The Leonard Smith Family Bible

Description

Leonard Smith was the son of Capt. John Smith and Elizabeth Fenwick of Frederick, Maryland.

On 30 Nov 2010, Blogger Susan Clark posted There's One in Every Family - Treasure of Treasures an article about gaining access to the Family Bible of Leonard Smith which was in the possession of her husband's aunt at the time. Her post contains photos of the bible. The information posted was licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 United States License.

This discovery was followed up with two posts containing a transcription and digital images of the bible:

• 11 Apr 2011: Leonard Smith Bible, Part 1 - Amanuensis Monday
• 18 Apr 2011: Leonard Smith Bible, Part 2 - Amanuensis Monday

What follows below are images of the Bible pages and a transcription with links to WR Person Pages.

Transcription and Images

Part 1 - Leonard Smith Family Bible

Leonard Smith Bible (dated 1832), The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate... Clementine Edition of the Scriptures (Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr.), digital image. Privately held.

The following material appears on a left page near the back of the Bible:

My Father John Smith was born Nov 9. 1754
And died 26 January 1805
“————“———— “———— “———— “———— “
My Mother Elizabeth born Feb.y 15. 1761.
And died March 21. 1826.
“————“———— “———— “———— “———— “
My Father & Mother married Apl. 25. 1784.
Leod Smith

My Fathers children as follows.
Mary Smith born May 7. 1785 -- & Died Jun 1785
John Smith Oct. 5. 1786 - & Died Mary 17[?]7
Charles Smith May 10. 1788 - & Died Der 16 1809
Elizabeth Smith May 11. 1790
Mary A. Smith Apl. 2. 1792 & died
Leod Smith –– March 29. 1794. & died July 2d 1849[*]
Helena Smith May 20. 1795 & died 24 der 1834
Ignatius Frances Smith Jany 31. 1799
John Smith Feby 21. 1801 and died in [Rome??] Sept 14 1823.
(?) (?) -- Nov 23.1803 died Der 20. 1803

Transcribers notes:
[*]The writing for this entry differs from the entries up to and including “Joseph”.

Part 2 - Leonard Smith Family Bible

The following material appears on a right page opposite the above page near the back of the Bible:

Family Record
Ages --- Births --- Deaths
Leod. Smith Born 29th March 1794 --- Died July 2nd 1849
Eliza Smith his wife was born Decer 19th 1795 --- Died Nov 26th. 1875

Leod Smith Married Eliza Jamison October 3rd 1815.

Leod Dominick first son born August 4th 1816 --- Died Oct. 12. 1816.
John Frances Decr 23. 1817 --- Died Augt. 25. 1818.
Leod born Sept. 16. 1819 ---
Catherine Frances Augt 27 1822 --- Died Dec. 26. 1918 1908
Charles Oct. 24th 1823 --- Died Feb 20th 1888
John March 30th 1826. --- Died 9th April 1869
Frances Fenwick May 24. 1828 --- Died Aug. 26. 1900
Joseph June 19th 1831 –-- Died 25th Oct. 18[?]0
Edwd D. Fenwick [**] Nov 25 1833 --- Died 24th Nov 1863
Aloysius Raphail [**] March 31. 1831 --- Died 24 March 1838.
Eliza Victoria September 10. 1838 [**] --- Died Dec. 9. 1905

Transcriber’s notes:
[**] The writing for this entry differs from the entries up to and including “Joseph”.