Chester
- Primary Participants
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person enslaved by John Bispham
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Bispham
Comment: listed as: John Bispham 12 persons enslaved by John Scank (Schank)
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Schank
Comment: listed as: John Scank 2person enslaved by Richard Edwards
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Edwards
Comment: listed as: Richard Edwards 1person enslaved by Abraham Hulings (Hewlings)
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Hewlings
Comment: listed as: Abraham Hulings 1person enslaved by William Foster
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Foster
Comment: listed as: Wiliam Foster 12 persons enslaved by John Cox
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Cox
Comment: listed as: John Cox 2person enslaved by John Earl
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Earl
Comment: listed as: John Earl 1person enslaved by Hezekiah Toy
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hezekiah Toy
Comment: listed as: Hezekiah Toy 1 - Additional Participants
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John Bispham
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05313
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERJohn Schank
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05314
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERRichard Edwards
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05315
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERAbraham Hewlings
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05316
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERWilliam Foster
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05317
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERJohn Cox
Person identifier: NJS-PER-04112
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERJohn Earl
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05319
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVERHezekiah Toy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05320
Role: Enslaver, UNSPECIFIED ENSLAVER - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
