1816-07-12 Birth: Charles

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Identifier
NJS-EVE-00971
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 494-495. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-1Z9V-S4
Event Description
Sussex County Births of Enslaved Children microfilm contains the following record:

Child: Charles
Mother: Nance
Enslaver of mother and child: Abraham Shaver
Location: Stillwater
Birth date: July 12, 1816
Recorded date: January 10, 1817
Clerk: Green

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.

The same slip of paper contained a separate birth record for Ester, daughter of Betty.
Event Type
Birth
Date
July 12, 1816
Location of Event
Stillwater
Related Event
1816-07-17 Birth: Ester
Primary Participants

Charles (b. 1816) {son of Nance}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02335
Role: Child
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Abraham Shaver (1754-1820)
Verbatim description from source:
"male 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

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

Ephraim Green Jr.
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02059
Role: County Clerk
Record Contributor
Daniel Dias
Resource class
Event