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Holy Bible in Dutch; Dordrecht, Hendrick, Jacob en Pieter Keur, 1702.

Contains the records, in Dutch, of Guert Van Schoonhoven and his wife, Anna Lansingh, with some other
Van Schoonhoven entries.  It has descended to the present owner, Frederic V. S. Crosby, of New York,
who is the great-great-grandson of Guert Van Schoonhoven.  

Ick Guert Van Schoon Hoven ben geboren in yaer onses heeren 1718 den 9 maart

1743 den 3 februwarie is Guert Van Schoon hoven en Anna Lansingh in den heuwelyken staat getreden dit
is de ouderdom van haer kint

1744 den 17 februwarie is myn Soon Jacobus gebore

1744 den 28 februwarie is myn Anna Lansingh in den heere gerust en den 2 maert begraven

1748/9 den 24 Jannewarie is myn vader Jacobus Van Schoonhove in den heere gerust en de 26 begraven
out synde 78 yaer min 4 maeden

1757 den 4 Jannewarie is myn suster Anna Van Schoonhove in den heere gerust en den 6 begraven out
synde 33 yaer en een maent

1760 is myn moeder in den heere gerust Septerber de 22 en de 24 begraven out synde 73 yaer min 3
maenden 8 dage

Above dates were under old style.  Add 12 days to above dates to correspond with the present style (viz:
adding 11 days for original alteration and 1 day after the year 1800).


Taken from the book: The Colonial Dames of the State of New York, Genealogical Records, Manuscript
entries of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917.