1804-07-17 Birth: Lydia

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00730
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 2

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 2. 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: 2
Child: Lydia
Mother: Rebeckah
Enslaver of mother and child: Thomas Wetherill
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Birth date: July 17, 1804
Reported date: May 1, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare
Event Type
Birth
Date
July 17, 1804
Location of Event
South Brunswick
Primary Participants

Lydia (b. 1804) {daughter of Rebeckah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01857
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Wetherill
Verbatim description from source:
"female child"

Rebeckah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01840
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Wetherill
Additional Participants

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk

Thomas Wetherill
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00167
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event