These Phinney Family Bible records were started by Zenas Phinney (1752-1848) of Massachusetts. He kept them in a Bible printed in 1815.
Zenas Phinney lived past his 95th birthday and willed the family Bible to his grandson, Capt. Daniel Ruggles, a Civil War officer who survived that war, but is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Bible covers three generations of Phinney family genealogical material.
Births
- Zenas Phinney, born Sept. 13, 1752
- Sarah, his wife, born Oct. 7, 1756 at Harwick on Cape Cod, now called Brewster
- Thankful Phinney was born June 19, 1781
- Lydia Phinney was born Feb. 12, 1783
- Patty Phinney was born Nov. 12, 1784
- Sally Phinney was born May 6, 1787
- Lucy Phinney was born Aug. 12, 1788
- Zenas Phinney was born Jan. 28, 1792
- Sally Phinney was born 20, 1793
- Zenas Phinney was born Jan. 10, 1794
Record of the Children of Zenas Phinney Jr.
- Sarah Berry Phinney, born June 3, 1822 at Harwick, Cape Cod
- William Henry Phinney was born Oct. 24, 1823 at Hardwick
- Charles Freeman Phinney was born Sept. 21, 1825 at Hardwick
- Squire Zenas Phinney was born Feb. 20. 1831 at Pawtuckit
- Thomas Russell Phinney was born Nov. 23, 1832 at Pawtuckit
- Julaan (Susan?) Phinney was born in July of 1835
Deaths
- Sally Phinney depart this life June 13, 1787, age 38 days
- Zenas Phinney departed this life Feb. 17, 1792, aged 20 days
- Sally Phinney departed this life Feb. 7, 1793, aged 19 days
- My wife departed this life Dec. 20, 1832, aged 76 years, 2 months and 13 days
- My daughter Lydia, Gardner Ruggles wife, departed this life Sept. 23, 1833, aged 50 years, 7 months and 17 days
- Gardner Ruggles departed this life Aug. 5, 1853, aged 71 years (Thrown from his carriage and killed.)
- Zenas Phinney Bartlett departed this life Aug. 11, 1838, aged in his 16th year
- Luke Bartlett departed this life Aug. 25, 1838, aged 44 years
- Elbridge Bartlett departed this life Sept. 6, 1838, aged 11 years
- David Aikin and Gardner Ruggles little daughters I have forgot when
- (On the margin, after writing the above entry, Zenas Phinney writes “I find by my records Anne Aiken departed this life April 2, 1813, aged 2 years)
- Martha Haskell departed this life May 5, 1837, aged 16 years
- Sarah Berry Haskell departed this life Sept. 2, 1836, aged 23 years
- Mary Haskell departed this life Oct. 3, 1838, aged 28 years
- Feb. 1, 1840--Forister Aikins little daughter departed this life aged 1 year
- My daughter Thankful, Ephraim Haskells wife, departed this life Nov. 15, 1841, aged 60 years, 4 months and 26 days.
(Note: Spelling inconsistencies are the way they were in the original record.)
Source:
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. CX (April, 1956)
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