1816-07-09 Birth: Francis Stout

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00472
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 86

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 86. 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: 86
Child: Francis Stout
Mother: Jane
Enslaver of mother and child: Asher Applegate
Location: East Windsor, NJ
Birth date: July 9, 1816
Reported date: August 9, 1836
Clerk: Nicholas Booraem

The birth registration was delayed by twenty years and did not occur until after the deaths of the original enslaver Asher Applegate and his wife Sarah Applegate. Executor Abijah Applegate signed the birth certificate on August 9, 1836, on behalf of the estate of his father Asher Applegate.

The birth certificate did not note whether the child was male or female, and it is assumed that Francis was a male child based on the name, but this has not been definitively confirmed (and the name written could also be Frances).
Event Type
Birth
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
July 9, 1816
Location of Event
East Windsor
Primary Participants

Francis Stout (b. 1816)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00930
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Asher Applegate (1762-1834)

Jane Stout
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01070
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Asher Applegate (1762-1834)
Additional Participants

Asher Applegate (1762-1834)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00747
Role: Enslaver, Deceased

Abijah Applegate (1799-1885)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00746
Role: Executor or Administrator

Nicholas Booraem Jr. (1786-1869)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00332
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event