Bible Records

BIBLE RECORDS KNOBB *— RITTENHOUSE COUETESY OP THE GERMANTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Matthias Knorr, the youngest son of Jehu George Knorr and Hannah his Wife, was born on the 7th. day of April, in the reign of our Lord, 1737, old style. He departed this life on Monday, the 13th, of June, in the year of our Lord, 1825, new style, aged Eighty-eight years, One month and Twenty-four days. Susannah Knorr, consort of Matthias Knorr, departed this life on Thursday evening, the 23rd of July, in the year of our Lord, 1829, in the eighty-eight year of her age. Polly Knorr, daughter of Matthias Knorr and Susannah his wife, was born March 13th., 1766, at fifty-three minutes after twelve o’clock at night. Jacob Knorr, son of Matthias Knorr and Susanna his wife, was born on the eighth day of January, 1768, at ten o’clock in the morning. Lydia Knorr, daughter of Matthias Knorr and Susannah his wife, was born on the 27th day of September, 1770, at three o’clock in the afternoon. Hannah Knorr, daughter of Matthias Knorr and Susannah his wife, was bom on the seventh day of February, 1773, at two o’clock in the morning. Abraham Knorr, son of Matthias Knorr and Susannah his wife, was bom on the third day of May, 1775. Matthias Knorr, Jun., son of Matthias Knorr and Susanna his wife, was bom on the second day of October, 1777, at % past eight o’clock in the evening. John Knorr, son of Matthias Knorr and Susannah his wife, was bom on the eighth day of April, 1780, at ten o’clock in the forenoon. Susannah Knorr, daughter of Matthias Knorr and Susanna his wife, was bom on the sixteenth day of February, 1783, at half after twelve o’clock in the morning. Jacob Knorr, son of Matthias Knorr and Susanna his wife, departed this life on the 26th day of April, 1774. Hannah Knorr, daughter of Matthias and Susanna Knorr, departed this life on the 30th day of November, 1774. Abraham Knorr, son of Matthias and Susanna Knorr, departed this life on the thirteenth day of June, 1779. Susanna Bittenhouse, Daughter of Joseph Bittenhouse and Mary his wife, was bora on Tuesday, the 28 January, 1794, at seven o’clock, 35 minutes, in the Morning. * Cf. Thomas Allen Glenn, Notes on the Knorr Family, in THE AMER¬ ICAN GENEALOGIST, vol. i, 174-180. (285) 286 Bible Records. Mary Rittenhouse, their Second Child, was born on Monday, the 23rd day of March, 1795, at eight o'clock, 10 Minutes in the Morning. Joseph Rittenhouse, their third Child, was born on Sunday, the 16th day of October, 1796, at 5 o’clock, 25 Minutes in the Evening. Joseph Bittenhouse departed this life December 26, 1832, aged 36 years, 1 month and 21 days. COOKE BIBLE. COURTEBY OF MlSS EDITH E. COOKE OF PHILADELPHIA. The following are the children of William and Sarah Cooke [of North¬ umberland, Pennsylvania, the first two born in Lancaster County, the others at Fort Augusta and Northumberland]. Elizabeth Cooke was born November 19, 1764 [married Thomas Martin], John Cooke was bom August 26, 1766 [married his cousin Jane Cooke]. Rebecca Cooke was born January 5, 1769 [married William Steedman], Jane Oooke was born November 3, 1770 [married William P. Brady]. Anne Cooke was boro November 20, 1771. Mary Cooke was born December 25, 1773 [married Robert Brady]. Sarah Cooke, born 1776 [married (1) William McClelland ; (2) Hon. Samuel Harris; (3) George Erter]. Eleanor Cooke, bom 1778 [married Thomas Forsythe]. Margaret Cooke was born 1783 and died September, 1787. William Cooke, born 1787 * [married Martha Lemmon]. William Cooke married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Simp¬ son, born 1742 ; died 29 July, 1822.— Simpsons of Paxtang, Egle ’s NOTES AND QUERIES, vol. iii, 209; Egle’s SOME PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION : —Sarah, Simpson Cooke. Colonel William Cooke died 22 April, 1804, buried at Northumberland, Pennsylvania.f * This portion of the record is from an earlier Bible, the remainder of which has been lost, and is in the handwriting of Colonel William Cooke, who, born in Donegal township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1732, died according to the record in 1804. He was a member of the Provincial Conference of 1776 and of the Constitutional Convention which followed; was commissioned by General Washington, Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line ; was later Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County. Pennsylvania Magazine of History, voL iii, 320; vol. v, 483; Pennsyl¬ vania in the Revolution, vol. i, 757-9. t Colonel Cooke, his wife and many relatives were first interred in the old cemetery of Northumberland, but later re-interred in the modem cemetery, where some of the old headstones are still standing. His homestead, near Northumberland, is now occupied by the American — Legion. Bible Records, 287 Captain John Cooke,* son of the said William, born 26th August, 1766; died 16 July, 1824, aged 57 years, 10 months, 20 days; buried at Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Jane Cooke, consort to Captain John Cooke, died in Lewisbnrg, Union County, 16 September, 1841, buried in Northumberland; aged, as near as can be told, 62 years. Jacob Cooke, their son [John and Jane], bom 15 August, 1797; died April 19th, 1887, aged 89 years, 4 months, 3 days [married Phoebe Houghton; four children]. William W. Cooke, brother to Jacob, bora 5 April, 1799; died at Milesburg, Centre County, May 15th, 1839, aged 60 years [married Sarah Birkenbine; three children]. Sarah, sister to William W. Cooke, born 31 March, 1802; died 7th March, 1831, aged 29 years, 2 months, 24 days, at Belief onte; buried in Northumberland [married John Brobst]. Charles H., brother to Sarah Cooke, born 3 December, 1811; died August 27th, 1896 [married Sarah Housel; no issue]. Robert, brother to Charles H. Cooke, born 22 April, 1813; died 28th February, 1889, at Howard, Centre County, Penna. [married Mary Quinn ; ten children]. George, brother to Robert, born 21 November, 1815; died 8th May, 1818, aged 3 years, 5 months, 13 days. Elizabeth, sister to Robert, born 20th September, 1817; married John Jones, and died in Lewisburg, 4 January, 1849, aged 31 years, 3 months, 15 days, leaving three children t Jared, Adella and Thomas. John, brother to Robert, born 23d March, 1821; died 28 November, 1862, in the hospital at Washington. Belonged to Centre County Cav¬ alry, Captain Wolf, Compy. E; First Penna. Cavalry, Colonel Bayard, Commander [married Maria Hahn; four children], Phoebe Cooke, consort of Jacob Cooke, born 24th June, 1807 ; married 28th April, 1828, by the Rev. Wm. Smith in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Penna. ; died 26th April, 1882, buried on the 29th, aged 74 years, 10 months, 2 days. Her maiden name was Houghton. Sarah Brobst left one child, Rosetta, born November 13th, 1829 [sister to William W. Cooke]. Colonel Jacob Cooke married Rosetta Hall; died leaving four daugh¬ ters: Elizabeth Irwin, Sarah Work, Jane Cooke and Mary Wallis. Colonel William Cooke married Sarah Simpson. Had five daughters and two sons. She died 29 July, 1822. Their sons were: * Captain John Cooke, commissioned Captain of Fourth Sub-Legion of the Pennsylvania Line under General Anthony Wayne in the Miami Expedition. His commission signed by President Washington and his Journal are in possession of his great-grandson William R. Cooke of Philadelphia. f Colonel Jacob Cooke, elder brother of Colonel William Cooke, bom in Donegal township, Lancaster County, circa 1736; died 12 March, 1786. He was successively Captain of Lancaster County Militia; Major, Third Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia; Major Seventh Battalion; Lieutenant 288 Bible Records. Captain John Cooke, married Jane Cooke, his full cousin. William Cooke married Martha Lemmon. He died 21 October, 1821. Jacob Cooke married Phoebe Houghton, 28 April, 1828, leaving one son, William L. Cooke. Sarah Erter, youngest daughter of Colonel William Cooke, who died at my * house 9 January, 1859, was buried in the lot in the Muncy Ceme¬ tery, in West Corner. She married three times but had no children. The eldest daughter of Jacob and Phoebe Cooke, Mary Jane Cooke,f married 3 November, 1853, Alfred G. Le Van and had one son, Horace Cooke Le Van, born 3 February, 1856; died 12 November, 1916. The second daughter of Jacob and Phoebe Cooke, Sarah Elizabeth, married 13 April, 1859, Samuel Lightfoot Willits and had seven children: Edward C., John, William, Jennie, Horace, Ralph and Caroline. MOORE BIBLE RECORD. COPIED AND CONTRIBUTED BY THOMAS BUTLER. [The Bible from which this record is taken bears the imprint “By Pearson and Rollison, Birmingham, 1788.” It is now, 1932, in the pos¬ session of Mrs. Ernest W. King of Hillsborough, Charleston, South Carolina, whose husband was the great-grandson of Stephen West Moore, the writer of many of the entries.] Stephen West Moore, bom May 31, 1780, son of Samuel Preston Moore and Susan Pearson his wife, and Eleanor Screven Gilbert, born July 15, 1775, daughter of Seth Gilbert J by Elizabeth Screven, his wife, were married on December fourteenth, 1803, at Charleston, South Caro¬ lina, by Rev. Richard Furman, and by this marriage had issue: Colonel, Fourth Battalion; and member Pennsylvania Assembly. Married as above, Rosetta Hall, daughter of Hugh and Sarah Hall of Lancaster County. Issue: 1. Elizabeth Cooke, married (1) Charles Irwin, (2) Thomas Jones; two children. 2. Sarah Cooke, married Joseph Work; daughter Rosetta married Colonel Bertram Galbreath; daughter Jane married Dr. Carpenter of Lancaster. 3. Jane Cooke, 1776-1841, married her cousin, John Cooke, as elsewhere stated. 4. Mary Cooke, married J. Lukcns Wallis, the first white child bora in Muncy Valley and grand¬ son of John Lukens, Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania. * That of Jacob Cooke, 1797-1887, grandson of Colonel William Cooke, who copied the records from the old Bible, since lost, into his own, which latter is now in possession of Miss Cooke. t Mrs. Le Van, somewhat of an authority on local history, was a fre¬ quent contributor to Now AND THEN. t Seth Gilbert, born March 3, 1746, was the son of William Gilbert of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Lucretia Hart, daughter of John Hart, Jr. by his wife Eleanor Crispin. He removed to Charles¬ ton, South Carolina, where he married and left descendants, many of whom have been prominent in the social and political life of the South. According to the History of the Hart Family of Bucks County, pub¬ lished by the late General W. W. H. Davis, Seth Gilbert married Eliza- Bible Records. 289 Seth Gilbert Moore, born October 16, 1804. Died March 4, 1800. Stephen West Moore, bom April 2, 1806. Sarah Humbert Moore, born October 21, 1807. Died April 4, 1809. Susan Pearson Moore, bom August 18, 1809. Died December 29, 1841. Buried on Edisto Island, S. C. with her deceased children, leaving four. [She married William Westcoat.] Ellen Gilbert Moore, bom July 25, 1811. Died at Charleston, South Carolina, July 25, 1846, leaving three children. [She married, as second --- wife, her brother-in-law William Westcoat.] Samuel Preston Moore was born September 16, 1813. He married Mary Augusta Brown, Moore was bora June 29, 1815. Died the Bame day. Eliza Whildin Moore was born September 17, 1816. Died, half past seven o ’dock in the evening, August 12, 1818. Charles Lloyd Moore was bom March 20, 1820. Stephen West Moore died November 24, 1824, aged 44 years, 5 months, 24 days [father of the foregoing]. Charles Lloyd Moore died October 23, 1841, in Charleston. His sister, Susan Pearson Westcott, died December 29, 1841. Susan Margaretta Fitzgerald was bora February 22, 1831. Susan Moore, youngest daughter of William and Susan Westcott, died August 12, 1840. Died March 19, 1839, in the full hope of the Lord, Rev. John B. Barton, after a prolonged illness, in Liberia, Africa. Dr. William T. Brantley, the much-beloved pastor of the First Baptist Church, South Carolina, died March 28, 1845, after a severe lingering illness of eight months’ duration. Charles Augustus Westcoat died in Charleston on March 13, 1846, aged seven years. Henry Lloyd Westcoat died at Charleston, August 31, 1846, aged 20 months. Children of William Westcoat and his first wife Susan Pearson Moore: Ellen Julia Westcoat was bora at Charleston, August 10, 1834. William Preston Westcoat was born November 3, 1836, on Edisto Island. Thomas Moore Westcoat was born January 18, 1846, on Edisto Island. Children of William Westcoat and his second wife, Ellen Gilbert Moore: beth Henry. According to the Cutts Genealogy, this same Seth Gilbert married Elizabeth Screven. The marriage date is given in each instance as January 5, 1767. Our Family Circle, by Ann Elizabeth Miller, credits Thomas F. Screven of Savannah with the statement that this Elizabeth Screven probably married James Brisbane, mentioned as “son in law” in her father’s will of 1758. In the Cutts Genealogy it was Mary Screven who married James Brisbane. Fortunately the Bible record above settles the question and gives much additional information concerning the descendants of Seth Gilbert. 290 Bible Records. Susan Moore Westcoat was born October 10, 1843, at Edingsville, Edisto Island. Henry Westcoat bom December 31, 1844, on Edisto Island. Mary Augusta Westcoat was born on June 13, 1846, at Charleston. OBITUARY.— On Thursday, February 4, 1896, at 10 A. M., General S. M. Westmore, aged 90 years, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and a resident of this city, New Orleans, for the past fifty years. The funeral will take place from his late residence, 308 St. Charles Avenue, near Erato. This (Wednesday) afternoon at 4 o’clock. OBITUARY. Dr. Samuel Preston Moore, late Surgeon-General of the Confederacy, died yesterday [May 31, 1889] in Richmond, Virginia, of consumption of the lungs. Dr. Moore was bora in South Carolina, Sep¬ tember 16, 1813. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, April 30, 1848, and was afterwards commissioned Surgeon with the rank of Major. He served in the Mexican War, and from that time to the date of his resignation was stationed on the frontier. When South Carolina seceded he resigned his position, and in 1861 was ap¬ pointed Surgeon-General of the Confederate States Army, which position he held until the close of the war. Dr. Moore was considered one of the best executive officers in the Confederate Government. Susan Pearson Moore of Charleston was married to William Westcoat of Edisto Island, by the Rev. Basil Manly on February 19, 1833. — Married in Charleston, by the Rev. W. T. Brantly, D.D., January 10, 1843, William Westcoat of Edisto Island to Miss Ellen Gilbert Moore, youngest daughter of Stephen West and Eleanor (Screven) Moore. Married in Charleston, by the Rev. Bond English, November 9, 1837, Rev. John B. Barton of Savannah and Miss Eleanor Moore Gilbert, youngest daughter of Seth and Catherine Gilbert. Married, at Charleston, May 3, 1848, by the Rev. William Capers, D.D., in Trinity Church, Daniel Heidt of Savannah, Georgia to Mrs. Ellen M. Barton of Charleston. Bora at Savannah, February 27, 1849, Gilbert Heidt, who died Decem¬ ber 13, 1849. Bora at Savannah, March 13, 1850, Ellen Isadora Heidt, who died December 18, 1850. Born at Savannah, May 7, 1851, Samuel Heidt, who died May 10, 1851. Bora at Savannah, May 18, 1852, Danella Heidt, who died at Charles¬ ton, January 22, 1853, Died at Macon, Georgia, Daniel Heidt, February 15, 1852, aged 43 years. CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND MARY WESTMORE: William Henry Weetmore, born at New York, May 26, 1841; died November 18, 1866. Cecilia Elizabeth Westmore, born at New Orleans, March 14, 1844. Robert Gilbert Westmore, born at New Orleans, May 20, 1847. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY AUGUSTA MOORE: Preston Brown Moore was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 2, 1847. Bible Records. 291 Elizabeth Moore— Eleanor Screven Moore was bom 1849 and died June 24, 1860. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Bichmond, Virginia. Mrs. Eleanor Gilbert Moore, wife of Stephen West Moore, died Jan¬ uary 26, 1858, in the eighty-third year of her age. Dr. Samuel Preston Moore died at Richmond, Virginia, May 31, 1889. General Stephen M. Weetmore died at New Orleans, February 4, 1896. [He had changed his surname * to avoid confusion with that of a cousin.] He married in 1840, Mary McNaughton. Children: ■William Henry West more, bora May 26, 1841. Cecils Elizabeth Weatmore, born March 12, 1844. Robert Gilbert Weatmore, born May 20, 1847. November 2, 1868, by Rev. J. L. Girardeau, near Adams Bun, South Carolina, Kinsey B. King to Cecile E., only daughter of General S. M. Weatmore of New Orleans. April 17, 1894, by Rev. John Gase, in Charleston, Stephen Weetmore King to Lucille M., eldest daughter of James W. Meggett. June 10, 1896, in New York, Kinsey B. King to Florence M., the only daughter of --- McDonald. BECKER, REDINGER BIBLES. COURTESY OF OGDEN DUN QAN WILKINSON OF PHILADELPHIA. George Becker, born 23 June, 1732. Mary Becker, bom 25 September, 1733 [last figure worn away]. Elizabeth Becker, born 26 February, 1737. John Becker, born 3d May, 1738. Frederick Becker, bom 31 July, 1741. Anna Becker, born 2 May, 1744. Sara Becker, born 4 October, 1748. The father, Frederick Baker, died 1757 ; will proved 19 August, 1757 ; married 11 June, 1731, Mary Akhora. John Redinger was bom April 23rd, 1729. John Redinger married to Elizabeth Baker, February 14th, 1758. John Redinger died the 22nd of July, 1817/ at % past two o 'clock in the morning. Elizabeth Redinger died the 30th September, 1825; bom February 26, 1737. John Redinger died the 12th of June, 1847. •General Stephen M. Weatmore, bom April 2, 1806; died February 4, 1896, did not change his name from Moore to Westmore until about the year 1846 or 1848. Hia name wag Stephen West Moore, which be had the Legislature change to Stephen Moore Westmore, so the above Westmores were not Westmores at alL My mother-in-law was bom before her father changed his name, but as she was a minor, she always went by the name of Westmore. Her two brothers died single, hence there are no Westmore descendants ; and this Bible is a Moore, not a Westmore Bible.— E. W. King. 292 Bible Records. Frederick Bedinger was born July 15, 1759. Mary Bedinger was born August 4, 1764; died 1840; married George GotweUs. Elizabeth Bedinger was born April 4, 1770; died unmarried on Thurs¬ day morning, 27 July, 1848. Ann Bedinger was born January 18, 1776. John Bedinger was born July 22, 1779; died 12 June, 1847. Ann Bedinger, his wife, born October 6, 1769; died in the 77th year of her age. Ann Bedinger Dill died at Trenton, New Jersey, April 4, 1857. George Dill, Bon of John and Elizabeth Dill, was born February 7, 1772, in Philadelphia; died December 31, 1856; married Ann Bedinger at Germantown, February 6, 1797. Elizabeth Dill, daughter of, died unmarried at Lucerne, Switzerland, 1869. Sarah Snowhill Dill, daughter of, born March 6, 1801; died February 16, 1891; married Ogden D. Wilkinson. John Bedinger Dill, son of, died at Spottswood, New Jersey, March 6, 1834; married (1) Miss Hoey; (2) Catharine Yard. Frederick Bedinger died November 22, 1827, aged 68 years, 4 months, 7 days. EEDWOOD BIBLE. From record of EDWARD WANTON SMITH of Germantown, Philadelphia. With annotations by the late ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHAETON, LITT.D. [London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties. Anno. Dom. 1693,] ABRAHAM REDWOOD * HIS BOOK 1693 My Son Wm. waa born y« 14. of y« d<* Mo. 1697—6 AM. My Dr Mary was born y« 3: of ye l»t m<>: 1698— abt. Noon. My Dr Ann born y« 19th; 7 Mo. 1700: abt. 2: aftr Noon. My Dr Sarah born y« 19: of ye 10th Mo 1702:— abt. 8 at Night. My Son Jonaa Langford Redwood was born y« 19th. of ye 3 Mo. 1706— abt 9 at Night. My Son Abraham Redwood waa born the 15 day of ye 2d Mo.— abt 7 in y« Night. My Son John born ye 5. of y« 1 Mo: 1710— abt. 2: in ye Mor'. My Son Samuel born y2 6 day 6 Mo; 1714— Nht. My Wife Mehetabel Dyed 30th; 4; Mo 1715My Son William Dyed 31»t; 8th; Mo: 1712. My Son John Dyed 24th; 5: Mo; 1713. My Son Samuel Dyed: 2d; 1st; Mo: 1714. My Daughter Mary Married 14th; 7 M«: 1716. My Daughter Ann Married 10th; 4: M: 1718. * John Bedinger and his family are buried in the German Reformed Cemetery on Germantown Avenue and Logan Street, Philadelphia. Bible Records. 293 My Dear Father Abram Redwood Dyed in Salem the 11th. of the 11th mon. called January 1728 on the 7th day of the week about noon, being in the 64th year of his Age.— Taken from a former Record. Per Wil¬ liam Redwood. I [Abram Redwood] Married Patience Phillips wid. the 14: day of 6 Mo: 1716 In Newport Rh. IL Our Daughter . . . Patience was Bom In sd. Newport in sd. Rhode Island In New England 14: 6 M«: 1717: 3: after-Noon. Children of Jbram and Patience Bedwood. Our Daughter Rebekah was Born In Salem In New England 24: 6 Mo; 1719 about 30: Minita: after Noon. Our Daughter Mehetabel was Born in Salem New England the 16th of the 7th mon. called Sepr. 1722 about two “.Clock in the Afternoon on the first day of ye. week. Our Daughter Lydia was Born in Said Salem ye. 14th of y« 10th. mon: called December 1724 about half an hour after two in the morning. Our Son William was bom in Salem ye. 21st. of ye. 10th. anon: calld. December 1726 about 11 at Night on the 4th. day of the week. My Son Samuel Holmes Redwood was born the 13th. day of Decem¬ ber 1765, on the Sixth day of the week* about 8 minutes after nine in the morning. My Daughter Elizabeth was bom the 18th. day of July 1767, on the 7th. day of the week at 2 “.Clock in the afternoon, and Died on the 9th. day of October 1767 about 3 o.Clock in the morning being the 6th. day of the week. My Dear Wife Hannah Redwood dyed the first day of November 1767 about 3 o.Clock in ye. Moms, being the first day of the week, and was Buryed the next 3rd. day in Friends’ Burying Ground near the Meeting House, Newport. NOTE.— There is no record here of Hannah Redwood who was bora in Newport, R. I., September 25, 1759, and married Charles Wharton of Philadelphia; or of Sarah Redwood, born December 18, 1755, who mar¬ ried Miers Fisher of Philadelphia.— A. H. W. * Bora in Bristol, England, in 1665 ; waB a shipping merchant and settled on the island of Antigua in 1687; married (1), Mehitable Lang¬ ford, daughter of John Langford, a wealthy planter. In 1712 he re¬ moved to Salem, Massachusetts, where he died. His second wife, Patience Phillips, was of Rhode Island. His son, Abraham Redwood of New¬ port, was the founder of the well known Redwood Library Company of that town.— Cf. Genealogy of the Fisher Family, 1682 to 1896, by Anna Wharton Smith, pp. 49 et seq.; The Wharton Family, by Anne Hollings¬ worth Wharton (Philadelphia, 1879), pp. 16, 101, 103.