Birth record for Deyaun, reported by Jacob Vandevanter

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Title

Birth record for Deyaun, reported by Jacob Vandevanter

Description

Slaveholder Jacob Vandevanter Sr. reports that an enslaved female child named Deyaun was born in his household on September 4, 1806. The mother's name is not listed in this record.

Date

1807-05-20

Temporal Coverage

1806-09-04

Language

English

Text (Transcript)

Deyaun

This is to certify that there is a female child that was born the 4th day of September 1806, whose name is Deyaun, belonging to Jacob Vandevanter Senr. Piscataway township Middlesex County near Boundbrook follows farming, this from me-
Jacob Vandevanter Senr
Recorded May 20th 1807

Page

22

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

Citation

Middlesex County Clerk, “Birth record for Deyaun, reported by Jacob Vandevanter,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 28, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/84.