New Hampshire Week 2016
Mary Ann Post Family Register Sampler- Price Upon Request
Mary Ann Post, at age 14 in 1827, worked this striking family register sampler at Miss Cornwall’s School in Glastonbury, Conn. She recorded the marriage of her parents and the births of their children. Her parents and brother’s death dates were added later. Mary Ann (1813–1883) was born in Hebron, Conn., daughter of farmer Diodate Post (1786–1860) and Pamela Birge (1792–1860). She married John Buell (b 1812) of the same town and lived on the old homestead. They had four children. “Family Register/ Diodate Post was born/ August 31, 1786/ Pamela Birge/ was born/ Sept 3rd 1792/ Diodate Post/ and Pamela Birge/ were married May 29th 1810/ William A. Post/ July17th 1811/ Died June 13th 1856/ Mary A. Post/ August 17th 1813/ August 29th 1815/ Sacred to the/ memory of Dio/date Post died apr/11/1860/ Sacred to the memory of Pa/mela Post July/3 1860/M.A.P. 1827.” This sampler, silk on linen measuring 18 by 22 inches sight, was exhibited in “With Needles & Brush” at the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Conn. Stephen & Carol Huber Old Saybrook, CT 860-388-6809 Hubers@AntiqueSamplers.com www.antiquesamplers.com/
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