Robert Adams Sr. family bible records

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.8

Scope and Content

TITLE PAGE The / Old Testament / Translated / Out Of / The Original Hebrew, / And / With The Former Translation Diligently Compared And Revised. / Together With The / Apocrypha. / Done / By The Special Command Of King James I. Of England / Philadelphia: / Printed And Published By Mathew Carey No. 122, Market Street. / 1818 [date is smudged and hard to read]." [Note: The original title page has not been preserved. The photo-print reproduction of the title page made by Helen (Denny) Howard is presented here. See detailed provenance below.] PAGE 677 - Marriages "Rebecka Blackmore / was borne February the 27 in / Maryland State in 1778 / And maryed to Robert Adams / the 22 day of November in the / year of our Lord 1796 in / Washington Pensylvania Sarah Adams was / Maryed to William Inghram / on Thursday June the 27th / in the year of our Lord / 1816 in Waynesburgh Pensyl Moriah Adams was / married to Enick / Buskirk on Thursday the / 8th of November in the / year of our Lord 1821 / in Waynesburgh Pensyl Eliza Adams was Maried / to Benedick Hook on Thurs / day the 29th of April in / the year of our Lord 1824 / in Waynesburgh Pensylvania Ann Adams was Maried / to John Hook on Wednesday / the 9th of January in the year of / our Lord 1828 in Waynesburgh / Pensylvania Rebecca Adams was / Married to to William W. / Sayers on Thursday 11th / Day of March AD 1835 Sofiah Adams was / Married to George Hoskinson on Dawson Blackmore / Adams of Waynesburgh & Jose P. Donley of Mt. Morris were / married June __ 188_ Jane Adams was / Marryed to Esra M. / Sayers on Chrismas Day / of of 1839 Martha Jane Adams / and Seley E. Smith were / married Sept 10 188_ in / Waynesburg by Rev. / Donehay" PAGE 678 - Births "Waynesburgh Greene county and State of Pennsylvania Samuel Adams was born / December the 11th 1797 on / Monday at half past twelve in / the Morning Sarah Adams was Born / March the 10th in 1799 on / Sunday at five oclock in the / Morning Eliza Adams was Born January / the 25th in 1801 on __day at three / oclock in the Morning Moriah Adams was Born December / the 21 in 1802 on Tuseday Margaret Adams was Born / January the 13th in 1805 Elijah Adams was Born / January the 28th in 1807 on Wendnesday at three in the / Morning Ann Adams was Born March / the _th in 1809 on Sunday at / eight oclock in the Morning Dawson Adams was Born / April the _th 1811 Rebecca Adams was Born / April the 30th 1813 on / Friday at 11 oclock in the / Morning Sofiah Adams was / Born February the 23 / 1815 Maryann Adams was Born / February the 12th in the / year 1817 on Wednesday / Evening Robert Adams was Born / February the 18th in the year 1818 on Wednesday evening Jane Adams was Born / June the 26th in 1822 / on Wednesday evening" PAGE 679 - Births and Deaths "Robert Adams Senior / was Born about the eighth / of october in the year of / our Lord 1769 and Married to Rebecca Blackmore the 22d day of November in the / year of our Lord 1796 in / Washington Pennsylvania Mary Ann Van Buskirk / married to a Hindman Rebecca Van Buskirk / married a McIlravy Catharine Van Buskirk / married a True Lawrence Van Buskirk / married a Richardson Sophia Van Buskirk / married a McIlravy Martha Van Buskirk / married a Boor Thersa Van Buskirk / married a Barrick Dawson Blackmore / Adams was born / June 14 A.D. 1863 / in Waynesburg Pa Margaret Adams Died / December the twenty first in / eighteen hundred and eleven at / half past ten in the Morning Maryann Adams died / February the twenty third / in eighteen hundred and / seventeen Sarah Inghram Died / May the third in 1830 / Aged 31 years & 23 Days Jane Sayers Died / April the third in 1847 / in the 25th / year of her age / E. M. Sayers Wife Elijah Adams died / Aug 6 1885 in the / 78 year of his age 6 months _ days Dawson Adams / Died April 8 1890 / aged 79 years in Waynesburg" PAGE 680 - Deaths "Rebecca Adams Senior / Consort of Robert Adams / Died December the 25 on / Chrismas Day Aged 75 / Years Nine Months And / 27 Days in A.D. 1853 Samuel Adams Died / July the 11th 1854 aged / 56 Years and sevin / months Robert Adams junior / Died November 27th / In 1854 Aged 36 Years / eight months and eight / Days Sofiah Hoskinson / Died Robert Adams Sen / Died April the 7th 1864 / In his Ninty fifth year / of Age Moriah VanBuskirk / Died July 8th 1879 Elijah Adams / Sr., died August / 6, 1885, Aged 78 / years, 6 months and / 8 days Dawson Adams / Died April 8th 1890 / aged 79 years & 1 Day"

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Adams family, Birth records, Blackmore family, Death records, Family Bible--Records, Hook family, Inghram family, Marriage records, Van Buskirk family, Weddings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN024

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Adams, Ann (a/k/a Nancy) [1809-1886], Adams, Dawson Blackmore (Sr.) [1811-1890], Adams, Elijah [1807-1885], Adams, Robert (Jr.) [1818-1854], Adams, Samuel [1797-1854], Adams, Margaret [1805-1811], Adams, Mary Ann [1817-1817], Adams, Dawson Blackmore (Jr.) [1863-1944], Adams, Eliza [1801-], Adams, Jane [1822-1847], Adams, Mariah [1802-1879], Adams, Martha Jane [1853-1936], Adams, Rebecca [1813-1873], Adams, Robert (Sr.) [1769-1864], Adams, Sarah [1799-1830], Adams, Sophia [1815-1855], Blackmore, Rebecca [1778-1853], Donley, Josephine, Hook, Benedict, Hook, John [1806c-1838], Hoskinson, George [1811-1884], Inghram, William [1795-1843], Sayers, Ezra Mitchell [1812-1909], Sayers, William Wood [1805-1886], Smith, Sealey Ephraim, Van Buskirk, Catharine, Van Buskirk, Enoch [1790-1858], Van Buskirk, Lawrence, Van Buskirk, Martha, Van Buskirk, Mary Ann, Van Buskirk, Rebecca, Van Buskirk, Sophia, Van Buskirk, Theresa

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Adams Series - MULTIPLE COLLECTIONS

Notes

The Robert Adams Sr. Family Collection is no longer owned intact by one person or repository. It was divided between two Adams heirs, who were third cousins once removed: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] and Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]. Their divided portions were further separated by donations to separate repositories as well as private ownership. The following is an account of the three known divisions of the Adams Collection. The Robert Adams Sr. Family Collection appears to have passed intact from Robert Adams Sr. [1769-1864] to his son-in-law Ezra Mitchell Sayers [1812-1909] to his son Henry Clay Sayers Sr. [1840-1926] to his son Henry Clay Sayers Jr. [1872-1945] to his daughter Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005]. Portion A: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] donated to the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370): (1) the original Robert Adams Sr. Family Bible data pages (removed from Bible, no title page), (2) a pair of photo-print reproductions captioned as "Robert Adams Sr. [1769-1864]" and his wife, "Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams [1778-1853]," and (3) three original photographs captioned as the Adams, and later the Sayers, family home taken over the years of family ownership. These items are available to view in the archives at GCHS and were researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. Portion B: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] gave to her third cousin once removed Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]: a pair of 8" x 9.75" card-mount photographs of Robert & Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams taken by S. G. Rogers, Washington, Pa., from which the photo-print reproductions archived at GCHS were made. These Rogers' prints are circa 1870s reproductions of earlier ambrotype or daguerreotype images likely taken in the 1840s - 1850s. Helen’s collection was inherited by Farley Toothman who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2014. Portion C: While still in the possession of Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver, Helen (Denny) Howard made photo-print reproductions of (1) the Robert Adams Sr. Family Bible data pages (including the Bible's title page) and (2) the pair of photographs captioned as Robert and Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams. These photo-print reproductions from Helen’s collection were inherited by Farley Toothman who donated them to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) in 2003. These prints are archived in the Adams family vertical file at CGS and were researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. SOURCE CITATION: Robert Adams Sr. Family Bible; item nos. GCHS-AN024-0006 through GCHS-AN024-0010, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).