1808-12-18 Birth: Adam

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00904
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 428-429. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-2N
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Adam
Mother: name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Everet Vn Auken
Location: Sussex County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 18 Dec 1808
Recorded date: 31 Dec 1810
Clerk: John Johnson

The document also mentions that the same Black woman (whose name is not recorded) gave birth to a girl named Peggy (Adam's sister) on November 2, 1810.

The locality was not specified on this birth certificate; however, other county documents indicate that the enslaver lived in Newton, thus it may be inferred that the child was born in Newton.
Event Type
Birth
Date
December 18, 1808
Location of Event
Newton (Sussex County)
Related Event
1810-11-02 Birth: Peggy
1810-03-25 Birth: Jeffery
Primary Participants

Adam (b. 1808)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02200
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Everett Van Auken
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child"
Additional Participants

Everett Van Auken
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02203
Role: Enslaver

John Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Resource class
Event