Name/Title
Mahannah-Scott Family BibleEntry/Object ID
2011.2.679Scope and Content
The Mahannah-Scott Bible has quite an interesting combination of entries. The provenance has not been recorded and the title page is missing, so we have no stated history or publication date. Accordingly, we have to try to tell the Bible's story based on its entries. The common denominator seems to be Mary Ann (Kysinger) (Mahannah) Scott [1777c-1848].
The Family Bible begins with the children of John Mahannah and his first wife, Eleanor. These are followed by the children of John Mahannah and his second wife, Mary Ann. Her maiden name, Kysinger, comes from their 12 June 1800 marriage record on file in Washington County, Maryland.
After John died, the widowed Mary Ann remarried to Abraham Scott [1756-1845]. He was a widower too. The births of Abraham and Mary Ann's children together are specifically listed on the Births pages, but even several of Abraham's children from his first marriage appear on the Bible's deaths and marriages pages. Ultimately, Abraham's son, David, a child of his first marriage, seems to have inherited this Bible, in spite of what would seem to be its Mahannah origins. David is particularly noted in Abraham's Will (Greene County, Pennsylvania Will Book, 2: 204, estate file no. 1147) as the son who was helping the family. David married Mary Laughlin and entered all of their children onto the Birth pages.
Family data, Mahannah-Scott Family Bible, only the family data pages are on file at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014.
Transcribed by virtual volunteers through the Greene Connections Archives crowdsourcing project, 2020.
PAGE 1 - Births
"Sarah Mahannah / Daughter of John & Elan / oar Mahannah was Born / the 4 day of May 1793
John Mahannah son of / John & Elen Mahannah / Born 20 Day of December / 1797
William Mahannah / son of John & Maryann / Mahannah was Born / March 12 1801
Rachel Mahannah / Daughter of John & Mary / Mahannah was Born May / 26 1803
Benjamin Mahannah / son of John & Maryann / Mahannah was Born / 19 of January 1805
James Mahannah son / of John & Maryann Mahannah / was Borne 9 of Nov 1808
Elen Mahannah Daughter / of John & Maryann Mahannah / was Born June 26 1811
Cornelia Scott / daughter of David / and Mary Scott was / born September the 7 / 1851
Melinda Ann / daughter of David and / Mary Scott was / born June 9th 1854
Hugh Laughlin Scott / son of David and / Mary Scott was born / January 5th 1856
Jane Scott daught / er of David and Mary / Scott was born June / the 2 1858
William Armstrong Scott / son of David and Mary / Scott was born February 4th / 1861
Sarah Margaret Scott / Born August 9 1869 / Daughter [of] David and Mary / Scott."
PAGE 2 - Deaths
"Alexander Scott / Departed this life / September 26th 1830
Mary Scott / Departed this life / August 11 1832
Nancy Scott / Departed this life / May 25 1840
Rebecca Scott Consort of Josiah Scott / Departed this life / August the 21 AD 1844
Abraham Scott [Senior ?] / Departed this life / January the 12 1845 / Born 1756
Melinda Ann / daughter of David / and Mary Scott / Departed this life / August 17th 1854."
PAGE 3 - Births
"Nancy Scott Daug / hter of Abraham & Mary / was born June 3 1816
Samuel Scott / Son of Abraham & Mary / was born October 6 1818
Josiah Scott / Son of Abraham / and Mary was born / February 28 1821
Eliza Jane Scott / Daughter of Josiah and / Rebecca Scott was / Born April 16 1844."
PAGE 4 - Marriages
"Josiah Scott was mar / ried December the 29 / 1842 to Mrs. Rebecca Morris
David C Scott was / married December the / 5 1850 to Miss Mary / Laughlin."Collection
Greene County Historical Society CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2011.2Acquisition Method
DigitalCredit Line
Greene County Historical SocietyLexicon
Search Terms
Birth records, Death records, Family Bible--Records, Mahannah family, Marriage records, Scott family, WeddingsOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
GCHS-AN030-0014-0000Relationships
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Provenance Detail
Family Bible Series - Greene County Historical Society CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalNotes
SOURCE CITATION: Mahannah-Scott Family Bible; item no. GCHS-AN030-0014-0000, Family Bible Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
