1797 Registration: English households with enslaved people in Burlington

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01984
Source
Report of Blacks in Burlington and Willingborough

Report of Blacks in Burlington and Willingborough. Archival location: Burlington County Historical Society. Abolition Collection (MSS 5). Box 1, Folder 1: Negroes Census Records.
Event Description
The New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery created a report enumerating Black people who lived in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey. The report is undated. Other documents in the same file suggest that the society collected these reports circa 1797–1798.

The report enumerated people in three separate columns: free Black American households, American (primarily English-speaking) households with slaves, and French (Francophone) households with slaves. This Registration event compiles data about the Black people in English-speaking families, which were listed in the central column marked "Slaves." For additional information about the other people mentioned in the report, see the two related events (linked below) for free Black people and Francophone enslaved people (who were marked "French" and were listed separately).

The central "Slaves" column contains 28 household names, with a total of at least 38 slaves across all households, evenly split between male and female. Most households are listed by family name only, while a couple of people have a first name or first initial that was recorded. The names of the enslaved Black people were not written down; only the name of the enslaver is provided. Following the name, the scribe recorded how many male and female enslaved people were in each household (written as "mail" or "femail"). The ages of the enslaved people are not indicated, so it is not possible to know whether most of these people were adults or children, although in a couple of instances, the word "boy" or "girl" is used to signal a young age.

Note that the scribe who compiled the Burlington report used highly idiosyncratic spellings, and the author's handwriting was less neat than the other reports received by the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The New Jersey Slavery Records team has attempted to decipher as many names as possible, but some unusual spellings and errors of transcription are sure to persist. We invite local researchers to contact us with any corrections or additional information about the people whose names are listed here.
Event Type
Registration
Date
1797 – 1798
Date Certainty
Approximate
Location of Event
Burlington
Related Event
1797 Registration: primarily French households with enslaved people in Burlington
1797 Registration: free Black people in Burlington
Primary Participants

person enslaved by Josibel Cocornish?
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Josibell Cocornish?
Comment: listed as: Josibell [Cocornish?] to Sons

boy enslaved in the Hutchen household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hutchen
Comment: listed as: Hutchen Boy

woman and girl enslaved in the French household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- French
Comment: listed as: Frenches Woman & Girl

boy and girl enslaved in the English household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- English
Comment: listed as: Englishes Boy & Girl

man enslaved in the Neale household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Neale
Comment: listed as: Neale man

2 male and 1 female persons enslaved in the Stoak household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Stoak
Comment: listed as: Stoaks 3 - Mail 2 femail 1

1 female and 2 male persons enslaved in the Greenman household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Greenman
Comment: listed as: Greenman 3 - femail 1 mail 2

1 female person enslaved in the Roberts household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Roberts
Comment: listed as: Robrts 1 femail

1 female person enslaved in the Grant household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Grant
Comment: listed as: Grant 1 Mail

1 male and 1 female person enslaved in the Pearson household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Pearson
Comment: listed as: Pearson 2 - Mail 1 femail 1

1 male person enslaved in the Hollinshead household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hollinshead
Comment: listed as: Hollinhead 1 Mail

1 male person enslaved in the McIlvaine household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- McIlvaine
Comment: listed as: McIlvain 1 Mail

1 male person enslaved in the Griffiths household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Griffiths
Comment: listed as: Griffiths 1 Mail

1 female person enslaved in the Shepherd household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Shepherd
Comment: listed as: Shepherd 1 femail Bound

1 female person enslaved in the Jones household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jones
Comment: listed as: Jones 1 femail Bound

2 male and 1 female persons enslaved in the Ellis household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ellis
Comment: listed as: Ellis 2 Mail & femail

2 male persons enslaved in the Smith household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Smith
Comment: listed as: Smith 2 Mail

2 male and 2 female persons enslaved in the Wallis household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Wallis
Comment: listed as: Wallis 4 - mail 2 femail 2

1 male person enslaved in the Ridgway household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Ridgway
Comment: listed as: Ridgway 1 Mail Bound

2 female persons enslaved in the Leonard household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Leonard
Comment: listed as: Leonards 2 femail

1 male person enslaved in the Sweetman household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Sweetman
Comment: listed as: Sweetman 1 Mail Bound

1 male person enslaved in the Durdin household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Durdin
Comment: listed as: Durdin 1 Mail Bound

1 male person enslaved in the Shippen household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Shippen
Comment: listed as: Shippen 1 Mail Bound

woman enslaved in the Lawrence household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Lawrence
Comment: listed as: Lawrence Woman & [?]

1 female person enslaved in the Stockton household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Stockton
Comment: listed as: Abraham Stockton femail Bound

1 female person enslaved in the McIlvaine household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- McIlvaine
Comment: listed as: McIlvan 1 femail Bound

1 female person enslaved in the Neal household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- G Neal
Comment: listed as: G Neal 1 femail Bound

2 female persons enslaved in the Cox household
Role: Registered Person
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- W Cox
Comment: listed as: W Cox 2 femails
Additional Participants

Josibell Cocornish?
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05581
Role: Enslaver

Hutchen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05582
Role: Enslaver

French
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05583
Role: Enslaver

English
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05584
Role: Enslaver

Neale
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05585
Role: Enslaver

Stoak
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05586
Role: Enslaver

Greenman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05587
Role: Enslaver

Roberts
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05588
Role: Enslaver

Grant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05589
Role: Enslaver

Pearson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05590
Role: Enslaver

Hollinshead
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05591
Role: Enslaver

McIlvaine
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05592
Role: Enslaver

Griffiths
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05593
Role: Enslaver

Shepherd
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05594
Role: Enslaver

Jones
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05595
Role: Enslaver

Ellis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05596
Role: Enslaver

Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05597
Role: Enslaver

Wallis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05598
Role: Enslaver

Ridgway
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05599
Role: Enslaver

Leonard
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05600
Role: Enslaver

Sweetman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05601
Role: Enslaver

Durdin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05602
Role: Enslaver

Shippen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05603
Role: Enslaver

Lawrence
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05604
Role: Enslaver

Abraham Stockton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05605
Role: Enslaver

McIlvaine
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05606
Role: Enslaver

G Neal
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05607
Role: Enslaver

W Cox
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05608
Role: Enslaver
Organization
New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event