Family Bible

The Bible of Martha Ann Williams Gray

 

The small well used Bible came into the possession of Ronald James Fenning when his father, James Richard Daniel Fenning, died 1 December 1967. 

 

An inscription on the fly leaf reads: 

Martha Gray

Given by Emma Polden

For her birthday

August 12th 1882

 

Names on the inside of the front cover are familiar:

James & Martha Fenning Married Oct 11 1884

Phobe Elizabeth Fenning Born 26 Day of July 1885

James Richard Daniel Fenning Born 7 Day of Dec 1886

William George Fenning Born 8 Day of June 1890

 

The following list was on a piece of paper found inside the front cover the Bible

Ann 22 July 1849
Liz 24 Dec 1850
Nell 24 Sep 1852
Jim 20 Feb 1855
Carrie 22 Feb 1857
Eliza 22 Jan 1859
Dan 17 April 1861
Tom 27 April 1863
Sof 2 Jan 1865
Sam 23 Feb 1866
Phoebe 29 April 1868
Will 18 Oct 1871

They were the names and birth dates of the children born in Hemingstone, Suffolk to James Fenning & Elizabeth Button.

 

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