1814-10-21 Birth: Eliza

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00435
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 55

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 55. 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: 55
Child: Eliza
Mother: Pegg
Enslaver of mother and child: John LaTourrette
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: October 21, 1814
Reported date: May 1, 1815
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a miller.
Event Type
Birth
Date
October 21, 1814
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Eliza (b. 1814) {daughter of Pegg}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00868
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John LaTourrette
Verbatim description from source:
"female negro child"

Pegg
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01036
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John LaTourrette
Additional Participants

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

John LaTourrette
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00328
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event