Ive rescued an old family bible which appears to have belonged to the BLESSING Family of New York. The bible contains information regarding many family members and through limited research I was able to locate a considerable amount of information regarding this family, in fact so much that I cant begin to include all of it in this email. Im hoping that means it will be possible to locate someone from this family and see that the bible is returned to them. The information included in the bible is as follows: BLESSING Family Bible Presented to Adam J. BLESSING, Sept 5th 1861, C. L. G. BLESSING Marriages: Mr. Adam J. BLESSING and Miss Annie BIRDSALL were married Jan 18th 1860 (I believe that Annies Mother was Ann TAYLOR) Mr. Peter MCCULLOCH and Mrs. Annie BLESSING were married Dec 12th 1878 Mr. Harry L. BRADLEY and Miss Carrie A. BLESSING were married Wednesday, March 10th 1897 Elmer Arkell BLESSING and Anna Jane MCKOWN were married Wednesday, June 7th 1899 Wesley Blessing BRADLEY and Miss Katherine Isabelle TALBOT of Philadelphia were married Saturday, March 31st 1928 in New York City Ira H. BLESSING and Mrs. Elizabeth MILLER RUHL HUNTEMAN were married Thanksgiving Day, November 26th 1931 in New York City Homer E. BRADLEY & Lou STRATTON were married 1930 at Fairfield, VT Harry W. MOREY & Satie BRADLEY were married September 12th 1906 in Fairfield, VT William H. MOREY married Miss Hilda STONE on July 23rd 1935 James CONNOR married N. Mertie BRADLEY in Sept 1918 in Fairfield, VT Births: Adam J. BLESSING was born October 25th 1825 Annie BIRDSALL was born April 9th 1837 Peter MCCULLOCH was born May 11th 1824 Elmer A. BLESSING was born August 20th 1861 Wesley BLESSING was born Dec 16th 1862 Ira H. BLESSING was born March 22nd 1865 Carrie Annie BLESSING was born February 15th 1869 Wesley Blessing BRADLEY was born Friday, April 21st 1899 at 2:15pm Donovan B. MOREY was born March 18th 1909 William H. MOREY was born August 11th 1911 Sons of Satie BRADLEY and H. W. MOREY Jean Kay CONNOR was born October 18th 1919 Robert B. CONNOR was born October 1922 Children of Mertie B. & James CONNOR Elizabeth SELKIRK was born October 1906 Elizabeth Beckford MATTOON was born November 1907 Deaths: Adam J. BLESSING died May 19th 1871 Nellie R. BLESSING wife of Alfred SHIPLEY died at New Haven, November 16th 1883 on Friday in the 51st year of her age John T. BIRDSALL died Feb 20th 1895 in New York at age 66 Mary Ann BIRDSALL JACOBSON died August 7th 1896 aged 71 Ann Taylor BIRDSALL died July 24th 1893, aged 87 Peter MCCULLOCH died Tuesday, October 4th 1892 Elizabeth BLESSING (Grandmother) died Monday, March 5th 1883, aged 75 years Wesley BLESSING died November 20th 1897 at Gardner, Massachusetts, Saturday, aged 34 years, 11 months, and 4 days Annie BIRDSALL wife of Adam J. BLESSING died July 4th 1922 in New York City, aged 85 Annie J. MCKOWN wife of Elmer A. BLESSING M.D. died January 28th 1931 Elmer A. BLESSING M.D. died May 19th 1932 Caroline A. BLESSING wife of Harry L. BRADLEY died December 3rd 1946 Jane T. BIRDSALL wife of Robert ARKELS died March 24th 1898, Thursday, aged 71 years, 5 months, and 24 days Daniel BRADLEY died August 11th 1905, aged 67 years Nancy BRADLEY wife of Daniel BRADLEY died May 1st 1930, aged 83 years, 11 months, and 23 days at Fairfield, VT, Father and Mother of Larry L. BRADLEY Harry W. MOREY husband of Sadie BRADLEY died October 1928 Notes: The Spanish American War, Ira H. BLESSING enlisted in the N.Y. V. the second of May 1898 mustered in the US service 26th of June 1898 and returned from Honolulu HI to Albany NY Dec 21 1898 discharged Feb 21 1899, 1st regiment A Company Other items: Cross stitched book mark Annie Cross stitched book mark Annie BIRDSALL Newspaper clipping International Bible Lessons Certificate of Baptism for Wesley Blessing BRADLEY child of Harry L. & Carrie BLESSING BRADLEY born on the 21st day of April 1899 in Albany, NY and baptized 22nd of April 1900 by Pastor Edward G. SELDEN of the Madison Avenue Reformed Church of Albany, NY March 6th 1881 The Sunday School Times Weekly Lesson Leaf February 27th 1881 The Sunday School Times Weekly Lesson Leaf If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley