1815-05-06 Birth: George

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00436
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 56

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 56. 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: 56
Child: George
Mother: Mariah
Enslaver of mother and child: John F. Randolph
Location: Middlesex County, NJ
Birth date: May 6, 1815
Reported date: July 5, 1815
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The birth certificate does not list a specific location within Middlesex County; however, other historical documents show that John Fitz Randolph and the enslaved woman Mariah resided in Piscataway.
Event Type
Birth
Date
May 6, 1815
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

George (b. 1815) {son of Mariah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00911
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Fitz Randolph
Verbatim description from source:
"mail child"

Mariah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01037
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Fitz Randolph
Additional Participants

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

John Fitz Randolph
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00133
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event