Various Bible Records

VARIOUS BIBLE RECORDS. COPIED BY MRS. ANNE HANSELL LANE SCOLLAY. SUTTON BIBLE. William Sutton, son of William and Ann Sutton was Born October 31 Anno Domini 1727 and was Married to Sarah Turner Janay ye 6th Anno Domini 1753. The above Sarah Turner Daugr of Anthony and Sarah Turner was Born June ye 30th 0. S. in the year 1730. William Sutton Departed this Life May the 22nd Between Eleven and Twelve P. M. Clock at Night, 1778 Aged 50 years 7 months & 11 Days. Sarah Sutton Departed this Life June th 4th 1797. John Sutton was born August 9, 1729 & Died February 12 1774 Leving 5 children his wife Dying 20 Day of the Same Month & the Same year. Ann Sutton Born March 1, 1754. Samuel Sutton Born Sepr 26, 1758. Wm Sutton Born March 27, 1761. John Sutton Born Sepr 15, 1767. Allen Sutton Born August 15, 1771. William the son of William & Sarah Sutton was Born November 25th 1753 and was Baptised by the Reverent Arik Acrelos at one Month & one Day old. Dyed 13th March 1754. Buried at St. James Church White Clay Creak. Alice Sutton was Born Feby 8th 1756 and was Baptised by the Reverent Clemon Brooks at two weaks old. She was Born of a Sunday at 5 o Clock p m. Ann Sutton was Born May 11th 1758 and was Baptised by the Reverent Wm Sturgeon at four Months & 3 weaks old Dyed 7th October 1759 Buried at St James Church White Clay Creak. (316) Various Bible Records. 317 Sarah Sutton was Born July 17th 1760 & was Baptized by the Reverent Enock Ross at six weak & 3 days old She was Born of a thursday at 5 o clock p. m. was Baptised Aug. 4th 1772. 1 B. C. Mary Sutton was Born June 1st 1762 & was Baptised by the Reverent Enock Ross at two Month 1 weak old She was Born of Tuesday at 6 o clock p. m. Ann Sutton was Born Sept1 12, 1764 & was Baptized by the Reverent Wm Sturgeon at 1 Month & 2 Days old She was Born of a Wednesday at 11 o Clock p. m. Susanna Sutton was Born August 4th 1769 & was Bap¬ tized by the Reverent Wm Petters at 3 weaks & 2 Day old. She was born of fryday 4 oclock A. M. Dyed June 26, 1770. Buried at St Peter Church Phila. William Sutton Hansell the son of Barnett and Sarah Hansell, was Born November 9th 1787. Sarah Hansell the Daughter of Barnett and Sarah Han¬ sell was Born June 27th in the year of our Lord one thou¬ sand seven hundred and Ninety one. Sarah Stewart formerly Hansell departed this Life July 19th One Thousand Eight Hundred & Fory Eight aged Fifty seven years & Twenty Two days. Henry Colesberry was born August 28th Anno Domini 1739. His wife Alice was born February 8th 1756. Henry Colesberry & Alice Pemberton was married June 6th 1793”. His Wife also Departed this Life the 24th of the same month and the same year Leaving two Children John & William Henry Colesberry. John was born April 2nd 1795 and William H. was born Sepr 12th 1797. Wrote by W. S. Hansell 1807. HISTORY OF THE SUTTON BIBLE. This Bible was published in Oxford in 1752, with the Prayer Book of the Church of England, bound in front. It contains the Records of the English and American 318 Various Bible Records. Sutton family, from whom the Hansells of Phila. are de¬ scended. Some of the Sutton Records in this Bible are also in the “ History of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Delaware.” William Sutton, Sr. was living in Newport, Delaware, in 1735, as stated in the “ History of Delaware.” St. James Church, White Clay Creek is in Stanton, Dela¬ ware, 5 miles from Wilmington. This Church was visited by A. L. Scollay in 1897, but Sutton names on gravestones could not be found. The Records from the Bible were first copied by her in 1893, when this and the Hansell Bible were at William S. HanselPs store 114 Market St. The Bible was removed from there, shortly afterwards, to Owega, N. Y., by George Ide Hansell, only son of William Sutton Hansell, now liv¬ ing. It was sent by him to the latter’s daughter, Anne Sutton Hansell Lane, May, 1902. The latter gave it into the possession of her daughter, also the Hansell Bibles, May 29, 1902. William Sutton Hansell, son of Sarah Sutton and Barnett Hansell, owned these Bibles and prized them very much, and wrote in them some of the Records. HANSELL BIBLE. William S. Hansell son of Barnett and Sarah Hansell was born November 9, 1787. Ellen Forde daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde was born October 9, 1796. William S. Hansell and Elleanor Forde were married October 14, 1812, by the Rev. Henry Holcombe, Pastor 1st Baptist Church, Phila. Mary S., daughter of William and Ellen Hansell, was married to Samuel Robb on Thursday morning, July 25, 1833, by the Rev. W. T. Brantly. Sarah F. Hansell, daughter of William and Ellen Han¬ sell, was married to George M. Fleming, June 14, 1843. Various Bible Records. 319 BIRTHS. Mary S. Hansel], daughter of William S. and Ellen Hansell, was born on Fri. morn., Nov. 19, 1813. Wm. Forde Hansell, son of William S. and Ellen Han¬ sell, was born on Tuesday morn. December 15, 1815. Henry Holcombe Hansell, son of William and Ellen Hansell, was born on Thursday, September 11 , 1817. Sarah Forde Hansell, daughter of William S. and Ellen Hansell, was born on Monday, June 8, 1819. Standish Forde Hansell, son of William S. and Ellen Hansell, was born December 18, 1820. Barnett, son of William S. and Ellen Hansell, was born September 17, 1822. Ellen Hansell, daughter of William S. and Ellen Han¬ sel!, was born Wednesday afternoon, January 7, 1824. John Forde Hansell, son of William and Ellen, was born Monday, June 5, 1825. Brantly Theophilus Hansell, son of William and Ellen Hansell was born Saturday, August 16, 1828. Anne Sutton Hansell, daughter of William S. and Ellen Hansell, was born Monday, February 15, 1830. Robert Norris Hansell, son of William S. and Ellen Hansell was born, June 1, 1831. Edward Hansell, son of Whlliam S. and Ellen Hansell was born, July 22, 1833. Susan Budd Hansell, daughter of William S. and Ellen Hansell was born March 19, 1836. Samuel Robb, son of William H. and Ellen Hansell was born October 29, 1838. George Ide, son of William S. and Ellen Hansell was born, February 11, 1841. DEATHS. Brantly T. Hansell, August 19, 1829. Robert Norris Hansell, December 26, 1832. Mary H. Robb, March 15, 1834, 26 years. 320 Various Bible Records. Edward Hansell, June, 1845. John Forde Hansell, February 11, 1856, 30 years. My dear wife, Ellen Forde Hansell, departed this life in the full hope of a glorious immortality, on the morning of February 19, 1868, 71 years. William S. Hansell died December 23, 1872. ADDITIONAL DATES SUPPLIED. Edward Hansell died June 7, 1845 ; drowned while on a picnic in Fairmount Park. William Forde Hansell died in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 26, 1875. Henry Holcombe Hansell died in New Orleans, August 16, 1878. Sarah Forde Hansell Fleming died June 12, 1880. Barnett Hansell died January 19, 1886. Samuel Robb Hansell died May 11, 1900. William Sutton Hansell, born November 6, 1787, son of Barnett and Sarah Hansell, baptized at St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, April 13, 1788. Elinor Forde Hansell, daughter of Standish and Sarah Britton Forde, was baptized at the Second Presbyterian Church May 6, 1806. GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS. St. James Episcopal Church (Kingsessing) 68th & Wood¬ land Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Peter David Hansell, born 1724, died November 19, 1786. Anna Dorothy Hansell, born 1732, died December 22, 1812. (Above are parents of Barnett Hansell, Sr., and they had eleven children.) St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia. Various Bible Records. 321 Barnett Hansell, Born January 9, 1750. Died October 11, 1809. Sarah Sutton Hansell, born July 17, 1760, died August 25, 1796. (Above are parents of William Sutton Hansell and they had four children, viz : Peter, born Nov. 6, 1785. William Sutton, born Nov. 6, 1787, baptized at St. Peter’s Church, March 1788. Turner, born June 10, 1790, and Sarah Sutton, born June 27, 1791, she married William Henry Stewart.) FORDE FAMILY BIBLE. BIRTHS. Standish Forde, son of Standish and Parthenia Forde, of Philadelphia County, was born April 8, 1769. Sarah Britton, daughter of John and Elinor Britton, of Philadelphia County, was born January 16, 1775. Elinor Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born October 9, 1796. Standish Forde, son of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born November 13, 1797. Margaret Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born February 3, 1799. John B. Forde, son of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born August 21, 1800. Ann Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born Jan. 21, 1803. All the children of Standish and Sarah Forde were baptized by Dr. Green, of the Presbyterian Church, afterwards joined the Baptist Church and were re¬ baptized by Dr. Slaughter. Standish Forde, my father, was converted by Whitfield, afterwards joined the Episco¬ pal Church. Mary Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was born October 13, 1804. Robert S. Forde was born in 1835, in Louisville, Ky., 322 Various Bible Records. and was the son of John B. Forde and Anna Margaret Sthreshly. Susan Maria Couthay Smith was baptized March 19tb., 1858, by Dr. Stevens, in St. Andrews Church. Many confirmed by Bishop Stevens ; all my daughters, also Sallie and Marion, grandchildren, belong to the Church on earth ; may their names be enrolled in the Church in Heaven. Mrs. M. L. Smith joined the Church at 3rd near Spruce street, October, 1832. Confirmed by Bishop White, in St. Andrews Church, in 1834. MARRIAGES. Standish Forde was married by Bishop White in Phila¬ delphia to Sarah Britton, December 5, 1795. Eleanor Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was married to Wm. S. Hansell October 14, 1812. Margaret Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was married to Benjamin P. Smith, son of John and Re¬ becca Smith, September 8, 1820. John B. Forde, son of Standish and Sarah Forde, was married to Anna M. Sthreshly, January 22, 1831. Mary Forde, daughter of Standish and Sarah Forde, was married to Nathaniel P. Poor, June 10th, 1828. Robert S. Forde was married on the 24th of September, 1861, to Lucy, daughter of James M. Bell, of Russelville, Ky. DEATHS. Standish Forde, senior, departed this life April the 28th, 1806, in the 48th year of his age, and was interred in the family vault at the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia' (re¬ moved to the Woodlands cemetery about 1860). Sarah Forde departed this life August 24, 1832, in the 58th year of her age, and was interred in the Congress burial ground at Washington City. Various Bible Records. 323 John B. Forde departed this life at Louisville, Ky., De¬ cember 22, 1840 ; buried in Louisville, Kentucky. Standish Forde departed this life at Louisville, Ky., July 6, 1849 ; buried in Louisville, Kentucky, joined the Presbyterian. Robert S. Forde died May 30, 1866. Ann Forde departed this life June 15, 1864 at 1349 Chestnut street ; buried in St. Andrews churchyard. Elinor Forde, wife of Wm. S. Hansell, departed this life February 19, 1868, aged 71 years, 4 months and 10 days, at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning A. M., on Arch above Broad street. Buried in Woodlands cemetery. These Bibles, I hope, will be much prized by my chil¬ dren and grandchildren. They were a gift of love to me, willed the day before my mother’s death by her, Sarah Britton. (Signed), M. L. S. (Margaret Lamb Ford Smith). Henry, William, Mary and Hannah baptized by Rev. John A. Clark, St. Andrews Episcopal church, Philadel¬ phia, Penna. On April 30, 1909, these Bibles were placed for safe keep¬ ing in charge of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. ANNE HANSELL LANE SCOLLAY.