1805-08-16 Birth: Alexander
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00339
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 11
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 11. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:
Page: 11
Child: Ellick
Enslaver of mother and child: Jeremiah Manning
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: August 16, 1805
Reported date: November 25, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer. The names of the mother and father were not recorded on this birth certificate.
However, another source document from 1806 reveals that the mother's name was Elizabeth and that the boy was also known as Alexander. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- August 16, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Following Event
- 1806-04-08 Abandonment: Alexander
- Primary Participants
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Alexander (b. 1805) {aka Ellick, son of Elizabeth}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00789
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Manning
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"Elizabeth
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02398
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Manning - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkJeremiah Manning
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01205
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker