Birth record for Bristor, son of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike
Title
Birth record for Bristor, son of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike
Creator
Description
Jacob Van Dike reports that Hanna, an enslaved woman, gave birth to son Bristor on January 22, 1807.
Date
1807-08-18
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1807-01-22
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
Bristor
I do hereby certify that my male child Bristor was born Janewary [sic] the twenty second in the year eighteen hundred and seven. The child’s mother name Hanna, this eighteenth day of August anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & seven. 1807 -
Witness my hand
Jacob Van Dike
of Middlesex County
I do hereby certify that my male child Bristor was born Janewary [sic] the twenty second in the year eighteen hundred and seven. The child’s mother name Hanna, this eighteenth day of August anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & seven. 1807 -
Witness my hand
Jacob Van Dike
of Middlesex County
Page
24
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) |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Birth record for Rachel, daughter of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Birth record for Democrat, son of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike |
Collection
Citation
Middlesex County Clerk, “Birth record for Bristor, son of Hanna, reported by slaveholder Jacob Van Dike,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed October 4, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/92.