1807-07-08 Birth: Bill · New Jersey Slavery Records

Title: 1807-07-08 Birth: Bill
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00385
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 27; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 27. 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: 27
Child: Bill
Mother: Catharine
Enslaver of mother and child: Andrew McDowell Jr.
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: July 8, 1807
Reported date: February 29, 1808
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document noted that Andrew McDowell Jr. was a farmer.
Event Type: Life event: Birth
Date: 8 July 1807
Location of Event: South Brunswick
Primary Participant: Bill (b. 1807) {son of Catharine}; Catharine {Kate}
Enslaver: Andrew McDowell Jr.
Additional Participant: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Bill (b. 1807) {son of Catharine} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Andrew McDowell Jr.
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

*** Catharine {Kate} ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Andrew McDowell Jr.

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

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

Andrew McDowell Jr.
Role: Enslaver
Research Guide: Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records
Record Contributor: Lindsey Dixon; Jesse Bayker