New Jersey Slavery Records · 1804, Aaron, Birth

1804, Aaron, Birth

Title: 1804, Aaron, Birth
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00325
Event Description: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 7
Child: Aaron
Mother: Kate
Enslaver of mother and child: John Van Nuis
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: December 12, 1804
Reported date: September 11, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare
Event Type: Life event: Birth
Action Status: Completed
Date: 12 December 1804
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Primary Participant: Aaron (b. 1804)
Primary Participant Description (verbatim): male negro child
Sex: Male
Age: Infant
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: John Van Nuis
Parent: Kate
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 7; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 7. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Author: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Record Contributor: Lindsey Dixon; Jesse Bayker