1805-09-26 Abandonment: Simeon
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00992
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Simeon, by Samuel Randolph
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Certificate of Abandonment for Simeon, by Samuel Randolph, September 26, 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: Simeon
Mother: Cate
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Samuel Randolph
Abandonment Certificate Date: September 26, 1805
Child’s Date of Birth: September 28, 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
- September 26, 1805
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1804-09-28 Birth: Simeon
- Primary Participants
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Simeon (b. 1804) {son of Cate Yansey}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00767
Role: Abandoned Person
Age: 1
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child"Cate Yansey
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00939
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negrow Woman" - Additional Participants
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Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00030
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias