Union-Statewide County NJ Archives Bible Records.....Littell Family Bible ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin M rlcww@comcast.net March 18, 2006, 2:21 pm Bible transcription from article, "An Old Littell Family Bible," by Alvy Ray Smith, Ph.D., in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 90, No. 4 (December 2002). Posted with permission from Alvy Ray Smith (alvy@alvyray.com) and Timothy Salls (Tsalls@nehgs.org) of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The article gives much more information than what is posted here, including notes on handwriting, the format of pages, ownership of Bible, two newspaper clippings, and a corrected account of the Littell and Acken families. Some of the formatting of the article is lost in this posting. Please refer to original article and/or Bible. Alvy Ray Smith donated the Bible to NEHGS. Bible printed 1793 Ages Anthony Littell was born September 3rd, 1768 Anna Littell was born March 7th, 1769 Eliza Littell was born May 22nd, 1790 Caleb [Maxwell] Littell was born November 16th, 1791 Samuel Cory Littell was born June 16th, 1793 Amos Littell was born July 22nd, 1794 Fanna Marsh Littell was born August 6th 1797 Elizabeth Littell was born May 22nd 1790 And was married to William Hand October 14th 1848 and Died in Scotch Plains N.J. January 6th 1869 and was buried at Westfield N.J. Deaths Anthony Littell departed this life 16th, May 1798 Samuel Cory Littell departed this life, the first day of October 1793 Fanna Marsh Littell departed this life, April 22nd, 1798 Amos Littell departed this life April 11th 1823 --------------------------- Jonathan [Acken] was born Septr 17[torn] And was married to Sarah Marsh March 22nd, 1786 She being born January 24th 1770 Ages of the Children Rachel was born Decembr 4th 1786 & died 21st of the same month Second Rachel was born Decembr 1st 1787 William Acken was born Septr 3d, 1789 Jonathan Acken was born Augst 23th 1791 Simeon Acken was born July 5th 1793 & died Augst 24, 1793 Gideon Acken was born Septr 14th 1794 Jonathan Acken died March 11th 1796 John Acken was born Augst 28th 1796 Joseph Acken was born June 16th 1798. Died July 1st 1798 Gideon Acken died Novr 8th 1797 Sarah Acken mother to the above children died February 22d 1802 in the 33d year of her age. --------------------------------- Births Caleb M Littell was born Nov 16th 1791 Mary R Littell was born Nov 22 1797 and was married Dec 4th 1813 Thomas P Littell was born Oct 4th 1814 Ann Elizabeth Littell was born Jany 24th 1817 Amos C Littell was born Decr 26th 1818 Geo W Littell was born Feby 22d 1821 Marcus A Littell was born Feby 21 1823 John C Littell was born July 6th 1825 Mary & Irene Littell was born Aug 10th 1827 Mary C Littell was borne 28th Sepr 1829 Sarah Ann Brown Littell was born 15th Oct 1831 John C M Littell was born 2d Apr 1834 John C M Littell was born 18 Nov 1836 Josephine A Littell was born June 27 1840 Mary Agasta Littell was born June 12th 1847 Marcus Frederick Briggs was born Feb 28th 1849 Josephine Hilyard Tappen was born December 21st 1852 Albert Howe Tappen was born December 21st 1855 George Littell Tappen was born January 19th 1858 May Tappen was born June 4, 1862 ------------------------------------ Jonathan Acken & Anna Littell was married August 10th 1803 Ages of the Children Sally Ann was born Sepr 21st 1804 Joseph Acken was born Septr 11th 1806 and died Feby 19th 1806 Jonathan Acken died December 2nd 1807 Deaths & Marriages of the Family of Caleb M & Mary R Littell John C Littell died Apr 14th 1827 Mary C Littell died Sepr 1st 1827 John C M Littell died 28th Nov 1834 John C M Littell died Aug 27th 1837 Mary Agasta Littell died June 26 1847 and Mary G Littell died August 24th 1847 Ann Elizabeth Littell married [to Wm S Archer] 11 Sep 1836 Thomas P Littell & Mary C Archer were married May 12th 18[torn] George W Littell & Mary G Acken were married June 2nd 1846 Amos C Littell & Emeline G Oldis were married May 184[4?] ------------------------- Deaths & Marriages of the Family of Caleb M & Mary Littell Caleb M Littell died May 28th 1848 aged 57 years At Sacramento City California Gilbert C Briggs died March 29th 1850 aged 25 years Ann E Archer was married to Albert G Howe December 23rd 1851 Betsy Hicks died October 26th 1854 aged 72 years Captain Sandford Hicks died April 4th 1858, aged 78 years Mary R Littell died April 29th 1863, aged 65 years 5 months & 7 Days Mary Clark Littell married May 16th 1848 to Gilbert C Briggs Esq Sarah Ann Littell married January 22nd 185[torn] to Frederick D Tappen Esq George W Littell died January 15th 1863 aged 41y 10m 2[4]d Josephine A Littell was married to John W Brown Nov 30th 1864 Mary Clark Briggs died March 30th 1881. Wednesday morning 51y 6m 2d. Additional Comments: Note from Alvy Ray: "I found an error after publishing [the Littell Bible article], darn it. Here is the ERRATUM: page 277, line 6 (hence page 281, last line): Replace the second, or death, year "1806" with "180[7?]". This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb