Jacob Fauss’ Bible
Following
is a transcription of an article that can be found in the "Genealogical
Magazine of New Jersey," Vol 75, No 1, p. 14:
JACOB FAUSS
A Bible Record covering three generations
of the same family, was recently presented to the
Hunterdon County Historical Society by a lineal descendant. The Bible, printed
in Trenton in 1791 by Isaac Collins, bears an inscription on the flyleaf that
it was purchased by Jacob Fauss on 22 December 1792.
Writing in the first-person singular,Jacob
made the initial entries in the Bible, the records being continued by his son,
Samuel Fauss (1777-1831) and in return by his
daughter, Catharine Fauss (1806-1884), the wife of
Jacob Bodine. Jacob Fauss (1740-1806) was a resident
of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, where he made
his will on 20 September 1805. By this instrument he left his son Samuel the
"English Bible," evidently the one published by Collins in 1791 in
which the following record was written. This is Bible Record number 5514 in the
GSNJ collection.
Births
December ye 6th 1740 I [Jacob Fauss] was born.
October ye 26th 1743 my wife / [Margaret
Space] was born.
Septr 15th 1767 I was married / to Margaret
Space.
July 31st 1768 about 4 oclock
in the / morning my Daughter Elizabeth is born.
January 6th 1777 about 7 oclock my / son Samuel was born.
January 16th 1780 about 11 oclock in / the evening my Daughter Rebekah is born.
Septr 10th 1782 at 9 oclock
in the evening/my son John is born.
Deaths
Died on Friday March the 24th / 1848
Elisabeth Waggoner wife / of Jacob Waggoner at 15 minutes / Before 7 Oclock at Eavning / Aged 79 years
7 Months / and 24 Days.
August 17th 1797 Died my / Mother in law
Margaret Bechtelsheimer / Aged 83 years.
Monday August ye 25th 1806 / at an
hour past 7 Afternoon / Jacob Fauss Departed this
Life / in the 66th Year of his age.
Sunday Sept 12th 1830 at half an hour past
four after [illegible]
Margaret Fauss
Departed this / Life in the 87th year of her age.
Catherine Yawger
departed / this life December ye 11th 1821 / in the 75th year of her age.
John Fauss Senr Departed this / life on Tuesday the 7th of June / 1825
at 5 Oclock and thirty / minutes Afternoon in the /
43d year of his age.
Rebecca Trimmer Departed / this life on
Sunday the 21st / of March 1830 at 1 oclock /
Afternoon in the 51st year / of Her age.
Nota bene: A marriage bond was issued 27
Oct 1772 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for a marriage between George Pickelsimer and Margret Speace. I
believe this Margaret Speace is the mother in law
Margaret Bechtelsheimer mentioned above. She would
have been 62 years old when she married George Bechtelsheimer,
having previously been married to a Mr. Speace [or
Space] by whom she had a daughter, Margaret, born in 1743. Margaret's mother,
Margaret, was born in 1714. Therefore George Bechtelsheimer
[Pickelsimer] would have been born probably a little before
1714 making him the earliest verified birth of a member of this family. In my
opinion this George is likely one and the same as Elder Johan George.
The tombstones of Jacob and Margaret Fauss can be found on findagrave.