Book - Erastus Scranton's Copy of the Holy Bible
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, Printers to the University; and sold by W. Dawson, Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternaster-Row, London. 1801. Cum privilegio. Price 19s.
1801 (Date published)
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ... Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, Printers to the University; and sold by W. Dawson, Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternaster-Row, London. 1801.Thick 8vo (219 x 142mm), two vols, both interleaved, bound in reverse calf stamped in black (black since faded), volume numbers in old ink to spine and upper covers. Heavily annotated in ink by Erastus Scranton, with a partial genealogy in a slightly larger hand to the verso of the title-page. Bookseller ticket of Durrie & Peck of New Haven to front pastedown of first vol.Erastus Scranton's personal bible has been heavily annotated, and is a remarkable record of his scholarship. The Reverend Erastus Scranton (1777-1861) attended Yale and was the first pastor of the Orange Congregational Church (when Orange was still referred to as "North Milford"), where he "was settled July 4th, 1805, and dismissed January 3d, 1827. He was a native of Madison, and was a strong, tall, farmer-looking man ... The church and society prospered under his ministrations, which were longer continued than those of any other pastor" (Vol. II, p. 344 of History of New Haven County, Connecticut. New York: W.W. Preston & Co., 1892). He donated land to the church, and wrote accounts of the history of the town. A photographic portrait of Scranton later in life can be viewed on the MHS Flickr page by clicking here.Transcription of partial genealogy on the verso of title-page:"Mr. John Scranton + Elizabeth Clarkwere married on December 19 1691. By Andrew Leit, Assistant1 Elizabeth, the daughter of John & Elizabeth Scranton, born Novb 4th 16922 Ann, their daughter, born Oct 27 16933 Ebenezer, their son born March 1695/6John Scranton & Mary Norton weremarried Decb 12 1699 by Tho. Ruggles4 Deborah their daughter born Decb 3 1699"Presumably, the above partial genealogy was written down by Scranton inthe front of Vol. I as he was researching his family's history for his book, A genealogical register of the descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who died in the Year 1671 (Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Co., 1855). A digitized copy can be found by clicking here.
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