North Bible

This Bible record was transcribed from the Genealogical Records
Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, taken from
Family Bibles 1581-1917, Edited by Jeannie F-J. Robison and
Henrietta C. Bartlett, The Colonial Dames of the State of New York,
New York, 1917, p 164-66.

Kindly transcribed by Barb Donovan.

SURNAMES:
NORTH
DUANE
AUSTIN
BRIDGE
FOSS
WESTON
POOR
SAUNDERS
STEUBEN
LIVINGSTONE

Below this line, verbatim from source.

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GENERAL WILLIAM NORTH.
(1755-1836.)

Holy Bible in English; New York, Collins, Perkins & Co., 1807.
Contains the family records of General North and his wife, Mary Duane, with their descendants. The present owner, William M. Austin, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is the great-great-grandson of General North.

Family Record
Marriages.
Wm. North & Mary Duane, 14" Oct. 1787
Wm. Aug. S. North & Margaret Bridge, Sept. 25, 1820
Mary C. North & Daniel C. Weston, Oct. 4 1842
Henry Saunders (of the U.S. Army) to Delia, (youngest daughter of Genl. Wm. North) 3d Sept. 1828

Births. Deaths.

Mary Catharine daughter of Wm. Aug. S. North, born Apr. 14, 1822 [died] Aug 4, 1882.
Hannah Elizabeth, [born] Dec. 15 1823 [died] Mar. 13-1888
Delia born Aug. 26 1825 [died] July 11 1826
1. Wm. Henry (Son of H. Saunders & Delia North Saunders) Born June 1 1829 at old Point Va.
2. Eliza North Saunders Born 18" March 1831 at Old Point, Va.
3. Delia North Saunders Born 7" of Dec. 1833 at Fort Trumbull Ct.

Deaths
Wm. Henry Saunders Died Aug. 8, 1829 2 months & 8 days.

Eliza N. Saunders Died 18 Jan. 1837 at Ft. Washington Md. Aged Five years & ten Months

Died at Fort Sullivan, Eastport Md. Our dear & only child Delia N. Saunders, on 14" of Dec. 1843 aged ten years & seven days. God Will be done.

The 20" of Feb. 1876 Henry Saunders at Lessburg Va. all with Christ but the poor sufferer who is left.

Births. Deaths.

Gen. Wm. North born 1755 [died] Jan. 3 1836
Frederick Wm. Steuben 14 July, 1788 [died] 1789
James Duane 28 Jan 1791 [died] May 1792
Maria 12 Aug 1789 [died] June 8, 1812
Wm. Augustus Steuben Feb. 2 1794 [died] Nov. 7 1845
Elizabeth 1793 [died] June 8 1845
Adelia (called Delia) 1795 [died] Feb. 1878
Margaret Bridge wife of Wm. Aug. S. North was born Feb. 12 1802 [died] Dec. 31 1882.
Daniel Cony Weston born At Augusta Maine Feb. 24-1815 died Washington D.C. Mar 20, 1903
Daniel C. Westons 6 children
Wm. North born Aug 20 1843 d Apl 23 1847
Geo Melville b May 4 1845 d May 16 1883
Duane b Apl 2 1847 d Jan 12 1850
Henry Livingston b Jan. 29. 1849 d Jan 29 1850
Mary North Weston B May 25 1851.
James . b Mch 28. 1854 d Mch 28 1854
Mary North Weston B May 25 1851 Married June 5 1872
Francis B. Austin b June 11 1847

Children
Wm. Morris b Nov. 30 1876.
Mary Livingston b. Dec. 26 1880 d Nov. 11. 1913

Births & Marriages

Wm. Morris Austin b Nov 30 1876 Married Apr 10, 1901 Pauline Dexter Foss, b. Jan 7,

Children
Wm Morris b. Feb 16 1902
Francis Duane b May 23 1905
Frederick Foss b Jan 20 1909

Mary Livingston Austin b Dec 26 1880 d Nov. 11, 1913 Married June 3 1902 Charles Longstreet Poor, b Oct. 1, 1873

Children
Mary Lindsay b May 14. 1903 d Nov 19. 1904
Charles Longstreet b Aug 12 1905 d June 4 1906
Chas Austin b Feb 25 1908 d Nov 18 1915
Richard Longstreet b Dec 28 1910

[State of New Jersey County of Union.
[Mary N. Austin, being duly sworn on her oath, says that the records sent by her to the Society of Colonial Dames were copied by her from the family Bible of General William North, and are correct and accurate in every particular to the best of her knowledge and belief.
[Mary N. Austin.
[Sworn and subscribed before me this 4 day of November 1915.
[Arthur W. Hicks, Notary Public for N. J.
[Seal]