1811-05-04 Birth: Isaac

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00891
Source
Sussex County Births of Slaves, c. 1801-1835

Microfilm: Sussex County, NJ, Births of Slaves, 1801-1835. Available on FamilySearch.org, Image Group 004541260. Images 410-411 and 365-367. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9K-P6
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains two separate birth records for Isaac, son of Peggy, submitted years apart.

The original birth certificate was submitted by his first enslaver, David Van Deren, 7 months after Isaac was born, and was filed by County Clerk John Johnson. The following is a transcript of the original certificate from microfilm image 411:

"Born of the body of my Slave Peggy on the 4th day of May 1811 - a male child named Isaac - the Clerk of Sussex is required to record the same -

David VnDeren

NB. The child is a molatta"

Then, in February 1825, when Isaac was 13 years old, another certificate was submitted for him by his second enslaver John VanDeren, who also simultaneously filed delayed records for Isaac's siblings Mungo and Juliann. This certificate was filed by County Clerk Ephraim Green. The following is a transcript of the later certificate from microfilm image 367:

"This will certify that my Black boy named Isaac son of my slave Peg was born the first Day of May 1811 then the Property of David VnDeren Esqr

John VanDeren"

It has been inferred that the date of birth written in the original certificate is the more accurate date.
Event Type
Birth
Date
May 4, 1811
Location of Event
Sussex County
Primary Participants

Isaac (b. 1811) {son of Peggy}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02168
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David VanDeren
Verbatim description from source:
"male child named Isaac; The child is a molatta"

Peggy
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02169
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David VanDeren
Verbatim description from source:
"my Slave Peggy; my slave Peg"
Additional Participants

David VanDeren
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02062
Role: Enslaver

John Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk

Ephraim Green Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02059
Role: County Clerk

John VanDeren
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02061
Role: Enslaver, Reporter or Certifier
Comment: filed birth certificate years later as new enslaver of the child
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event