1807-07-01 Birth: Jacob
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- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00955
- 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 515-516. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-4N
- Event Description
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Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:
Child: Jacob
Mother: Nance
Enslaver of mother and child: Abraham Shaver
Location: Sussex County (Locality not listed)
Birth date: July 1, 1807
Recorded date: March 23, 1808
Clerk: 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 and a in Stillwater. Thus it can be inferred that the child was born in Stillwater. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- July 1, 1807
- Location of Event
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Stillwater
- Primary Participants
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Jacob (b. 1807) {son of Nance}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02304
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro child"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" - Additional Participants
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Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02280
Role: EnslaverJohn Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
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