1808-07-23 Birth: Deborah
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See the Sussex County Research Guide for information about related records.
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00937
- Source
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Sussex County Births of Slaves, c. 1801-1835
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Microfilm: Sussex County, NJ, Births of Slaves, 1801-1835. Available on FamilySearch.org, Image Group 004541260. Images 537-538. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9J-C8
- Event Description
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Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:
Child: name not entirely clear, but appears to be Deborah or a variation thereof
Mother: Name not listed
Enslaver of mother and child: Samuel D. Westfall
Location: Sussex County (Locality not specified)
Birth date: July 23, 1808
Recorded date: May 23, 1809
Clerk: Johnson
Although the place of birth was not listed on the document, enslaver Samuel DeWitt Westfall was known to be a resident of Montague. Thus it can be inferred that the child was born there.
Below Samuel D. Westfall's signature, he wrote a postscript reporting the birth of a child named Harry in the household of another enslaver, Martin Cole. See the related birth event for Harry for additional details. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- July 23, 1808
- Location of Event
- Montague
- Related Event
- 1808-09-14 Birth: Harry
- Primary Participants
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Deborah (b. 1808)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02269
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel DeWitt Westfall (1780-1865)
Verbatim description from source:
"female Black" - Additional Participants
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Samuel DeWitt Westfall (1780-1865)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02268
Role: EnslaverJohn Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
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