1823-01-08 Birth: Silas

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00458
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 78

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 78. 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: 78
Child: Silas
Mother: Mary
Enslaver of mother and child: Enos Ayers
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: January 8, 1823
Reported date: May 27, 1829
Clerk: T. S. Van Arsdalen

Sarah Ayers signed the birth certificate on behalf of Enos Ayers on May 27, 1829, but her relationship to Enos Ayers is not clarified in the document.

The same document also reported the birth of children Ellen and Catharine Jane.
Event Type
Birth
Date
January 8, 1823
Location of Event
North Brunswick
Primary Participants

Silas (b. 1823) {son of Mary}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00883
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Enos Ayers

Mary
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01056
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Enos Ayers
Additional Participants

Sarah Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00749
Role: Agent for Enslaver

T. S. Van Arsdalen
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00760
Role: County Clerk

Enos Ayers
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01284
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event