1804-12-11 Birth: Paris

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00316
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 5

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 5. 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: 5
Child: Paris
Mother: Gin otherwise called Jane
Enslaver of mother and child: John Rue
Location: South Amboy, NJ
Birth date: December 11, 1804
Reported date: August 31, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver is a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
December 11, 1804
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Paris (b. 1804) {son of Gin}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00768
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Rue
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Gin {Jane}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00940
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Rue
Additional Participants

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

John Rue
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01189
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event