1818-02-15 Birth: Peter

Title

1818-02-15 Birth: Peter

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00442

Source

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 64

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 64. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Event Description

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:

Page: 64
Child: Peter
Mother: Sarah
Enslaver of mother and child: Dinah Voorhees
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: February 15, 1818
Reported date: April 22, 1819
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The following is a complete transcript of the document:

"64

Peter }

I Dinah Voorhees of the Township of North Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey certify that a black child named Peter was born of Sarah in my house on the fifteenth day of February 1818 — Witness my hand this twenty second day of April 1819. —

Dinah Voorhees

Received April 22d, 1819 recorded
Deare clk"

Event Type

Life event: Birth

Date

15 February 1818

Location of Event

North Brunswick

Primary Participant

Peter (b. 1818) {son of Sarah}

Sarah

Enslaver

Dinah Voorhees

Additional Participant

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Peter (b. 1818) {son of Sarah} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dinah Voorhees
Verbatim description from source:
"black child"

*** Sarah ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dinah Voorhees

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Dinah Voorhees
Role: Enslaver

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Lindsey Dixon

Jesse Bayker