1815-07-27 Birth: Merrell
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00758
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 61
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 61. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1). Vol. X.
- Event Description
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children book contains the following record:
Page: 61
Child: Merrell
Mother: Bett
Enslaver of mother and child: Thomas Edgar
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Birth date: July 27, 1815
Reported date: April 10, 1818
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The certificate does not indicate the child's sex.
The document notes that the enslaver was a farmer.
See related birth events for Bett's other children, which were reported in the same document. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- July 27, 1815
- Location of Event
- Woodbridge
- Primary Participants
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Merrell (b. 1815) {child of Bett}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01885
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)Bett
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01852
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849) - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkThomas Edgar (ca. 1774-1849)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00024
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker