1815-11-21 Birth: Amey's twin daughters

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00935
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 458-459. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9K-8H
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Two female children, names not listed
Mother: Amey
Enslaver of mother and child: James Hopkins
Location: Sussex County (locality not specified)
Birth date: 21 Nov 1815
Recorded date: 4 Jan 1816
Clerk: not listed, presumed Ephraim Green Jr.

This appears to be a birth certificate for Amey's twin daughters, since only one birth date is listed in the document. The names of the children were not recorded.

The following is a full transcript of the source document:

Front:
"The Clerk of Sussex County will please to record the birth of two female children born of a negro slave belonging to me named Amey born the 21 November A.D. 1815.
James Hopkins"

Back:
"Birth of two blacks
filed 4 Jany 1816
97/w"
Event Type
Birth
Date
November 21, 1815
Location of Event
Sussex County
Primary Participants

Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1815) {twin girl, first daughter of Amey}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02366
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Hopkins
Verbatim description from source:
"two female children"

Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1815) {twin girl, second daughter of Amey}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02367
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Hopkins
Verbatim description from source:
"two female children"

Amey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02265
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Hopkins
Additional Participants

James Hopkins
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02266
Role: Enslaver

Ephraim Green Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02059
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event