1816-07-02 Birth: Eliza Harris
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00005
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 65
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 65. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
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Eliza Harris was born on July 2, 1816, in New Brunswick, the daughter of Ambo and Mark Harris Sr. Ambo's enslaver John Neilson reported Eliza's birth to the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare).
The following is a transcript of Eliza's birth record in the County Clerk's register:
"I certify that Eliza, Daugr of Ambo, my colourd servant woman (by Mark her husband) was born in New Brunswick 2d day of July 1816. - New Brunswick County of Middlesex State of New Jersey. -
John Neilson -
Received May 3d 1820. Recorded by
Deare Clk" - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- July 2, 1816
- Location of Event
- New Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Eliza Harris (b. 1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00012
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Neilson (1745-1833)Ambo Harris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00015
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Neilson (1745-1833)Mark Harris Sr. (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00014
Role: Parent
Age: 25
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Benjamin Taylor Jr. - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkBenjamin Taylor Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00017
Role: EnslaverJohn Neilson (1745-1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00001
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker