1808-02-19 Birth: Maria

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00461
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 79

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 79. 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: 79
Child: Maria
Mother: Jude
Enslaver of mother and child: Richard Runyon
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Birth date: February 19, 1808
Reported date: February 5, 1829
Clerk: T. S. Van Arsdalen

The document indicated that the enslaver, Richard Runyon, was a farmer and "at present a lunatic," and Gershom Dunn signed as his guardian. This birth certificate was filed in 1829 when Maria was nearing her 21st birthday. It appears Richard Runyon neglected to report her birth when she was born in 1808.
Event Type
Birth
Date
February 19, 1808
Location of Event
Piscataway
Primary Participants

Maria (b. 1808) {daughter of Jude}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00885
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Runyon

Jude
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01058
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Runyon
Additional Participants

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

Richard Runyon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00758
Role: Enslaver

Gershom Dunn
Person identifier: NJS-PER-05233
Role: Agent for Enslaver
Comment: guardian who signed on behalf of Richard Runyon
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event