Birth record for Ellen, daughter of Caty, reported by slaveholder Mary Deare
Title
Birth record for Ellen, daughter of Caty, reported by slaveholder Mary Deare
Creator
Description
Slaveholder Mary Deare reports that Caty, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Ellen in March 1812. The precise date of birth is omitted from the record; only the month has been recorded by the clerk.
Date
1812-12-09
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1812-03
Language
English
Text (Transcript)
Ellen
I Mary Deare of the city of New Brunswick in New Jersey certify that a female negro child called Ellen was born of my slave Caty at the township of North Brunswick in the county of Middlesex on the [blank space] day of March eighteen hundred & twelve. Witness my hand.
Mary Deare
Recorded December 19, 1812
I Mary Deare of the city of New Brunswick in New Jersey certify that a female negro child called Ellen was born of my slave Caty at the township of North Brunswick in the county of Middlesex on the [blank space] day of March eighteen hundred & twelve. Witness my hand.
Mary Deare
Recorded December 19, 1812
Page
50
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 Ellen, daughter of Caty, reported by slaveholder Mary Deare,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 28, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/95.