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John A. Weatherwax Family Bible |
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John A. Weatherwax Family Bible |
Written in pencil on the first blank page is the following:
“Belongs to John A. Weatherwax Schaghticoke NY”.
Page 1:
Births
(two columns)
column one, left side
John A. Weatherwax Bornd the 24 Janary in the year 1794
Catherine Weatherwax Bornd the 21 October in the year 1798
Eleanor Weatherwax Bornd the 9 Dec in the year 1818
Andrew Weatherwax Bornd the 6 July in the year 1820
Hannah M. Weatherwax Bornd the 18 July in the year 1822
Eliza Jane Weatherwax Bornd the 3 March in the year 1825
column two, right side
Elizabeth A. Weatherwax Bornd the 14 March in the year 1828
Amy Catherine Weatherwax Bornd the 24 July in the year 1834
Caroline Weatherwax Bornd te 13 July in the year 1837
John Weatherwax Bornd the 4 September in the year 1841
Louise Mary Weatherwax Bornd Feb {??} 1842
Note: Since the Bible is dated 1841, all these entries were after-the-fact recordings of date of birth within the family.
At this point in column two, a line is drawn, and then two more entries appear, as follows:
John Alson Weatherwax Born March 25th 1864 (different handwriting)
Willie May Weatherwax Born May 7th 1866 (different handwriting)
Page 2:
(two columns)
column one, left side
Helen Cescilia Weatherwax Bornd January 20th 1850 (original handwriting)
Andrew Weatherwax Born October the 15 1853 (original handwriting)
column two, right side
John Alson Weatherwax Born March 24th 1864 (second handwriting)
Willie May Weatherwax Born May 7th 1866
Freeman Cooper Weatherwax Born August 31st 1868
Arthur Theodore Weatherwax Born November 6th 1872
Albert- Eugene Weatherwax Born January 22d 1875
Charles Edward Weatherwax Born March 6th 1879
Louisa Mary Weatherwax Born August-13th 1882
Page 3:
(two columns)
John A. Weatherwax
Catherine Avery married
March 6th 1817
column two, right side
[blank column, no records]
Page 4:
(two columns)
Andrew Weatherwax died the 25 November in the year 1854
Amy Catherine Weatherwax died
column two, right side
John A. Weatherwax died January 18th 1879
Catherine Weatherwax died Febuary 3d 1881
Caroline Weatherwax wife of Henry Purdy died May 23d 1896
Louisa Mary Cooper wife of John Weatherwax died Dec 29, 1896
John Weatherwax died May 5-1916
William May Weatherwax died Feb. 16,1923
John Alson Weatherwax died December 12th 1924
Transcriber's notes on Bible ownership: It appears that the original owner could be either John A. Weatherwax (2946) 1794-1879 or his son John A. Weatherwax (3660) 1841-1916. What is clear is that the Bible remained with the family from as early as 1841 until 1991. The earliest inscriptions could have been done either by John (2946) or by his son John (3660) or by both. There are clearly two different writing/recording styles in use. It appears that on the death of John (3660), the family Bible then passed to his son Freeman Cooper Weatherwax (5088) 1868-1953. Freeman in turn passed it on to his son John Peer Weatherwax (6698) 1904-1991. John P. Weatherwax (6698) retained the family Bible in his possession until his own death in 1991. On his death, all of his personal family papers were donated to the Rensselaer County Historical Society. There is another family Bible in the same box, Box #12; that Bible relates to the PEER family.
