1808-05-16 Birth: Enos
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- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00965
- 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 505-506. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-4X
- Event Description
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Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:
Child: Enos
Mother: Phillis
Enslaver of mother and child: James Van Auken
Location: Sussex County (locality not specified)
Birth date: May 16, 1808
Recorded date: May 23, 1809
Clerk: John Johnson
This birth certificate does not list the locality. However, other county records indicate that James Van Auken was a resident of Montague. Thus it can be inferred that Enos was born in Montague. - Event Type
- Birth
- Date
- May 16, 1808
- Location of Event
- Montague
- Primary Participants
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Enos (b. 1808) {son of Phillis}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02326
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Van Auken
Verbatim description from source:
"male child"Phillis
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02327
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Van Auken
Verbatim description from source:
"negro slave Phillis" - Additional Participants
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James Van Auken
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02227
Role: EnslaverJohn Johnson (1764-1829)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02072
Role: County Clerk - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias
- Saketh Mandayam