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8 Voorhees Family Record, circa 1816, Burlington County, New Jersey While the form of the genealogical sampler was much in fashion in New England, it was substantially less popular in the mid-Atlantic states; our refined New Jersey Quaker sampler is therefore considered to be relatively rare. Interestingly, we do not know which of the Voorhees daughters worked this piece. While the individual identity of the maker was apparently deemed unimportant relative to the documentation of the entire family, it is notable that credit was given to the samplermaker's teacher, Mary Ann Bishop. The family was from Burlington County, New Jersey, where Elias Voorhees' will of 1837 is registered. While they were not Quakers, they did send their daughter to a school which taught traditional Quaker needlework, and the Bishop family was a prominent one in the Burlington Monthly Meeting. This sampler was worked in silk on linen, is in excellent condition and has been mounted into a later veneer frame. Sampler size: 181J4'' X 17'' Price: $3,200. M. Finkel es Daughter. DDDDDDDD