1812-03-07 Birth: Democrat

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00751
Source
Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 47

Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 47. 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: 47
Child: Democrat
Mother: Hanna
Enslaver of mother and child: Jacob Van Dike
Location: West Windsor, NJ
Birth date: March 7, 1812
Reported date: March 13, 1812
Clerk: William Philips Deare
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 7, 1812
Location of Event
West Windsor
Primary Participants

Democrat (b. 1812) {son of Hannah}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01878
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Van Dike (1754-1827)
Verbatim description from source:
"male child... the childs name Democrat"

Hannah
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01847
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Van Dike (1754-1827)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman a slave her name Hanna"
Additional Participants

Jacob Van Dike (1754-1827)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01324
Role: Enslaver

William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Lindsey Dixon
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event