1815-04-15 Birth: Joseph Jennings
- Research Tips
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00451
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 72
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 72. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
- The Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children Book contains a record for a child named Joseph Jennings on page 72. The child was born on April 15, 1815. This birth certificate is incomplete: the name of the enslaver was not recorded, and the names of the parents were not recorded either. The record only says, "Joseph Jennings was born April 15th in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifteen." It appears that the clerk (William P. Deare) made this notation in the book sometime between January and May of 1824.
- Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- April 15, 1815
- Location of Event
- Middlesex County
- Primary Participants
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Joseph Jennings (b. 1815)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00925
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
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