Drawing, Family Record

Title:

A Record of John Stockbridge's Family

Object Name:

Drawing, Family Record

Object ID:

2012.011.01

Creator:

March, JosephArtist

Place of Origin:

Alton, NH

Date:

circa 1810

Description:

Decorated family record, family of John Stockbridge (1778-1827) and Abigail Gray (1778-1856), Alton, NH, c. 1810, with additions through 1866. Watercolor on paper on cloth. Attributed to Joseph March. Vertical rectangle. Brown watercolor decoration at top, with green accents: angel at center and tree on right. Brown watercolor lettering: "A Record of John / Stockbridge's Family / HE WAS BORN July 7th / AD 1778 in Stratham Newhampshire / Abigail Gray WAS BORN / January 1st AD 1778 Intermarried / February 20th AD 1803 God bless them / Died April 30 1856 of Palsy". At bottom are four circles, each with name and birth date of four children: Shadrach Stockbridge (1804-1860), Meshac Stockbridge (1806- ), Abigail Titcomb Stockbridge (1808-1814), and Abednego Stockbridge (1810- ). A fifth child, William Stockbridge (1814-1866), is entered at bottom left in vertical text.

Material:

Paper
Textile

Dimensions:

H-15.5 W-13.2 inches

Provenance:

Joseph March produced family records dating from 1808 to 1819 for families in New Durham, NH, and other towns between Farmington and Wolfeboro.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

March, Joseph, Stockbridge, John (1778-1827), Gray, Abigail (1778-1856)

Subjects:

Family records, Pictorial, Family registers, Pictorial