- Maker
- Heritage, Martha Pratt
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- Hurfville, NJ US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Family Register lists names, births, etc. Wide meandering alternating carnation and rose border all four sides with a small floral arrangement at center bottom.
- Inscription
- F A M I L Y R E C O R D / (Note: not all names and dates a re legible): Mary Heritage.s birth March 29th A.D. 1780 / Arthur Heritage.s birth December 29th A.D. 1891 / Martha P. Heritage birth December 14th A. D. 1811 / Charles Heritage.s birth August 17th A. D. 1809 / Ann S. Heritag.s birth August 18th A. D. 1806 / / Thomas I Heritage s birth November 26th A. D. 1813 / Benjamin T Heritage, s birth APril 4th. A. D. 1816 / Arthur Heritage Deceased November 7th 1822 aged / 20 Years 10 months and 8 days . / MARTHA HERITAGES sampler Worked in the 12th / Year of her age A. D. 1823 . / Oh may my future chores be given To Peace to virtue / and to heaven. So when the sense of time shall / Fade. And lifes ???? lamp be dark with shade / A (last lines are not legible). (At center bottom): A. D. 1 8 2 3 //
- Historical Owner
- Society purchase in 1990.
- Owner
- Gloucester County Historical Society, Gloucester, NJ
- Owner Private
- Gloucester County Historical Society