1805-03-07 Birth: Samuel

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00327
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 8

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 8. 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: 8
Child: Samuel
Mother: Kate
Enslaver of mother and child: Thomas Applegate
Location: South Amboy, NJ
Birth date: March 7, 1805
Reported date: September 25, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 7, 1805
Location of Event
South Amboy
Primary Participants

Samuel (b. 1805) {son of Kate}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00779
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Applegate
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Kate
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00950
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Applegate
Additional Participants

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

Thomas Applegate
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01197
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event