1806-03-04 Birth: Tom
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00367
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 21
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 21. 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: 21
Child: Tom
Mother: Nell
Enslaver of mother and child: Hendrick Smock
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: March 4, 1806
Reported date: October 11, 1806
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer. His name is listed as "Henry Smock" at the beginning of the document and "Hendrick Smock" on the signature line. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- March 4, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Following Event
- 1806-11-01 Abandonment: Tom
- Primary Participants
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Tom (b. 1806) {son of Nell}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00811
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hendrick Smock
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro boy"Nell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00984
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hendrick Smock - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkHendrick Smock
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01223
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker