1806 MOSES UNDERHILL FAMILY BIBLE

HERE IS A REAL IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FAMILY HEIRLOOM, FOR EITHER THE UNDERHILL OR THE VAN EPS FAMILY
IT IS RARE TO FIND A BIBLE OF THIS AGE, AND ONE THAT IS SO INTACT AND SOLID.

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

Moses Underhill was born 8th mo 20th 1772
Anne Underhill was born 9th mo 16th 1780, died 8mo 8th 1850
- Sarah Underhill was born 11th mo 9th 1799, died 12/18/54, aged 55
- Abraham M. Underhill was born 10th mo 13th 1801
- Abigail Underhill was born 2nd mo 17th 1805
- - - The twins Mary and Hannah were born {no other comments}
- Mary Underhill was born 4th mo 17th 1807
- Ann Underhill was born 6th mo 6th 1810
- Hannah Jane Underhill was born 2nd mo 24th 1812

A LOOSE PIECE OF PAPER, INCLUDED IN THE BIBLE, HAS THIS ADDITIONAL DATA:

Abraham Van Eps, b:20/9/1764; d:24/5/1844 aged:79y9m4d
son of Abraham Van Eps & Susanna Glyn - Schenectady
1st wife ?
2nd wife: Sarah Machiel Underhill, from Poplar Ridge Friends Mtg
& The Beehive Quaker School in Seneca Falls
b:Nov 9 1799; d:Dec 18, 1854 aged 55; d/o Moses and Anna Underhill.
THE BIBLE WAS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MATHEW CAREY in PHILADELPHIA IN 1806.
THE BACK COVER IS MISSING, BUT THE FRONT COVER IS SOLIDLY ATTACHED.
THERE ARE 1072 PAGES IN THIS MASSIVE BOOK AND ONLY ONE OR TWO PAGES
OF A "NAMES" DICTIONARY, AT THE END, ARE MISSING.
THE BIBLE IS 9" X 11" IN SIZE AND IS LEATHER COVERED.
INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLE IS A PIECE OF PAPER, WHICH I TAKE TO BE A COPY and NOT AN ORIGINAL,
(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."
THE REASON, I ASSUME, THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED IS BECAUSE IT IS A REPORT
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."
I HAVE RECORDS FROM A SECOND BIBLE, WHICH IS RELATED TO THIS ONE.
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

Created on ... December 21, 2003