1811-09-08 Marriage: Mark Harris Sr., Ambo Harris

Identifier
NJS-EVE-00001
Source
Marriage record for Ambo and Mark Harris

Marriage record for Ambo and Mark Harris, September 8, 1811. Archival location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia. Records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Call number: 07 0525). Volume 14: Church register, 1790–1867, including baptisms and marriages, 1797–1869. Subsection: Record of Marriages and Baptisms kept by Rev. Joseph Clark D.D. Pastor from January 1, 1797 to October 18, 1813 (pp. 218–226). Page 225.
Event Description
Mark Harris Sr. and Ambo were married on September 8, 1811, by Rev. Joseph Clark of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick.

A notation in the pastor's register of marriages for 1811 reads thus:

"Sept. 8 Mark a black man belonging to Capt. Taylor, to
Ambo a [black] woman [belonging to] Col. John Neilson $2.50"
Event Type
Marriage
Date
September 8, 1811
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Primary Participants

Mark Harris Sr. (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00014
Role: Spouse
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin Taylor Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"Mark a black man belonging to Capt. Taylor"

Ambo Harris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00015
Role: Spouse
Age category: Young Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Neilson (1745-1833)
Verbatim description from source:
"Ambo a [black] woman [belonging to] Col. John Neilson"
Additional Participants

Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00021
Role: Clergy

Benjamin Taylor Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00017
Role: Enslaver
Comment: of Mark

John Neilson (1745-1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00001
Role: Enslaver
Comment: of Ambo
Organization
First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event