1805-05-25 Birth: Ben
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00312
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 3
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 3. 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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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:
Page: 3
Child: Ben
Mother: Cate
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Field
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: May 25, 1805
Reported date: July 22, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The document notes that Richard Field is a farmer and indicates the location as "Banks of the Raritan" in the Township of Piscataway. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- May 25, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Following Event
- 1806-03-08 Abandonment: Ben
- Primary Participants
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Ben (b. 1805) {son of Cate}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00765
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Field
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"Cate
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00937
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Field - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkRichard Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01187
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker