Family Bibles & Family Registers, under construction

As I go through this collection and post about the Bibles, I'll provide links.  Note: Not in alphabetical order

New England

Connecticut
  • Bible of Silas St. John & Olive (Barstow) St. John; to Seth B. St. John & Wives; to Henrietta D. (St. John) Morey; & Descendants of Connecticut and Beyond - 9 pages of records
  • Bible of Aaron Case (1771-1842) and Wives Lodama and Lucy of Connecticut - with info on Aaron's ancestors; apparently passed to Aaron's son Aaron Titus Case and wife Harriet Matilda (Bosworth) Case
  • Bible of Asa Hibbard and wife Eunice D. (Chandler) Hibbard and Descendants of Connecticut
  • Bible of the family of Darius Higgins and Betsey (Sexton) Higgins of Connecticut
  • Bible of James Lester and Annis (Otis) Lester of Lyme, Connecticut - Lester; Beckwith; Bigelow; Otis; Palmer; Rogers; etc.
  • Bible of John Lush, born 1787, and wife Jane, born 1790 - Connecticut and New York
  • Family Bible of Ebenezer and Sarah (Dean) Smith; to daughter Sally (Smith) Foster and to her daughter Laurinda (Foster) Smith; Connecticut and Massachusetts
  • Bible of Thomas Scott and Caroline (Grant) Scott of Rowe, Massachusetts
  • Bible of James O. Parkhurst and Lucy A. (Pollard) Parkhurst of Connecticut
  • Bible of David Spencer, Jr., and Emeline (Chalker) Spencer of Saybrook, Connecticut
  • Family Bible of Joseph & Susan (Curtiss) Wakelee of Huntington (Shelton), Connecticut
  • Bible of Ezra Hawley Jennings & Amy (Fairchild) Jennings of Connecticut & Beyond
  • Bible of Joseph & Susan (Curtiss) Wakelee of Huntington (Shelton), Connecticut
  • Bible of Edmond Beers and Jemima (Abbott) Beers of Connecticut; and Descendants - with Waterbury genealogy
  • Bible of Charles Henry Crane & Lovey Ann (Lewis) Crane of Dedham and Westwood, Massachusetts; to son Henry Lewis Crane
  • Bible of George Elbert Jennings & Jennie E. (King) Jennings of Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts area, Bible, Tintypes, CDVs
  • Bible of John Kelley (1827-1903) and Mary Abbie Chapman (1832-1893) of East Lyme, Connecticut
  • Bible of Francis Drake and Julia Lanckton & Family of Massachusetts and Connecticut
  • Bible of Charles Alfred Peabody (1810-1884 and Frances Harriet (Williams) Peabody (1812-1885) and Descendants of Connecticut, Georgia and Alabama
  • Bible of Francis Bown (1828-1877) and Susan (Brown) Bown of Connecticut - names on inside covers and end papers - there don't appear to be any specific genealogy pages
Massachusetts
  • Bible of Enoch M. Collins (1834-1881) & Polly Ann Currier (Morrill) Collins (1838-1901) of Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Bible of Forester Goddard & Maria P. (King) Goddard of Petersham, Massachusetts
  • Bible of Gardner Hathaway & Wives Bloomy (Flagg) & Lavina (Taylor) of Barre, Massachusetts & Siblings/Descendants - many surnames: Briggs, Edson, Flagg, Gorham, Hale, Haskell, Hathaway, Luce, Rogers, Ross, Smith, Stockwell, Stone, Sturdevant, Taylor
  • Bible of Gamelial Howard & Olive Howard of Plymouth County, Massachusetts & Descendants to 2nd Great Granddaughter - with items tucked in
  • Bible of Ann (Wallis) Standly and John D. Standly of Beverly, Massachusetts; Ann Wallis printed in gold on front cover
  • Bible of William Pearce, Jr. and Clarissa (Sargent) Pearce of Gloucester, Massachusetts - with items tucked in
  • Bible of Jonas Eaton of Groton, Massachusetts, to daughter Charlotte (Eaton) Hitchings to daughter Frances Caroline (Hitchings) Taylor
  • Family Bible of Edith Agnes (Spicer) Hudson of New York and Massachusetts
  • Family Bible of Ebenezer Smith and Sarah (Dean) Smith; to daughter Sally (Smith) Foster and to her daughter Laurinda (Foster) Smith; Connecticut and Massachusetts
  • Bible of Lindley Murray Vittum & Caroline C. (Derby) Vittum of New England and Descendants
  • Bible of William Johnston & Jane (Kirk) Johnston of Scotland and Massachusetts
  • Bible of George Elbert Jennings & Jennie E. (King) Jennings of Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts area, Bible, Tintypes, CDVs
  • Bible of Anson S. Burroughs (1852-1909) and Susan E. (Luck) Burroughs (1854-1916) of Vermont and Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Bible of Walter Wetherbee & Sophia Hume (born at Waterville, Maine, in 1826-1880) of Massachusetts and Maine
  • Isaac Fiske Osgood (1816-1882) and Mary Gleason (Johnson) Osgood (1820-1913) and Descendants of Hubbardston, Massachusetts
  • Bible of Elisha Hitchcock (1753-1839) and Ursula Colton (Hitchcock) Hitchcock (1758-1834, not sure of last digit) and Descendants of Western Massachusetts and Vermont
  • Bible of the Wright, Evans and Tuttle Families of Massachusetts and New Hampshire - i.e.Henry Wright of Ashby, Massachusetts (-1806); Nathanial Evans (1736-1815) of Alstead, New Hampshire (-1815); Nathaniel's widow (and Henry's daughter) Thankful (Wright) Evans (-1820); many Tuttles
  • Bible of Francis Drake and Julia Lanckton & Family of Massachusetts and Connecticut
  • Family Record Page of Family of William Norcross (1807-1888) and Lydia (Forbush) Norcross (1810-1867) of Templeton, Massachusetts

New Hampshire
Rhode Island
  • Bible of the Munro Family of Bristol, Rhode Island - from George Munro (1678-1744) to 4th great granddaughters Helen Burnham (Martin) Wood and Edith Munro (Martin) MacRury
Vermont
  • Bible of Joel Stockwell & Mary (Bailey) Stockwell of Vermont & Portage, New York
  • Bible of Samuel Bailey & Dolly (Newton) Bailey; passed to daughter Sarah (Bailey) Pattee of Vermont & Iowa
  • Bible of Josiah Henry Greene & Wives Susan Converse and Laura Hanks; of New Hampshire & Vermont
  • Bible of William Spencer and Wives Samantha (Stimson) and Eunice H. (Gilbert) and Descendants of Vermont
  • Bible of Lindley Murray Vittum & Caroline C. (Derby) Vittum of New England and Descendants
  • Bible of Anson S. Burroughs (1852-1909) and Susan E. (Luck) Burroughs (1854-1916) of Vermont and Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Bible of Charles B. DuBois (1843-1929)and Mary Ellen (Conner) DuBois (1846-1870) and Children of Peacham, Vermont
  • Bible of Joel B. Thayer (1796-1866) and Susannah R. (Sargent) Thayer (1801-1863) and Descendants (Barnes, Morse) of Vermont - Susannah born in New Hampshire
  • Bible of Moses Hadley (1801-1875) and Jennet (Abbott) Hadley (1805-1880) of Caledonia County, Vermont, and Descendants
Outside New England - not in alpha order
  • Bible of  William T. Scanlin and Wives Willmina F. (Cook) and Rachel C. (Barnett) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Bible of Daniel Tomlinson and Eliza J. (Kerr) Tomlinson of Ireland and New York - many items tucked in, including obituaries of second and third generation descendants
  • Bible of Henry Baker & Rebecca (Duvall) Baker of Maryland - contains information on their children and grandchildren - Henry's obituary pasted in; some pressed flowers; temperance pledges signed by four of Henry's children and co-signed by himself
  • Bible of Jabin Strong and Sarah Jane (Davis) Strong of New York and Michigan - mementos
  • Bible of Wesley H. Dunham & Celia A. (Clapp) Dunham of New York, Michigan & Iowa & Descendants
  • Bible of Adaline Lockwood of Herkimer County, New York, daughter of Seely & Martha Lockwood - entries on parents & siblings
  • Bible of William Embley & Ursula (Voorhees) Embley of New Jersey; to Daughter Lucy C. (Embley) Scudder to her son Charles
  • Bible of Joel Stockwell & Mary (Bailey) Stockwell of Vermont & Portage, New York
  • Bible of George W. Wood, M.D., & Jane H. (Bigger) Wood of Ohio & Descendants
  • Bible of Eliza C. Northrup and husbands Henry L. Goodrich & Reuel McArthur: Massachusetts, New York; Vermont; Ohio, Pennsylvania
  • Bible of Jeremiah Bloom & Susanna (Snyder) Bloom of Pennsylvania & Ohio; to their son James Hagan Bloom of Sherwood, Ohio
  • Bible of George Claypool Rittenour & Elizabeth Catharine (Sargent) Rittenour of Ohio; info on their parents & children and on George's siblings and their children
  • Bible of Samuel Bailey & Dolly (Newton) Bailey; passed to daughter Sarah (Bailey) Pattee of Vermont & Iowa
  • Bible of John Richards & M. Sarah (Swires) Richards of Halfmoon Valley, Pennsylvania - many mementos tucked inside: Richards, Williamson, Jakell, Dill, Henry and Bathurst
  • Bible of Thomas Berry & Eliza Jane (McNair) of New Castle, Pennsylvania Area
  • Bible Record pages from the Bible of Elijah Middaugh and Mehitabell (Hecock) Middaugh of New York - found loose in the Bible of Stephen O. Blair & Pamelia (Embody) Blair of New York - the Bible pages are slightly larger than the Middaugh pages.
  • Bible of Stephen O. Blair & Pamelia (Embody) Blair & Descendants of New York.  The Bible was presented by Pamelia to her daughter "Anette (Blair) Camp, presumably Annette, wife of Charles F. Camp, as shown on their Find-a-Grave listing.  This family may be related to Elijah Middaugh and Mehitabell (Hecock) Middaugh of New York, whose Family Record pages were found with it, but the pages are smaller.
  • Bible of Noble M. Vail & Lucy M. Curtis & Descendants of Quebec and Minnesota - mostly 1800s entries; latest are 3 deaths in the 1960s
  • Family Bible of Edith Agnes (Spicer) Hudson of New York and Massachusetts
  • Bible of Amanda M. F. H. Peckham before and after her marriage to Nicholas L. Cort of New York, New York
  • Bible originally owned by William Easterly and Emily C. (Hewit) of Maysfield, New York, whose only child died young, and later by Emily C. (Marble) Lawton, wife of Herbert F. Lawton - mementos inside include Easterly/Hewit 1841 marriage certificate; handwritten Lawton genealogy;four-leaf clover, etc
  • Bible of John Benner Loose and Mary (Kensinger) Loose of Henrietta, Pennsylvania
  • Bible of John Jordan, son James Jordan, granddaughter Matilda E. (Jordan) Prescott, great granddaughter Virginia Corrinna (Prescott) Luce - Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Chicago
  • Family Bible of Emma Augusta (Horton) Rumsey of Yates, Ontario and Monroe Counties, New York; Wife of Samuel Randal Rumsey
  • Family Bible with Records of Alfred Bullock and Wife Hannah (Rimer) Bullock
  • Family Records Pages of Family of Henry M. Young and Wives of Oswego County, New York
  • Family Records Pages of Henry and Jane Foster of Quebec
  • Family Bible of Daniel and Hannah (Clayton) Tallman of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  • Family Bible of Daniel and Mary Davis of Wales to Daughter Margaret who, with Husband James Wilks, moved to Pennsylvania
  • Family Record Pages of Charles R. Lawrence and Lenora T. (Moyer) Lawrence of Nebraska
  • Family Bible of Noah and Matilda Ann (Coon) Westfall of West Virginia
  • Bible of Walter Glen Harter and Mildred A. (Thurston) Harter of Utica, New York
  • Bible of Benjamin Franklin Haugh (1829-1912) of Maryland and Indiana
  • Bible of Mount Desert, Maine, Native Rev Hosea Kittredge and Wives Nancy (Fisher) and Mary Blake (Daggett) & Descendants of Maine and New York of Maine and New York
  • Bible of Lindley Murray Vittum & Caroline C. (Derby) Vittum of New England and Descendants
  • Bible of James Jansen Dill & Mary F. (Cole) Dill of Rosendale, New York - with information on James' siblings, parents, grandparents and other relatives, as well as his sons with Mary F. (Cole) Dill
  • Bible of James K. Williams (1847-1925) and Mary (Carney or Kearney) Williams (1851-1902) of Fulton and Herkimer counties in New York - IDed CDVs, tintypes, mementos, clippings, locks of hair
  • Bible of the Edward Banks (1790-1855) and Clarissa (Hoyt) Banks and Descendants of Westchester County, New York
  • Bible of John Christy (1811-) and Jane (Daugherty) Christy (1816-1882) and Descendants of Pennsylvania
  • Bible of George H. Harlow (1830-1900) and wife Susan Manilia (Baily) Harlow (1836-1916)  and descendants of Pekin, Illinois
  • Bible of Joseph Hill (1796-1853) and Anna Maria (Rousseau) Hill of Ontario, Canada - clippings, paper scraps - lists names of their son Rev. George Steven Joseph Hill and wife Matilda (Hawksley) Hill, and Rev. Hill's children, of Ontario, Canada
  • Bible of Henry Craig (1833-1913) and Leann (Coburn) Craig (1837-1861) of Morgan County, Ohio
  • Bible of Warren Loomis and Phebe (Lewis) Loomis and family of Smithville and Preston, New York
  • Bible of Samuel Sims and Rachel (Ganong) Sims of England, New York and Michigan - Vol 1, just engraved name, no genealogy in this volume
  • Bible of Charles Alfred Peabody (1810-1884 and Frances Harriet (Williams) Peabody (1812-1885) and Descendants of Connecticut, Georgia and Alabama
  • Bible of Robert William Sill and Ada (Dale) Sill & Descendants - Kentucky and Indiana
  • Bible of the Teske Family of Bessarabia, Washington State and other Western States
  • Bible of Peter Heckert (1813-) and wife Elizabeth (1825-) of Illinois, with Peter's parents' birth dates and those of their sons Adison Alexander Heckert and Oliver Perry Heckert
  • Bible of Henry Foster & Jane (Holland) Foster, presented to their grandson Leonard Lucas by, I think, Mary Barrington of Ormstown, Quebec - her name appears in beautiful calligraphy, as do the other names
  • Children of Benjamin Ulrich and wife Catherine of Ephrata, Pennsylvania: birth and some death dates for Eliza, George, William, Jefferson, Joseph, Henry, Samuel & Allen
  • Family Record Page of the Family of Aldridge Cobb Wiley & Maria Maud (Hammond) Wiley of Galesburg, Illinois

9 comments:

  1. I am looking for the family Bible of David Larkin [ 1719- 1811 married Mary Knowles 1730- 1815 both are burried in Richmond , Rhode Island

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  2. LOOKING FOR BIBLE OF GUY IRVING SWETT, SOUTH PARIS MAINE

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  3. Looking to get a copy of this: NH Bible of Hopley Yeaton (1792-1875 and Lydia Stevens (Foye) Yeaton (1795-1879) and Descendants of Rockingham County, New Hampshire - mentions surnames of Rand and Strout

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  4. Lisa, contact info is under Inquiries in right margin near the top. I purchased the Bible from a NH native antique dealer in Maine.

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  5. Sent an email in regards to the Bible of William Johnston & Jane (Kirk) Johnston of Scotland and Massachusetts. Thanks!

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  6. I noticed the name Urquhart in the photo album section . I an researching Gover Urquhart McKusick line

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  7. Anything with Blairs from Brewton/Appleton/Castleberry, Alabama or Kentucky. Would love to find a photo of Vasten Dewey Blair or childhood photos of Vernon Jerald "Jerry" Blair. Where the Blair family house was. I can not find what the census refers to.

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  8. looking for family info daniel lane of calais maine circa 1820 location of homestead possible photos

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  9. Just discovered this site and am entranced!!! I am always seeking items from Randolph County, NC. In the meantime, I love reading about your findings!!!

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