1805-02-03 Birth: Elizabeth

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00736
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 12

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 12. 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: 12
Child: Elizabeth
Mother: Esther
Enslaver of mother and child: John I. Craig
Location: West Windsor, NJ
Birth date: February 3, 1805
Reported date: November 28, 1805
Clerk: William Philips Deare

The document indicates that the enslaver was a farmer.

This birth certificate only lists West Windsor Township and does not provide further details about the location. The location of the event is inferred from other records that indicate John I. Craig was at this time the owner and resident of Prospect Farm in Princeton.
Event Type
Birth
Date
February 3, 1805
Location of Event
Prospect Farm (Prospect House at Princeton University)
Related Place
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Elizabeth (b. 1805) {daughter of Esther}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01863
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John I. Craig
Verbatim description from source:
"Bet otherwise called Elizabeth a female negro child"

Esther
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01851
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John I. Craig
Additional Participants

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

John I. Craig
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01333
Role: Enslaver
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event