1809-09-12 Birth: Silas
- Research Tips
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00417
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 45
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 45. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:
Page: 45
Child: Silas
Mother: Lyvia, also known as Zilphe
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Lake
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: September 12, 1809
Reported date: April 18, 1811
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- September 12, 1809
- Location of Event
- South Brunswick
- Primary Participants
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Silas (b. 1809) {son of Lyvia}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00854
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Lake
Verbatim description from source:
"negro male child"Lyvia
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01022
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Lake
Verbatim description from source:
"Lyvia otherwise called Zilphe" - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkRichard Lake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01256
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker