1817-03-30 Birth: Charles

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00440
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 59

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 59. 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: 59
Child: Charles
Mother: Betty
Enslaver of mother and child: George Y. Brewster
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Birth date: March 30, 1817
Reported date: April 28, 1817
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 30, 1817
Location of Event
Woodbridge
Primary Participants

Charles (b. 1817) {son of Betty}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00872
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Y. Brewster
Verbatim description from source:
"male negro child"

Betty
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01040
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Y. Brewster
Additional Participants

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

George Y. Brewster
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00362
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event