1808-02-25 Birth: Quash

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00391
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 31

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 31. 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: 31
Child: Quash
Mother: Teen
Enslaver of mother and child: Reuliff Voorhees
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: February 25, 1808
Reported date: October 11, 1808
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
February 25, 1808
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Quash (b. 1808) {son of Teen}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00833
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Reuliff Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Teen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01003
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Reuliff Voorhees
Additional Participants

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Reuliff Voorhees
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01240
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event