1806-03-17 Abandonment: Matt
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00997
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Matt, by Dennis Field
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Certificate of Abandonment for Matt, by Dennis Field , March 17, 1806. 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: Matt
Mother: Lett
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Dennis Field
Abandonment Certificate Date: March 17, 1806
Child’s Date of Birth: August 18, 1805
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
- March 17, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1805-08-18 Birth: Matt
- Primary Participants
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Matt (b. 1805) {son of Lett}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00804
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dennis Field
Verbatim description from source:
"a Male Black child"Lett
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00973
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Dennis Field
Verbatim description from source:
"a Female Slave" - Additional Participants
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Dennis Field
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01216
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias