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Weeks - Barber Family Bible

Copies of birth, marriage and death records from two family Bibles of the Weeks Family were made by John R. Weeks in May 1979 and sent from his home in Mansfield, Ohio to David N. Smith.  David sent copies to me with a handwritten abstract.  A copy of  “The Weeks Family Record” an unpublished manuscript by Elizabeth S. Williams and Clement D. Northrop written June 20, 1900 was included.  Ruth E. Weeks had retyped the “Record” in 1978.
In the appendix to the “Record” are the following:
“Micajah Weeks ‘a Refugee from Long Island’ and Phebe Barber of Ridgebury were married January 30, 1781 by Rev. Samuel Camp, a pastor of the Congregational Church at Ridgebury.”
“The Bible was not Micajah’s, and was not brought into the family until about the time of his death or later.  John Weeks, the owner, might have been mistaken as to the year of his parent’s marriage.”
 These items, as noted in the appendix, create a question as to the exact date of Micajah’s marriage, or if he was married twice.
I went through all of the Bible pages and recorded them.  Unfortunately the Bible does not include any locations.  I identified all locations in the “Record” and added them as notes to the Bible pages.  There are a couple of data issues.  The Bible shows the date of death for Mary Baxter as June 15, 1884.  The Record reports it as “Monday, June 15, 1885”.  June 15 was a Monday in 1885 and this matches the Pleasant Valley Cemetery record.  Esther Weeks date of birth in the Bible is Jan. 26, 1838.  The “Record” reports it as Jan. 26, 1839 and in the appendix a reference is made to the date in her obituary as Jan. 27, 1837.
In addition to the “Record” I identified some cemetery records, these can be used as additional notes.

Phil Smith
May 8, 2004
Smith.Philip@alumni.haas.org

Note from Joyce M. Tice - In some of the Farmington Census records the name Weeks is recorded as Wix. This gives us a clue to the way the people pronounced it and the census taker interpreted the spelling to match their pronunciation.

Names, births, marriages and deaths from Weeks Family Bible				Notes from "Weeks Family Record"	Harvard Cemetery	Pleasant Valley Cem.
	Date of Birth	Marriages	Date of Death	- by Elizabeth S. Williams & Clement D. Northrop June 20,1900; retyped by Ruth E. Weeks 1978	Hancock; - Delaware Co., NY Genealogy and History Site by Joyce Riedinger	Farmington Twp., Tioga Co., PA -Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Micajah Weeks	Dec. 31, 1749	Bethsheba Barber Jan. 20, 1790	Mar. 27, 1826	born at Long Island p. 3, buried "Long Flat" p. 7	Micajah 1749 - 1826
Bethsheba Barber	Oct. 6, 1761		Aug. 30, 1834	Lived with her son John after death of Micajah; buried "Long Flat" p. 7	Bathsheba 1761 - 1834
John Weeks	Dec. 28, 1791	Mary Baxter Sept. 5, 1818	Apr. 23, 1857	assumed born CT p. 8; buried Pleasant Valley Cem. p. 10		Weeks, John; 28 Dec 1791; 23 Apr 1857
Jesse Weeks	Aug. 8, 1794
Daniel Weeks	April 1, 1800	Clarisa Baxter April 10, 1825		Lived near Bethsheba in 1834 p. 7	Weeks, Daniel S.; b. Apr. 1, 1800, d. Jan. 6, 1872

John Weeks - Mary Baxter Family Lived near Hancock until 1836, moved to Oxford, Chenango Co. NY in1836; to "Beechers Island", Tioga Co., PA in1839, p.9; to Farmington, Tioga Co., PA, April 15, 1841 p.10

Names, births, marriages and deaths from Weeks Family Bible	Date of Birth	Marriages	Date of Death	Notes from "Weeks Family Record"	Pleasant Valley Cem.
Mary Baxter	Oct. 31, 1794	John Weeks Sept. 5, 1818	June 15, 1884	Mary Baxter daughter of Nathan Baxter p. 9; "Mary Weeks or 'Aunt Polly' as she was more familiarly known"; died Monday, June 15, 1885; buried Pleasant Valley Cem. p. 10	Weeks, Polly; 31 Oct 1794; 15 Jun 1885
Nathan Weeks	Mar. 3, 1820	Mar. 3, 1820	Nov. 2, 1822	Named after Nathan Baxter p. 9
Olive Weeks	May 28, 1822				Teachman, Olive; 1821; 1907
Charles Weeks	Nov. 14, 1824				Weeks, Rev. Charles, 14 Nov 1824; 17 Apr 1914
John R. Weeks	Dec. 12, 1827	Frances A. Gleason	Oct. 12, 1901		Weeks, John R.; 12 Dec 1827; 12 Oct 1901
Polly Ann Weeks	May 1, 1831				Warren, Polly Ann; 21 Sep 1863; 32yr 4mo 21da
Esther Weeks	Jan. 26, 1838			Married J. W. Teachman; living in Tioga Co. PA in 1899 p. 1	Teachman, Esther; 26 Jan 1837; w/o J.W.

John R. Weeks Sr. - Frances Weeks Family

Names, births, marriages and deaths from Weeks Family Bible	Date of Birth	Marriages	Date of Death	Pleasant Valley Cem.
Frances A. Weeks		John R. Weeks Sr.	Aug. 14, 1898	Weeks, Frances Ann; 31 Oct 1839; 14 Aug 1896
Frank G. Weeks	May 7, 1860	Miss Minnie Close Aug. 31, 1888	Nov. 19, 1947	Weeks, Frank; 1860; 1947
Alice T. Weeks	Aug. 20, 1866

Frank G. Weeks - Minnie Close Family

Names, births, marriages and deaths from Weeks Family Bible	Date of Birth	Marriages	Pleasant Valley Cem.
Miss Minnie Close		Frank G. Weeks Aug. 31, 1888	Weeks, Minnie G.; 1865; 1939
S.Earl Weeks	Mar. 24, 1889
G. Tracy Weeks	Jan. 25, 1892
Frances A. Weeks	Mar. 2, 1898
John R. Weeks	Aug. 14, 1902
Ava H. Weeks	June 26, 1905

Daniel Weeks - Clarissa Baxter Family

Names, births, marriages and deaths from Weeks Family Bible	Date of Birth	Marriages	Date of Death	Notes from "Weeks Family Record"	Harvard Cemetery
Clarisa Baxter	Sept. 6, 1806	Daniel Weeks April 10, 1825			Clarissa A. Baxter; b. Sept. 6, 1806; d. Jan. 6, 1888
Samuel Holmes Weeks	Aug. 5, 1826			Living in Delaware Co. NY 1899 p.1	Samuel H. Weeks 1826 - 1914
Margaret Weeks	Mar. 29, 1828
George H. Weeks	Mar. 5, 1830		Jan. 2, 1900	Living in Delaware Co. NY 1899 p. 1	George b. Mar. 5, 1830; d. Jan 2, 1900
Mary Jane Weeks	May 15, 1833				Mary J. Weeks, 1833-1908
Albert Smith	April 16, 1814	Louisa Pelton Nov. 29, 1835
Louisa Pelton	April 1, 1817

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09 MAY 2004 By Joyce M. Tice