1806-12-02 Birth: Lewis · New Jersey Slavery Records

Title: 1806-12-02 Birth: Lewis
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00375
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 24; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 24. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Event Description: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 24
Child: Lewis
Mother: Hanna
Enslaver of mother and child: Rachel Boice
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: December 2, 1806
Reported date: August 10, 1807
Clerk: William Philips Deare
Event Type: Life event: Birth
Date: 2 December 1806
Location of Event: Piscataway
Following Event: 1807-10-08 Abandonment: Lewis
Primary Participant: Lewis (b. 1806) {son of Hanna}; Hanna
Enslaver: Rachel Boice
Additional Participant: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Lewis (b. 1806) {son of Hanna} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rachel Boice
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"

*** Hanna ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Rachel Boice

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Rachel Boice
Role: Enslaver
Research Guide: Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records
Record Contributor: Lindsey Dixon; Jesse Bayker