1805-11-13 Birth: Sarah
- Research Tips
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00361
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 19
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 19. 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: 19
Child: Sarah
Mother: Jude
Enslaver of mother and child: Mary Boice
Birth date: November 13, 1805
Reported date: June 6, 1806
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The enslaver signed the document by her mark, indicating that she was illiterate.
The specific location in Middlesex County was not mentioned in this document; however, other historical evidence indicates that Sarah was born in Mary Boice's household in Piscataway. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- November 13, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Following Event
- 1806-06-06 Abandonment: Sarah
- Primary Participants
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Sarah (b. 1805) {daughter of Jude}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00901
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"female child"Jude
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00978
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mary Boice - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkMary Boice
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01219
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker