1804-12-13 Birth: Eliga

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00324
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 7

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 7. 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: 7
Child: Eliga
Mother: Mary
Enslaver of mother and child: Thomas Smith
Location: South Amboy, NJ
Birth date: December 13, 1804
Reported date: September 9, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare
Event Type
Birth
Date
December 13, 1804
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Eliga (b. 1804) {son of Mary}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00776
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Smith
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"

Mary
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00947
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Smith
Additional Participants

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

Thomas Smith
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01195
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event