1805-12-11 Birth: Charlotte Titus

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00363
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 20

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 20. 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: 20
Child: Charlotte
Mother: Sarah
Enslaver of mother and child: Gerardus Beekman
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: December 11, 1805
Reported date: August 14, 1806
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.

The father's name is not listed on the birth certificate; however, other historical documents indicate that Thomas Titus was the husband of Sarah and father of her children.
Event Type
Birth
Date
December 11, 1805
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Charlotte Titus (b. 1805)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00920
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro child"

Sarah TenBroeck Titus
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00980
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
Verbatim description from source:
"slave Sarah"

Thomas Titus (ca. 1785-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01080
Role: Parent
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
Additional Participants

Gerardus Beekman (1736-1822)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00282
Role: Enslaver

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event