Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible that belonged to Rev. Hosea Kittredge, a native of Mount Desert, Maine, and his wives Nancy (Fisher) Kittredge and Mary Blake (Daggett) Kittredge and their descendants. The Bible contains three pages of Family Records in the back.
The images shown below are not true to color; the pages have more of a light peach tone.
On the first non-marbleized end paper, below:
The Bible measures approximately 10-3/4" by 7-1/4" by 2-1/2" and was published by Brattleboro Typographic Company of Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1837. Tucked in the Bible:
- invoice dated May 21, 1856 at Red Creek, New York, with religious notes on the reverse
- legal sized paper with a listing of what appears to be towns or surnames and more religious notes
- paper scrap that looks as though it might have served as an address pane, addressed to Rev. Hosea Kittredge, Mason, Michigan.
Marriages page, which also contains births
William Kittredge of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Begat
Nehemiah Kittredge of Billerica [as spelled today; in Massachusetts] who begat [expressed by ditto marks]
Kendall Kittredge of Mount Desert, Maine, who begat [expressed by ditto marks], of
Sarah Whiting, his wife [the year 1779 appears before her name, presumably her birth year]
[Children of Kendall Kittredge and Sarah (Whiting) Kittredge]
- Benjamin W. Kittredge, born in 1779
- Calvin Kittredge, born in 1801
- Hosea Kittredge, born March 25, 1803
- Elmenia Kittredge, born in 1805; became Mrs. William Thompson
- Martha Kittredge, born in 1807; became Mrs. John Haynes
- Nehemiah Kittredge, born in 1809
- Mary Ann Kittredge, born in 1811; became Mrs. Micah Strickland
- Edwin Kittredge, born in 1813
- William Kittredge, born in 1815
- John Kittredge, born in 1817
Nancy Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine, born August 18, 1804; future wife of Rev. Hosea Kittredge
Marriage on November 18, 1830 of Hosea Kittredge, son of Kendall & Sarah K., Married Nancy Fisher, daughter of Jonathan & Dorothea F.
Marriage of February 18, 1846 of Hosea Kittredge and Mary Blake, Daughter of Levi & Lydia Daggett
Births Page
Children of Hosea Kittredge and first wife Nancy (Fisher) Kittredge
- Ellen Kittredge, born January 30, 1832 at Blue Hill, Maine
- Tyler Kittredge, born October 3, 1834; died in Michigan in January 1885
- Pascal Kittredge, born July 13, 1838 at Rushville, New York
- Kendall Kittredge, born January 12, 1845 at Sodus, New York
- Sarah Whiting Kittredge, born September 24, 1849 at Sodus, New York
- Harriet Winslow Kittredge, born December 12, 1851 at Red Creek, New York
- Calvin Kittredge, born March 15, 1854 at Red Creek, New York
Lewis H. Clark [his middle initial looks like Heny, but could be Henry or Hervey], born September 11, 1827 at Sodus, New York; husband of E. Kittredge [Ellen (Kittredge) Clark]
Children of Ellen (Kittredge) Thompson and husband Lewis H. Clark
- Mary Asenath Clark, born November 4, 1856
- Nancy Fisher Clark, born September 24, 1858
- Ellen Kittredge Clark, born June 19, 1862
- Lewis Hosea Clark, born July 4, 1868
Children of Tyler Kittredge and wife Emily (Hinkle) Kittredge
- Edward William Kittredge, born May 26, 1861 [could also be 1862 but other records favor 1861]
- George Henry Kittredge, born March 28, 1864
- Mary Rebecca Kittredge, born November 17, 1865 at Kenosha, Wisconsin
Deaths Page
- Mrs. Nancy, Wife of Hosea Kittredge, died February 1, 1845, 40 years, 5 months
- Sarah Whiting Kittredge, daughter of Hosea Kittredge and Mary Blake (Daggett) Kittredge, died of Croup & gangrene on May 15, 1850; 7 months, 22 days
- Dr. Kendall Kittredge, father of Rev. Hosea Kittredge, died of old age in 1857; 84 years
- Calvin Kittredge, son of Dr. Kendall Kittredge and Sarah (Whiting) Kittredge, died in 1856 of hard treatment & fever, age 55
- Pascal Kittredge, son of Hosea Kittredge and Mary Blake (Daggett) Kittredge, died on February 16, 1862 of Diphtheria & exhaustion; age 23 years; 7 months; 3 days
- Calvin Kittredge, son of Hosea Kittredge and Mary Blake (Daggett) Kittredge, died of Diphtheria on February 25, 1862; aged 7 years; 11 months; 15 days
- Mrs. Sarah (Whiting) Kittredge, wife of Dr. Kendall Kittredge and mother of Rev. Hosea Kittredge, died on May 8, 1871 at West Trenton; 94 years; 4 months
- Rev. Hosea Kittredge died March 30, 1873 of old age, age 70 years, 5 days
The items tucked in the Bible:
Item 1, Front
Item 1, Reverse
Item 2, Front
Item 2, Reverse
Item 3, Reverse
Hi, Pam! How can I contact you directly regarding Rev. Hosea Kittredge's family bible?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your inquiry. Contact info posted on right hand margin near the top, Inquiries - but it's heirlooms(dot)reunited(at)gmail(dot)com.
DeletePascal born in 1838 was a son of the first wife Nancy Fisher Kittredge who died in 1845, not 2nd wife Mary Blake Daggett, whom Hosea married in 1846.
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