1806-11-01 Abandonment: Tom
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01005
- Source
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Certificate of Abandonment for Tom, by Hendrick Smock
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Certificate of Abandonment for Tom, by Hendrick Smock, November 1, 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: Tom
Mother: Nelle
Enslaver of Mother and Child: Hendrick Smock
Abandonment Certificate Date: November 1, 1806
Child’s Date of Birth: March 4, 1806
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
- November 1, 1806
- Location of Event
- Piscataway
- Preceding Event
- 1806-03-04 Birth: Tom
- Primary Participants
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Tom (b. 1806) {son of Nell}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00811
Role: Abandoned Person
Age category: Infant
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hendrick Smock
Verbatim description from source:
"a male child"Nell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00984
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Hendrick Smock
Verbatim description from source:
"my Negro woman" - Additional Participants
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Hendrick Smock
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01223
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias