Bible Records of Dutchess County Families

BIBLE RECORDS OF DUTCHESS COUNTY FAMILIES

VAN ANDEN AND GAY FAMILY BIBLE

THE HOLY BIBLE; Containing the Old and New Testaments, . . . Edinburgh: 1793. Printed by Mark & Charles Kerr, His Majesty's Printers.

The Bible is owned by Margaret DeGroff King (Mrs. John F. King, Jr.) of Pleasant Valley, New York. It was the family Bible of Paul and Sarah Van Anden and handed down through their daughter, Jonehee [Jeney], who married Barnet Gay; through Barnet Gay's daughter, Sarah Gay, who married Robert DeGroff; through Robert DeGroff's youngest son, Edward Roosevelt DeGroff; through Edward Roosevelt DeGroff's youngest son, Joseph Paul DeGroff; to his only child, Margaret DeGroff King. BIRTHS Paul Van Anden was born January the first day in the year 1736. Sarah Van Anden was born December 19,1744, Hanah, my Daughter, was born March the 7, 1764-. Sarah, my Daughter, was born June the 15, 1766. Jonehee, my Daughter, was born August the 25, 1768 [Jeney or Jane]. Joseph, my son, was born September the 8, 1770. Abraham, my son, was born December the 3, 1772. Mariah, my Daughter, was born April the 7, 1775. John, my son, was born December the 30, 1776. Aron, my son, was born October the 6, 1779. Jacob, my son, was born March the 26, 1782. Barnet, my son, was born March the 10, 1785. Stephen, my son, was born September 16, 1787. * B * MARRIAGE Barnet Gay and Jeney Vananden was married on monday the 13 Day of

December, in the year of our Lord, 1790 BIRTHS Barnet Gay (son of John Gay) Was born on February the 24, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred and forty four Jeney Van Anden Was born in august the 25, in the year of our Lord, 1768 John Gay Was Born in october the 11, in the year of our Lord, 1794 Sarah Gay Was Born in January the 29, in the year of our Lord, 1793 Jonechee Gay Was Born in January the 2, in the year of our Lord, 1797 'William Gay Was Born December the 3, 1802 Herret Eliza Gay Was Born march the 19, 1804 DEATHS Jane Gay, Wife of Barnet Gay, departed this life March the 25, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six, in the thirty seventh year and seven months of her age. John Gay departed this life on Wednesday, the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1817; aged 25 years, 7 months and 3 days Barnet Gay departed this life on Wednesday, the 16th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1817; aged Seventy three years, five Months and twenty two Days.

Note: Below the entries of the Van Andens and the Gays are inserted the names and dates of the children of Robert DeGroff and Sarah Gay, identical with the entries in the DeGroff family Bible owned by Mrs. King.

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FAMILY RECORD OF ROBERT DEGROFF

The following record of the family of Robert and Sarah (Gay) DcGroff is copied from a handwritten paper inserted in the family Bible of Robert DeGroff, owned by Margaret DeGroff King (Mrs. John F. King, Jr.) of Pleasant Valley, New York

MARRIAGES Robert DeGroff and Sally Gay was married on Satterday, the 10 day of

August 1811 William DeGroff was married on the 30th of September 1854

[Note: The name of his bride, Malyina 'White of Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York, was omitted.]

Robert DeGroff was born February 12, 1790 Sarah Gay was born January 29, in the year of our Lord, 1793 Barnet DeGroff Was Born August 3, 1812 Charles DeGroff Was Born September 22, 1814 Jane Ann DeGroff Was Born October 24, 1816 Charlott DeGroff Was Born April 15, 1819 Robert DeGroff* Was Born August 6, 1821 William DeGroff Was Born December 25, 1823 Jane DeGroff Was Born February 14, 1826 Ann Mariah DeGroff Was Born June 27, 1829 Lucinda DeGroff Was Born September 21, 1831 Edward DeGroff Was Born March 15, 1834 Harriet DeGroff Was Born July 19, 1837 DEATHS Jane DeGroff Departed this life February 22, 1826; Aged 9 yrs, 4 mos and 1 day Lucinda DeGroff Departed this life February 8, 1840; Aged 8 yrs, 4 mos, 18 days Sarah De Groff Departed this life June 29, 1851; Aged 58 years, 5 months Robert DeGroff Departed this life May the 18, 1865; Aged 75 yr, 3 mos, 6 days Sarah, wife of R. DeGroff, departed this life June the 29th, 1851; aged 58 years, 5 mo. B. DeGroff departed this life Nov. 4, 1866; aged 54. yrs., 3 mo. C. DeGroff departed this life Nov. 18, 1874; aged 64 yrs. W. DeGroff departed this life Mar. 26, 1856; aged 32 yrs., 3 mo., an 1 da. Jane DeGroff died Nov, 14, 1895, in her 70th year, 69 years, 10 months Charlotte DeGroff, wife of Edward Flagler, departed this life in her 60th year. Annie DeGroff, wife of Abner Seaman, Departed this life March 11, 1888; aged 58 yrs., 9 mo., 16 da.

*A small piece of paper, also found in this Bible, contains the following informatIon: Robert DeGroff was born August 6, 1821, in the Town of Hyde Park; Died July 28, 1818, in the Town of Pleasant Valley.

VELIE FAMILY BIBLE THE HOLY BIBLE; Containing the Old and New Testaments, . . . Hartford:

S. Andrus and Sons, 1843. The Bible is owned by Margaret DeGroff King (Mrs. John F. King, Jr.) of

Pleasant Valley, New York.

MARRIAGES Minard M. Velie and Ann Eliza Brown was married September 30th, 1834 Samuel A. McCord and Mrs. Ann Eliza Velie Married September 1852

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BIRTHS Minard M. Velie born December 14, 1808, Town of Lagrange, Dutchess

Count, N.Y. Ann Eliza Brown born June 23, 1814, at Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y. Edgar Brown Velie born December 11, 1835, Town of Pleasant Valley,

Dut. Co., N.Y. Ann Eliza Velie born November 2, 1837, Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York George Washington Velie born February 20, 1839, Main Street, Poughkeepsie,

New York Emma S. Velie born April 9, 1840, Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York Cordelia Ann Velie born July 22, 1842, Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, New York Joseph W. Velie born October 4, 1843, 671 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. Frank Velie born September 1, 1845, 37 Academy Street, Poughkeepsie, New

York Charles Velie born March 2, 1847, 37 Academy Street, Poughkeepsie, New York Augusta and Anna McCord, twin sisters, born May 20, 1855, Pleasant Valley,

Dutchess County, N.Y.

DEATHS Minard M. Velie Died December 28th, 1848; aged 40 years, Pleasant Valley,

N.Y. George W. Velie Died November 25, 1863; Aged 25 years, Fort Magruder, Va. Samuel A. McCord Died December 25th, 1874; Aged 64 years, Pleasant

Valley, N.Y. Joseph W. Velie Died Saturday, August 17th, 1878; Aged 34 yr. 10 mo. 13 da., at Chappaqua, New York Charles Velie Died September 20th, 1878, in the 31st yr. of his age, at New

Orleans. Rena DeGroff Died Ash Wednesday, 1886, at One O'clock, March 10th; Aged 18 yrs., at Pleasant Valley. Ann Eliza Brown McCord Died October 3rd, 1891, at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess

Co., N.Y.; Aged 77 Years, 10 months, 5 days Anna McCord Died October 4, 1897, at Salt Point, N.Y., in the 42nd year of her age.

Stephen Briggs on Thursday drove a velocipede from this city to Washington Hollow in one hour and fifty minutes, including a stop at Pleasant Valley. Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, September 18, 1869

Mechanic Society. The members of the Mechanic Society are requested to meet this evening at the house of Ebenezer Baldwin at early candle lighting. Political Barometer, September 23, 1807

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OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS

OF THE

DUTCHESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1916—PAMPHLET, Troutbeck, A Dutchess County Homestead; by Charles E. Benton. Out of print. 1924—CoLLEcnoNs,VoL. I; Poughkeepsie, The Origin and Meaning of the Word; by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. (Price $5.00) 1924—CoLLEcTioNs, VoL. II; Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York; collected and edited by J. Wilson Poucher, M.D., and Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. (Price $20.00) 1928—COLLECTIONS, VOL. III; Records of the Town of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; edited by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Edition exhausted.

1930—COLLECTIONS, VOL. IV; Notices of Marriages and Deaths in Newspapers printed at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1778-1825; compiled and edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. (Price $5.00) 1932—COLLECTIONS, VOL. V; Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York; edited by Maria Bockee Carpenter Tower. (Price $10.00) 1938—COLLECTIONS, VOL. VI; Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York that was included in Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill. Collected by William Willis Reese. Edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. (Price: $10.00) 1940—COLLECTIONS, VOL. VII; Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County. Edited by Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Price: $15.00) 1958—COLLECTIONS, VOL. VIII; Family Vista, the Memoirs of Margaret Chanler Aldrich. (Price $1.00)

A few copies of some of the above publications are available at the prices listed. For information address: Dutchess County Historical Society, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

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