1805-07-01 Abandonment: Kate
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00991
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Cate, by Richard Holtom
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Certificate of Abandonment for Cate, by Richard Holtom, July 1, 1805. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Piscataway Township Records, 1682–1954 (MC 1359). Folder: Certificates of abandonment for negro children born of slave parents, 1805-1807, Ac. 1635 (physical location: BL drawer on-site at Alexander Library).
- Event Description
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The Following Abandonment Certificate was submitted to the Overseer of the Poor of the Township of Piscataway:
Child: Cate
Mother: Jane
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Richard Holtom
Abandonment Certificate Date: July 1, 1805
Child’s Date of Birth: July 9, 1804
This certificate indicates that the enslaver abandoned all his legal rights and title to the child and gave up the child to the Overseer of the Poor to be bound out as a pauper. - Event Type
- Abandonment
- Date
- July 1, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1804-07-09 Birth: Kate
- Primary Participants
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Kate (b. 1804) {or Cate, daughter of Ginn}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00772
Role: Abandoned Person
Age: 1
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Holtom
Verbatim description from source:
"a female child"Ginn {Jane}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00944
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Richard Holtom
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro woman named Jane" - Additional Participants
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Richard Holtom
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01192
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias