1818-07-27 Birth: Mark Harris Jr.

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00006
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 65

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
Mark Harris Jr. was born on July 27, 1818, in New Brunswick, the son of Ambo and Mark Harris Sr. Ambo's enslaver John Neilson reported Mark's birth to the Middlesex County Clerk (William P. Deare).

The following is a transcript of Mark's birth record in the County Clerk's register:

"I certify that Mark born of Ambo my col'd servant woman (by Mark her husband) was born in New Brunswick 27 July 1818
New Brunswick County of Middlesex State of New Jersey. - John Neilson

Received May 3d 1820 recorded by
Deare Clk"
Event Type
Birth
Date
July 27, 1818
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Primary Participants

Mark Harris Jr. (b. 1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00013
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: 27
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Neilson (1784-1862)
Additional Participants

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

John Neilson (1745-1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00001
Role: Enslaver

James Neilson (1784-1862)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00009
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event