Item Info

Creation Date: 6/6/1885
Scripts/Text: Roman print; Roman script
Language: English
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

A \ Genealogy \ OF \ ASHER PYATT,S FAMILY \
ASHER PYATT Was born Septe 28th, 1764 Died Aust 3rd 1897 \
ELIZABETH GRIFFITH Was born Decbr 14th, 1769 Died May 14th 1838 \
THEY joined hands and [symbol for two hearts] in holy Matrimony Oct. 21st 1788. \ 

[Heading]
Children.

[Headings of four arched columns]
NAMES BIRTHS MARRIAGE DEATHS \

[Text from left to right, across columns]
ASA PYATT born March 25th 1790 Married May 5th, 1812 [died] June 1870 \
RACHEL PYATT born April 10th 1793 [Married blank] [died] March, 12, 1862 \
STILLE PYATT born Febry 11th 1802 [Married blank] [died] March, 7(?) 1849 \
EDWARD G. PYATT born April 23 1805 [Married] August 21st 1844(?) wife died Oct 16, 1874 \
By M. Dunn, June 6th 1885 \
 

Category: Family Record (Familienregister)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Roman Print is in the upper center of the document. The children’s names and dates in columns are in four arched frames below it. In the upper corners are two birds perched on stemmed flowers. A variety of leafy flowers decorate the areas around the text. The entire document is framed by a decorative border.

Associated Names: Pyatt, Stille
Bibliography:

David B. McGrail, “Late eighteenth and early nineteenth century illuminated New Jersey documents, an introduction and a checklist,” in New Jersey History 105, no. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 1987): 40-74.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on genealogical research
Region/County:[Middlesex]
State/Province:[New Jersey]

Image Dimensions Width: 30.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 727
Creator Name: M. Dunn (?-?) - Decorator
M. Dunn (?-?) - Scrivener