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Straight Bible Records
Daniel D. Smith's Stereotype edition of the New Testament, New York, 1823. ( image of title page ) Original Bible transcribed by Alice Zetterstrom in January 1995 at the Saratoga County Historian's Office, Ballston Spa, N. Y.
births
Nehemiah Straight was born January the 7, 1771
Jude [?] Straight was born May the 17, 1773
Elijah Straight was born May 23, 1776
John Straight was born August 19, 1778 [image: Births page 1]
Poley Straight was born May 9, 1782
William Straight was born April 14, 17....
Elisha Straight was born March 16, 1793 on Saturday
Lydia Straight was born October 28, 1793 on Monday
Hannah S. Straight was born April the 11, 1812 on Saturday
Abbagel [?] Straight was born March the 7, 1814 on Monday
Mary B. Straight was born December the 3, 1815 on Sunday
Juliann Straight was born February the 7, 1818 on Saturday
Lydia M. Straight was born January the 20, 1820 on Thursday
Matilda B. Straight was born June the 13, 1822 on Thursday [image: Births page 2]
Betsey M. Straight was born June the 19, 1824 on Saturday
Roxena Straight was born February the 11, 1827 on Sunday
Lucinda Straight was born April the 10, 1829 on Friday
John Straight was born December the 5, 1831 on Monday
Elisha Straight was born April 19, 1834 on Saturday
William H. Straight was born May the 25, 1836 on Wednesday
marriages
Elisha & Lydia Straight was married June the 23, 1811
Eddy & Hannah Perkins were married Oct.... 183... [page damaged]
Ezra and Mary Monger were married March 5, 1843
Seth & Matilda Sharp were married May 16, 1844
Levi Washburn to Lydia M. Straight Dec 29, 1847 [image: Marriages page]
Elkanah Elms to Roxana C. Straight Dec 29, 1847
Harvey D. Hicks to Betsey M. Straight April 8, 1847
[last entry, partially erased, appears to be a repeat of a previous entry]
deaths
[top entry erased]
Elisha Straight Jun. died Feb 2d, 1842 in the 8th year of his age
William H. Straight died October 27, 1851 aged 15 years 5 months & 2 days
John Straight [no date given]
Hannah S. Perkins [no date given]
Lydia M. Washburn [no date given] [image: Deaths page]
Mary B. Munger died Oct 29, 1898
Betsey M. Hicks died Oct 7, 1904
Harvey D. Hicks died April 2nd, 1865
Judith Bandin died Feb 10, 1850 age 76 & 9 months
Mary L. Wolford died April 7th, 1905
[note by ALZ 1995: Several generations of the Straight family, including Elisha & Lydia Straight and five of their children, are buried at the Old Hartford Cemetery, Washington County, New York.]
[Note October 2008: The Saratoga County Historian and the Hartford Museum and Civil War Enlistment Center are preparing to transfer this Bible to the custody of that Museum.]
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