1811, Mark Harris Sr., Marriage
- Title
- 1811, Mark Harris Sr., Marriage
- Description
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Mark Harris Sr. and Ambo were married on September 8, 1811, by Rev. Joseph Clark of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick.
A notation in the pastor's register of marriages for 1811 reads thus:
"Sept. 8 Mark a black man belonging to Capt. Taylor, to
Ambo a [black] woman [belonging to] Col. John Neilson $2.50" - Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00001
- Event Type
- Religious: Marriage Sacrament
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 8, 1811
- Source
- Marriage record for Ambo and Mark Harris. September 8, 1811. Records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Call number: 07 0525). Volume 14: Church register, 1790–1867, including baptisms and marriages, 1797–1869. Subsection: Record of Marriages and Baptisms kept by Rev. Joseph Clark D.D. Pastor from January 1, 1797 to October 18, 1813 (pp. 218–226). Page 225. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia.
- Related Event
- 1811, Ambo Harris, Marriage
- Primary Participant
- Mark Harris Sr. (b. 1791)
- Primary Participant Description
- black man
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Benjamin Taylor Jr.
- Age
- Adult
- Author
- Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
- Officiator
- Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
- Partner
- Ambo Harris
- Organization
- First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick
- Currency
- dollar
- Price
- 2.50
- Source Resource
- https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/1595
- Source Site
- https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
- Sex
- Male
- Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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