1813-01-29 Birth: Dinah · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier

NJS-EVE-00942

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 462-463. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-XR

Event Description

Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Dinah
Mother: Nance
Enslaver of mother and child: Abraham Shaver
Location: Sussex County (location not listed)
Birth date: 29 Jan 1813
Recorded date: 22 June 1813
Clerk: John Johnson

The locality within Sussex County is not specified in this document. However, other historical records indicate that enslaver Abraham Shaver was the owner of the Shafer Grist Mill in Stillwater. Thus it can be inferred that the child was born in Stillwater.

Event Type

Birth

Date

January 29, 1813

Location of Event

Stillwater

Primary Participants

Dinah (b. 1813) {daughter of Nance}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02278
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child born of my negro wench"

Nance
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02282
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro wench Nance a slave"

Additional Participants

Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02280
Role: Enslaver

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

Record Contributor

Saketh Mandayam