1805-03-19 Birth: Aaron

Title

1805-03-19 Birth: Aaron

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00343

Source

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 13

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 13. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 13
Child: Aaron
Enslaver of mother and child: Elijah Voorhies
Location: West Windsor, NJ
Birth date: March 19, 1805
Reported date: December 11, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The names of the mother and father were not recorded on this birth certificate.

The following is a complete transcript of the document:

"Aaron /

West Windsor Township, Middlesex County.
I the undernamed subscriber of the town and country afore said, on the 19th day of March last past had a male negro child born in my possession which I wish you to commit to record. His name is Aaron.--
Sir, yours,
Elijah Voorhies.

William Dier, Clk
Recorded December 11th 1805"

Event Type

Life event: Birth

Date

19 March 1805

Location of Event

West Windsor

Primary Participant

Aaron (b. 1805)

Enslaver

Elijah Voorhees

Additional Participant

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Aaron (b. 1805) ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elijah Voorhees

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Elijah Voorhees
Role: Enslaver

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Lindsey Dixon

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