1808-06-26 Birth: Ephraim Hamlet

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00946
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 466-467. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9K-3G
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Ephraim Hamlet
Mother: Clary
Enslaver of mother and child: Elizabeth Paul, widow
Location: Oxford Township, NJ
Birth date: 26 June 1808

Signed date: 29 October 1810

Recorded by the clerk: 15 January 1811
Clerk: John Johnson

Elizabeth Paul signed and sealed the certificate. Benjamin Hunt and C. Paul signed as witnesses.
Event Type
Birth
Date
June 26, 1808
Location of Event
Oxford
Primary Participants

Ephraim Hamlet (b. 1808)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02289
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elizabeth Paul (d. 1828)
Verbatim description from source:
"black Ephraim Hamlet, a boy"

Clary
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02125
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elizabeth Paul (d. 1828)
Verbatim description from source:
"female slave"
Additional Participants

Elizabeth Paul (d. 1828)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02124
Role: Enslaver

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

Benjamin T. Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02199
Role: Witness

C. Paul
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02351
Role: Witness
Record Contributor
Saketh Mandayam
Resource class
Event