1814-03-16 Birth: Moses Hambelton Jr.

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00932
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 452-453. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-8K
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Moses Hambelton
Mother: name not listed
Father: probably Moses Hambelton Sr
Enslaver of mother and child: Roger Clark
Location: Sussex County (Montague, NJ)
Birth date: 16 March 1814
Recorded date: 16 May 1814
Clerk: John Johnson


The birth certificate did not list the name of the mother, but it mentioned that "the name of the child is Moses Hambelton which is named after its father." It is not entirely clear whether this note is meant to suggest that the father gave his last name or his full name to the son. The father's name may have been Moses Hambelton Sr.
Event Type
Birth
Date
March 16, 1814
Location of Event
Montague
Primary Participants

Moses Hambelton Jr. (b. 1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02258
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Roger Clark
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"

Moses Hambelton Sr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02368
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Unknown
Additional Participants

Roger Clark
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02259
Role: Enslaver

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