Catherine West Bible | Eastern Shore Public Library

Printed by John Hayes
Printer to the University
Cambridge, England
Copyright 1683

This Bible was presented to Mrs. Tabitha Joynes Hance by her cousin Mr. John E. Snead on 28 April 1907. She was a lineal descendant of Catherine West (born 6 May 1677) to whom this Bible was presented by her mother. This Bible is now in possession of Ann Johnson at Oak Grove Plantation in Northampton County, Virginia, also a lineal descendant of Catherine West. It was photographed by M.K. Miles & Dr. Miles Barnes of the Eastern Shore Public Library on 11 June 2013.

Front Cover

Ownership Tag

Inside Front Cover

Attached to the back of the front cover (ages of the youngest set of children)

Sarah, a coloured woman’s children, servants of Tully Snead:

Rose Jenkins was born 21 October 1821
Nancy was born 12 January 1824
Hannah was born __________
Cato was born 10 February 1828

The ages of Louisa’s children:

Kiziah was born 3 November 1829
Leah was born 6 November 1831
Isaac Henry was born 17 May 1835

Age of Mary’s child:

George was born 1829

Age of Nancy’s child:

William was born 1842

Age of Hannah’s child:

George Washington was born June 1845

Age of Keziah’s child:

Leah was born 14 June 1849

At the end of The King’s Birth and Return section

Sons of Chs Snead:

John Snead born 7 January 1767
Thomas Snead born 21 Dec 1768

Children of John Snead:

Charles Snead was born 20 December 1741
John Snead was born 10 Mar 1743
Ann Snead was born 1 September 1746
Mary Snead was born 25 December 1749
Thomas Snead was born 28 Nov 1752
Catherine Snead was born 25 July 1756
Scarbrough Snead was born 23 November 1758
Tully Snead was born 10 July 1763 on Sunday Evening
John Snead died 23 March 1777

Mr.(?) John Snead, Accomac

16 April 1750

Children to John Wise:

John Wise was born 8 March 1745
Solomon Wise was born 6 June 1748
William Wise was born 16 Nov 1750
Eliza Wise was born 11 Sep 1754
Henry Wise was born 6 Feb 1756
Charles Wise was born 19 June 1759
Peggy Wise was born 11 Nov 1761
Geo. Wise was born 8 Oct 1765
Nancy Wise was born 17 Mar 1769

Peggy Wise, mother of the aforesaid children was born 5 Sep 1726.

Nancy S. Wise, daughter of Solo. Wise and Mary his wife, died 10 March 1806

Solo. Wise died 25 January 1820

At the end of the Prophets section

Lt. Col. John West departed this life 27 May 1703 about noon time of said day

(in pencil: son of Anthony West and Ann his wife)

Mrs. Matild West departed this life 3 January 1721

(in pencil: Matilda Scarborough, daughter of Col. Edmund and Mary his wife, born 1644)

Mrs. Catherine Snead departed this life 19 February 1750
John Snead departed this life 5 Sep 1780
Scarbrough Snead departed this life 7 Dec 1780
Margret Wise departed this life 30 Nov 1781
John Wise departed this life 8 Dec 1781
Thomas Snead, son of John, departed this life 20 March 1787

Before the New Testament title page

Catherine West, her Bible, Given her by her mother, born 6 May 1677

New Testament title page

After the New Testament title page

John Sparrow was born 17 Dec 1706 about 3 o’clock in the afternoon on a Wednesday
Elizabeth Sparrow was born 12 Sep 1708 at 5 pm on a Sunday
Charles Snead and Katherine was married 7 January 1711
Huldah Snead was born 1 Mar 1712/13, christened 15 of the Same & died 30 April 1713
Charles Snead was born 26 Aug 1714
John Snead was born 3 Feb 1715/16, christened 18 March
Smith Snead was born 13 January 1718
Charles Snead died 18 February 1720
Eliza Sparrow died 5 March 1720
Charles Snead “ye second” was born 13 November 1723
Charles Snead “the second” died 23 February 1724
Charles Snead “the Elder” died 30 April 1727
Catherine Snead died 19 Feb 1750

Back page (several illegible entries and parts of the page are torn and missing):

Trifanna Wise was born 11 April 1777
John Wise was born 5 September and died 5 October 1780
Peggy Wilson Wise was born 6 July 1786
Nancy Selmon Wise was born 13 July 1789
Polley Wise was born 18 February 1783

Sampler Picture

Sampler Picture note on back

Notes found in Catherine West Bible