1823-01-08 Birth: Silas · New Jersey Slavery Records

Title: 1823-01-08 Birth: Silas
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00458
Source: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 78; Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 78. 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: 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: Life event: Birth
Date: 8 January 1823
Location of Event: North Brunswick
Primary Participant: Silas (b. 1823) {son of Mary}; Mary
Enslaver: Enos Ayers
Additional Participant: Sarah Ayers; T. S. Van Arsdalen
Participant Details: DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

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

*** Mary ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Enos Ayers

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Sarah Ayers
Role: Agent for Enslaver

T. S. Van Arsdalen
Role: County Clerk

Enos Ayers
Role: Enslaver
Research Guide: Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records
Record Contributor: Lindsey Dixon; Jesse Bayker