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Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records
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Title
Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records, 1686-1776.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Notes
Title page of arithmetic notebook: Sarah North her book, scholler to Eliz Beane, Mrs in the art of writing and arithmetic, anno 1686.
Binding of arithmetic notebook: full calf with gold-tooled covers and spine, page edges gilt, and marbled end papers.
In English.
Provenance
Gift of Richard A. Linenthal (Tennants spring sale, 2021 March 19, lot 124) on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2021.
Organization
Birth certificates arranged chronologically.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Sarah North Pike (1666-1716) was a daughter of Mary North and Thomas North, of Lewin’s Mead, in Bristol, England. Sarah North married Thomas Pope in 1687; in 1693 she married Ebenezer Pike (1662-1724), of Cork, Ireland, a son of Elizabeth Jackson Pike (1636-1688) and Richard Pike (1627-1688). In 1720, Ebenezer Pike married Agnes Riggs Pike (circa 1690-1723). Children of Sarah North Pike and Ebenezer Pike included Richard Pike (1696-1663), who married Mary Randall Pike (1699-1775) in 1722; their children included Ebenezer Pike (1724-1785), who married Anne Clibbon Pike (1730-1801) in 1765, and Samuel Pike (1726-1796), who married Katherine Hutchinson Pike (1744-1813) in 1769. Members of the Pike family were Quakers and were active as merchants and bankers in Cork, where members of the family founded Pike’s Bank and the Cork Steamship Company.
Summary
Autograph manuscript arithmetic notebook by Sarah North Pike, 1686, annotated with Pike family records, 1695-1771; and 18 birth certificates for members of the Pike family, printed forms completed in manuscript, dated at Cork, 1724-1776. Arithmetic notes include instructions and practice examples for addition, subtraction, multiplication, reduction, weights and measures, the golden ratio, and barter; calligraphic writing and drawings in colored inks; and brief references to the Sarah North Pike, her teacher Elizabeth Beane, and the North family. Birth certificates and family records document births, marriages, and deaths of children born to Sarah North Pike, 1695-1707, Agnes Riggs Pike, 1721-1723, Mary Randall Pike, 1723-1744, Anne Clibbon Pike, 1766-1771, and Katherine Hutchinson Pike, 1776. Birth certificates are signed by midwives, including male midwives, 1768-1776.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2021
References
Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Birth certificates - Ireland - Cork - 17th century.
Birth certificates - Ireland - Cork - 18th century.
Birth records - Ireland - Cork - 17th century.
Birth records - Ireland - Cork - 18th century.
Calligraphic drawings - Ireland - Cork - 18th century.
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