George Pitcher's Family Bible

Submitted by Phyllis Giancola: Peter Pitcher Jr. lived on a farm in what is now Knox. George Pitcher was his son. Both of these people are in the Berne Family File.

George Pitcher's Family Bible
Family Record
(original pages in possession of Cathie (Angle) Green of Fredericksberg, VA)

(Page 1 is only half a page, the bottom is missing. The writing is large and contains several corrections. It takes up the entire top half. Perhaps his second marriage to Sophia Hane, widow of his brother James, was recorded on the bottom half of the page.)

Marriages

George Pitcher 2'd and his wife was married in the year eighteen hundred thirty seven and on the twenty-six day of October

George Pitcher 2'd and Mariah Lampman was married October the twenty six One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven

(in pencil) married in the town of middleburg, Schoharie Co. by Mr. Watson

(Page 2 is also half a page and has two columns of births.)

Births

George Pitcher 2'd was born June 28th AD 1816
And his wife Maria was born June 4 AD 1820

Rachelann Pitcher was born March the 11th AD 1839
Almira P was born May the 14 AD 1841
Amos P was born May the 12 AD 1843

(Page 3 has one column of births.)

Births

Minor Pitcher was born April the 1st AD 1849
Sophrona E. Pitcher was Born Jan the 5th AD 1851
Susannah Pitcher was Born April the 3 AD 1853
Arthur Pitcher was Born Dec the 9 AD 1855
Zadoc Pitcher was Born April 13 AD 1858
Dewit Pitcher was Born Oct the 4 AD 1860
Clara Pitcher was Born Oct the 7 AD 1864

(Page 4 has two columns of deaths. I cannot make out Rachel Ann's year of death.)

Deaths

Mariah wife of George Pitcher died November the 28 AD 1847
(in pencil) Rachel Ann Died August 16th AD 18??
Amos Pitcher Died April the 15 AD 1865

(in pencil) Sophrona E Pitcher Died Jan 4th 1856
Clarra Pitcher Died Feb the 23 AD 1867