Austin Davis Blackwell (1794-1878)
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This white person has 7 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01363
- Given Name
- Austin Davis
- Family Name
- Blackwell
- Birth Date
- October 8, 1794
- Death Date
- December 19, 1878
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Austin Davis Blackwell was an enslaver who resided in Mapletown in South Brunswick Township, NJ. He was the son of Thomas Blackwell (1741-1825) and Bathsheba Davis Blackwell. He signed a manumission deed for a Black man named Samuel in 1824 as an agent on his father's behalf. Additionally, in 1830, several years after his father's death, Austin reported to the Middlesex County Clerk that a Black woman named Jane had given birth to 6 children between 1809 and 1817 in the Blackwell household. From these birth records, it can be inferred that Jane and her children were enslaved by Thomas Blackwell during Thomas's lifetime and then by Austin Davis Blackwell after 1825.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- agent on behalf of enslaver
- Enslaver of
- Alexander (b. 1812) {son of Jane}
- Charles (b. 1809) {son of Jane}
- Jane
- Letty (b. 1811) {daughter of Jane}
- Phebe (b. 1815) {daughter of Jane}
- Sally (b. 1817) {daughter of Jane}
- Sam (b. 1814) {son of Jane}
- Sibling of
- Elijah Blackwell (1775-1855)
- Spouse of
- Catharine Ann Stryker Blackwell
- References
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blackwell-5544
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8052808 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1809-09-06 Birth: Charles (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1811-02-01 Birth: Letty (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1812-05-29 Birth: Alexander (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1814-01-20 Birth: Sam (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1815-06-08 Birth: Phebe (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1817-08-10 Birth: Sally (Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier)
- 1824-06-12 Manumission: Samuel (Role: Agent for Enslaver)
- Resource class
- Agent