1806-03-25 Abandonment: Abraham
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01000
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Abraham, by Jeremiah Van Deventer
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Certificate of Abandonment for Abraham, by Jeremiah Van Deventer , March 25, 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: Abraham
Mother: Ann
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Jeremiah Van Deventer
Abandonment Certificate Date: March 25, 1806
Child’s Date of Birth: September 13, 1805
The Certificate is addressed to Thomson Stelle, Township Clerk.
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 25, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1805-09-13 Birth: Abraham
- Primary Participants
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Abraham (b. 1805) {son of On}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00900
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Van Deventer
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child"On
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00975
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jeremiah Van Deventer
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negro woman" - Additional Participants
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Jeremiah Van Deventer
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01217
Role: EnslaverThomson Stelle
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01238
Role: Overseer of the Poor - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias