1805-05-01 Birth: Lewis

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00330
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 9

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 9. 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: 9
Child: Lewis
Mother: Dinah
Enslaver of mother and child: John Harrison
Location: West Windsor, NJ
Birth date: May 1, 1805
Reported date: November 4, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a merchant.
Event Type
Birth
Date
May 1, 1805
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Lewis (b. 1805) {son of Dinah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00780
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Harrison

Dinah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00952
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Harrison
Additional Participants

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

John Harrison
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01198
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event