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THIS IS AN 1806, LEATHER COVERED, LARGE FAMILY BIBLE ONCE BELONGING TO THE FAMILY OF MOSES UNDERHILL.
HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE FRONT FLYLEAF
THIS BIBLE CONTAINS ONLY ONE PAGE OF FAMILY RECORDS BUT THE DATES EXTEND FROM 1772 TO 1854
A LOOSE PIECE OF PAPER, INCLUDED IN THE BIBLE, HAS THIS ADDITIONAL DATA:
INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLE IS A PIECE OF PAPER, WHICH I TAKE TO BE A COPY and NOT AN ORIGINAL,
THE REASON, I ASSUME, THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED IS BECAUSE IT IS A REPORT
I HAVE RECORDS FROM A SECOND BIBLE, WHICH IS RELATED TO THIS ONE. Created on ... December 21, 2003
(although it does appear to be quite old - maybe a later reproduction of the document)
WITH A DATE OF 1638 ON IT.
IT IS TITLED:
"NEVVES FROM AMERICA, or A NEW AND EXPERIMENTALL DISCOVERIE OF NEW ENGLAND;
CONTAINING A TRUE RELATION OF THEIR WAR-LIKE PROCEEDINGS THESE TWO YEARES LAST PAST,
WITH A FIGURE
OF THE INDIAN FORT, or PALIZADO."
WHICH WAS RELATED BY "CAPTAINE JOHN UNDERHILL, A COMMANDER IN THE WARRES THERE"
THE DOCUMENT WAS PRINTED IN LONDON
"Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, and are to be sold at the signe of the Glove in Corne-hill
neere the Royall Exchange, 1638."
IT IS AN 1801 BIBLE, ONCE BELONGING TO THE VAN EPS FAMILY
THE RELATIONSHIP IS THE FACT THAT SARAH UNDERHILL (above) MARRIED ABRAHAM VAN EPS
AND THIS SECOND BIBLE CARRIES ON THE FAMILY RECORDS FOR ABRAHAM AND SARAH.
This bible is now owned by Maurice Jorgens - - mojor184@aol.com