1823-01-11 Birth: George
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See the Middlesex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00762
- Source
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 71
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Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 71. 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: 71
Child: George
Mother: Maria
Enslaver of mother and child: Abraham Dunham
Birth date: January 11, 1823
Reported date: August 12, 1823
Clerk: William Philips Deare
The birth record describes the mother Maria as an "indented Black girl" and notes that she was bound to Abraham Dunham's son Jonathan R. Dunham for a term of years. This suggests that George was born in the household of Jonathan R. Dunham where Maria was living at that time.
The birth certificate does not list a specific location within Middlesex County; however, other historical records about Abraham Dunham indicate that he was a resident of Piscataway.
The following is a complete transcript of the document:
"Maria /
August 12th 1823, I certify that my indented Black girl Maria bound to Son Jonathan R. Dunham for a term of years had a male child born eleventh January eighteen hundred & twenty three named George.
Abraham Dunham
Received September 1st 1823 & recorded by
Deare Clk" - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- January 11, 1823
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Primary Participants
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George (b. 1823) {son of Maria}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01889
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Dunham (1750-1826)
- Jonathan Randolph Dunham (1780-1844)Maria
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01845
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Dunham (1750-1826)
- Jonathan Randolph Dunham (1780-1844) - Additional Participants
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William Philips Deare (d. 1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00008
Role: County ClerkAbraham Dunham (1750-1826)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01323
Role: Enslaver
Comment: filed birth certificate, principal legal owner of MariaJonathan Randolph Dunham (1780-1844)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01295
Role: Enslaver
Comment: Maria bound to him for a term of years, child George born in his household - Record Contributor
- Lindsey Dixon
- Jesse Bayker