1811-03-01 Birth: Dianna

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00427
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 50

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 50. 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: 50
Child: Dianna
Mother: Lewshe
Enslaver of mother and child: Robert Coddington
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Birth date: March 1, 1811
Reported date: September 9, 1812
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 1, 1811
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Dianna (b. 1811) {daughter of Lewshe}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00862
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Coddington
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro child"

Lewshe
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01030
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Robert Coddington
Additional Participants

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

Robert Coddington
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01263
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event