George Cummins, a merchant from Ireland, provided testimony in 1736 that Christian had bore a mulatto child in November 1735. For Cummins's origin and occupation, see Deed Book A of Onslow County, North Carolina.
Christian bore mulatto illegitimate children during her years of servitude.
(1) Paul M. McCain, The County Court in North Carolina before 1750 (New York: AMS Press, 1954), 93-94, citing Carteret Court Minutes, Dec., 1736; Carteret Court Dockets, June, 1741; Carteret Court Dockets, June 1742; Vestry Minutes, April 1743; Carteret County Records, Vestry Book, St. John's Parish, Beaufort, I, fol. 3; Carteret Court Minutes, Sept., 1743; Carteret Court Minutes, Dec., 1743-March, 1744/45; Carteret Court Minutes, June, 1744; Carteret Court Minutes, Dec., 1745.
(2) Paul Heinegg, "Introduction," Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, quoting Carteret County, North Carolina Court Minutes 1723-47, fol.33c, fol.58, 59b-c, 62d, 151-2.