1809-03-22 Birth: Nicholas

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00399
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 35

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 35. 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: 35
Child: Nicholas
Mother: Dinah
Enslaver of mother and child: James De Hart
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: March 22, 1809
Reported date: August 12, 1809
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document notes that the enslaver was a farmer. He signed by his mark, indicating that he was illiterate.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 22, 1809
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Nicholas (b. 1809) {son of Dinah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00839
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James De Hart
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Dinah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01009
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James De Hart
Additional Participants

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

James De Hart
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01245
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event