1808-05-25 Birth: Mary

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00398
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 34

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 34. 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: 34
Child: Mary
Mother: Nance
Enslaver of mother and child: Jeremiah Field
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: May 25, 1808
Reported date: June 28, 1809
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The birth took place at the house of John Field where, it appears, Nance was working at the time.

The following is a complete transcript of the document:

"Mary /

I, Jeremiah Field, of the County of Middlesex and township of Piscataway, do certify that my black girl Nance was delivered of a female child called Mary, May the 25, 1808, at the house of John Field, and in the service of John Field.

Jeremiah Field
Received June 28th 1809 & recorded
Deare CLK"
Event Type
Birth
Date
May 25, 1808
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Mary (b. 1808) {daughter of Nance}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00906
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Field
Verbatim description from source:
"female child"

Nance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01008
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Field
- John Field
Additional Participants

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

Jeremiah Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01244
Role: Enslaver

Jeremiah Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01244
Role: Enslaver
Comment: filed birth certificate

John Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00751
Role: Enslaver
Comment: Nance lived and worked in his household
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event