1805-01-20 Birth: Abigail

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00314
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 4

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 4. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
Event Description
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 4
Child: Abigail
Mother: Margaret
Enslaver of mother and child: originally Oakey Vanosdol, then purchased by William Tindall shortly after birth
Location listed: West Windsor, NJ (residence of William Tindall)
Birth date: January 20, 1805
Reported date: July 20, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document, which was submitted by William Tindall, Esq., indicates that William Tindall recently purchased the mother and child from Oakey Vanosdol, shortly after the birth of Abigail. William Tindall listed his own residence as West Windsor (which was part of Middlesex County in this period). Although the place of residence of the original enslaver, Oakey Vanosdol, is not listed in the birth certificate, other historical records locate him in Somerset County; thus, it is probable that the child was actually born in Somerset County and was later relocated to West Windsor.

The following is a complete transcript of the document:

"Abigail/

I William Tindall of the township of West Windsor in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, certify that Abigail a female black child was born of Margeret a female then slave of Oakey Vannosdoll, and that I am now entitled to the service of the said mother and child by purchase and that the said Abigail is this day six months old. - Witness my hand this twentieth day of July Eighteen Hundred & five.
Wm. Tindall
Recorded 22d July 1805"
Event Type
Birth
Date
January 20, 1805
Location of Event
West Windsor
Related Place
Somerset County
Following Event
1805-01-20 Sale: Margaret, Abigail
Primary Participants

Abigail (b. 1805) {daughter of Margaret}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00897
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Oakey Vanosdol Sr. (1757-1849)
- William Tindall (1745-1816)
Verbatim description from source:
"female black child"

Margaret {Pegg}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00938
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Oakey Vanosdol Sr. (1757-1849)
- William Tindall (1745-1816)
Additional Participants

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

Oakey Vanosdol Sr. (1757-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00750
Role: Enslaver
Comment: at the time of birth

William Tindall (1745-1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00045
Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier
Comment: signed birth certificate as new enslaver of the mother and child
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event