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VANARNAM - VANDERHYDEN BIBLE
Original owner – John VanArnum/VanArnam [assumed from handwritten note on copy of family information found loose in Bible]
Description – BIBLIA…TESTAMENTS. Heeren Burgermeesteren, Amsterdam, 1718
Large Bible (91/2 x 151/4 x 41/2). Brown/black with brass corners and two brass clasps, one intact. Dutch text, fair condition. Family information loose, fragile and protected by transparent cover. Also, two copies of translation of family information.
The following family information is taken from a copy with handwritten notation “from Bible of John Van Aernum (1721-1810)”, “translation from Dutch”
No. 1
1700 16th day of March Abram VanArnam was born
1702 19th day of July Alida Lansing was born
1721 11th day of July they were married it being Thursday morning
1721 18th day of December a son John was born it was in the afternoon of Monday
1721 18th day of December a son Jacob was born
1722 15th day of November Jacob died
1724 15th day of September a daughter Helena was born it being Thursday morning
1726 10th day of April a daughter Hester was born it being Sunday
1730 24th day of August a son Jacob was born it being Monday night
1732 10th day April a daughter Sarah was born it being Monday night
1734 1st day of September a daughter Elizabeth was born between two and three o’clock
1735 17th day of August a son Jacob died on a Tuesday
1736 April 9th a son Jacob was born on a Tuesday evening
1739 September 10th a daughter Anna was born
No 2
1756 March 3rd They were married [no names]
1757 2d of August a son Abram was born
1758 October 6th Abram died
1759 Jan 3d a daughter Alida was born on a Sunday at six o’clock
1761 March 30th a son Jacob was born on a Monday morning
1763 10th day of April Hester was born on Sunday at 11 o’clock
1766 3d of January a son Abram was born on a Tuesday evening
1768 10th day of November a daughter Elizabeth was born on Thursday evening at
ten o’clock
1770 20th day of November a son Derick was born on a Tuesday evening at
eight o’clock
1766 Maria Lansing wife of Abram VanArnem was born
[Bottom of this page, No 2, says “Alida VanderHydens family”]
1728 October 3d Alida VanderHeyden was born on Monday morning
1774 28th of August my wife Alida with full faith in the Lord died
1775 15th day of September a son Derick died
Departed this life on the 4th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, John VanArnam aged 88 years nine months and sixteen days
Abram VanArnem departed this life August 22d 1835 aged 69 years 2 months 19 days
No 3
1788 we were married [no names]
1789 July 16th our son John was born on a Thursday morning
1791 September 12th our daughter Jane was born on a Monday morning
1796 March 15th a son Jacob was born on a Tuesday morning
1798 October 9th a son Lansing was born on a Wednesday night
1801 September 15th a daughter Alida was born on a Tuesday afternoon
Loose- Large locks of hair pressed in Bible
Location – Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton St., Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Catalog # - 1976.073.0017 U107L04 Transcribed by J. Wickizer: 11 April 2012
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