1805-07-06 Birth: Lydia

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00348
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 15

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 15. 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: 15
Child: Lydia
Mother: Violet
Enslaver of mother and child: William Lawson
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: July 6, 1805
Reported date: January 2, 1806
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a merchant.
Event Type
Birth
Date
July 6, 1805
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Lydia (b. 1805) {daughter of Violet}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00798
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Lawson
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro child"

Violet
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00966
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Lawson
Additional Participants

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

William Lawson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01210
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event