1805-09-17 Birth: Thomas Jefferson
- Research Tips
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00352
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 16
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 16. 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: 16
Child: Thomas Jefferson
Mother: Lanah
Enslaver of mother and child: John Duncan
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: September 17, 1805
Reported date: January 25, 1806
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- September 17, 1805
- Location of Event
- South Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Thomas Jefferson (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00802
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Duncan
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"Lanah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00970
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Duncan - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkJohn Duncan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01214
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker