1805-04-27 Birth: Phebe-Gertruda

Title

1805-04-27 Birth: Phebe-Gertruda

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00499

Source

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 8

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 8. 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: 8
Child: Phebe-Gertruda
Mother: Nancy
Enslaver of mother and child: Gertrude Parker, Executrix of the estate of James Parker Sr.
Location: Perth Amboy, NJ
Birth date: April 27, 1805
Reported date: September 27, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The following is a complete transcript of the document:

"Phebe-Gertruda /

I do hereby certify that a female child called Phebe-Gertruda was born of a black woman called Nancy belonging to the estate of James Parker dec’d. On Saturday the twenty seventh day of April last. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Perth Amboy in the County of Middlesex this twenty seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and five.

Gertrude Parker
Executrix of James Parker decd

Recorded Oct. 5th 1805."

Event Type

Life event: Birth

Keywords

Estate (deceased enslaver)

Date

27 April 1805

Location of Event

Perth Amboy

Primary Participant

Phebe-Gertruda (b. 1805) {daughter of Nancy}

Nancy {or Nanny}

Enslaver

Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)

Additional Participant

James Parker Sr. (1725-1797)

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Phebe-Gertruda (b. 1805) {daughter of Nancy} ***
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"female child"

*** Nancy {or Nanny} ***
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

James Parker Sr. (1725-1797)
Role: Deceased

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Role: County Clerk

Gertrude Skinner Parker (1739-1811)
Role: Enslaver

Research Guide

Research Guide: Middlesex County Slavery Records

Record Contributor

Lindsey Dixon

Jesse Bayker