1805-09-01 Birth: Samuel

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00345
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 14

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 14. 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: 14
Child: Samuel
Mother: Ann
Enslaver of mother and child: David Harris
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: September 1, 1805
Reported date: December 20, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
September 1, 1805
Location of Event
Piscataway
Following Event
1806-02-03 Abandonment: Samuel
Primary Participants

Samuel (b. 1805) {son of Ann}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00795
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Harris
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Ann
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00963
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Harris
Additional Participants

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

David Harris
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01207
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event