1805-03-19 Birth: Aaron

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00343
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 13

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 13. 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: 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
Birth
Date
March 19, 1805
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Aaron (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00793
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elijah Voorhees
Additional Participants

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

Elijah Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00043
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event