1807-08-05 Birth: Bob · New Jersey Slavery Records

Title: 1807-08-05 Birth: Bob
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00386
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 28; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 28. 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: 28
Child: Bob
Mother: Betty
Enslaver of mother and child: Henry Cortleyou
Location: South Amboy, NJ
Birth date: August 5, 1807
Reported date: March 1, 1808
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type: Life event: Birth
Date: 5 August 1807
Location of Event: South Amboy
Primary Participant: Bob (b. 1807) {son of Betty}; Betty
Enslaver: Henry Cortleyou
Additional Participant: William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Bob (b. 1807) {son of Betty} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Cortleyou
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

*** Betty ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Cortleyou

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

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

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