Bible Records

BIBLE RECORDS. PARKER BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. ALVIN A. PARKER or STRAFFORD, PENNSYLVANIA. [Drafted from the Bible -of Ebenezer Parker, of Castlet-on, Vermont, July 10, 1852.J Ebenezer Parker, born October 11th, A.D.-1770. Mercy Holly,* wife of E. Parker, born October 15, 1769. Don Alonzo Parker, born at Castleton, Jany. 2d, 1795. Alvin H[allett] Parker, born at Castleton, Oct. 24th, 1797. George H. Parker, born at Castleton, Oct. 11th, 1799. Laura Parker, born at Castleton, March 17th, 1802. Lucy 0. Parker, born at Castleton, Augt. 25th, 1805. Ebenezer Parker, Jr., born at Castleton, Feby. 3rd, 1809. Ferrand Parker, Born at Castleton, June 27th, 1812. John Seymour Parker, Bom Augt. 29th, 1824 at Castleton, Vt. Sally Parker, Bora May 7th, 1787, Daughter of Prince Parker,f Brother of E. Parker, lived at E. P.’a from a small Girl. * MERCY HOLLY, daughter of Jonathan Holly (Joseph, Lieut. Increase, John, Esq,.), by this wife Martha Betts, was horn at Sharon, Connecticut. The date of her marriage to Ebenezer Parker, 3 February, 1794, la not given in the Bible record above but in other family documents. Jonathan Holly born at Stamford, Conn., 16 April, 1721, removed from Stamford to Sharon, Conn., and thence, before 31 Mar., 1773, to Richmond, Berkshire County, Mass. His widow, Martha (Bettis) Holly was living as late a» 1807 with her son, David Holly, in Jefferson County, New York. Jonathan Holly’s children were: 1 Justus Holly, ancestor of the Hollys of Dorset, Vermont, 2 David Holly, 3 Joseph Holly , 4 Nathan Holly, 5 Elizabeth Holly, 6 Hannah Holly, 7 &lylphina Holly, 8 Mercy Holly of the -text. •j* PRINCE PARKER married Mercy Handy of Rochester, Mass., intention* published at Yarmouth, 4 Aug., 1779: marriage at Rochester, 7 Oct. 1779. Before 1790 he removed to Benson, Vermont, an adjoining town to Castleton, In Rutland County. His father, Jabez Parker ( Jaoob, Benjamin, Robert), born at Yarmouth, Mass., 27 Sept.,, 1726; died there in Miarch, 1796, having married Sarah Halllett, intentions published 19 Jan., 1750/1, daughter of David Halllett of Barnstable, Mass., by his wife Mary Annable, born at Barnstable, 28 May, 1733: died at Yarmouth, 20 Oct.,, 1794, and had issue recorded at Yarmouth : 1 Dwvid Parker, b. 24 Nov., 1751 : d. 29 Oct., 1754, 2 Prince Parker, b. 15 Nov., 1753; m. Mercy Handy, 3 Abigail Parker , b. 1 Oct., 1755, 4 Barnabas Parker, 3 Oct., 1757, 5 Anna Parker , b. 12 Sept., 1759, 6 tiarah Parker b. 4 Oct., 1761, 7 Jabez Parker, b. 27 Oct, 1763, 8 Desire Parker, b. 25 Oct., 1765, 9 Jonathan Parker, b. 15 July, 1768. 11 Nance Parker, b. 18 May, 1779. The birth of Ebenezer Parker , the tenth child, 1* not of record at Yarmouth, and is learned from the Bible record. There may have been one or more children between Ebenezer and Nance. (95) Bible Records. 96 Alvin * Parker, married Jane Mercer of Philadelphia, June 5th, 1826, by the Bev. E. 8. Ely. D. A. Parker, married Pamelia Parker at Putney, Vermont, Nov. 2nd, 1826, by the Bev. E. D. Andrews. Lucy O. Parker, married James Kennedy of Cape May, N. J., at Castleton, Vt., by the Bev. Nelson Higley, May 2nd, 1831. Geo. H. Parker, married Maryan Smith, of Philadelphia, by Bev. E. 8. Ely, Sept. 22nd, 1829. Laura Parker, married Chas. W. Caldwell at Castleton, Vt., by the Bev. Joseph Steel, September 30th, 1832. Ferrand Parker, married Malvina Tomlinson at Castleton, Vt., by the Bev. Joseph Steel, December 25th, 1835. EbenezeT Parker, Jr., married at Augusta, Georgia. Laura H.. Caldwell, Born at Philadelphia, Aug. 9th, 1833, daughter of Chas. W. Caldwell and Laura Caldwell. Ferrand Parker’s Family: Lucy Jane Parker, born at Castleton, April 23rd, 1838. Mary Malvina Parker, bom at Castleton, June 19th, 1848. Harrietta L. Parker, born at Castleton, April 9th, 1850. Malvina, wife of F. Parker, bom Nov. 20th, 1813. George F. Parker, Bora Dec. 19th, 1852. Mercy, wife of E. Parker, died at Castleton, Vt., November 6th, 1883, aged 64 years. Laura, wife of Chas. W. Caldwell, died at Castleton, Vt., November 7th, 1833, aged 31 years. Lucy C., wife of James Kennedy, died at Castleton, Vt., Dec. 15th, i 1834, aged 29 years. . George H. Parker, died at Ebenezer Parker, Jr., died at Augusta, Georgia, Ebenezer Parker, Sr., died at Castleton, Vt., Sept. 23, 1851, aged 81. ... .... SCOTT BIBLE Given. Bebecca Scott Lowrey by her grand¬ [Bible printed 1599. mother, Bebecca Scott Peek.” The entries are made in various blank spaces throughout the book, and are not continuous.] Thomas Harland owns this book, God give him grace on it to look, etc. Anna Domona [sic], 1658. John Scott bom June fourteenth 1773, baptized July, t “ * Bev. Ailvln Haillett Parker, pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, Cape May County, New Jersey from June 1825 to August 1829. It was during Ms pastorate that the present beautiful brick structure was erected and dedicated with the prospect then before It for a great congre¬ gation Historical Address On the One hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Origin or Founding of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Churoh, by the Rev. Daniel Lawrence Hughes of Petersburg, Pa., September 26th., 1889. ] Then follows the key to a cipher used frequently throughout the volume. — Bible Records. 97 Mary Read, 1776. Mary Read her book. Stephen Read His Book 1770. Stephen Read and Mary Colling married November ye 6, 1760. Robert the son of Stephen and Mary Read born August ye ? 1761, and baptized November ye ? Cornell ous Read the son of Stephen and Mary Read born May ye 2, 1763 and baptized May ye 19, 1763. Mary Read Her Book 1770. Mary Colling, Born October ye 20, 1739. Then de¬ Stephen Read born May ye 6, 1734, in old stile [sic] parted from England to Nova Scotia, February 18th, 1772; then arrived at Hallifax [sic], May the 2d, and at Cumberland May the 24th, Barronsfields June the 9th, and at Makan (?), and from there to the town¬ ship of Amherst, April the 23, 1778, from thence to the green Is ... ? we bought 178- ? * I King George the 3rd by the Grace of God. We command you go and take the body of S. Read f bring him bef ore me or any other of the King's magistrates. William Harlland 1652 Anno d. John Harlland 1682 or 1652. William Harlland 1652. George Peacock his book 1622. Thomas Harland. Mary Read her book. John Scott,J Amherst Point, county Cumberland. “ — * The edges of the pages are so worn that the text is often broken into, hence the missing words and figures. •(•It would appear to be S. Bead, and might account for the emigration from England to Nova Scotia. $ JOHN SCOTT of Amberst Point, county Cumberland, was probably the first of the Scotts to settle in Nova Scotia. He is believed to have died In New York City of yellow fever in 1798. His wife is .said to have been Mary Gilmore, daughter of John Gilmore by his wife Mary Stewart, or Stuart. It is possible that he was twice married, and that Mary Gilmore was not the mother of all his children, who were, order of birth uncertain : 1 Frances Elizabeth Scott b. 1760 ; d. in New York City, 18 Oct. 1845 ; m. (1) Roger Robinson; (2) Joseph Chandler, at Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, 12 March, 1799 ; by her first marriage Francis Elizabeth (Scott) Robin¬ son had : Mary Robinson, b. at Halifax 16 Dec., 1790, who took the name of Chandler, and, as Mary Robinson Chandler, m. in New York City, 21 July 1805, Aaron Bloodgood, Jr., of New Brunswick, N. J., and died in Philadel¬ phia, Pa., 10 Aug. 1869. 2 Mary Scott, ;m. Berry, 3 Martha Scott, m. Bensell ; had issue, 4 Robert Hamilton Scott, b. 1 Feby., 1770; d. 18 June, 1818 ; was a physician in Albany, N. Y. ; said to have removed to New York City in 1813 ; m. 22 Nov., 1798, Hannah Glide rsleeve, b. 15 Nov., 1777 ; d. 3) Oct., 1814: Issue: 1 James Gildersleeve Scott, b. 25 Jan., 1799; removed to Virginia, 2 Marie Gilmore Scott, b. 12 March, 1801; went to Ohio, 3 Eliza Ann Scott , b. 27 April, 1804,, 4 Rodney Robert Scott, b 2 May, 1807, 5 Harriet Amelia Soott, b. 16 April, 1810, m. Benjamin Seldomridge of Lancaster* Penna. 5 John Gilmore Scott, of the Bible, b. 14 June, 1773 ; m. Mary Ann — — 98 Bible Records. Thomas Harland. John Scott 1788 : John Shorr. Robert Scott. Robert May his book, June 14th, 1612. John Shorr his book. Samuel Creath. John Creath. Jaccob Creath. William Creath. Samuel Creath, Junior. Samuel Creath, Junior, North Carolina, county of Gran[vi*Jle. John Scott. John Scott. Robert Scott. John Scott of Amherst point. Robert Muckle (Weinge?). Cow came home September the 4th day. Mary Read, one of Mr. Westley’s [sic] hearers and fearers. George Peacock owned this Book in the year 1622. — REED PATTERSON RECORD OF CHILDREN * OF THOMAS AND STELLA REED OF PENNA. CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. LEE GUICE PICKS OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. Thos. Reed was born September 1st, 1750 at McCalls ferry on Susque¬ hanna River, Lancaster County, Penna. Stella McKnight was born March 24th, 1755 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.. Elizabeth Reed was born August 31st, 1773, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. William Reed was born March 10th, 1775, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mary Reed was born April 2nd, 1777, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Sarah Reed was bora September 21st, 1779, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Anna Reed was born January 8th, 1782, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Samuel Reed was born May 11th, 1784, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Hetty H. Reed was born September 12th, 1786, Cumberland County,, Pennsylvania. Jane Reed was born October 4th, 1788, Shippingsburg, Pennsylvania. Thomas Reed, Jun ?r. was born April 20th, 1791, Shippingsburg, [sic] Pennsylvania. Isabella N. Reed was born October 9th, 1793, Shippingsburg, Penn¬ sylvania. Johnson ; had seven children : 1 Solomon Johnson Scott , M. D., lived in Coatesville, Kendrick Co., Indiana, 2 Amanda M. Scott , d. 28 May, 1895, ae 95 ; m. Watson Rees, 3 Malinda Scott , 4 Rebecca Scott , 5 William Scott, 6 Eliza Scott , m. William Case, 7 Caroline Scott. 6 Rebecca Scott, the one time owner of the Bible, d. in Brooklyn, circa 1843 ; m. Andrew Peek of near Newburg, N. Y. removed bo New York City, between 1801 and 1807, and had : 1 David Peek, married and had issue, 2 Eliza Peek, never married, 3t Eben Peek, removed to Savannah, Ga.} married and had issue, 4 Mary Scott Peek, b. 1807 ; m. John Lowrey, 1838, and had : Rebecca Scott Lowrey, Mary Lowrey, James Lowrey. * Several of whom emigrated early in 1800. to the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, Bible Records. 99 Susan H. Reed was born July 8th 1798, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Thomas Reed and Stella McKnight were married December 24, 1772, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Samuel Mercer and Mary Reed were married September 20, 1795, Pittsburg, Penn. Jacob Hoff a and Sarah Reed were married September 2, 1801 at Rich Hill Farm, Allegany County. William Brand and H. H. Reed were married November 15, 1810 at New Orleans. Charles Graves and Jane Reed were married July 27, 1809 at Rich Hill, Alegany [sic] County, Pennsylvania. Thos. Reed and Mary Patterson were married September 8th, 1814 at Hunts Hill, Alegany County, Pennsylvania. Henry Sweppe and Susan Reed were married June 27th, 1817, Zelianople, Pennsylvania. Thos. Reed died on the 2nd of October 1820 at Captine Point, Ohio. Stella Reed died on the 6th of October 1820 at Captine Point, Ohio. Mary Mercer died on the 23rd of November 1821 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Samuel Reed died on the 21st of May 1813 at Zelianople, Pennsylvania. Hetty H. Brand died on the 13th of July 1820 at New Orleans. Jane Graves died on the 23rd of August 1822, Warrenton, Mississippi. Susan H. Sweppe died on the 9th of August 1822, Warrenton, Missis¬ sippi. Thomas Reed, Jun’r, died 3rd of June 1825 at the village of Cosmulwappon in the province of New Mexico near Alvarado, Mexico. Ann Reed died April 11th 1833, Natchez, Mississippi. Wm. Reed died in La. about 1837, Catahoula. Isabella N. Reed died at the residence of her Nephew Thos. Reed,. Oct. 17, 1852 in Jefferson .Co., Miss. Elizabeth Reed died at Zelianople, Penn., March 1853, Aged 80 years. Sarah Hoffa died 1857 at Zelianople, Pa., Aged 78. RECORD OF JAMES PATTERSON AND ANNA ELIZABETH HULL, DAUGHTER OF PETER HOHL OR HULL. James Augustine Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Va., June 10th, 1785. Died in Fayette Co., Ohio, on a farm near Washington Court House, on Aug. 7th, 1860. He was never married. Susannah Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Va., Sept. 24, 1787. Married Isaac Shea Addis, Mar. 11, 1819. Died in Lawrence Co., Pa.,. Mar. 10, 1855. Joseph Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Va., June 6th, 1789. Mar¬ ried Isabella Caldwell in Pittsburg in 1816. Died in the west, not, known where, but believed to have died in California in 1855. Mary Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Va., Nov. 23, 1791. Married Thos. Reed in Butler, Pa., Sept. 8. 1814. Died in Natchez, Miss., Nov13, 1863. 100 Bible Records. John Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Ya., Nov. 23, 1793. Married Mary B. Finley (a sister of Gov. Finley of Pennsylvania), Nov. 10, 1818. Died in Union Co., Ohio> Feb. 1, 1859. Was U. S. Marshal of Ohio by appointment of Pres. Van Buren. Peter Hull Patterson, born in Pendleton Co., Va., May 27, 1795. Married Elizabeth Bausman, daughter of Lemuel Bausman, an early -settler in Pittsburg, July 23, 1818. Died in Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 27, 1850. Ann Elizabeth Patterson, born in Allegheny Co., Pa., Aug. 3, 1798. Married John Negley of Butler, Pa., July 21, 1816. Died in Butler, Pa., Aug. 9, 1835. Adam Hull Paterson born in Allegheny Co., Pa., Aug. 10, 1800. Died in 1804. |I Sarah Annah Ewalt Patterson, born in Allegheny Co., Pa., July 16, 1804. Married Malachi Richardson in Butler, Pa., April 1, 1823. Died in Butler Co., Pa., April 13, 1848. Jacob H. Patterson born in Allegheny Co., Pa., May 2, 1806. When about twenty years old he started from Pittsburg to go to New Orleans with a boat load of flour. He was never heard from afterwards, and it is supposed he was killed. Jane McMasters Patterson, born in Allegheny Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1808. Married first John Harper in Butler 1828, second marriage to Robert Arion in 1844. She died in Kansas City, Kan., Dee. 8, 1895. HAND RECORD * CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. CLARENCE FOSTER HAND OF PHILADELPHIA Elisha Hand was born January 17th, 1752. Esther Teal was born November 10th, 1766. The following are the children of Elisha and Esther Hand Elisha Hand was born January 17th, 1752. Sarah Hand, born December 4th, 1786. Noah Hand, born March 24th, 1789. Aaron Hand, born May 5th, 1791. Experience Hand, born February 14, 1794. Elias Hand, born January 15, 1797. Rhoda Hand, born September 4, 1799. Cornelia Foster, daughter of George f and Rachel Foster, was born, August 29th, 1785. * This record is written on the blank leaves of a copy of Willard's Body of Divinity (MDCCXXVI) ), now In the possession of Mrs. Harry S. Hickman of West Chester, Benina. GEORGE FOSTER, b. 11 Aug. 1754 ; d. 30 Sept, 1788, son of Capt. Salathiel Foster of Cape May County, New Jersey, by Ms wife Mercy Oa/rll. His wife, Rachel Edmunds, b. 5 Jan., 1758 ; d. 20 Sept., 1822, having married secondly, 30 Mar., 1790, Ephraim Kent, who later became a Ruling Elder in the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, Cape May. f Bible Records. 101 Jesse Hand, son of Elisha Hand and Esther Hand his wife, was born May 26th, 1802. Elisha Hand and Esther Teal were married on the 25th, March, 1783. Noah Hand and Cornelia Foster were married the 15th Feb., 1815. The following are the children of Elisha and Esther Hand Jacob Foster Hand, born October 1st, 1815. Esther Hand, born April 21st, 1817. Noah Hand, bom August 7th, 1823. George Hand, born November 12th, 1824. Elisha Hand Senr., Died November 18th, 1814. Esther Hand wife of Elisha Hand Departed this life June 4th, 1802, in the 36th year of her age. Deaths. The following are children of Elisha and Esther Hand. Elias Hand, Died August 14th, 1798. Noah Hand, Died June 12th, 1825. Deaths. The following are children of Noah and Cornelia Hand. Noah Hand, died October 14th, 1824. George Hand, died November 20th, 1824. Esther Hand, died October, 1833. — — TORRENCE RECORD CHILDREN OF JAMES TORRENCE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNA. James Torrence* was born July 26th, 1736. And was married 14th of August, 1764. Elizabeth Torrence was born June 12th, 1765. Rebeckah Torrence, born October 10th, 1766. John Torrence, born February 19th, 1768. Albert Torrence, born February 5th, 1770. James Torrence, born December 9th, 1771. Samuel Torrence, born August 13th, 1773. William Blear Torrence, born September 17th, 1774. Hugh Torrence, born June 30th, 1782. David Shields Torrence, born 23rd, December 1784. Isabel Torrence, born September 7th, 1786. Mathew Torrence, born July 9th, 1788. Agness Torrence, born May 30th, 1790. David Torrence, born August 9th, 1792. ♦ Will — proved 23 June, 1810 Publications, vol. vli, p. 228.