Birth record for Katy or Catharine, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Abraham Dunham
Title
Birth record for Katy or Catharine, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Abraham Dunham
Creator
Description
Slaveholder Abraham Dunham reports that Hannah, an enslaved woman, gave birth to daughter Katy or Catharine on November 27, 1804.
For more about Abraham Dunham (1750-1826) and the many people that he enslaved, see our New Jersey Slavery Records database.
For more about Abraham Dunham (1750-1826) and the many people that he enslaved, see our New Jersey Slavery Records database.
Date
1805-04-04
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1804-11-27
Language
English
Relation
New Jersey Slavery Records database: 1804, Catharine, Birth
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Abraham Dunham (1750-1826)
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Catharine (b. 1804)
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Middlesex County Births of Enslaved Children, page 1
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Hannah (mother of Catharine)
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Bet (b. 1807) (sibling of Catharine)
New Jersey Slavery Records database: Elenor (b. 1811) (sibling of Catharine)
Text (Transcript)
Katy or Catharine
I Abraham Dunham of the township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex, Farmer, certify that Katy or Catharine a negro female child was born of my slave Hannah on the twenty seventh day of November last. Witness my hand this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
Abrm Dunham
Recorded April 4th 1805.
I Abraham Dunham of the township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex, Farmer, certify that Katy or Catharine a negro female child was born of my slave Hannah on the twenty seventh day of November last. Witness my hand this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
Abrm Dunham
Recorded April 4th 1805.
Page
1
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 Katy or Catharine, daughter of Hannah, reported by slaveholder Abraham Dunham,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 18, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/26.