Birth record for Bob, son of Abb, reported by slaveholder Matthias Vanderveer
Title
Birth record for Bob, son of Abb, reported by slaveholder Matthias Vanderveer
Creator
Description
Slaveholder Matthias Vanderveer reports that Abb, an enslaved woman, gave birth to a son Bob on March 26, 1807.
Date
1808-06-06
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1807-03-26
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
Bob
I Matthias Van DerVeer of the township of North Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, Farmer, certify that a male negro child called Bob, was born of my slave Abb, at the place aforesaid, on the twenty sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven. Witness my hand, this Sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and eight.
Matthias Vanderveer
Received June 6th 1808 & recorded by
Deare Clk
I Matthias Van DerVeer of the township of North Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, Farmer, certify that a male negro child called Bob, was born of my slave Abb, at the place aforesaid, on the twenty sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven. Witness my hand, this Sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and eight.
Matthias Vanderveer
Received June 6th 1808 & recorded by
Deare Clk
Page
30
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival collection
Middlesex County (N.J.). Records, 1688-1929 (MC 784.1)
Archival location
Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Middlesex County Register of Black Children (Birth of Slaves, 1804-1844) |
Collection
Citation
Middlesex County Clerk, “Birth record for Bob, son of Abb, reported by slaveholder Matthias Vanderveer,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 24, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/54.