James and Elisabeth (Sibbet) McCann Family Bible
Images:
Marriages
Births
Births and deaths
Deaths
Notes
Naturalization application
Family record
Justice of the Peace election
Ladies Missionary Society of Frazeysburg Church
Notes
Transcription:
Page 1:
“Family Record”
“Marriages”
James McCan and Elisabeth Sibbet was married August the 15th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1789
Maxwell McCann and Margaret Mc McDonald was married September the 11th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1821
Thomas McCann and Harriet Wilson was married May the 22nd in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1823
Robert McCann and Jane [undecipherable name] was married June the 10th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1824
William McGlade and Jane McCann was married April 24th A.D. 1829 [1827 has been written next to 1829]
[An entry that is undecipherable because the ink has faded]
Samuel McCann and Caroline Irvine was married, January 17th Anno Domini 1833
Robert Ardrey [Smudged ink renders the name nearly undecipherable, but appears as Ardrey on Misc 12] and Sarah McCann was married November 8th A.D. 1836
Page 2: [Page 678 of the Bible, “Family Record”]
“Births”
Thomas McCan was born in the year of our Lord Anno Domini June the 7th 1790
Robert McCan was born Aug. the 3d in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1792
Alexander McCan was born July the 7th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1795
George McCan was born April 2xth [ink is smudged but appears to be a date in the twenties] in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1798
Maxell McCan was born [month undecipherable, but perhaps April] the 3xth [tear in page makes date undecipherable, but date appears to be either 30th or 31th] in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1800
Agness McCan was born April the 10th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1804
Samuel McCan was born born March the 10th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1807
Susanna McCan was born July the 10th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1809
Geo. McCan was born Nov the 22 in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1810
Sarah McCan was born August 17 in the year of our Lord Anno Domini [The ink of this entry has faded substantially rendering it nearly undecipherable, but the first name appears to be Sarah; the bottom of this page has been torn and the birth year appears to have been written on the missing portion]
Page 3: [Page 679 of the Bible, “Family Record”. The page is divided into two columns, one labeled “Births” and one labeled “Deaths.”]
“Births”
Thomas McCann was born June 7th 1790
Hariett McCann was born Sept. 6th 1806
James McCann was born January 11th 1825
Samuel McCann was born March 25th 1827
Mary Jaine McCann was born December 14th 1829
Mariah McCann was born Nov 3th 1831
George McCann was born September 23th 1839
Robert McCann was born September 13th 1843
“Deaths”
Georg McCan Departed this life June the 15th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1799
Susanna McCan Departed this life Sept the 10th in the Year of our Lord Anno Domini 1809
George McCan Departed this life Nov the 10th in the year of our Lord Anno Domini 1811
Page 4:
“Deaths”
Elizabeth McCann
Departed this life April
the 19th AD 1844
James McCann
Departed this life March
30th AD 1849
Alexander McCann
“Died”
August 18.1873 at 1:45
O’clock A.M. Funeral 19—
Psalm. 49 de. 15. verse—
Aged 78 yrs, 1 mo, 11 days
Thomas McCann
Died
April 5, 1863
Aged 72 yrs. 9 mo. 28 days
Maxwell McCann
Died
May 16th AD 1875
Aged 75 yrs & 16 days
At 2 45/60 P.M.
Nancy (Agness) Morgan
Died
April 18, AD 1884—
Aged 80 [remainder of text is faded and undecipherable]
Robert McCann
Died
August 21st 1842
Samuel McCann
died
July 31 1890
Sarah Ardrey
died
July 17 1892
Page 5: [Note card with hand-written text]
Mary/Hunt McCann
Wife of Sam
John Hunt married
Marth Gibson McCann[?]
Gibson
Misc 1: [Note card with hand-written text]
Concerning
the McCann family
J. Harvey McCann
Misc items 2-10 are scans of portions of the document for the naturalization of James McCann. The document appears to have been folded into quarters, with the verso of the document remaining on the outer side after folding. Along the fold line that divides the document into top and bottom halves, the document has split apart into two pieces.
Misc 2: [Verso of document: top-right quarter]
Text reads ‘Naturaliz[remainder of this word was on a portion of the page which is missing] of James McCann’
Misc 3: [This image is of the top half of the page. Where the page was folded into top and bottom halves, the paper has split apart. The top left corner of the page is missing. It appears that “United States” was written on this missing portion.]
Transcription for Misc 3:
[???]tes of America, to wit:
In the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio, for the County of Muskingum, October Term A.D. 1828. Be it remembered that on this 21st day of October A.D. 1828, in the Supreme Court here personally came James McCann, and makes application to become a citizen of the United States. And it being proven to the satisfaction of the court that the said James McCann was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, before the 18th day of June 1812 and has continued to reside within the same. And it being further proved to the court here, by the oaths of Samuel McCann and James Hampson, citizens of the United States, that the said James McCann has resided for five years immediately preceeding this time, in the state of Ohio, and within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, and is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same – Do order, that the said James McCann, be admitted to all the privileges of a citizen of the United States. Whereupon the said James McCann was sworn in open court, to support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to George the fourth, King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland of whom he was before this time a subject. And it is ordered that a certificate here of issue to the said James McCann under the seal of this court.
The State of Ohio
[This is the extent of this image, although Misc 9 describes the contents of the bottom half of the page]
Misc 4: [Verso of document. No text]
Misc 5: [Image of the front side, bottom left quarter, of the document, including state seal]
Misc 6: [Image of the verso of the bottom half of the page, showing where state seal has been affixed on other side]
Misc 7: [Verso of document, bottom left quarter]
James McCann
Naturalization
Misc 8: [Image of front side of document, bottom right quarter. At the fold separating the page into top and bottom halves, the page is split in two, through a section of text. The image also is cropped. Because of the jagged tear, portions of the first line of this text is missing.]
[?]ove a[?????] is truly copied [??]om the records of said court
Misc 9: [Image of entire front side of document]
[???]tes of America, to wit:
In the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio, for the County of Muskingum, October Term A.D. 1828. Be it remembered that on this 21st day of October A.D. 1828, in the Supreme Court here personally came James McCann, and makes application to become a citizen of the United States. And it being proven to the satisfaction of the court that the said James McCann was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, before the 18th day of June 1812 and has continued to reside within the same. And it being further proved to the court here, by the oaths of Samuel McCann and James Hampson, citizens of the United States, that the said James McCann has resided for five years immediately preceeding this time, in the state of Ohio, and within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, and is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same – Do order, that the said James McCann, be admitted to all the privileges of a citizen of the United States. Whereupon the said James McCann was sworn in open court, to support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to George the fourth, King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland of whom he was before this time a subject. And it is ordered that a certificate here of issue to the said James McCann under the seal of this court.
The State of Ohio
[The next two lines were written at the center of the page, where the document was folded. At the fold the document has separated and the edges here are jagged, with some text missing from the frayed edges.
The Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Court, at Zanesville, the 22nd day of October A.D. 1828.
John [Pepers ?], Clerk
Misc 10: [Verso of entire document]
Misc 11: [Handwritten text on lined paper]
James McCann and Elisabeth Sibbett was married Aug 16; 1789. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean to America in the latter part of the year 1792 in a boat of 300 tons burden The Susquehanna bringing two children, Thomas and Robt with them.
James McCann was born -- -- 1763 near Kllencky Ireland
Elisabeth McCann was born -- -- --
Thomas McCann was born June 7, 1790 [The date August 3 has been scratched out]
Robert McCann was born Augt 3, 1792 [The date June 7 has been scratched out]
James McCann died March 30 1848 in the 86 year of his age.
Elisabeth McCann, died April, 19, 1844. In the 78th year of her age.
Thomas McCann died April, 5, 1863, aged 72 years 9 months 28 days.
Robert McCann died August 21 1844 aged 52 years and 18 da.
Misc 12: [Handwritten text on lined paper]
Maxwell McCann and Margaret McDonald
Married, Sep. 11, 1821
Wm
Thomas McCann and Harriet Wilson
Married May 22 1823
Robert McCann and Jane Hamilton
Married June, 10, 1824
William McGlade and Jane McCann
Married April, 24, 1827
Samuel McCann and Caroline H. Irvine
Married, Jan, 17, 1833
Robert Ardrey and Sarah
Married November 8 1836
Richard Morgan and Agness McCann
Married August, 26, 1830
Alexander McCann and Elizabeth McGlartz [?]
Misc 13: [Handwritten text on lined paper, featuring two columns. The left column lists births; the right column lists deaths. Individuals’ births and deaths are recorded on the same lines]
Alexander McCann was born July 7 1795; Alexander McCann died August 181873 aged 78 years 1 month 11 days
George McCann was born April 2 1798; George McCann died June 15 1799 aged 1 year 2 months 13 days
Maxwell McCann, was born April, 30, 1800; Maxwell McCann died May 16 1875 aged 75 years 16 days
Jane McCann was born June 10 1802; Jane McCann died November, 10, 1869 aged, 67 years 5 months
Agness McCann was born April 10 1804; Agness McCann died April, 18, 1884, aged 80 years, 4 days
Samuel McCann was born March 10 1807; Samuel McCann died July 31 1890 aged 83 years 4 months 21 days
Susanna McCann was born July, 10, 1809; Susanna McCann died Sep. 10, 1809 aged 2 months
George McCann was born Nov 22 1810; George McCann died Nov, 10, 1811, aged 11 months 18 days
Sarah McCann August 17, 1814; Sarah Ardrey died July 17 1892
Misc 14: [Verso of Misc 15. This image shows the verso folded over onto the front of the document, showing a portion of the front side’s heading.]
The document certifies Samuel McCann’s oath of office to the office of Justice of the Peace for Jackson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. The certificate is dated May 7, 1869 in Zanesville, is signed by Wm Arthur, Depty Clerk, C.C.P., and is recorded May 7 1869
Misc 15:
Document certifying Samuel McCann’s election to Justice of the Peace, Jackson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Dated April 17, 1869 and signed by Isaac R. Sherwood, Secretary of State.
Misc 16: Image of verso of Misc 15
See description of Misc 14 for text
Misc 17:
Resolution from the Ladies Missionary Society of Frazeysburg Church on the death of Mrs. Jane McCann. Text states that McCann was the group’s eldest member and that McCann was a “conscientious, faithful and earnest member” of the Missionary Society, the Church, and the Sabbath School.
Committee members of the Missionary Society include Maude S. Nesbitt, Rosa W. Frazier, and Beth W. McCann
Misc 18: [Verso of Misc 17]
Misc 19: [Image of scratch paper with handwritten text]
Jane McCann born June 10 1802, age 67
Died Nov 10 1869
Wm McGlade her husband died on the
28 December 1887 [a 7 has been written over the date, possibly to correct the year to 1877] 18 about 77 years [an 8 has been written over the age, possibly to change it to 87 and 87 has also been inserted with a carat above the text] of age.
Page includes ciphering to determine age of Jane McCann and Wm McGlade (years, months, day).
Misc 20: [Verso of Misc 19]
Ciphering to determine ages at death [?]