Birth record for Charles, son of Peg, reported by slaveholder Matthew Van Dike
Title
Birth record for Charles, son of Peg, reported by slaveholder Matthew Van Dike
Creator
Description
Slaveholder Matthew Van Dike reports that Peg, an enslaved woman, gave birth to son Charles on December 14, 1819.
Date
1820-02-01
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1819-12-14
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
65
Charls
January 1st 1820 - Born in my house on the 14th of December 1819 a negro boy Charls - its mother’s name Peg. I
Matthew Van Dike
South Bruns-k, Midd-x County
Received Feb-y 1, 1820 recorded by
Deare clk
Charls
January 1st 1820 - Born in my house on the 14th of December 1819 a negro boy Charls - its mother’s name Peg. I
Matthew Van Dike
South Bruns-k, Midd-x County
Received Feb-y 1, 1820 recorded by
Deare clk
Page
65
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 Charles, son of Peg, reported by slaveholder Matthew Van Dike,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed September 8, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/89.