1804-07-09 Birth: Kate · New Jersey Slavery Records

Title: 1804-07-09 Birth: Kate
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00320
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 6; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 6. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 6
Child: Kate
Mother: Ginn otherwise called Jane
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Holtom
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: July 9, 1804
Reported date: August 17, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type: Life event: Birth
Date: 9 July 1804
Location of Event: Piscataway
Following Event: 1805-07-01 Abandonment: Kate
Primary Participant: Kate (b. 1804) {or Cate, daughter of Ginn}; Ginn {Jane}
Enslaver: Richard Holtom
Additional Participant: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Kate (b. 1804) {or Cate, daughter of Ginn} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Holtom
Verbatim description from source:
"female black child"

*** Ginn {Jane} ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Holtom

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Richard Holtom
Role: Enslaver
Research Guide: Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records
Record Contributor: Lindsey Dixon; Jesse Bayker