Columbia (Mnttiem'tp mtf)e€itpoflrttigork THE LIBRARIES l/zu^.^.^ ^. O/^- /(EuoTffe AMERICAN GENEALOGIST CATALOGUE OF FAMILY HISTORIES PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION, ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY WILLIAM H. WHITMORE THIBD EDITION, REVISED AND CONTINUED ALBANY JOEL MUNSELL 1875 JOHN WARD DEAN OF BOSTON THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED 3SS ©ne tobo t)as W&itnesstU Ijts Hong (ttontinueO ano Ualuaiile Serbfccs IN PROMOTCNG THE ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE OF GENEALOGY IN NEW. ENGLAND k CD DO ay"^- PREFACE. In presenting a third edition^ of this descriptive cata- logue the author will only say that the promise of the title is not any empty one. Every title noticed in former editions has been examined anew, and a large number of the criticisms have been revised and amended. In the pre- sent edition, the additions of a date previous to 1868, number over sixty titles, and the reviews of books pub- lished since 1867, number almost two hundred. In the last edition collections of genealogies, town his- tories and similar works, were kept in a distinct section. This plan has now been abandoned and all the titles and no- 'tices are arranged chronologically. Owing to the appear- ance of the Alphabetical Index to American Genealogies and Pedigrees by Daniel S. Durrie (Munsell, Albany, 1868), no attempt has been made in this volume to notice town histories. A very few such works, those alone in which genealogy is a very conspicuous feature, have been reviewed. The little section of Tabular Pedigrees has also been discontinued, few additions having been found, and much uncertainty always arising as to their being separate pub- lications. * The first edition was in 1862, under the title of a Handbook of Ameri- can Genealogy ; the second in 1868, under the present title. vi Preface. Very few events of interest to the genealogist have oc- curred since 1868. The N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register is still published quarterly, the present volume beine the 29th. An Index of the names contained in its first thirty volumes is among the promises for A.D. 1877. The New York Genealogical and Biog. Eecord is now in its sixth annual volume, and is doing an admirable work. The American Historical Record, edited by Benson J. Lossing, reached three volumes, but after 1874, was amalgamated with another magazine. The Historical Magazine, under the charge of Henry B. Dawson, is issued still, but owing to the editor's illness, hardly with the regularity desired. In England we have to regret the death of John Gough Nichols, Esq., eminent as a genealogist, and especially noteworth}^ as an investigator always ready and able to assist fellow students in this country. His magazine, the Herald and Genealogist, completed its eighth volume in 1874, but was then discontinued. The only other matter of special interest, perhaps, is the introduction of the heliotype process of permanent photo- graphing, now offered to the public by James R. Osgood & Co., of Boston. The portrait of the author prefixed to this volume, is given as a specimen of what can be done at a small expense. The photograph having been taken, these prints were made by this mode, printed absolutely, like a lithograph, with ink on a press, and they are thus permanent and unfading. The cost is about $25.00 @ $30.00 for 500 impressions. IsTo retouching or rephoto- graphing was allowed, it being intended to show what could be done at the minimum cost. Had a finely finished photograph been used instead, the cost would have been the same so far as this process is concerned, but perhaps Preface. vii .00 would have been required for that part. Practi- cally, however, the genealogist who wishes to enrich his book with accurate likenesses, can now do so at an average cost of each as above stated. The positive permanence secured is a great advance over all photographing processes, while the fidelity secured renders this infinitely better than any ordinary lithograph. In eflfect the heliotype excels everything but a fine steel engraving, and it is furnished at one-eighth of the cost. Knowing the importance of a cheap form of giving por- traits in genealogies, the author has allowed the demon- stration to be made on his own person, and hopes to be spared any accusation of vanity. W. H. W. Boston, June, 1875. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. It was the original iutention of the compiler to give simply a catalogue of the books treating on family history, without attempting a description of them, or an estimate of their value. He has been led to deviate from his plan because many of these works are now very rare, and some of his readers might be put to considerable trouble to ob- tain a book on the list, which, when found, might contain but little of real value. This reason induced him to attempt a description of the contents, and it would be im- possible for any one to spend months in cataloguing these works, without making an estimate of their comparative value. Every one is liable to be prejudiced in such an estimate by his acquaintance with different authors, or his interest in certain families ; but the compiler trusts he has censured none but glaring errors, and if he be open to the charge of too uniform praise of these histories, small as well as large, he begs the reader to remejuber that many of them were published at the expense of their au- thors ; and, that the writer who devotes his time to the collection of facts before neglected, has performed a task meritorious in degree however limited in extent. W. H. W. Port Louis, Mauritius, June^ 1861. AMERICAN GENEALOGIST. 1771. A Genealogy of the family of Mr. Samuel Stebbins, and Mrs Hannah Stebbins, his wife, from the year 1707 to the year 1771, with their names, time of their births, marriages, and deaths of those that are deceased. Hartford : Printed by Ebenezer Watson, for the use of the descendants now living. 1771. Pages 24. This I believe to be tbe earliest genealogy, in a distinct form, pub- lished in the United States. I take the title from the Historical Magazine, vol. Ill, p. 315, never having seen the work. It is re- ferred to in an article by Dr. Daniel Stebbins, in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. v, p. 353, as the pro- duction of Luke Stebbins. 1787. A Genealogical Table of the Family of Chaunct's, taken partly from Sir Henry Chauncy's History of Hertfordshire, pages 55 to 61, and partly from a Genealogical Roll I have in my possession, and other information. — N. C, Jan. 1787. Above is the heading of a large sheet containing a series of tabu- lar pedigrees relative to the Chauncy family. The main pedigree begins with Charles de Chauncy, who " came into England in the year 1066, with William the Conqueror, as both Stow and Holling- shed affirm, from the Eoll of Battle Abbey ;" and carries down the line through Rev. Charles Chauncy, president of Harvard College, and his sons Isaac and Ichabod (excepting the descendants of Charles, 2 10 American Genealogist. [1806-13. son of Isaac, wlio are given in another table), to the date of publi- cation. This pedigree also gives a descent from the Roos family of Hamlake through the Giffords. The descendants of Nathaniel and Israel, sons of President Chauncy, are given in separate tables appended as notes, with these headings : The Descendants of the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Chauncy, of Hatfield, N.'E., fourth son of the Rev. Mr. Charles Chauncy : The descendants from Israel the sixth and youngest son of Charles Chauncy, A fourth table gives the Descendants of Charles Chauncy, the third son of Isaac, and grandson of Charles, and great-grandson of George Chauncy, Esq., of New-Place, Herts; born in New Eng- land or other parts in North America. The compiler of this pedigree was Nathaniel Chauncy, born Feb. 23, 1716-17, son of Charles and Martha (Brown) Chauncy, and great-grandson of the president 1806. Bill of Mortality. Being a Register of the Deaths which have occurred in the Presbyterian and Bap- tist Congregations of Morris-town, New Jersey, for thirty-eight years past, containing (with few excep- tions), the cause of every decease. This Register, for the first twenty-two years was kept by the Rev. Doctor Johnes, since which time, by William Cherry, the present Sexton of the Presbyterian Church at Morris-town Morris-town: Printed by Jacob Mann. 1806. The title explains the purpose of this book, and it is to be re- gretted that so few church records have since been published. 1813. A Family Register of the Descendants of Edward Farmer, in the Line of the Youngest Branch of his Family. Concord : Printed by George Hough for John Farmer. 1813. Pages 12. This is a little ragged pamphlet, with no system of reference and no pretence to method ; and if the preceding works be equally rude, 1816.] American Genealogist. 11 they form as humble a beginning as the students of any science could desire to prove the progress since made. On the reverse of the title is a brief note, stating that the author seeks to trace but one branch of the family ; which he proceeds to do, taking for his starting point Edward, the emigrant, naming his children, seven in number. He then gives the family of Oliver, son of Edward, and the family of nine of the children in separate paragraphs — one being out of its proper place — and lastly the children (Oliver, John, and Hannah) of Oliver, Jr. The chief interest in the book is the fact of its being the first essay of John Farmer, to whom be- longs the credit of reviving the public taste for genealogy, in New England. 1816. Family Record ; containing the Settlement, and Gene- alogy to the present time, of the Sharples Family in North America. With an Appendix containing Memorials of the Dying Sayings, &c., of several Deceased Members of the Family ; not before pub- lished. By Joseph Sharpless. Philadelphia : Pub- lished and Sold by the Author, No. 30, Arch street : sold also by Kimber & Sharpless, No. 93, Market street. 1816. 12mo, pp. 123. This essay is a great improvement on the preceding, being well printed, and of a very respectable size, though not arranged on any scientific plan. Pages 3-6 contain a preface, in which the author apologizes for writing at all, and for the defects caused by a reliance upon tradition; pp. 7-12 are devoted to a copy of a deed from William Penn to John Sharpies of Ratherton, county of Chester, dated in 1682, whereby the former sells one thousand acres of land in his colony of Pennsylvania, for a quit rent of one shilling per one hundred acres. John removed hither in the same year, with seven children, of whom three sons left issue; pp. 16-36 contains the part I, or descendants of John Sharpies ; pp. 37-44, part II, descend- ants of James; pp. 45-88, of Joseph. Then follows index, 4 pages, and then, pp. 89-90, a new title, viz. Appendix, containing memorials of several deceased members of the family. (Texts from John vi, 12 ; Matthew xxvi, 13.) Phil- adelphia: published by Joseph Sharpless. 1816. This portion con- 12 American Genealogist. [1819-24. tains 42 pages, mostly statements by members of tbe family of the Christian character of several of their relatives, all apparently being Quakers, or Friends. The record is quite extensive, embracing the female branches ; but there is a want of particularity in the dates, the year only being given, in most cases. However, it is much to be regretted that the example so well given was not imitated by other writers, in that state, and a generous rivalry established, whose fruits would have enriched our libraries, by preserving so many in- teresting facts relative to the early history of the colonies. Genealogy of the Martin and Wheeler Families, Hugh H. Brown, Printer, Providence, R. I., 1816. This book was prepared by Wheeler Martin ; and from such extracts from it as I have seen, I judge that the work was care- fully performed. I have been unable to examine a copy of the entire pamphlet. 1819. Genealogy of the Redfields. Printed by Lewis H. Redfield, Onondaga, N. Y., June, 1819. This is a slip of paper containing one branch only of the Redfields, and of course it is very scarce. It commences with Theophilus R., and traces the family of his son G-eorge, and his grandson Peleg. We shall see, however, that this seed has produced since an abund- ant yield. 1824. Genealogy of the families who have settled in the North Parish in Bridgewater, Mass., to which is added a Historical Sketch of North Bridgewater. By Moses Carey. Boston : Printed by Bannister & Marvin. 1824. 8vo, pp. 48. This pamphlet contains a very valuable collection of materials ; but it is somewhat confused in its arrangement. Judge Mitchell 1824.] American Genealogist. 13 has incorporated most of tlie facts into his History of Bridgewater. The principal families here given are those of Alden, Ames, Battles, Brett, Bryant, Beals, Gary, Cole, Crafts, Curtis, Dike, Downie, Edson, Field, Ford, French, Grurney, Hayward, Howard, Keith, Kingman, Manly, Packard, Perkins, Porter, Pratt, Reynolds, Syl- vester, Snell, Snow, Southworth, Warren, Wales, Willis. The East-Haven Register : in three Parts. Part I. Containing a History of the Town of East-Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Also an account of its boundaries, iron-works and mills, division of land, controversies with New- Haven and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastical affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natural history and curiosities, roads and public lands. Part II. Containing an Account of the names, marriages, and births of the families which have first settled, or which have resided in East- Haven, from its settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Part III. Containing an Account of the deaths in the families named in the second part, from the year 1647 to the end of the year, 1823. Compiled by Stephen Dodd, Pastor of the Congre- gational Church in East-Haven. New Haven: Published for the Author. T. G. Woodward & Co., Print. 1824. 12mo, pp. 200. The object and extent of this volume are so well indicated by the title, that there remains only to be added the names of the families herein recorded. The names of most frequent occurrence are Andrews, Austen, Barnes, Bradley, Chedsey, Davenport, Dennison, Forbes, Groodsell, Grrannis, Hemminway, Hitchcock, Holt, Hotch- kiss, Ludington, Mallory, Morris, Moulthrop, Pardee, Potter, Ro- binson, Rowe, Russel, Shephard, Smith, Thompson, Tuttle, and Woodward. The dates are given in full in many instances, and the book forms a valuable addition to the genealogies of Connecticut families. My copy has bound with it the G-enealogy of the Dodd family, and a portrait of the author dated June, 1851, aged 74; but I know not how many were thus issued. 14 American Genealogist. [1828. 1828. A Genealogical Memoir of tlie famil}- by the name of Faemer, who settled at Billerica, Mass. Hingham : Farmer k Brown, Printers. 1828. 12mo, pp. 20. On the reverse of the title is the dedication to Jedediah Farmer brother of the author, dated Concord. N. H., 28 Jan., 1828. The record, 14 pages, is substantially the same as in the first edition excepting that the marriages in each generation are given, but no new branches are traced out. The obituary on Edward, son of Oliver, is omitted in this edition; pp. 15 and 16 are blank; with p. 17 the appendix commences, consisting of letters from persons of the name in England, &c. In the first number (Jan. 1847) of the H. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg. this memoir is reprinted; but great changes have been made in the arrangement. As published by Farmer, the disconnected notices of persons bearing the name, were given as foot notes, and the text free from these incumbrances, mentions only Edward and John Farmer, before giving John of Ansley, county of Warwick, whose son Edward came to New Eng- land. That number of the Register, besides this reprint, gave a very valuable memoir of Farmer, who was the first genealogist of im- portance in Xew England. The Genealogy of the Spr agues in Hingham, ar- ranged in chronological order, to the Fourth Gene- ration, counting from William Sprague, one of the First Planters in Massachusetts, who arrived at Naumkeag from England, in the year 1628. To which is prefixed a short account of the first settle- ment of this country before the arrival of the Old Charter in 1630. Hingham : Published by Hosea Sprague. 1828. This is a very curious little volume, consisting, as I presume, of 48 pages, small octavo, as originally issued. Pages 2-8 comprise notes; pp. 9-12, of genealogy, giving names but no dates; pp. 13-30, notes ; pp. 31—47, memoranda concerning members of the family referred to in the previous list; p. 48, errata, dated Hingham on the Plain, November 1, 1828. I suppose that soon after this, seve- ral pages of additional notes were printed, and perhaps bound up 1829.] American Genealogist. 15 in some copies remaining in tbe author's possession. My copy has inserted in it, at the beginning, six pages, being •• Additions to the First Edition. Ralph Sprague. in Charlestown in 1628, and his four sons, John. Richard, Phinehas, and Samuel, and his daughter Mary. Printed for the Spragues, and those friendly to them. " Page 2 is a letter from Xahum Mitchell; p. 3, notes; pp. 4— 6, will, &c. A little farther on are inserted two pages of not€s, and there is an appendix, paged 49-60, of notes, including an alphabetical list of names mentioned. This last is dated Hingham. May 1, 1829. But few copies of this book were printed, and it is now very rarely obtainable. 1829. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New- England: containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Coun- sellors, Ministers of the Gospel in the several Colo- nies from 1620 to 1692; Representatives of the General Court of Massachusetts from 1634 to 1692 ; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662 ; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662 ; Freemen admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1692; with many other of the early inhabitants of New England \and Long Island, N. Y., from 1620 to the"3-ear 1675: to which are added various Genealogical and Bio- graphical Notes, collected from ancient records, manuscripts, and printed works. By John Farmer, Corresponding Secretary of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Lancaster, Mass., published by Carter, Andrews & Co.: sold by Hillard, Gray & Co. and Carter and Hendee, Boston. 1829. 8vo, pp. 351. The work has of course been superseded by Savage's new edition, but it is entitled to respect as the corner-stone of Xew England genealogy. Elsewhere will be found mention of John Farmer, to whose exertions is due the present flourishing state of the science : and this book, for so many years the chief authority on family his- tory, is a witness to his industry and capability. 16 American Genealogist. [1832-4. 1832. Memoir of John Whitman and his Descendants. By Ezekiel Whitman. Portland : Printed by Charles Day & Co. 1832. Pages 44. This work is a great improvement on its predecessors, being well printed, and having a regular plan. A small figure over the name of each head of a family shows the generation, and these families are arranged according to seniority, that is, all the children of the oldest child of the founder, are placed first in the third generation, then those of the second child, etc. A recapitulation of names alone is also to be found at the end. 1833. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Goddard. By William Austin Goddard. Worcester : M. Spooner, Printer. 1833. 12mo, pp. 99. This work gives the descendants of Edward Goddard, a wealthy farmer of Norfolk, Eng., through his son William, who came to this country with a wife and three sons, in 1665, and settled at Watertown, Mass. The first fifty-six pages are devoted to genea- logy, and the remainder to an appendix of documents, epitaphs, etc. Much labor appears to have been bestowed upon this book at a time when such works were less appreciated than they now are. Quite a full genealogy of the Goddard family has since been printed in Bond's Watei^town. 1834. Goodhue. [Biography of the first settlement of the Family of the Name of Goodhue, at Ipswich, in 1636, and Genealogy to 1833 ; together with an Address by Deacon Samuel Goodhue, to his De- scendants.] Pages 16. This little pamphlet was published, I presume, without a title page. It was arranged by Stephen Goodhue of Newton, Mass., and printed at Boston about 1833. It is very brief, but apparently com- 1835.] American Gtenealogist. 17 piled from authentic sources. The address was written by a grand- son of the original settler (William Gr. of Ipswich) : and it was perhaps inspired by the example of his father's first wife, Sarah (Whipple) Groodhue, who left a monitory writing to her children which was published in 1681, and has since been reprinted three times; in 1770, 1805, 1850. Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan : taken in part from the Home Missionary Magazine of November 1828, and printed for distribution among her Descend- ants. New York ; West and Trow, Printers. M.D.cccxxxvi. Pages 150. 12mo. Pages 119-132 contain a Genealogy of the Homes, Tappan, etc., families. 1835. Family Memorial. Part I — Genealogy of Fourteen Families of the Early Settlers of New England, of the names of Alden, Adams, Arnold, Bass, Bill- ings, Capen, Copeland, French, Hobart, Jackson, Paine, Thayer, Wales, and White, from their first settlement in this country, to about the middle of the last century. With occasional notes and refer- ences, biographical sketches, memoirs of some dis- tinguished individuals, epitaphs, &c., collected from ancient records, manuscripts, and printed works. All these families are more or less connected by mar- riage, and most of them of late generations, the de- scendants of John Alden. Part II — Genealogy of Ephraim and Sarah Thayer, with their fourteen children, from the time of their marriage to 1835, with notes of reference, &c., as in part first. By Elisha Thayer, Dedham, Mass.- Hingham : J. Farmer, Printer. 1835. 8vo, pp. 180 and 100. Pages i-viii, preface; pp. 1-176, contain the first part; then fol- low four pages of forms for a record ; then title page of part second, as printed on the general title page, and the record, containing ninety-six pages, with two sheets of forms. The title is so full 18 American Genealogist. [1836-7. ttat little need be said of the contents, but tbe arrangement is to me utterly incomprehensible. The author shows much industry, and any one really desirous to know about these families, can, by due research, discover many valuable facts in these pages. 1836. Webster Genealogy. Pages 8. This little pamphlet, written in 1836, by the celebrated lexico- grapher, Noah Webster, and probably published in the same year, contains considerable information concerning the progeny of John Webster of Connecticut, governor in 1656. &c. His oldest son Robert was of Hartford, and his grandson Daniel was grandfather of Noah, the author, who remembered Daniel's funeral. As Daniel was five years old when his grandfather died, there was thus but one link between Robert, who represented Hartford in 1656 and Noah, who was alive and vigorous in 1836. Goodwin's Hartford Settlers contains a notice of the Websters. In the Register, vii, 102, and IX, 159-160, will be found the pedigree of a distinct family of Websters, to which Daniel Webster belonged, descended from Thomas Webster of Hampton, N. H., who was born at Ormsby, county of Norfolk, England. 1837. Genealogical History of the Families of Robinsons, Saffords, Harwoods, and Clarks. By Sarah Eobin- son. Bennington, Vt : 1837. Small 8vo, pp. 96. It is so seldom that we have been called on to acknowledge the assistance of the ladies in preserving family records by the means of the press, however many " old women's tales " may have crept into books, that we should be inclined to be very lenient. But in reality, Mrs. Robinson's history needs no apology, for it is evidently the result of much patient investigation. As it is of so early a date, we do not expect to see any attempt at a system of classifica- tion of families, but we do find a very strict attention to the ne- cessity of dating every fact. The female branches are traced in sev- eral cases ; and we regret that so creditable an example has found so few imitators in Vermont. 1839.] American Genealogist. 19 Kecord of the Families in New England, of the name of Hodges ; collected and published by Rufus Hodges of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati : 1837. Small 8vo, pp. 22. A record, almost entirely without dates, of the descendants of William Hodges of Taunton in 1638. A curious incident is given in a letter from Mr. Noah Woodward, who in 1833 remembered to have seen two sons of the first settler, thus spanning almost the entire time of our annals. A later edition, will be noticed hereafter in its place. 1839. A Family Record of Daniel Dod, who settled with the Colony of Branford, 1644, where he died in 1665 : and also of his Descendants in New Jersey. Compiled by Stephen Dodd, Pastor of the Congre- gational Church in East Haven. Printed for the Author. 1839. 12mo, pp. 24. The author is to be praised for the zeal and perseverance he dis- played in this little book, in which more attention has been given to dates than in any which have since appeared. Copies of this gene- alogy occur bound up with the East Haven Records^ by the same author. Genealogy of the Redfield Family in the United States. Stereotyped by J. S. Redfield. 1839. Pages 11. Inasmuch as a new and greatly enlarged account of this family is now in print, it will not be necessary to describe this very fully. The author was William C. Redfield, who attained a great reputa- tion by his publications on the laws of storms. When it was issued the author knew of no similar work extant here, but the plan he adopted was simple and clear, and he collected many valuable facts for his pages. The family was long settled in Connecticut, and occupied a good position there. 20 American Genealogist. [1839-40. 1839. Historical Sketches of Roswell Franklin and Family. Drawn up at the request of Steven Franklin. By Robert Hubbard, Dansville, N. Y. Printed by A. Stevens. 1839. 32 mo, pp. 103. This is a biography of Roswell Franklin who was born at Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Conn. He was at the seige of Havana in 1762 and in 1770 moved to Wyoming. It is simply a record of frontier life, and is here mentioned on account of its title and early date. 1840. A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert Day, of Hartford, Conn., who died in the year 1648. New Haven : Printed by William Storer Jun. 1840. 8vo, pp. 44. This memoir was compiled by George E. Day of New Haven, who has since issued another edition with many additions. I have only to add that this edition is very creditable to the author, being well arranged and exact in the matter of dates. Register of the Alysworth Family, by Sylvester Alys- worth, Utica : Bennet, Backus and Hawley. 1840. Pages 12. I derive my knowledge of this book from a review in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 1. It is stated that the register contains " one line of the family, without dates for four generations, except in the family of William Aylsworth of the fourth generation, whose descendants seem to be fully named." Arthur Aylsworth, the emigrant, settled in North Kingston, R. I. and died in 1725. The author, on insufficient grounds, tries to con- nect the Ellsworths with his family. 1840.] American Genealogist. 21 History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an ex- tensive Family Register. By Nahum Mitchell. Boston : Printed for the author, by Kidder & Wright. 1840. 8vo, pp. 402. In this most valuable register of families, which occupies nearly 300 pages, we have only to regret that the author did not give the day of the month in the cases where he gives the year in which any event occurred. The record of the various families is very full, and is enriched with notes on their origin, and the removal of the different branches who have settled in other towns. The names most fully investigated are Alden, Allen, Ames, Angier, Bayley, Barrell, Bartlett, Bass, Bassett, Beal, Benson, Bisbee, Bolton, Bow- ditch, Bosworth, Brett, Bradford, Brown, Bryant, Burr, Byram, Carver, Gary, Chamberlin, Church, Churchill, Cole, Conant, Cope- land, Curtis, Cushing, Dawes, Dunbar, Edson, Field, Forbes, Ford, French, Gannett, Grurney, Harden, Harris, Harvey, Hayward, Hill, Hobart, Holmes, Hooper, Howard, Howland, Hudson, Jackson, Johnson, Joslyn, Keith, Kingman, Kinsley, Latham, Lathrop, Lazell, Leach, Leonard, Loring, Mitchell, Orcutt, Orr, Packard, Parris, Perkins, Petingill, Phillips, Porter, Pratt, Prince, Reed, Reynolds, Richards, Ripley, Robinson, Sampson, Shaw, Smith, Snell, Snow, Southworth, Sprague, Standish, Stetson, Sturtevant, Thayer, Thompson, Turner, Wade, Warren, Washburn, Whitman, Williams, Willis, Winslow, Wood, and Young. It is impossible to value too highly this work of Judge Mitchell, for Bridgewater was one of the colonizing towns ; and many fami- lies will here find their early records, who are now located in Maine or in the western part of the state. In repeated instances these emigrations are noted in the text, and thus the clue is preserved. Genealogy of the Miles Family. This is a little square pamphlet of 12 pages, prepared by the Rev. Henry A. Miles, and printed at Lowell in 1840 or 1841; the preface bearing the former date. The progenitor here of this family was John Miles of Concord, Mass.; and seven generations are here recorded, mostly in the line to which the author belonged. This makes a very fair outline of the family record, and the dates and marriages seem to be carefully noted. I believe that this pamphlet has been issued only in sheets, and that it had no title page, except the half title noted above. 22 American Genealogist. [1841. 1841. A Genealogy of John Thomson, who landed at Ply- mouth, in the month of May, 1622. By Ignatius Thomson. Taunton : Printed by E. Anthony. 1841. Pages 84. la this little quarto the reader will find a commendable precision of dates, but a lack of systematic arrangement. Tradition states that the Emigrant came from Wales to Plymouth in 1622 in charge of a step-father. Memoranda respecting the Families of Quincy and Adams. " Out of the fieldes, as men saith, Cometh all this new Corn, fro' year to year, And out of old bookes, in good faith Cometh all this new Science that men lere " — CJiaiicer- By the preface to this little octavo pamphlet of 9 pages, I learn that it was written in Havana, in 1841, and doubtless printed there. It is inscribed to Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, and was published for the amusement of the author and a " few private friends." The contents are mainly extracts from rare English books, being such memoranda as a genealogist, having met, would wish to preserve as possibly available in making extended researches. Following the preface is a page containing the emblazoned shields of Robert de Quincy and Roger de Quincy, earis of Winchester. 1 learn on the best authority that the author was a Mr. Grace of Baltimore. It may safely be called one of the rarest of our genealogical works. A History of the Emigration and Settlement of our Predecessors. This is a single leaf, of 2 octavo pages, compiled from traditions by William Gould Sen., of Albany. It traces the family of Gould from the year 1664, when John, Thomas and Robert emigrated from Dartmouth, England and settled in different parts of New England. It contains the names of that portion of the race only which de- scended from John, now residing mostly in New Jersey. It was printed at Albany, by J. Munsell, in 1841, for insertion in a few family Bibles. 1842-3.] American Genealogist. 23 1842. Preston Family. It seems that a genealogy of this family was printed at Frankfort, Ky. I have never seen it, but it was reprinted by Joel Munsell in 1864 and will be reviewed under that date hereafter. Historical Notices of Connecticut; published under the patronage of the Connecticut Historical Society No. 1. Containing Hartford in 1640. By William S. Porter, Member Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford, April, 1842. Elihu Geer's Press. No. 2. June, 1842. Pages 48. These two parts were issued as the commencement of a series of town histories, but I believe that no subsequent numbers appeared. The author has collected many facts here which will not be found in any other publication, and it is certainly a matter of regret that he did not continue the work. He gives some genealogical notes on the names of Adams, Church, Crow, Haynes, Lord, Pantry, Pratt, Standley and Willis; and a list of settlers between 1640 and 1700, which contains many names not elsewhere mentioned, but gleaned from the records of deeds and wills. 1843. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Hayen of Lynn, Massachusetts, who emigrated from England about two hundred years ago; among whom, through his sons John, Nathaniel, and Moses, of Framingham, are all the Graduates of that name, at Cambridge, Dartmouth, Providence and Amherst, being twenty-five in number; and twenty-nine others, of different names, who have graduated at the same, or other colleges. By Jo- siah Adams of Framingham. Boston : Printed by WilUam White & H. P. Lewis. 1843. 8vo, pp. 54. This record contains many interesting facts, but it is not arranged systematically. Richard Haven of Lynn, 1645, seems to be the 24 American Genealogist. [1843. starting point of the family ; lie was a kinsman of Jolin Wastol of Saybrook, and named a child for him : other relatives here or abroad are unknown. This genealogy shows a commendable accu- racy in dates, and it will be found very useful to those tracing families settled near any of the name, as the marriages are carefully noted. On page 49 will be found a note to the readers, dated Dec. 30, 1843, calling upon the family to meet on the 16th April, 1844, to celebrate the second centennial anniversary of the landing of their ancestor; and a meeting was accordingly held, a report of the pro- ceedings was published in a pamphlet of 27 pages, with the follow- ing title : Address at a Meeting of the Descendants of Richard Haven of Lynn, at Framingham, Mass., August 29, 1844. Being the Second Centennial Anniversary of his Landing in New Eng- land. By John C. Park of Boston. Also, an Account of the Proceedings and Events of the Day, by the Committee of Arrange- ments for the occasion. Printed by Direction of the Meeting, for the use of the Family. Boston : Samuel N. Dickinson, printer, 1844. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Richard Faxon, from his Settlement in this Country to August, 1843. Hartford. Compiled by William Faxon, 1843. Dr. D. Williams Patterson, of West Winsted, Conn., to whom I am indebted for several other notices in this work, has furnished the following : This is an 18mo pamphlet of 24 pages, containing besides the account of the descendants of Richard Faxon, who died at Brain- tree, Mass., in 1677, some account of Thomas Faxon, who mar- ried April 11, 1653, Deborah Thayer, daughter of Richard Thayer; with some extracts from the Whitman Genealogy ; and a copy of the will of Thomas Faxon, son of Richard. The compiler, not being familiar with the old style of dating, fell into the very na- tural mistake of calling the First Month January, instead of March, so that some occurrences are dated two months too early. Family Record of the Ancestors of Ephraim and Abi- gal RoBBiNS and their descendants. One page, 13 by 16 inches, printed at Hartford. Prepared by Gurdon, son of Ephraim Robbins. Date unknown. 1844.] American Genealogist. 25 1845. A Table showing the Date and PLace of Birth ; to whom and when Married ; Number of Sons and Daughters ; Date of Decease ; Age and Place of Burial of Jabez Bacon, late of Woodbury, deceased, and of his Descendants bearing the name of Bacon. Also of his Ancestors, so far as known, commencing with the latter. Compiled by Nathaniel A. Bacon (one of his grandsons) at New Haven, March, 1845. New Haven : Printed by Hitchcock & Stafford. 1845. Quarto, pp. 41. The object of these very few pages is sufficiently expressed on the title; it being a genealogy of only one branch of the Bacon family, descended from Jabez, who was grandson of Andrew Bacon and Mehetable Wetmore. Andrew was the sixth child of Nathaniel Bacon, and his family here given is not recorded by Mr Savage. Nathaniel was of Middletown, Conn., 1653, and was probably son of William B. of Stretton, county of Rutland. At least an affidavit taken in 1661, at New Haven, says that a Nathaniel then present was son of William, and it is more likely that this was the man, than that another Nathaniel who lived at Barnstable, Mass., was meant. There are several different families of the name in New England. The best authorities, I believe, derive the name from the Saxon word, meaning heech tree. Family History. Notices of the Life of John Upham, the first Inhabitant of New England who bore that Name : together with an account of such of his de- scendants as were the ancestors of Hon. Nathaniel Upham of Rochester, New Hampshire : with a short sketch of the life of the latter. By Albert G. Upham, A. M., M. D. Concord, N. H.: Printed by Asa McFarland. 1845. Pages 92. As is shown by the title page, this little book is a record of only one branch of the Uphams, but limited as the scope of it is, the author has collected much which will interest any one of the name. Some rather crude speculations are made as to the origin of the name, and the bearers of it in England, but nothing can be traced of tbe ancestor before his settlement at Weymouth in 1635. 4 26 American Genealogist. [1845. Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America. With some Notices of the Antiquities connected with the early times of j)er- sons of the name in England. Printed at the Pri- vate Press of George Coolidge, for Samuel Gardner Drake. August, 1845. 12mo, pp. 51. As might be expected, this little work by Mr Drake, is a model of neatness, exactness and method. The plan he devised is the one which has been adopted by succeeding writers as the best, and is a most decided improvement on the preceding publications. The English notes refer to the family settled at Ashe, county of Pevon, to which the famous Sir Francis Drake belonged. The American family commences with John of Windsor, Conn., and Robert of Hampton, N. H.; whose birthplace and ancestry are still unknown, though Robert probably was from Colchester, Eng. The record here given is mainly in the direct line of descent of the author, a limit imposed by the lack of records and the indifference of many to the imparting of information. The author is well known as a pioneer in the work of extending the taste for genealogy in New- England. Descendants of Thomas Olcott, one of the First Set- tlers of Hartford, Connecticut. By Nathaniel Goodwin, descendant of Ozias Goodwin, one of said settlers. Hartford : Press of Case, Tiffany & Burn- ham. 1845. 8vo, pp. 64. This is a full and admirably arranged history of the descendants of Thomas Olcott, a family of good fame and repute in Connecticut. The descendants are traced, in many cases, in the female line; and this, like all the other works of Judge Goodwin, is a model of ac- curacy and neatness. Perhaps the most noted descendant of the emigrant was Hon. Peter Olcott, lieutenant governor of Vermont, a distinguished politician. The number of descendants here recorded is 713, and this number does not include the children of females of the name. 1845.] ■ American Genealogist. 27 The Family Memorial. A History and Genealogy of the KiLBOURN Family, in the United States and Canada, from the year 1635 to the present time. Including extracts from ancient records, copies of old wills, biographical sketches, epitaphs, anecdotes, etc. With an engraving of the Kilburne coat of arms. By Payne Kenyon Kilbourn, member of the Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford : Brown & Parsons. 1845. 12mo, pp. 151. The second edition of this book, which will be noticed in its place, is so much fuller, that it will render this of interest only to the collector, except so far as the reader may find it amusing to note the theories in the one, confirmed or contradicted by the other. Although the title page says this was printed in 1845, I believe it was not issued until 1848 — at least not all the edition — as some of the documents on the last pages are dated in May of the latter year. Family Notices collected by William Gibbs of Lexing- ton. Pages 8. This little pamphlet, issued in 1845 without a title page, gives an account of the ancestors and descendants of Robert Gibbs, a distin- guished merchant of Boston, 1660-1674. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Gibbs who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe, and was descended from the Gibbs family of Hon- ington, Co. Warwick. It is believed that this family is extinct in the male line. [ Note. — Some years ago a lithographic tabular pedigree of the family was issued, tracing, however, only the English portion ; naming Robert, the emigrant, in his due place, and continuing the main line for two genera- tions after him. There is no date or place of publication upon this sheet.] 28 American Genealogist. [1846-7. 1846. A Genealogical Register of the name and Family of Herrick, from the settlement of Heneri Hericke, in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629, 1846. With a concise notice of their English ancestry. By Jede- diah Herrick. Bangor:' Samuel T. Smith, Printer. 1846. 8vo, pp. 69. Henry Herrick of Salem had five sons, who married and left issue, and the record here given is quite extensive, though not very sys- tematically arranged. The author gives an account of Herricks set- tled in the county of Leicester, England, and claims that his ancestor belonged to this family, identifying him with a Henry, fifth son of Sir William H., who was knighted in 1605, ambassador to Turkey, &c. He certainly makes a claim worthy of investigation, but the proofs are very slight, and must not be regarded as decisive. Pages 58-59 refer to the descendants of a George of Salem, in 1684, and p. 60 relates to those of James H. of Southampton, L. I., who are not known to have been related to Henry. An e'bgraved coat of arms forms the frontispiece. 1847. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbott of Andover, George Abbott of Rowley, Thomas Abbott of Andover, Arthur Abbott of Ips- wich, Robert Abbott of Branford, Ct., and George Abbott of Norwalk, Ct. Compiled by Rev. Abiel Abbott, D. D., and Rev. Ephraim Abbott. Boston : James Munroe & Co. 1847. 8vo, pp. 197. This well printed volume includes a good index of names other than Abbott. Like many of our genealogies, the project of publishing a family record originated at a meeting of descendants of the immigrant. The work grew under the hands of the authors, and as published, embraces several branches of the name whose re- lationship to the Abbotts of Andover was not ascertained. There is a great amount of information relative to the family contained in this book, but the lack of a clear system of arrangement will prove a 1847.] American Genealogist. 29 serious inconvenience to the student. There is no attempt to trace the English pedigree of the family. A Record of the Families of Robert Patterson (the Elder), Emigrant from Ireland, to America, 1774; Thomas Ewing, from Ireland, 1718 ; and Louis Du- Bois from France, 1660 ; connected by the mar- riage of Uriah Du Bois with Martha Patterson, 1798. Part first, containing the Patterson Lineage. Edition of 150 copies ; printed for the use of the family con- nection only. [Philadelphia :] 1847. 8vo, pp. 103. The author of this first part is William Ewing Du Bois of Phila- delphia. The second part — the Memorial of the Family of Thomas Ewing — was printed in 1858, and was written by Robert Patterson Du Bois of New London, Pa, The third part — the Record of the Family of Louis Du Bois — was printed in 1860, being the joint production of both of the preceding gentlemen. The work whose title is given above, is well prepared and elegantly printed. The members of this family do not appear to be numerous, and consider- able space is devoted to the biography of the more distinguished individuals. A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of John Law- rence of Watertown, 1636 ; with brief notices of others of the name in England and America. 1847. 8vo, pp. 64. As the author of this genealogy. Rev. John Lawrence, has since published an enlarged edition, no extended notice is required here. It is certainly a very well arranged register, and is now very scarce, as an attempt has been made to suppress the edition. Some of the biographical sketches in this edition were not reprinted in the second. Biographical Sketches of the Moody Family : embrac- ing notices of ten ministers and several laymen, from 1633, to 1842. By Charles C. P. Moody. Boston : Published by Samuel G. Drake, No 56 Cornhill. 1847. 8vo, pp. 168. Though this can hardly be classed among our genealogies, yet as being connected throughout by the ties of blood existing between 30 American Genealogist. [1847. the persons described, it is worthy of our notice, the more promi- nent bearers of the name enumerated, are Rev. Joshua Moody, noted in New Hampshire Annals ; Rev. Samuel Moody of York, known as Father Moody ; his son and successor, Rev. Joseph M. j Handkerchief Moody, whose strange hallucination is mentioned by Hawthorne in one of his finest tales; and Paul Moody, a distin- guished inventor, a pioneer in the constructing of machinery for cotton spinning in New England. Of these and others, interesting descriptions are given in this book, in which are preserved many anecdotes and traditions. Memorial of the Sprague Family : a Poem recited at a meeting in Duxbury, of the Descendants and Con- nections of Hon. Seth Sprague, on the occasion of his eighty-sixth birthday, July 4th, 1846. With the Family Genealogy, and Biographical Sketches in Notes. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1847. 12mo, pp. xi and 191. The notes annexed to the poem commence on the "25th page, and are mainly genealogical. Hon. Seth Sprague, in whose honor the meeting was held, was son of Phineas Sprague and Mercy Chand- ler. In him were united two distinct families of the same name, he being by his father, grandson of Samuel Sprague, whose grand- father, William Sprague, was a settler at Hingham, and brother of Ralph and Richard Sprague of Charlestown. These three colonists were sons, undoubtedly, of Edward Sprague of Upway, County of Dorset ; but there was a Francis Sprague who came to Plymouth in 1623, of some distinct stock in England, and his grandson William was the father of Zeruiah, wife of Nathaniel Chandler, and thus grandfather of the above named Mercy Chandler. The author gives many particulars in relation to the ancestors on both sides, and though hardly a systematic genealogy, the family record is fairly marked out. A good biography is given of the venerable head of the family, and incidentally several interesting anecdotes of the last war times. 1847.] American Genealogist. 31 A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson, from the year 1634 to the year 1847. By John Stetson Barry. Boston : Printed for the Author, by William A. Hall & Co. 1847. 12mo, pp. 116. The progenitor of this family was Robert Stetson of Scituate, Mass., in 1634, who had six sons, whose numerous progeny is here given. Nothing is known about the origin of the family in England though a coat of arms, said to have been found among the papers of the emigrant Robert, might afford a clue were proper proofs given of its authenticity. The author gives an engraving of it on his title page, but the whole story may be safely disregarded. The genealogy is divided into six sections, each devoted to the descendants of a son of Robert; an arrangement which keeps the family relations more clear and evident than most others. The record of five of the sons seems to be quite full, and much care is given to exactness in dates, and to the marriages of the females. The Genealogy and History of the Taintor Family, from the period of their emigration from Wales, to the present time. By Charles M. Taintor. Green- field : Printed by Merriam& Mirick. 1847. 18mo, pp.. 82. Commencing with Charles Taintor, who was here with his family in 1643, our author gives a list which, though small, seems quite full ; though we regret to notice in most instances he has omitted the day of the month in giving dates. A distinctive feature of this book is the letters from members of the family, received by the compiler in answer to his queries, which contain many little inci- dents which could hardly be introduced into the body of the work, and yet are of interest to the branches of the family nearest allied to the writers. 32 American Genealogist. [1847. A Genealogical Account of the Ancient Winsor Family in the United States. Collected principally from records in the several branches thereof, introduced by an account of their progenitors iu the male line, for several generations previous to the emigration to America By the late Olney Winsor. Providence : Publishe'd by L. W. Winsor. 1847. 8vo, pp. 12. This little pamphlet contains no dates, and is simply a list of families descended from Joshua Winsor of Providence. It is stated that a certain Robert Winsor flourished in Henry VIII's time, was a Roman Catholic knight, and had a son Samuel, whose son John had Samuel, father of the emigrant. This is of course an idle fable which unfortunately has been repeated by several writers. Among them the author of the History of Duxhury. Our later gene- alogists are more circumspect in repeating unfounded traditions. The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, more particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury. By Steven W. Williams, M. D., A. M., etc. Greenfield; Printed by Merriam & Mirick. 12mo, pp. 424. At the time of its publication this was the largest family record issued here, and it certainly shows the zeal and correctness of its author to have been great. The first twenty-four pages refer to English or Welch families of the name, but no proof is given of the ancestry of Robert Williams of Roxbury. The record of the descendants of the latter reaches to p. 307, and contains among others the names of Rev. Warham Williams^ Rev. Stephen, of Deer- field, Charles K. W., chief justice and governor of Vermont, Rev. William, of Hatfield, Hon. William W., a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and many others of distinction in the pulpit, at the bar, and in political life. Pages 307-336 are filled with notes on some of the name not descended from Robert ; pp. 336-345 embrace the Maryland family; pp. 346-354, those of Long Island, North Carolina, &c. The list of graduates, members of congress, &c., occupy pp. 355-378 ; and the rest of the book is devoted to English Williamses of note. I do not think any right to use a coat of arms is established, though this point deserves further notice. The 1847.] American Genealogist. 33 illustrations are : coat of arms, and portraits of John C. W., Mrs. Lucretia W., Rev. Stephen, Mrs Sarah Pitkin, Hon. Elisha W., Ezekiel, John, Hon. William, William, Joseph, John D., John Davis W., and Rev. Elisha Williams. The plan of this work is rather confused, but it was certainly a great advance on many pre- vious works, and the whole is creditable to the author and the family. Family Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury, Mass., from its settlement in 1717 to 1829, and of some of them to a later period. By Andrew H. Ward, member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society. Boston : Pub- lished by Samuel G. Drake. 1847. 8vo, pp. 294. This work originally formed part of Mr. Ward's History of Shrewshuri/, and 1 believe only a small edition was repaged and bound in this form. The principal families here recorded are those of Alexander, Allen, Andrews, Bouker, Bragg, Bigelow, Brigham, Baker, Bush, Bellows, Baldwin, Gushing, Crosby, Cutting, Drury, Eager, Flint, Goddard, Garfield, Goodenow, Goodale, Green, Hey- wood, Hastings, Hapgood, Hemenway, Howe, Harrington, Harlow, Johnson, Keyes, Knowlton, Maynard; Mixer, Miles, Morse, Muzzy, Munroe, Nurse, Newton, Noyes, Nelson, Pratt, Parker, Plympton, Rand, Rice, Stone, Smith, Sumner, Selfridge, Taylor, Temple, Tucker, Ward, Wheelock, Wheeler, Whitney, Witherby, Wyman, Whittemore. These genealogies, with many shorter ones, cover all the entries upon the town records, and in repeated instances the author has added notes concerning the origin of the family or the locality of emigrants from the town, so that the work is one of unusual value. The volume has for a frontispiece a fine portrait of Gen. Artemus Ward, of whom a biography is given, a native of the town, and perhaps the most distinguished of its citizens. He was the grand- father of the author, Andrew Henshaw Ward of Newton, a gentle- man who always evinced a great interest in genealogy, and much assisted its progress here. 34 American Genealogist. [1847. The New England Historical & Genealogical Kegister, published quarterly, under the patronage of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. For the year 1847. Volume I. Boston : Samuel G. Drake, pubhsher. 1847 ; Volume XXVII, 1873. In 1845, Charles Ewer, J. Wingate Thornton, Joseph Willard, and their associates, were incorporated as the New England His- toric-Genealogical Society ; the first steps towards the formation of the society having been taken by Mr. Ewer, S. G. Drake, Mr. Thornton, Lemuel Shattuck and W. H. Montague. In 1847, it was determined to issue a quarterly magazine, and the first number appeared with Rev Dr. William Cogswell as editor, and S. G. Drake as publisher. The Register has since been regularly issued, and has completed its twenty-seventh year, a longevity never before attained in this country, nor in England, by any work on the science of genealogy. The magazine has been issued under the care of a committee of the Society, and for much of the time Mr. Drake has been connected with the management, having edited many of the volumes. To his exertions, indeed, the success of the magazine may be mainly attri- buted, as it has never been a source of profit to the publisher, and no one would devote the labor necessary for its editing, but an enthu- siast in the cause. I must here find space to record the labors also of John Ward Dean, William B. Trask, and Albert H. Hoyt who have been on the pub- lishing committee for several years. Their work does not appear to so much advantage as that of the compiler of large geuealogies, but the necessary work, of revising the proofs, verifying statements, and ob- taining documents, has been cheerfully performed by them and has greatly enhanced the value of the magazine. It is impossible to overrate the impetus given to the study of genealogy by the establishment of this periodical. Not only by the numerous genealogies published in its pages has this been efiected, but it has formed a rallying point for students, and their collections, slowly aggregating, now constitute an important item in the list of accessible authorities. Genealogists have been shown the value of even the smallest items, and they have also been informed of the simplest and most concise method of publishing the information they have acquired. Each volume contains an index of names, including every sur- name in the book, and a classified index of subjects. The tenth 1847.] American Genealogist. 35 volume also contains a general index of subjects in the first ten volumes, and the fifteenth a similar index for the five volumes pre- ceding and including it. I give a list of the principal genealogies, many of them occupying over ten pages, but the genealogists will find it worth while to consult the Memoirs of Subscribers to Prince's Annals, and the various biographies and obituaries. Other very important features, also, are the synopsis of early wills for Sufi'dk and Plymouth counties, and the copies of the early records of Boston, Maiden, Haddam, Middletown, Westerly, and many other towns. In short the stu- dent desirous of ti-acing any family in New England, should search Savage first, and then the indices of the volumes of the Register. List of Genealogies in the first twenty-seven Volumes. Adams, vii, 30, 351 ; viii, 41 ; X, 89; xi, 53; xiv, 360. Addington, iv, 117. Allen, X, 225; xxv, 144. Allerton, viii, 270, Ames, xvi, 255. Amory, x, 59. Amsden, xv, 21. Andrew, xxiii, 11. Appleton, xxvii, 36. Ashley, ii, 394. Ayres, xv, 56; xvii, 307. Babcock, xix, 215. Bache, viii, 374. Balch, ix, 233. Baldwin, xxv, 153; xxvi, 295 ; Carter, xvii, 51. Bradstreet, viii, 312 ; ix, 113. Brastow, xiii, 249. Bridges, viii, 252. Bromfield, xxv, 182, 329; xxvi, 37, 141. Brooks, V, 355. Brown, vi, 232 ; ix, 219, xxv, 352. Bryant, xxiv, 315. Bulkeley, xxiii, 299. Burr, V, 472. Butler, i, 167; ii, 355; iii, 73, 353. Capen, xx, 246. Carpenter, ix, 52. xxvii, 148. Ballantine, vi, 371. Bangs, viii, 368; x, 157. Barnaby, xviii, 361. Batcheller, xxvii, 364. Belcher, xxvii, 239. Belknap, xiii, 17. Boughey, v, 307. Bourne, xxvii, 26. Bowdoin, viii, 247 ; x, 78. Bowes, X, 82, 129. Bowles, ii, 192. Boylston, vii 145, 351. Chadbourne, xiii, 339. Chapin, xv, 352. Chase, i, 68. Chauncey, x, 105, 256 ; xi, 148. Checkley, ii, 349 ; xv, 13, Chester, xxii, 338. Chipman, xv, 79. Choate, XV, 293. Church, xi, 154. Chute, xiii, 123. Clapp, xiv, 275 ; xv, 215. Clopton, xviii, 184. Coffin, ii, 337; xxiv, 149, 305. Colesworthy, xv, 320. Bradbury, xxiii, 262 Bradforp iv, 39, 233; ix, 127, Collins, ix,"'335 218; xiv, 174. Colman, xii, 129 36 American Genealogist. [1847. Cotton, i, 164; iv, 92. Cradock, viii, 27 ; ix. 122 ; x, 231. Crane, xxvii, 76. Crooker, xii, 68. Curwen, x, 305. Cushing, viii, 41 ; xix, 39. Dane, viii, 148 ; xviii, 263. Danforth, vii, 315. Davenport, iii, 351 ; ix, 146. Davis, XX, 212, 299; xxi, 65. Deane, iii, 375 ; ix, 93 ; xviii, 263. Dearborn, ii, 81, 297. Delamater, xiv, 41. Dexter, viii, 248. Dodge, XV, 254. Doolittle, vi, 293. Dudley, i, 71 ; x, 130. Dumaresq, xvii, 817. Dunster, xxvii, 307. Eastman, xxi, 229. Edgerly, xv, 337. Eliot, viii, 45, 259 ; x, 355. Emery, xxiii, 414. Endecott, i, 335. Eppes, xiii, 115. Everett, xiv, 215. Eyre, xv, 13, 58. Farmer, i, 21, 360. Farrar, vi, 318. Field, xvii, 106, 112. Fillmore, xi, 141. Fitz, xxii, 161. Flanders, xxvii, 171. Fletcher, xxii, 389. Flint, xiv, 58. Folger, xiv, 269. Foote, ix, 272. Forth, xxiii, 184. Foster, i, 352 ; xx, 227, 308 ; XXV, 67; xxvi, 349. Fowler, vii, 131 ; xi, 247. Fownes, xviii, 185. Foxcroft, viii, i71, 260. Franklin, xi, 17; xvi, 273. Freeman, xx, 59, 353. Frost, V, 165. Frye, viii, 226. Fuller, xiii, 351. Gale, xviii, 189. Gassett, i, 34,4. Gatchet, i, 344. Gillam xix, 254. Gilbert, iv, 223, 329. Gilman, xviii, 258. Gookin, i, 345 ; ii, 167. Gorges, xv, 18. Grant, xxi, 173. Greene, iv, 75; xv, 105; xvi, 12. Greenough, xvii, 167. Greenwood, xiv, 171 ; xv, 239. Gregory, xxiii, 304. Griffin, xiii, 108. Gusshee, i, 344. Hall, vi, 259; xiii, 15; xv, 59; XV, 238. Ham, xxvi, 388 Hancock, ix, 352. Harlackenden, x, 129; xiv, 319; XV, 327. Harlow, xiv, 227- Harris, ii, 218. Harvey, xii, 313, Hassam, xxiv, 414. Hatch, xiv, 197. Haynes, ix, 349; xxiii, 150, 430; xxiv, 442. Henshaw, xxii, 105. Hildreth, xi, 7. Hill, xii, 139, 258. Hinds, xviii, 267. Hinckley, xiii, 208. Hoar, xvii, 149. Hobbs, ix, 255. Huntington, v, 163. Hutchinson, xix, 13; xx, 355; xxii, 239 : xxvii, 81. Jaffrey, xv, 16. Jeffries, xv, 14. Jenks, ix, 201. Jenner, xix, 246. Jessop, X, 357 ; xxvi, 403. Johnson, viii, 232, 359. Johonnot, vi, 357; vii, 141. Jones, vi, 200, 278. _ Josselyn, ii, 306; xiv, 15. Kellogg, xii, 201 ; xiv, 125. 1847.] American Genealogist. 37 Kent, XV, 273. Kilby, xxvi, 43. King, xi, 357. Kingsbury, xiii, 157 ; xvi, 327. Kirtland, xiv, 241. Knowlton, xv, 344. Lane, x, 356 ; xi ,360 ; xxvii, 176. Lawrence, x, 297. Lee, xi, 329; xxvi, 61. Leonard, v, 403. Leverett, iv, 121 ; xii, 289. Lewis, xvii, 162. Lindall, vii, 15. Lippitt, xxvii, 70. Lombard, xii, 249. Loring, vii, 163, 326. Lucas, XXV, 151. Mac Kinstry, xii, 231, 321 ; xiii, 39. Mann, xiii, 325, 364. Marston, xxvii, 291, 390. Marvin, xvi, 235. Mascarene, ix, 239 ; x, 143. Mason, xv, 117, 217, 318 ; xvii, 39, 214; xviii, 245. Mather, v, 460 ; vi, 20. Meigs, iv^ 91. Merriam, xxii, 160. Messenger, xvi, 308. Metcalf, vi, 171. Miner, xiii, 161. Minot, i, 171. Nichols, xiv, 27. Norton, xiii, 225. Gates, vi, 150. Odin, xii, 223. Oliver, xix, 100. Osgood, xiii, 117, 200; xx, 22. Otis, ii, 281; iv, 143; v, 171. Oxnard, xxvi, 3. Paddock, xii, 220. Page, xxvi, 75. Paine, xv, 235; xxii, 60, 187, 291. Parker, xvi, 41. Parsons, i, 263 ; xii, 175. Payne, v, 331. Peabody, ii, 153, 261 ; iii, 259. Pearce, vi, 276. Pease, iii, 27, 169, 233, 390. Peirce, xxi, 61, 157, 257, 340; xxii, 73, 174, 304, 428. Pelham, Xxvi, 399. Pennington, xxv, 286, 335. Pepperrell, xx, 1. Perkins, xi, 315 ; xii, 79 ; xiv, 113 ; xvii, 63. Peters, ii, 58. Phillipse, X, 25. Preble, xxii, 311; xxiv, 253. Preston, xiv, 26. Prince, v, 375. Puffer, xxii, 288. Quincy, xi, 71, 157. Ralegh, xvi, 107. Rawson, iii, 297. Reyner, xi, 360. Richardson, ix, 68. Ricker, v, 308, 464. Roberts, viii, 63. Robinson, xiv, 17- Rogers, v, 105, 224, 311; xii, 837; xiii, 61; xxiii, 273. Rolfe, iii, 149. Rollins, viii, 253. Rounsevill, xix, 47. Sanborn, x, 271. Sanford, xxvii, 81. St. John, xiv, 61. Scott, xxii, 13. Seaver, xxvi, 303. Shapleigh, v, 345. Shelton, xi, 271. Sherburne, ix, 180. Sherman, xxiv, 63, 155 ; xxvii, 73. Shirley, x, 47. Smith, xiv, 28 ; xxvi, 190. Spofford, viii, 335; ix, 61, 273. Spooner, xxiii, 407. Strange, xix, 324. Stebbins, v, 71, 351. Stedman, xiv, 69. Stone, X, 229. Stoughton, V, 350. Strong, viii, 180. Sullivan, xix, 289. Sumner, viii, 128 ; ix, 297. 38 American Genealogist. [1848. Swett, vi, 49. Symmes, xiii, 135. Taiutor, iii, 154. Talbot, ix, 129. Taylor, ii, 398. Temple, x, 73. Thatcher, xiii, 245 ; xiv, 11. Tibbets, viii, 130. Tileston, xiii, 121. Tolman, xiv, 247. Tompson, xv, 113. Towne, XX, 367 ; xxi, 12, 217. Tozer, xvi, 138. Tully, iii, 157. Tuttle, viii, 132 ; xxi, 133. Twombly, viii, 263. Tyndale, xviii, 185. Upham, xxiii, 33, 130. Usher, xxiii, 410. Valentine, xx, 221. Vane, ii, 143. Varnum, v, 79, 250. Vassall, xvii, 56, 113. Vaughn, v, 245 ; xix, 354. Vickery, xviii, 186. Wade, xi, 163, 210. Waldron, viii, 78. Wallingford, xx, 335. Walter, viii, 209. Ward, xvii, 339. Ware, vi, 145. Warner, xx, 64. Washington, vi, 384; xvii, 248. Watson, xviii, 363. Weaver, xviii, 257. Webster, ix, 159. Welch, xxiii, 417. Weld, vii, 309 ; viii, 207 ; ix, 42. Wells, xii, 157. Wentworth, iv, 321; vi, 213, 291; vii, 265, 304; viii, 48, 246, xxii, 120. Whitney, xi, 113 ; xii, 215. Whitmore, x, 356; xiii, 301. Whittemore, xxi, 169. Wigglesworth, xv, 324. Wilder, xxi, 120. Willard, iv, 305. Williams, xii, 297. Wingate, ix, 143. Winslow, iv, 297 ; xvii, 159 ; xxv, 355 ; xxvi, 69. Winthrop, xviii, 182. Wolcott, i, 251. Woodward, xviii, 265. Wright, iv, 355. Wyer, xxv, 246. Wyman, iii, 33. The Houghton Association. Report of the Agent to England. New York : Jared W. Bell, printer. 1848. 8vo, pp. 27. A report having been circulated among the branches of the Houghton family, that there was an immense property in England due them as heirs of John and Ralph Houghton, emigrants hither in 1650, an association was formed, funds raised, and an agent, Mr. F. M. Rice, was employed to visit England to learn the source of these rumors. The report he had finally to make was, that there were several families of Houghtons, or Hoghtons, among the Eng- lish gentry, but that there was no large estate awaiting a claimant from America ; the directors of the association expressed their acceptance of the report, and wisely dissolved the company. Few families have published much about their claims, but a list of some which have may be found in the Galaxy for October, 1867. 1848.] American Genealogist. 39 Report of a Search made in England for a Property reported to belong to the Gibb's in U. S. A., in the years 1847-48, by Columbus Smith, Esq., Agent for the Acting Gibbs Association of Vermont. Con- taining a short History of the Gibb's in England : likewise several Genealogies of different branches of the Gibbs Family. [Published by order of the Di- rectors of the Acting Gibbs Association of Vermont.] Middlebury: Justus Cobb, Printer. 1848. 8vo, pp. 28. I believe this was the first essay of Mr. Smith in the line in which he has attained notoriety, that of seeking fortunes in Eng- land for American heirs. In this case, as usual, the fortune was a myth, and the only result of the search was this pamphlet contain- ing some useless information about certain families of the name in England. It would be useless to dwell upon the folly of such enter- prises, for so long as any one cares to pay for such searches agents will be ready to see to the expenditure of the money. As a contri- bution to American genealogy this book is worthless ; as a specimen of American stupidity it has had too many successors to be remark- able. Genealogy of the Adam Family, by William Adam of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn. Albany : Printed by Joel Munsell. 1848. A small octavo pamphlet of 16 pages. The progenitor of this family was John Adam, who was born in Bowfield, Lochwinnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, May 29, 1714, and who came to this country in 1737. Being a comparatively recent stand point from which to date a genealogy, the small limits of this pamphlet contain a com- plete record. The few bearers of the name will have little difficulty in proving their pedigree. As we shall see, the similar name of Adams is very common in New England, and its bearers are descended from numerous distinct stocks. 40 American Genealogist. [1848. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the Male Line of Robert Day of Hartford, Conn., who died in the year 1648. Second edition. North- ampton : Printed by J. & L. Metcalf. 1848. 8vo, pp. 129. We have already noticed the first edition of this genealogy, written in 1840 by George E. Day, and by comparison we see how much new information he obtained in the time between the issue of the two. The improvements in the plan of the work suggested by experience, make this a very capital working genealogy, exact, me- thodical and copious. Robert Day of Hartford, one of the first settlers there, left two sons, Thomas and John, from whom have sprung about three thousand of the name of Day — over twenty-four hun- dred being recorded in this book. The first sixty pages are given to the Springfield branch, descended from Thomas^ and pp. 61-107 record the issue of John Day : one good index enables us to refer to any required individual name, another gives the intermarriages. The Dudley Genealogies and Family Records. By Dean Dudley. Boston : Published by the Author. 1848. 8vo, pp. 144. Thomas Dudley, son of Capt. Roger Dudley, was born at North- ampton, 1576, and after spending the greater portion of his life as steward to the earl of Lincoln, he embarked for New England in 1630. Here he was in the highest esteem, was chosen governor four times, major general, and deputy governor. Of his family before his removal nothing positive is known, but he was accustomed to use the arms belonging to the Barons Dudley ; so we may ima- gine that he was a cadet of that family. ' These arms are engraved on the title page of this book. The volume under notice contains : pp. 5-16, an account of the English Dudleys; pp. 17-72, genealogy of the Dudleys descended from Rev. Samuel, son of Thomas; pp. 73-74, a list of books by persons of the name; pp. 75-78, epitaphs; pp. 79-82, an account of Dudley castle, an engraving of which forms the frontispiece ; these comprise the first part. The second con- tains descendants of Joseph, son of the first governor; pp. 107-111, 'Within the past two years the subject has been discussed by English writers, as will be shown in our notice of another book on the Dudleys pub- lished in 1863. 1848.] American Genealogist. 41 notes on others of the name not belonging to this family; pp 113- 140, descendants in the female line ; and lastly, an index. In 1861 Mr. Dudley published, on a very large sheet, a litho- graphic pedigree of the descendants of the Dudleys of Dudley cas- tle. This is probably the most complete pedigree of that family pub- lished. In the Genealogical Register for 1856, there is an account of this family, by the same author, containing much new informa- tion, and there is also a sheet pedigree by him extant, which was prepared for the folio edition of Drake's History of Boston. Genealogy of the Ancestors and posterity of Isaac Lawrence. By Frederick S. Pease of Albany. Albany: Printed by Joel Munsell. 1848. 8vo, pp. 20. This, I presume, was the second of the genealogies of this family now extant, and its contents have been embodied in subsequent editions. This record relates to the descendants of Isaac, great- grandson of John Lawrence, the emigrant. I understand that this edition has been suppressed, and consequently it is extremely rare ; its valuable portion is contained in the second edition, however. Genealogical Sketch of the Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Maryin, who came to New England in 1635. Compiled from authentic sources, by T. R. Marvin. Boston : 1848. 12mo, pp. 56. This book gives a portion of the descendants of Matthew and Reinold Marvin, who are said to have been brothers, and who were among the first settlers at Hartford, Conn. Pages 5-33 refer to the issue of Reinold; pp. 34-36 contain a notice of the Mathers, with which family the Marvins intermarried ; and pp 37-56 relate to the posterity of Matthew. We note on p. 23, that a biography was published in 1846, of Mrs. Catherine Mather Dimick. daughter of Elihu Marvin. The family has continued in high esteem in Con- necticut, and our author promises to give a more extended account of it hereafter. What he has already published seems to have been prepared with much care and accuracy, and is repeatedly cited by the genealogists of Connecticut, in which state the family has always been highly esteemed. 6 42 American Genealogist. [1848. Genealogy of the Mather Family, from about 1500 to 1847, with sundry Biographical Notices. Hartford: Press of Elihu Geer. 1848. 12mo, pp. 76. This little book, by John Mather of Manchester, Ct., is as yet the only genealogy of a family which has exercised a most important influence upon the history of New England. To a bearer of the name there can hardly be a more inviting task than to relate the performances of his ancestors, and to preserve the records of the race, yet the present volume is but the foreshadowing of what is required, being too often defective in dates, and in the biographical portion mostly composed of abstracts from well kmown books. Rev. Richard Mather was grandson of John, and son of Thomas M., of Lowton, in the parish of Win wick, county of Lancaster. All of his sons but one were ministers, viz : Samuel and Nathaniel of Dublin, Elea- zer of Northampton, Mass., and Increase of Boston. The other son, Timothy, was father of Rev. Samuel of Windsor, Conn. ; Increase was father of Rev. Cotton Mather, and grandfather of Rev. Samuel of Boston. All these ministers were of great repute, and all pub- lished many works, theological, historical, and political ; the whole number being probably over seven hundred. Rev. Increase M. pub- lished a life of his father, Cotton performed a like filial duty for Increase, and Samuel continued the chain by a Life of Cotton Mather, which is still held in high repute. Mr. Sibley's recent history of the early graduates of Harvard con- tains an immense collection of bibliography relative to the Mathers. A Brief General History of the Welles, or Wells Family. By Albert Welles. New York : Narine & Co., Printers. 1848. 8vo, pp. 27. This work was intended by the author as an introduction to the genealogy of the issue of Thomas Welles of Connecticut, which he proposed to publish. The book is made up of unconnected records relative to bearers of the name, especially to the barons Welles; but the only positive assertions discoverable are, that Thomas Welles was of Essex, and that six of his sons followed him here, where the eldest became governor of Connecticut, in 1655. It is impossible to criticise the statements here made, as no authorities are given, and the traditions cited are at once too vague and too particular to secure a ready credence. 1848.] Amekican Genealogist. 43 The Wight Family. Memoir of Thomas Wight of Dedham, Mass., with Genealogical Notices of his Descendants, from 1637 to 1840. By Danforth Phipps Wight, M.D. Boston ; Press of T. R. Mar- vin. 1848. 12mo, pp. 119. There is nothing calling for special remark in this little book, as it is apparently well digested and quite complete. There is no attempt at cross references, but as the number of families is small, this is of less importance than usual. On pp. 114 and 115, are pedigrees of the families of Brown of Waltham and Fuller of Dedham. A Biographical Memoir of the late Ichabod Norton, Esq., of Edgartown, Mass. By J. Athearn Jones. Printed for private distribution. Boston : Coolidge & Wiley, Printers, 12 Water Street. 1848. pp. 26. This memoir contains a brief account of the descendants of Nich- olas Norton of Tisbury. The family is not known to be connected with the Boston family. The Checkley Family. Pages 6. This was a reprint from the Register of a sketch of the Checkley family prepared by S. Gr. Drake, Esq. There were three settlers of the name at Boston, John, Samuel and Anthony, though this pam- phlet called Anthony, son of John. In the Register, xv, 13, is an article containing later information and showing that Samuel and Anthony were half-brothers and sons of William Checkley, of Pres- ton-Capes, North-Hants, Eng. This genealogy contains also an engraving of the arms on the tomb of Dea. Richard Checkley in the granary burying-ground in Boston, which so closely resemble those of Archbishop Chicele, that it is probable that a claim to kindred was intended, though not necessarily well founded. 44 American Genealogist. [1848. American Genealogy, being a History of some of the Early Settlers of North America, and their Descend- ants, from their first Emigration to the present time, with their intermarriages and collateral branches, including Notices of Prominent families and distin- guished individuals; with Anecdotes, Reminiscences, Traditions, Sketches, of the Founding of Cities, Vil- lages, Manors, and progressive improvements of the country, from its wilderness state to the present era. Illustrated by Genealogical Tables. By Jerome B. Holgate, A. M., &c. Albany : Printed by Joel Munsell. 1848. 4to, pp. 244. This rather formidable title describes a collection of the genealogies of several New York families, with some biographical notes. These families are Rapalje, Van Rensselaer, etc., and we will essay a notice of them. The Rapalje family are here stated to spring from the marriage of Victor Honorius Janssen of Antwei'p, with his cousin Breckje, daughter of Gaspard Colet de Rapalje of Chatillon-sur-Loire, France. The issue of this marriage was Abraham Janssen, a painter of consi- derable emnence, whose three sons came to New York. The eld- est died unmarried, the second was Joris Jansen de Rapalje, and the third was Antonie Janssen van Salers; their descendants are here given, though the latter are represented to have changed the name to Johnson ; the pedigree given under that name, however, is utterly worthless, as Antonie Janssen had no sons. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was the founder of the well known family of that name, and having obtained a grant of land in New York, in a locality which has since become of immense value, the title of patroon has been connected with the name of the head of this family, to the exclusion of the other owners of manors. The record here given occupies eight pages. The next family is that of Gardiner, descended from Lion Gardi- ner ; and the next, one family of Beekmans. William Beekman of Statselt, Overijssel, was a son of Hendrick B., and grandson of Cornelius B., and thus belonged to a family of good standing. He emigrated to New York, where he gained wealth and honors, and has left a numerous posterity, as is here shown ; but 1848.] American Genealogist. 45 there are many of the name here, who are descendants from other emigrant Beekmans. Jan Janssen Bleecker, who was born at Meppel, was the founder of the large and influential family of that name, and the register of his descendants is very full. The De Grafi" family is recorded on pp. 99-102. The Hoffmans descended from Martinus H., a Swede, have always been distinguished in the state. The Kips are another old New York family, and like the next recorded family, the De Lanceys, were attached to the side of the royalists at the Revolution. The Barclays trace their pedigree to the distinguished Scottish family, through John, who settled here probably in consequence of his brother, Robert, being appointed governor of East New Jersey. The Roosevelts and Van Schaicks occupy the next eighteen pages. The Livingstons are next recorded, and the tables and memoirs are the most extensive in the volume. There are three branches of the family descended respectively from Robert, whose father and grandfather were ministers at Monyabroek, in Stirlingshire, and belonged to the well known family of Livingstone in Scotland ; Robert, 2d, a nephew of the first; and a James, whose ancestry is not here given. There are few families in the country which have produced so many distinguished men. Philip Livingston, Brock- hoist, William and Robert, the chancellor, are names most promi- nent among the great men of the Revolution. The Lawrences, whose family register occupies pp. 201-227, are descended from three brothers, John, William, and Thomas ; for whom is claimed a descent from the Lawrence, of Ashton, county of Lancaster, but the absurdity of these claims is elswhere pointed out by us. John was born at Great St. Albans, county of Hert- ford, was of Ipswich, Mass , and Hempstead, L. I., and finally mayor of New York. His issue survives only in the Whitting- hams. William was of Flushing, L. I., and left many descendants ; Thomas was of Newtown, L. I., and ancestor of many distinguished bearers of the name. It should be noted that the Lawrences of New England of whom so much has been said in this Handbook, constitute a different family here. The Osgoods (pp. 228-234) are a branch of the Massachusetts family, founded by John Osgood, of Newbury. The remainder of this book is given to a biography of John Jay, but no account is given of his family. 46 American Genealogist. [1848. This book must have been published at an unnecessarily great expense, as the tabular form is used, requiring a large page, and causing a great waste of space. Still it is valuable as containing nearly the only record of the genealogies of the old New York fami- lies, and is evidently the result of much laborious research. I have a few pages of a book apparently containing the genealogy of the Jays and allied families, but I can not discover its title. In the Register for January, 1856, will be found an account of the Phillipses of New York ; Burke's Peerage and Commoners contain data of royalist families : and the Heraldic Journal records some. A Narrative of the Captivity and Suffering of Ben- jamin Gilbert and his family, who were taken by the Indians in the spring of 1780. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. To which is prefixed a short Account of the Gilbert Family who settled at By- befry. And an Appendix, giving some account of the Captives after their return. Philadelphia : Printed by John Richards, No. 299 Market Street. 1848. 12mo, pp. 240. The family is herein traced to John Grilbert, a Quaker of Corn- wall, who came to Pennsylvania about 1682. He had sons, John, Joseph, Samuel and Joshua, of whom Joseph moved to Byberry, and died in 1765, leaving a son Benjamin. This last named was somewhat noted as a writer, and published several controversial books. In 1774, he removed to Mahoning creek in Northampton county, and then in 1780 the little settlement was captured by Indians. After many hardships the whole party was taken to Niagara and gradually ransomed, so that all returned in safety, within two years, except Benjamin, who died on his way home. Besides the record of the adventures of the captives, this book contains much genealogical information concerning the different branches of the family. 1849.] American Genealogist. 47 1849. The Rawson Family. Memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1651 to 1686, with Genealogical Notices of his De- scendants. By Sullivan S. Rawson. Boston ; Pub- lished by the Family. 1849. 8vo, pp. 146 and 2. Secretary Rawson was born in Gillingham, county of Dorset, April 15, 1615. He married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Perne, and granddaughter of John Hooker by his wife, a sister of Edmund Grrindal, archbishop of Canterbury. Another daughter of John Hooker married Rev. John Wilson of Boston, and his nephew, Rev. Thomas Hooker, was of Boston and Hartford. It is said that Edward Rawson was paternally of a good family, and he certainly used a coat of arms, of which many examples occur on our Probate records. Two of his sons, William and Grindal, came to this coun- try, and one daughter, Rebecca, is the heroine of one of the saddest romances of our early history ; a brief sketch of her life will be found at p. 15, and is accompanied by her portrait. The record here given seems to be quite full, and the descendants in the female lines are traced to an unusual extent, in the names of Reynolds, Burrill, Dorr, Usher, Emerson, &c. A good memoir of Edward Rawson is still to be written, though in the Register for 1849, will be found a very good outline. A review in the same volume gives the main credit of preparing this volume to Mr. Reuben R. Dodge of Boston, in whose possession then were the portraits here engraved, and the family Bible of the Secretary. Family Register of the Descendants of Nathaniel Smith Jr., to which is prefixed some Notices of his Ancestors. D. Bennitt, Utica. 1849. 12mo, pp. 44. This family is traced to the Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield, whose son Samuel of Hadley, Mass., had several sons. Of these Ichabod was of Suffield, Conn., and from him was descended John Cotton Smith, governor 6f that state. Another son, Ebenezer, was also of Suffield, and grandfather of Nathaniel Jun., who married Sarah McCartee in 1750, and had fifteen children, whose issue is here recorded, amounting to over eight hundred. This genealogy 48 American Genealogist. [1849. comprises only four generations, and eacli generation is sliown on the page, by the style of type employed, as well as by its place : a plan very well adapted to short records like this. The last six pages consist of copies of epitaphs. I presume this book was written by Harvey D. Smith, of Gouverneur, N. Y., though no name is given on the title page. A Genealogy of the family of Anthony Stoddard, of Boston. Boston : Printed by Coolidge & Wile v. 1849. 8vo, pp. 23. The first of this name in America was Anthony Stoddard, who married Mary, daughter of Emanuel Downing. He was a promi- nent man in Boston, and his descendants have intermarried among the most noted families here, besides occupying a high place at the bar and in the pulpit. The work is said to have been prepared by Charles Stoddard of Boston and E. W. Stoddard, of Coven- try, N. Y. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Ha- ven, of Lynn, being a republication of the first Edition without alteration ; with additional pages, containing Corrections of a few Errors, and the addition of many other branches. By the same Author. Boston : Printed by Elias Howe. 1849. 8vo, pp. 54 and 50. The title gives the reader a very clear idea of the work, the first portion being the book we have already noticed. The new matter covers fifty pages, referring to the former part, and contains also a very good index of the whole, highly serviceable to the student. We annex the title of two other Haven tracts which belong in this connection. 1849.] American Genealogist. 49 Address at a meeting of the Descendants of Richard Haven of Lynn, at Framingham, Mass.,, August 29, 1844. Being the second Centennial Anniver- sary of his landing in New England. By John C. Park, of Boston. Also, an account of the Proceed- ings and events of the day, by the Committee of arrangements for the occasion. Printed, by direction of the Meeting, for the use of the Family. Boston : Samuel N. Dickinson, printer. 1844. 8vo, pp. 27. Address at the Second Meeting of the Descendants of Richard Haven of Lynn, held at Framingham, Mass., August 30, 1849. By Rev. Joseph Haven Jr., of Brookline, Mass., Also an account of the pro- ceedings and events of the day, by the Committee of Publication. Printed, by direction of the Meeting, for the use of the family. Framingham, Boylston and Marshall; Boston, Elias Howe, No 11 Corn- hill. 1849. 8vo, pp. 28. Genealogy of the Family of Solomon Piper, of Dub- lin, N. H. Boston : Dutton & Wentworth, Printers. 1849. 8vo, pp. 20. The descendants of Jonathan Piper of Ipswich, the first settlers of the name, are numerous and widely scattered over the country. As the title page shows, this pamphlet relates chiefly to the imme- diate relatives of Solomon, grandson of Jonathan, the youngest son of the emigrant ; and the record of this small portion is complete, while several of the other branches are traced for one generation. The record was compiled by Solomon Piper of Boston. 50 American Genealogist. [1849. Brief Memoirs of John and Walter Deane, Two of the First Settlers of Taunton, Mass., and of the Early Generations of their Descendants. Preceded by some remarks on the origin of the name, with incidental notices of other Deanes in England and America. By William Reed Deane, assisted by others. Boston : Printed by Coolidge & Wiley. 1849. 8vo, pp. 16. The two brothers who first settled in this country, are said, by Rev. Samuel Deane of Scituate, to have emigrated from Chard, near Taunton, county of Somerset; and many circumstances corroborate this assertion. There was a Thomas Deane at Boston, in 1664, of the family of Deane of Deanesland, who may have been related to the others, though of this there is no proof. The pamphlet is only a small portion of the collections of its authors, William Reed Deane and John Ward Dean ; and the references show that an extensive correspondence, with good results, has been maintained by them, with persons here and in England. The volume contains portraits of Levi Woodbury, and Rev. Samuel Deane of Portland, and a wood- cut of the coat of arms of the Deanes of Deanesland ; to which fam- ily Thomas Deane of Boston, here mentioned, belonged. Numerous autographs are given. The FooTE Family : or the Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the First Settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with Genealogical Notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. By Nathaniel Goodwin, descendant of Ozias Goodwin, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn. Hartford. Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1849. 8vo, pp. 360. As Mr. Goodwin was one of the most industrious and sagacious antiquaries of his state, we might feel assured that any work from his pen would be replete with curious and valuable information. Our expectations are not only realized in this book, but we find the facts arranged in the clearest manner, so as to be easily available ; 1849.] American GENEALoatsT. 61 and we do it but justice in assigning the work a place in the first rank. The introduction, pp. iii-xlv, contains memoranda relative to the early settlers at Wethersfield and Hadley, many of which facts are now printed for the first time. The register of the descendants of Nathaniel Foote, both in the male and female lines, occupies 288 pages, and contains much in relation to other allied families, of in- terest to the genealogist, especially as the reader has the assistance of a good index. Pages 289-296 contain an account of a branch of the family of Pasco Foote of Salem, in 1646, and notes concerning others of the name. There have been several later immigrations of Footes ; one in 1774, another in 1778, and a third is the result of the Revolution, and the desertions then so frequent from the Eng- lish army. Another family, to which the well known senator from Mississippi belongs, is of Virginian origin, and was founded, says tradition, by Richard Foote, an emigrant from Truro, county of Cora- wall, England. It adds that a sister of this Richard, married the reg- icide Bradshaw, and that her picture is yet preserved in the family. The appendix, pp. 297-332, is filled with biographical sketches of some of the more distinguished members of the family, and should contain two portraits, those of Mrs. Sarah Louisa Taylor and Dr. E. T. Foote. A good index in two parts extends from p. 333 to p. 359, and the last page contains an important note, giving the maiden name of the wife of Nathaniel Foote Jr. A tabular pedigree, com- piled from this book, was printed in the Register, ix, 272, and has been inserted by their owners in copies of the book. Some Account of Deacon John Butler of Pelham, N. H. and of his descendants. By Caleb Butler of Groton. 8vo, pp. 16. This pamphlet issued without title pages, in 1849, was reprinted from a series of articles in the Register for October, 1848, and Jan- uary and October, 1849. John Butler, whose descendants are here given, was a son of James Butler of Woburn, Mass., where he was born July 22, 1677. 52 American Genealogist. [1849. An Historical and Genealogical Essay upon the Fam- ily and Surname of Buchanan, to which is added a brief inquiry into the genealogy and present state of Ancient Scottish Surnames, and more particu- larly of the Highland Clans. By William Bucha nan, of Auchmar. Glasgow, 1723: Printed by William Duncan. Cincinnati : Reprinted by I. A. & U. P. James. 1849. 12mo, pp. 240. A note added by the American editor, explaining the reason of •this republication, is as follows. " This book was first published in 1723. A second edition appeared in 1773. (See Notes by Sir Walter Scott, in the Lady of the Lake). And in 1820 it was published in the fourth volume of Miscellanea Scottca, by Rob- ert Chapman, Glasgow. Both of the first editions are out of print, hence the necessity for this reprint in 1849, procured by a few of the name of Buchanan, who wished to preserve it in their families. It is not offered for sale to the public." Pages i-vi contain a pre- face; pp. 7-41 An Essay upon the Family and Surname of Bucha- nan. Then follow in regular order the history of the several branches as follows: pp. 42-48, the Buchanans of Auchmar; pp. 49-54, of Spittel; pp. 55-60, of Arnpryor; pp. 61-73, of Drumikill; pp. 74_77^ an account of Mr. George Buchanan ; pp. 78-85, the fam- ily of Carbeth; pp. 86-97, of Lenny; pp. 98-101, of Auch- neiven ; pp. 102-107, the families of Miltoun, Cashill, Arduill and Sallochie, all these bear the name of Buchanan; Pages 108-111, contain an account of the MacAuselans ; pp. 112-116, of the MacMil- lans;pp. 117 -119, of the MacColmans ; pp. 120 - 122, an account of the origin of the Spittels; pp. 123-126, an account of the origin of the MacMaurices, MacAndeoirs, MacChruiters and MacGreusichs ; pp. 127-135, a brief account of the martial achievements of the family of Buchanan, and others of that name in the public service of their prince and country, and other occasions ; pp. 136-137, a brief account of some learned men of the name of Buchanan ; pp. 139 - 173, are occupied with an inquiry into the genealogy and present state of ancient Scottish surnames, followed (pp. 174-234) by sketches of some of the more prominent Scottish clans, viz.: Mac- Donald, MacDougal, MacNeil, Maclean or Macgillean ; Macleod, Macintosh, MacPherson, Robertson or Clan Donnochie, MacFarlane, Cameron, MacLauchlan, MacNauchtan, MacGregor, Colquhoun and 1849.] American Genealogist.' 63 the ancient Lairds of Luss before the assumption of that surname, Lamond, and Macauley. Pages 235 - 240, contain the before cited note by the American editor, indices, etc. [A copy which is quoted by Dr. Henry R. Stiles, contains a manu- script letter, giving a brief outline sketch of the American family, in which it is stated that four brothers of the Carheth branch (see p. 84 of the published genealogy) settled in Ireland (after their fa- ther sold their estate of Blairluisk, in Scotland) viz : John and Wil- liam in the county of Tyrone ; George in Munster, and Thomas in Donegall. William had one son, Patrick, and Patrick had a son Robert, who had two sons, one the late General Thomas Buchanan of Cumberland county, Pa., and Alexander, the father of the pres- ent Robert Buchanan, Esq., of Pa. George of Munster was the an- cestor of George and Andrew Buchanan of Louisville, Ky,; and Thomas of Donegall, the ancestor of our late president, James Buchanan. John of Tyrone is said to be the ancestor of James Buchanan, the late British consul in New York.] A Genealogy of the Benedict Family, taken from a Manuscript kept by James Benedict, Esq., of Ridgefield. This record consists of only four folio pages, and was issued with- out a title in 1849. The record says that a certain William Bene- dict of Nottinghamshire had a son and a grandson of his name, and this third William had in 1617 a son Thomas. The father married again a widow Bridgman, who had a daughter Mary B., and Thomaa Benedict came to New England in 1637 with his step-sister whom he married. They had five sons and four daughters all of whom were married. The genealogy though brief gives quite a valuable amount of infor- mation in regard to this family. Memorial of the late Honorable David S. Jones. With an Appendix containing notices of the Jones Family of Queen's County. New York : Stanford & Swords, 137 Broadway and for sale by Banks, Gould & Co., 144 Nassau Street. 1849. Square 8vo, pp. 99. The volume is compiled by W. A. Jones, son of Hon. David S., and, in addition to the brief memoir of his father by himself, Mr. $4 •American Genealogist. [1849. Jones has added several biograpliical notices of him from several perodicals, which are succeeded by notices of the Jones family of Queens county. The first American ancestor of this family, from whom Hon. David S. Jones is descended, was Maj. Thomas Jones, who emigrated from Ireland to Rhode Island, in 1692, and who mar- ried Freelove, daughter of Thomas Townsend, from whom in 1696 they received a large tract of land on Long Island, called Fort Neck. The genealogical notices of the several families, which are mostly from the History of Long Island,hj B. F. Thompson, Esq., are very deficient in dates. Memoir of the Life and Character of Mrs. Mart Anna BoARDMAN, with an Historical Account of her Forefathers, and Biographical and Genealogical Notices of many of her kindred and relatives. By her son-in-law John Frederick Schroeder, D.D. : Printed for Private Distribution. New Haven. 1849. 8vo, pp. 478. This elaborate biography enters largely into the genealogy of several families from which Mrs. Boardman was descended. Her paternal and maternal ancestors are thus given by Rev. Dr. Schroe- der : " Her father was Dr. William Whiting of Hartford, who was the son of Col. William Whiting of Bozrah, who was the son of the Rev. Samuel Whiting of Windham, who was the son of the Rev. John Whiting of Hartford, who was the son of the Hon. William Whiting of Hartford. Her mother was Anna Mason of Franklin, who was the daughter of Jeremiah Mason of Franklin, who was the son of Rev. Daniel Mason of Lebanon, who was the son of Daniel Mason of Stonington, who was the son of Maj. Gen. John Mason of Windsor." Pages 14-35 are devoted to an account of Maj. John Mason, the hero of the Pequot war and some of his descendants; and pp. 35-75 give a biographical sketch of William Whiting one of the founders of Hartford, Conn., and his descend- ants. In the Appendix a fuller genealogy of the Mason family is given, pp. 365-71; and of the Whiting family, pp. 372-80; while a genealogical account of the Boardman family fills pp. 388-415. Fifty-eight pages are devoted to a full and well prepared index. The book is elegantly printed and has a fine portrait of Mrs. Board- man. A more extensive genealogy of the descendants of Major 1849.] American Genealogist. 56 John Mason, prepared by Hon. Reuben H. Walworth, formerly chancellorof New York state, is printed in theNew England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. xv, pp. 117, 217, 318; and another Whiting family, descended from Rev. Samuel Whiting of Lynn, a native of Boston, Eng., of which place his father, John Whiting, was mayor in 1600 and in 1608, is well displayed in a tabular pedigree in Drake's History of Boston, p. 363. To the latter family belongs William Whiting, Esq., of Roxbury, Mass., an eloquent advocate, who formerly filled the office of President of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. One of the most distinguished descendants of Major Mason, was Hon. Jeremiah Mason, the emi- nent jurist, who was born April 27, 1768, graduated at Yale Col- lege, 1788, was United States Senator from New Hampshire 1813- 17, and died Oct. 4, 1848. A Catalogue of the Descendants of Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy, Va., who was the common Ances- tor of many of the Families of the name in Prince Edward, Charlotte and Chesterfield counties, Vir- ginia. By Francis N. Watkins of Prince Edward Co., Va. Printed for private circulation. New York : John F. Trow, printer, 49 Ann street. 1849. 12mo, pp. 50. I am indebted to a correspondent for the following note of this book, which he says is defective in the dates of births, marriages and deaths. No dates whatever are given of the former, but one of mar- riages, and very few of deaths. The author says that " the ex- tremely migratory character of the early settlers of Virginia, and the absence of parish and even of family registers render success in gene- alogical investigations almost impossible." Nothing is known of Thomas Watkins except what is gleaned from his will, which bears date in March, 1760, and was recorded in Cumberland county. Four sons and four daughters are mentioned in the will, and their offspring, so far as their names could be ascertained, are given down to A. D. 1852. From this date I am inclined to believe that two editions or a supplement were printed. 66 American Genealogist. [1850. 1850. Memorial of the Morses ; containing the History of Seven Persons of the Name, who settled in America in the seventeenth century. With a catalogue of ten thousand of their descendants, so arranged that members of each race may trace their descent from their common ancestor, and discover the degrees of their relationship. To which are added Biographi- cal Sketches of many of their number. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M., member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Boston : Published by William Veazie. 1850. These seven heads of families here recorded, are : Samuel of Ded- ham, and Joseph of Ipswich, who are supposed to have been brothers ; Anthony of Marlboro', county of Wilts, and Newbury, Mass., William of Newbury, and Robert of Elizabethtown, N. J., three brothers; Joshua, a chaplain in 1689; and John Moss of New Haven. The record is very full, but I confess my inability to under- stand the plan on which it is arranged. The publication of this vol- ume is another puzzle : the title page says it was issued in 1850, and it was noticed in the Register of that year, as containing about 350 pages; and again in 1851, a notice is given in the same magazine, of additions to it, being a genealogy of the Sangers, and an index. I understand that all as far as p. 169, was part of the first edition; and from there to the appendix, being pp. 172-241, we have a sup- plement dated May 15, 1854, which is inserted in some copies. The original appendix consists of sixteen octavo sheets, and the second edition has an additional appendix of one sheet, and an index. This I believe to be the present form of this genealogy, but the author has so often added a sheet of supplementary items to his works, that I will not be positive. The illustrations in my copy are : Arms of Morse, Arms of Mosse ; Map of Sherborn ; Scene at Medway ; and portraits of Rev. Dr. E., Abishai, and Hon. James S. Morse; William End; Joshua V. H. Clark ; John L. Sibley; Hon. James K., Samuel F. B. (inven- tor of the magnetic telegraph). Dr. Isaac, Hon. Nathan, Hon. Isaac E., Henry, and Abijah H. Morse; and a very good one of the au- thor. Mr. Morse was one of the most persevering genealogists of the time, devoting much time to the records of families settled near Sherborn, Mass. 1850.] American Genealogist. 57 A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Elder Thomas Leverett of Boston. By Nathaniel B. Shurtleflf. Boston : Printed for the author. 1850. 8vo, pp. 19. This pamphlet, republished from the Hist, and Gen. Reg. for April, 1850 (one of the best papers ever contributed to that maga- zine) has been superseded by the genealogy since published. It con- tains a preface of two pages, which with the title page were set up and printed by the author at his house, I believe, and the edition was undoubtedly small and now rare. An engraving of Grov. John Leverett, from the Register.^ forms the frontispiece. A Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Descendants of William Wentworth, one of the First Settlers of Dover, in the State of New Hamp- shire. Boston : Published by S. G. Drake. 1850. 8vo, pp. 20. The name of Wentworth has been connected with the colony of New Hampshire for nearly its entire existence. The ancestor of most of the name was William Wentworth, who is said to have been a cadet of the family of the earls of StraflFord. One of his grandsons, John, was lieutenant governor from 1717 to 1729, and was father of Ben- ning, governor from 1741 to 1766 ; and of Mark, whose son John was also governor. This record was prepared, I believe, by Hon. John Wentworth of Chicago, and was published first in the Reg- ister. A much more elaborate history of the family is noticed later. The Yale Family, or the Descendants of David Yale, with Genealogical Notices of each family. By Elihu Yale, one of the descendants. New Haven : Storer & Stone, Printers. 1850. 8vo, pp. 201. The ancestor of the Yales here, was David Yale, no doubt of the family settled at Wrexham, county of Denbigh, Wales, who married Ann, daughter of Bishop Thomas Morton, by his wife, a daughter of Bishop Bonner. He had sons : David, who returned to London, and Thomas. David's son Theophilus, born in Boston in 1651, I 58 American Genealogist. [1850. suppose settled in Cli ester, Eng., as a bond from Edward Kidder of Wrexham, to serve him four years at Boston, is printed in the Register, XI, 112. Thomas, son of the first David had four sons, John left no issue ; Nathaniel has but a very few descendants in the male line, and Thomas of Wallingford, Conn., is the ancestor of most of the name now living. The remaining son of Thomas, was Elihu, who was educated in England, went to India, was high in office under the East India Company, of which corporation he became governor, after his return to London. He acquired a large fortune, and from his large donation to the college at New Haven it received his name. He died at London, and was buried at Wrexham, leaving three daughters. The book under notice is a very full and clear account of the fam- ily here, arranged on a very good plan. It is simply a genealogy with few notes, though in an appendix will be found a biography of Moses Yale Beach, proprietor of the Sun journal in New York, an inventor of several ingenious and valuable machines. The Nash Family, in part, traced down from Thomas Nash, an Emigrant from England, in 1638. Com- piled by the Rev. Sylvester Nash, Essex, Ct., with Additions by Herman S. Noble, Watertown, N. Y., 1850. Watertown : Printed by Herman S. Noble, pp. 17. This pamphlet was prepared by Mr. Nash for circulation among the scattered branches of the family, for the sake of obtaining the information which he afterwards embodied in his genealogy of the family. Being written for this purpose, and not for general circula- tion, it is rather a collection of letters and data, than an attempt at a genealogy ; but it is well worth preservation. A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Wil- liam Bradford, second Governor of New Plymouth, in New England. Principally collected by Guy M. Fessenden, corresponding member of the N. E. Hist. and Gen. Society. Boston : Printed by Coolidge & Wiley. 1850. 8vo, pp. 27. The researches of the Rev. Joseph Hunter, have established that William Bradford, the Pilgrim, was born at Austerfield, county of 1850.] American G-enealogtst. 59 t York, of a good yeoman family, and adopting the new, Puritanic tenets, he removed to Holland and Plymouth. Here he was chosen governor, and his History — long lost, but recently recovered mainly by the critical judgment of J. Wingate Thornton, Esq., of Boston — is the corner stone of our colonial records. His son, William, was deputy governor, and from him has sprung a long line of estimable beai'ers of the name, nearly all of whom are here recorded. Alden Bradford, one of the sixth generation, was the well known secretary of state in Massachusetts, and as an author obtained much reputa- tion by his history of the state, and contributions to American biography. This pamphlet was first issued in the Register, and a great por- tion of it was prepared by the editor, Mr- Drake. Like most of the papers published in that quarterly, the utmost economy of space is exercised, and this work contains more information than many of its rivals of twice the number of pages. The Leland Magazine, or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and his Descendants, containing an account of nine thousand six hundred and twenty- four persons, in ten generations, and embracing near- ly every person of the name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850. By Sherman Leland. Boston : Printed by Wier & White. 1850. 8vo, pp. 278. This book contains the history of a large and widely scattered fam- ily, and has all the material requisite for a very complete record. It is to be regretted that the author has adopted a plan of cumbrous cross refereuces, which mars the appearance of the page, and requires considerable patience on the part of the reader to comprehend. There is a good table of contents and index, and by perseverance, much valuable information may be found therein, especially as very many of the descendants in the female lines are traced for two or three generations. A list is given on p. ii, of thirty-two lithographed por- traits bound in this volume, and on p. viii, a description of the Le- land coat of arms concludes a sketch of some English bearers of the name ; but no connection is shown between these and the family here. This genealogy is certainly a proof of the author's zeal and skill ; but its plan is a grave error, as no dates of days or months accompany the years, and in this, it is far below our present standard. 60 American Genealogist. [1850. Memorial of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, Massachu- setts ; with Genealogical Notices of some of his De- scendants. Compiled by Isaac Appleton Jewett. Bos- ton: 1850. Cambridge: Printed by Bolles& Houghton. The Appletons rank among the few of our settlers who were of the recognized gentry of England. Many of the Massachusetts colonists were of gentle blood, but only as the junior branches of such fam- ilies. A few of the leaders in the immigration hither were of posi- tion and importance at home, and among these was Samuel Appleton. He was the fourth son of Thomas Appleton of Waldingfield in Suf- folk, who represented a family which had been settled there from at J east the year 1400. There is no question either as to the identity of the emigrant or his pedigree. He settled at Ipswich, but belong- ing to the moderate wing of the Puritans, he was little in public life. His two sons were prominent in affairs however, Samuel being an Assistant and a member of the Council for many years : and both were on the side of the colonists against Andros. The family has since maintained its position and has furnished many able members of the community. Among them we may men- tion two more Councillors, Judge John A., of Essex county, Rev. Dr. Nathaniel A., of Cambridge, Rev. Jesse A., president of Bowdoin College, John A., chief-justice of Maine, the brothers Samuel and Nathan with their cousin William A., distinguished alike for mercan- tile ability and magnificent liberality. The book above cited gives much information about the early his- tory of the family, but the descendants of the emigrants are best shown in the tabular pedigree published in 1864. A Genealogical Memoir of the Gilbert Family, in both Old and New England. By J. Wingate Thornton. Boston: Printed for the Author. 1850. 8vo, pp. 23. This work, of which fifty copies were reprinted from the Register for April and October, 1850, is properly to be divided into two dis- tinct parts ; the Gilberts in England being in no way connected with those here. There were several settlers of the name here, the name being one which must be common in England, but our author treats chiefly of Jonathan of Hartford, 1645, who had three brothers 1850.] American Genealogist. 61 settled in Connecticut. Pages 18-19 contain a very neat tabular pedigree of a portion of his descendants, and the notes subjoined are very interesting. A very good notice of the Gilberts will be found in Mr. Savage's Dictionary, but he omits to note one fact here cited, viz., that Wil- liam of Boston was connected with the Truesdales, and other clues are given which may enable us to trace the family in England. A Short Genealogical Account of a few families of the Early Settlers in Eliot, and of a branch of the Moody Family : from the time they emigrated to this country to the year 1850. Printed at Saco by A. A. Hanscomb. 1850. 16mo, pp. 22. This pamphlet, which contains brief genealogies of the Fogg, Hill and Moody families, was compiled by the late William Fogg of Eliot, Maine. There are nine pages devoted to Fogg, three to Hill, and six to Moody. A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Family of Otis ; descended from John Otis, an Early Set- tler at Hingham, in Massachusetts. By Horatio Nelson Otis (of New York), member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society. Boston : Printed by Coolidge & Wiley. 8vo, pp. 39. This is a reprint from the Register for 1850, and ifj the second part of the genealogy which was commenced in that magazine in 1848. The first part was not reprinted. This part contains a notice of Harrison Gray Otis, one of the most eloquent men of his time, senator, judge, and mayor of Boston, and one of the leaders of the Hartford convention. Some notes on this family, and especially on the branch to which James Otis belonged, will be found in Free- man's History of Cape Cod. It seems probable that John Otis of Hingham was of Glastonbury, county of Somerset, but the con- nection is hardly sufficiently proved. 62 American Genealogist. [1851. A Genealogical Sketch of the Preble Families resident in Portland, Me., A. D. 1850 Printed but not published. Portland : Harmon & Williams, Printers. A. D. 1850. 8vo, pp. 28. As this pamphlet was not printed for circulation beyond the fam- ily, we will merely note such matters of general interest as might be easily obtained from other sources. The first of the name here was Abraham Preble, who married a daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and moved to York, Me., where he was the first mayor. The family was one of much influence in the province, Abraham and his son both being judges of the county, and others of the family have held im- portant positions. Perhaps the best known bearer of the name was Commodore Edward Preble, b. 1761, d. 1807. His nephew. Captain George H. Preble, U. S. N., has also achieved a high place in the service. It may be added that the latter gentleman has made large collections for a genealogy of the family which have lately been made public. 1851. A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Richard Otis, and collaterally of the Families of Baker, Var- ney, Waldron, Watson, Bean, Smith, Stackpole, Wentworth, Carr, Purrington, Beede, Newton, Heard, Ham, Tuttle, Pinkham, Chesley, Coggswell, WaUingford, &c., &c. Prepared and arranged for publication by Horatio N. Otis of New York. Bos- ton : N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register Office, No. 56 Cornhill. Printed by Charles C. P. Moody. 1851. 8vo, pp. 48. This article on the Otis family traces the descendants of Richard Otis of Dover, N. H., who was mentioned in the preceding accounts {Register, 1848 and 1850) as son of John 0. of Hingham, but now supposed to be a nephew. The record is very full and closely printed, with many notes on the families mentioned on the title- page. Much space is given to an account of Christine Otis, who 1851.] American Genealogist. 63 was captured by the Indians at Dover, carried to Canada, and was there married ; but was afterwards exchanged with other prisoners, and married secondly Capt. Thomas Baker of Brookfield. A notice at the end of this volume promises the publication of all this mate- rial in a new volume, but I presume it was never issued. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the male line of David Atwater, one of the original Planters of New Haven, Conn.j to the fifth genera- tion. New Haven : Printed by J. H. Benham. 1851. 8vo, pp. 30. All of this name in New England are undoubtedly descendants of two brothers, David and Joshua, the latter of whom is called by Mr. Savage, a merchant from London. Joshua was assistant and treasurer at New Haven, but removed to Boston. His son John married into the Wainwright and Cotton families, and his daughter was mother of famous Jeremy Dummer ; items which show that the family was of good standing. It is believed that the issue of Joshua became extinct in the male line, and that all now living are sprung from David, whose family is here recorded. This register is very exact in dates, but the marriages of the females seem neg- lected. It is clearly arranged, and has a good index of Christian names. I presume the author to be Rev. Edward 'E. Atwater of New Haven. A Genealogical Register of the Name of Bostwick, with the Families in their respective Generations, Births, Marriages and Deaths, as far as obtained, from 1668 to 1850. By Erastus Bostwick. Burling- ton : Printed by Tuttle & Stacy. 1851. 12mo, pp. 60. This may fairly be classed in the second order of our genealogies, containing much of interest to the family, but neither remarkable for extent of plan or variety of antiquarian information. It is an unpre- tending and tolerably full family record. The age of its author, eighty-three years, may well be an excuse to him for not pursuing all the wide-spreading branches of his family. 64 American Genealogist. [1851. Genealogy of a portion of the Brown Family princi- pally from the Moses Brown Papers, and from other Authentic Sources. Providence : Press of H. H. Brown. 1851. 16mo, pp. 16. A record of a few of the descendants of Chad Brown, who re- moved from Salem to Providence in 1637, and was pastor of the church there. One of his descendants, Elisha Brown, became governor of the Rhode Island colony. The work was prepared, I am informed, by Henry Truman Beckwith, for several years secre- tary of the Rhode Island Historical Society, A Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family ; con- taining a full Account of the first three Generations of the Family of James Leonard, who was an early Settler of Taunton, Ms. ; with incidental notices of later descendants. [Prepared for the N. E. Hist. Qen. Beg7\ By Wm. R. Deane, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Boston : S. G. Drake, No. 56 Cornhill. 1851. 8vo, pp. 24. The frontispiece of this memoir is a portrait of Rev. Perez Fobes, who prepared a sketch of the Leonard Family for the Mass. Hist. Coll., in 1794. James and Henry Leonard were sons of a Thomas, who did not accompany them to this country, and who is said to have lived at Pontypool, county of Monmouth, Wales. Some evi- dence is offered to show that this family was an offshoot from the Lennards, lords Dacre, but there is nothing amounting to proba- bility. In this country the name has been of good repute, and the bearers from the first have been concerned in the iron foundry business ; so much in fact as to have become proverbial. Among the descendants of James may be named Daniel Leonard, a loyalist, who became chief justice of Bermuda; George, a prominent politi- cian ; and in the female line, Judges Chipman, Cobb, and Wilde, and many of distinction in public life. In 1853, an appendix, re- printed from the Register for January of that year, and the portraits before mentioned, were added. The appendix consists of a notice of Major Zephaniah Leonard, and a curious genealogy, taken in 1733, from the statements of Mrs. Hannah Deane, daughter of the first James. 1851.] American Genealogist. 65 Genealogical Table of the Lee Family, from the First Emigration to America in 1641. Brought down to the 3' ear 1851. Compiled from information fur- nished by Hon. Martin Lee of Granville, Washing- ton county, N. Y., and from other sources, by the Rev. William H. Hill, of Morris, Otsego county, N. Y. (Printed for private circulation only). Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co.'s print. 1851. 8vo, pp. 31. This is a tolerably full account of the descendants of Thomas Lee of Saybrook, Conn., but it is deficient in dates. Enough informa- tion is given of the different branches to make the book of value to any one desirous to trace any offshoot to the main stem, but the spe- cial care of the author has been given to one line of descent. Ap- pendix C is given to the Ely family, springing from Kichard Ely of Lyme, Conn. ; and Appendix D has some notes relative to the descendants of Michael Hill, who was undoubtedly son of James Hill of Guilford, and grandson of John of the same place. These records are valuable additions to the main work, and might easily escape no- tice, from their position. A History and Genealogy of the Davexport Family in England and America, from A. D. 1086 to 1850. Compiled and prepared from Ormerod's History of the County of Chester; Collections from the Har- leian Mss ; Parochial and Town Records in England and America, etc., etc. By A. Benedict Davenport (of the twenty-fourth generation), corresponding member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. New York : S. W. Benedict. 1851. 12mo, pp. 398. The progenitor of the family in this country, was the distin- guished minister, John Davenport, who was born in Coventry, of which city his grandfather had been mayor. The Davenports have long been a noted family in Cheshire, and the first eighty-two pages of this book are devoted to an account of the family for some seven- teen generations. Few families here or in England have a longer 9 66 American Genealogist. [1851. or better pedigree than this to show, and the race has not deterio- rated here. The genealogy as here given, is not very extensive, but it is easily traced, and is enriched by various, notes interspersed throughout. A portrait of Rev. John Davenport forms the frontis- piece, and there is also a view of the Davenport House, New Haven, and one of the public squares of the same city. A large portion of the volume is devoted to the first John and his grandson, Rev. John of Stamford, and the appendix contains numerous letters, wills and deeds. A good tabular pedigree, compiled from this book, will be found in the Register, ix, 146 - 148, with a very interesting letter from Rev. John Davenport, dated 1639. A Family Eecord of the Descendants of John Spof- FORD, and Elizabeth his wife, who came from Eng- land to America, and settled at Rowley, in 1638. By Jeremiah Spofford, M. D., Physician of Grove- land, late Bradford, Mass. Haverhill : E. G. Froth- ingham. Printer. 1851. 8vo, pp. 64. This is a very fair record of this family, though the dates are wanting in some of the latter generations. John Spofford, the emi- grant, was of Rowley in 1643, but nothing is known of his birth- place or parentage. The author gives here some notes on English bearers of the name, following a record in the 2d Series of Burke's Visitation of Seats and Arms, but there is on reason here shown to imagine that the emigrant was in any way connected with the persons named. The descendants of John have mostly resided at or near Rowley, and have been held in esteem there ; the descend- ants in the female line are very numerous. The work was reprinted, with additions by the author, in the Register for 1854 and 1855. Mementos of the Swett Family. By John Win gate Thornton. In Memoriam. Roxbury, December, 1851. Privately printed, one hundred copies. 8vo, pp. 26. The record of this family commences with John Swett of New Hampshire, I presume, for despite the coat of arms on the title page, I find no trace recorded of his parentage. More than half of this 1851.] American Genealogist. 67 book is devoted to an account of Benjamin, son of John ; and the register of the family is given in a rather rambling manner, only a part of it being traced ; the whole being interspersed with anecdotes. This account was reprinted in the Register for January, 1852. A Genealogical and Historical Account of the De- scendants of Henry Tucker. Collected from vari- ous and authentic sources; By George H. Tucker, M. D. In memoriam majorum. New York : Printed by Wm. C. Martin, 111 John Street, June, 1851, An. Domini, and year of Independence LXXV. 8vo, pp. 37. The Introduction, pp. vi - viii, after giving the origin of the name from an obsolete word, tucker, a fuller of cloth, which Baily derives from tuck, an old Teutonic noun, signifying cloth, has some brief re- marks on the early settlers of the name in this country. From p. 9-29, is an account of Henry Tucker, who came to Ame- rica in the seventeenth century, but of whom the precise date of im- migration, and the place where he settled, are unknown ; and a genealogy of his descendants arranged, with cross references, in a very clear manner. Several autographs are given. The appendix, pp. 31-39, contains the will of Samuel Tucker of Deal, N, J., a great-grandson of the immigrant, who died in 1818, aged 83; fol- lowed by copies of old letters and inscriptions on gravestones. Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Sanger, the Puritan. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M. Bos- ton : George Coolidge. 1851. 8vo, pp. 12. The progenitor of this family was an early settler of Hingham, Mass., where he died Jan. 25, 1661. The present work contains a portrait of Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, D. D., of Bridgewater, and of Hon. Calvin Sanger of Sherborn, Mass. The author afterwards compiled an account of this family, which he published in his Hts- tory of Sherhorn, and also in the first volume of his Genealogy of Ancient Puritans. This pamphlet is frequently found bound up at the end of the Memorial of the Morses. 68 American Genealogist. [1851. Our Family Genealogy. Printed for the family, but not published. Morgan (James sen., James jun., William 1st, William 2d, William 3d) Avery (James sen., James jun., Christopher Temperance) WiUiam Avery Morgan * * * Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1851. pp. 16. The first two pages are devoted to one line of the descendants of Capt, James Avery of New London. The Morgans are traced from James of Gloucester and New London, who left at least three sons. The genealogy is quite brief, and probably the most distinguished member of the family, has been Edwin D. Morgan, governor of New York, and now U. S. senator, who was son of Jasper, grandson of William Avery and great-grandson of William Morgan 3d. This William 3d, was son of William jr., grandson of "William, who was son of James jr., and grandson of James, the emigrant. Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. By a Descendant. 8vo, pp. 48. This was a reissue of an article that appeared in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1851, and probably appeared without a title page. It was certainly a laborious and interesting memoir, but it proceeded upon the false assumption that Nathaniel, who was son of Rev. John Rogers of Dedham, Eng- land, was the grandson of famous John Rogers, the martyr of Queen Mary's reign. We snj false assumption, because as we shall here- after show, a most competent writer, after examining records in Eng- land which have remained in obscurity for centuries, has decided that the claim must be abandoned as unproved, and even improbable. The undoubted portion of the pedigree is, however, sufficiently honorable, and this careful family history is extremely creditable to the industry of its compiler. 1851.] American Genealogist. 69 Ward Family ; Descendants of William Ward, wfio settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639. With an Ap- pendix, alphabetically arranged, of the Names of the Families that have intermarried with them. By Andrew Henshaw Ward, A. M., member of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Boston : Published by Samuel G. Drake. 1851. 8vo, pp. 265. This is a very full and well-arranged register of the descendants of William Ward, both in the male and female lines, and as a good index is added, it is a work likely to be serviceable to every genea- logist. Very few biographical notes are given beyond the statement of the occupation of any given individual, but the notes on persons intermarrying with the Wards, are very valuable. The illustrations are portraits of Gen. Artemus Ward, and of the author, who has also written a valuable History of Shrewsbury. On p. 146 is given a note on the Henshaws, tracing the family of Joshua, who is said to have come to Dorchester in 1653, aged 10, and to have been son of William Henshaw, who served under Prince Kupert, and was killed in 1644. It is farther said that William, who married Cath- arine, dau. of Evan Houghton of Wavertree Hall, county of Lan- caster, was son of Thomas of Derby, by his wife, Kendrick of Kendrick's Cross, Prescot, county of Lancaster. The authority for this is a pedigree printed in the Register xxii, 115 which is at least presumptive evidence, a little research would probably put it beyond question. Record of the descendants of Silence Holbrook of Weymouth, Mass. Worcester : Printed by Henry J. Howland, 199 Main Street. Svo, pp. 19. This pamphlet was published in the year 1851. It was compiled by Charles W. Holbrook, while a student at Williams College, and is very creditable to him, the arrangement being good and the dates full and minute. The ancestor of this family was born in 1741, con- sequently the families here recorded are of late date. Rev. Abner Morse has since published in his History of Sherborn and in the first volume of his Genealogy of Several Ancient Puritans, a good genealogy of the Holbrooks from the settlement of the country to the present time, which I think contains all the persons named in this book. TQ American Genealogist. [1851. Genealogical and Historical Notes of the Bowles Fam- ily. By Samuel Bowles of Springfield. January 1, 1851. 8vo, pp. 8. The author of this pamphlet is well known in Massachusetts as the editor of the Springfield RepiMican. He gives here some of the descendants of Elder John Bowles of Koxbury, who died, in 1680, but without any pretence to completeness. He remarks : " I have prepared it simply to gratify myself and children, and have been at no special pains to obtain facts touching other branches." The Connecticut family bearing the name of Bolles is here said to be descended from Thomas Bolles of New London, who, we else- where learn, died May 26, 1727, aged 84. It seems from a note on the first page, that a previous edition of this pamphlet had been issued, which was incomplete and incorrect, and which the author wished destroyed. The present pamphlet is without title page. [We may here cite the following book. " Lives of Isaac Heath and John Bowles, Elders of the Church, and principal Founders of the Grammar School in Roxbury : and of Rev. John Eliot, jr.. Preacher to the Indians, and First Pastor of the Church in Newton. By J. Wingate Thornton. For private distribution MDGCCL." 12mo, pp. 216. This was a reprint from the local newspaper and contains much about the Roxbury church. From p. 159 there is a record of the members of Eliot's church : and by the kindness of a correspond- ent in England, I learn that many of the emigrants were from Wal- tham Abbey and Nazing, county Essex. As doubtless often happened, many of these emigrants were related by marriage in England, and it is to be hoped that some further investigations will be made. Family Records : or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley and vicinity, above Chatham. With their Ancestors and Descendants as far as can now be ascertained. By John Littell, Stationer's Hall Press, Feltville, N. J.: David Felt & Co., stationers and printers. 1851. 8vo, pp. 504. The families herein recorded are those of Allen, Alward, Ander- son, Badgley, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Beach, Bebout, Bedell, Bedford, Bonnel, Boyle, Brittin, Broadwell, Brown, Burrows, Byram, 1851.] American Genealogist. 71 Carle, Cauldwell, Clark, Cole, Conklin, Cooper, Corwin, Cory, Craig, Crane, Davis, Day, Dickerson, Dod, Doty, Drake, Dunham, Elmer, Finley, Flinn, Frazee, French, Griffin, Hall, Halleck, Halsey, Hand, Hart, Heath, Hedges, High, Hole, Hurin, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kirkpatrick, Lacy, Lamb, Lambert, Little, Long, Ludlow, Ludlum, Lyon, Marshall, Martin, Maxwell, Meeker, Miller, Morehouse, Mul- ford, Noe, Oakley, Osborn, Parrot, Parsons, Pettit, Potter, Price, Kaddin, Randolph, Riggs, Roff, Roll, Ross, Runyon, Rutan, Samson, Sayre, Scudder, Shipman, Shotwell, Van, Sickle, Simpson, Smalley, Smith, Spencer, Squire, Stelle, Stevens, Stewart, Stiles, Terril, Thompson, Titus, Todd, Totten, Towneley, Tucker, Vail, Valentine, Walker, Ward, Williams, Willcox, and Ward. The book seems carefully prepared, as to dates, and is of great value as the only publication in regard to the families of this part of New Jersey. Genealogy of the Fkost Family, Elliot, York county, Maine. This work was published after 1851, and was issued as a pamphlet, without a title page. It contains 27 pages, and I believe was the work of Dr. Usher Parsons. It is not very precise in dates, but the family seems to be carefully traced out. The ancestor here was Nicholas of Piscataqua, who died in 1663, aged about 74. His old- est son, Charles, was born at Tiverton, Eng., July 30th, 1631, and had Charles, who married Jane (Elliot) widow of Andrew Pepper- rell (his son Charles married his step-sister, Sarah Pepperrell), and Hon. John Frost, who married Mary Pepperrell. The family has been one of the most distinguished in that portion of the country. The following work may perhaps be noticed here : The Life of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart., the only native of New England who was created a Baronet during our connection with the Mother Country. By Usher Parsons. Boston : Little Brown & Co., 1855. 12mo, pp. 352. ' This work is compiled from original documents, and gives a very interesting account of one of the most prominent merchants of New England. His father William Pepperrell, came from Tavistock, Wales, and settled at Kittery, where he made a large fortune, which was increased by his son. Sir William was especially famous for his services in the expedition against Louisburg, and the documents 72 American Genealogist. [1852. here printed are very valuable. The Pepperrells are extinct in the male line, though the females married into the best families of the day. His grandson, William Pepperrell Sparhawk, succeeded to the name and title, married a daughter of Col. Isaac Royall ; was a refugee ; and with him ended the name. A third edition with a portrait of Sir William was published in 1856. 1852. The History and Genealogy of the Prentice or Pren- tiss Family in New EngLand, from 1631 to 1852. Collected by C. J. F. Binney. Boston : Published by the Author. 1852. 8vo, pp. 272 and 8. There were several of the name of Prentice among the first set- lers here, as enumerated herein on pp. 1, 2, and the author gives an account of the different branches, as follows: pp. 4-10, issue of Valentine of Roxbury, and his son John of New London; the rest of the volume recording the issue of Henry of Cambridge, and eight pages extra relates to Thomas Prentice of Newton and his family, settled at Preston, Conn. The account of the family of Henry Pren- tice is very full, and is enriched with many valuable notes, but the want of any clear system of arrangement disfigures it, though by the in- dex, any required individual may be hunted out. Pages 225 - 241 contain disconnected notes on different individuals of the name; pp. 27 and 248 make mention of the family of Nathaniel Prentice Banks, the well known governor of Massachusetts. Appendix D, p. 249, treats of coats of arms ; pp. 257-262 relate to the Binneys, descended from John Binney of Hull. The volume contains por- traits of Sartell Prentice, Rev. Caleb, Henry, Joshua, William H., Rev. Thomas, Hon. Samuel, and Rev. Joseph Prentice, and one sheet containing two views of houses occupied by Prentices. One of the most distinguished bearers of the name was Sargent S. Pren- tiss, noticed on p. 144, a lawyer and politician, whose oratory was conspicuous even in the days of Webster and Clay, and whose popu- larity at the South was unbounded. 1852.] American Genealogist. 73 A Sermon preached at the Funeral of Martin Rockwell, of Colebrook, December 11, 1851. By Rev. Joseph Eldridge. Witli an Appendix and a Genealogy of the Rockwell Family. Printed for the Descendants of Samuel Rockwell of Colebrook. New Haven ; Printed by B. L. Hamlin. 1852. 8vo, pp. 27. The appendix contains a good account of Samuel Rockwell, of the fifth generation from William R. of Windsor, Conn. He was born in 1729, and was one of the earliest settlers at Colebrook. Sketches are here given of his sons, and at the end we have three pages of names of heads of families and their children, down to 1731, and two pages of Samuel's issue. There are no dates, but the student will find herein a very useful outline of the whole race. Genealogy of the Family of William Smith, of Peter- borough, N. H. Keene : Printed by Horatio Kim- ball. 1852. 8vo, pp. 24. This is a very good account of a branch of the descendants of Rob- ert Smith, who came from Moneymore, county of Londonderry, to this country, in 1736 ; being one of the well-known Scotch Irish emi- grants. The family have been among the most esteemed citizens of the state, and members of it have repeatedly held public office — one grandson of Robert being Jeremiah Smith, chief justice and gov- ernor of New Hampshire. The appendix contains some information in relation to the Morrisons, and the whole work is very exact in dates, and does credit to' the compilers, L. W. Leonard and Samuel Abbot Smith. Journal of an Expedition against Quebec, in 1775, under Col. Benedict Arnold. By Joseph Ware, of Needham, Mass. To which is ajDpended Notes and a Genealogy of the Ware Family. Prepared for the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Published for Joseph Ware, grandson of the journalist. Boston : Thomas Prince, Printer. 1852. 8vo, pp. 24. This reprint from the Register we note specially as containing a genealogy of part of the descendants of Robert Ware of Wrentham, 10 74 Amekican Genealogist. [1852. Mass., prepared by Wm. B. Trask. The notes to tte journal are by Justin Winsor. author of the History of Duxhury. The record makes a very fair outline, though lacking many dates. The most promi- nent bearers of the name, perhaps, are Hon. Ashur Ware of Maine, Rev. Henry Ware, Hollis Professor at Cambridge, and his sons, Rev. Henry, also of Cambridge, and Rev. William Ware, an author of much talent and learning. It is, perhaps, worthy of notice, that this journal is claimed (Book of the Lockes, p. 323) for Ebenezer Tolman, who was in the same expedition, and whose family are posi- tive that he wrote it. (The curious reader is referred to a note on the subject in the last edition of the American Genealogist, pp. 84-5.) The Book of Brothers. History of the Hutchinson Family, New York : Published by and for the Hutchinson Family. 1852. 16mo, pp. 48. In this record of the well-known family of musicians, little gene- alogy is given, and it is cited only for the title. At a much later date will be found mention of a genealogy which shows that all of these Essex county Hutchinsons are of one family, and that their ancestor was of ascertained parentage in England. A Genealogical Sketch of the Riddell Family, includ- ing a List of the Descendants of the three brothers, Hugh, Gawn, and Robert, who came to America in 1737. By W. P. Riddel, A. B. New Orleans: 1852. 8vo, pp. 44. It will be noticed that this genealogy commences at quite a recent date, and the record consequently is full and easily examined. The author devotes his first eighteen pages to notes on the origin of the name, and on the bearers of it in this country and elsewhere. He shows it to be a name probably of Scotch origin, and establishes a reasonable claim to regard the north of Ireland as the birth-place of the emigrants. The register is creditable to the author, and the anecdotes and biographies introduced, must be interesting to all of the name. Though published at New Orleans, where the author re- sided, the book was printed by John F. Trow of New York. The edition consists of 25U copies, and the publication price was $1. 1852.] American Genealogist. 75 Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, with Family Kecords. In two parts. Compiled by Jacob Turner, Esq. Boston : Published by David Turner, jr. 1852. 4to, pp. 63. This record is prepared on a system very different from any other published, the first part being a register of the descendants by gene- rations; but I must confess my inability to appreciate the merits of the plan. The second part contains the family records, arranged on some recondite system of series^ and very full of information, which the reader will have to reconstruct for himself. The notes are very good, and contain particulars concerning the families of Gushing, Porter, Dimick, Emerson, Jenks, and Drury, the latter in a neat pedigree of the issue of Hugh Drury of Boston. I believe that a large tabular pedigree, prepared by Charles Turner, should accom- pany this book, to which it will prove a valuable key. This genea- logy, like one or two others we have noticed, shows the necessity of a good arrangement in works of this kind, since the lack of it not only interferes with the usefulness of the book, but deprives the author of a large portion of the praise to which his industry should en- title him. A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Set- tlers of the Colony of Connecticut ; with the Time of their Arrival in the Country and Colony, their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition in Life, where from, Business, &c., as far as is found on record. Collected from records by Royal R. Hin- man, of Hartford. Hartford : Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1852. 8vo, pp. 801. This work was issued in parts, six in number. The first five numbers cover the first three letters of the alphabet only ; and the sixth, omitting the intermediate letters, is devoted entirely to the Hinman genealogy. This is noticed among the genealogies. The author did not continue the work beyond these six parts. Mr. Hinman was amply qualified to make a most valuable account of Connecticut families, and lie has here given many facts not elsewhere in print ; but it is much to be regretted that so large a portion of his space is occupied by notices of Massachusetts fami- 76 American Genealogist. [1852. lies now more fully given by Savage, and by notes on arms borne by families in England, of no value or interest here. There is much to interest the genealogist in the volume ; much more than is required to ofiset the faults we note. The families more particularly recorded are those of Abby, Abbot, Abernethy, Ackly, Adams, Adkins, Alford, Allyn, Ames, Andrews, Arnold, Ashley, Atwood, Austin, Avery, Babcock, Backus, Bacon, Baldwin, Ballan- tine, Bancroft, Barber, Barlow, Barnard, Barnes, Bartlett, Bassett, Beauchamp, and Sigourney, Beckley, Belden, Bellamy, Bement, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennet, Benton, Betts, Bigelow, Billings, Bingham, Bird, Birge, Bishop, Bissell, Blake, Blinn, Bliss, Boreman, or Boardman, Bolles, Booth, Bostwick, Brace, Bradford, Brewer, Brewster, Bruen, Bronson, Brown, Bryant, Buck,Buill, Buckingham, Buckland, Bulkely, Bull, Bunce, Burnham, Burrall, Burr, Bushnell, Butler, Caldwin, Camp, Canada, Canfield, Carter, Case, Catlin, Champion, Chauncy, Chandler, Chapin, Chaplin, Chapman, Chap- pell, Chenevard, Chester, Cheesborough, Chipman, Church, Churchill, Clark, Cleveland, Coe, Cogswell, Coit, Coleman, Collier, Collins, Colt, Colton, Comstock, Cone, Cooke, Cooper, Copley, Corning, Cothren, Crane, Crocker, Crow. Curtis, Daniels. Many of these family records are extensive, and continued to the present time. The work contains portraits of the author, and of Mrs L. H Sigourney, J. L. Comstock, Richard Goodman, A. W. Birge, and William Cothren. A previous work by Mr. Hinman, in five parts, was published with the following title : A Catalogue of the names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Col- ony of Connecticut; with the Time of their arrival in the Colony, and their standing in society, together with their place of resi- dence as far as can be discovered by the records. Collected from the State and Town Records, by R. R. Hinman. Hartford : Printed by E. Gleason. 1846. 8vo, pp. 336. This was more of the nature of a collection of notes than a cata- logue. Pages 1-109 contained an alphabetical list of settlers, with short notes on some of them; pp. 110- 160, an appendix similarly arranged, with an account of the Hinmans; pp. 167-181, Enfield settlers; pp. 182-247, a third alphabetical list; pp. 257-269, early marriages and births at Hartford ; pp. 270 - 332, a fourth alphabeti- cal list, with notices of the families of Dixwell, Eells, King, Mann, Marvin, Robbins, and Wadsworth. 1853.] American Genealogist. 77 Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the Clan Darlington : at the 'residence of Brinton Darlington, in East Bradford, Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of August, 1853. Printed by request of the Tribe. 1853. Pages 52. This pamphlet gives the particulars of a meeting of the descend- ants of Abraham Darlington, at which time the venerable Dr. Wm. Darlington, one of the most distinguished botanists of the day, de- livered a very able and interesting account of the ancestors of those he then welcomed. It seems by the letters here published that two young men, Abraham and John Darlington, came to Pennsylvania at a date previous to 1711. They were the sons of Job and Mary Darlington of Darnhall, county of Chester, and a visit to that village enabled one of the descendants to report that there were ample records there of the race, some of the name remaining there still. The letters we have mentioned were written by the parents to these children — one of the few cases in which such records have been pre- served — and they are sufficient proof of the genealogy. Pages 24— 52 contain the names of the descendants of Abraham, arranged by generations in columns; but unfortunately, not a single date is joined to the names, though they are probably preserved by the compiler. The families are traced in the female line as well as the male, and the total of known descendants is over fifteen hundred. The printer was E. C. Darlington of Lancaster, Pa. Memoir of the Farrar Family. By a Member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society. Boston : Printed for pri- vate distribution at the Press of Thomas Prince. 1853. 8vo, pp. 45. This work is by the Hon. Timothy Farrar (D. C. 1807), vice- president of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society from 1853 to 1858. Pages 1-14 consist of an article contributed to the Register in October, 1852 ; from p. 15 to the middle of p. 33, is from the History of New Ipswich, N. H. ; and the remainder of the work is new matter. A few copies only were printed, which were bound up with the Rev. T. F. Clary's discourse on the centennial anniver- 78 American GENEALoaisT. [1853. sary of the Hon. Timothy Farrar, July 11, 1847 (Andover, 1847). A portrait of the latter gentleman, who graduated at Harvard Col- lege, 1767, and was father of the author, is prefixed. The work has no title page. Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family in New England containing the names of over 1500 per- sons, from 1633 to 1853, numbering eight genera- tions. By Almon D. Hodges, Member of the Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, November 1, 1853. Boston : Printed by Button and Wentworth, 1853. 8vo, pp. 71. The author copies the preface of the former edition, and states his attempt to continue the record from 1837 ; but though he has added several new branches, he confesses that his record is far from com- plete. There is a lack of arrangement visible in this book, but it contains a large number of facts, and is a great improvement on the first edition. Many of the descendants in the female line are given, and numerous anecdotes and letters find a place here. In many cases, a table of a family is given, followed by notes ; and this plan, though it mars the appearance of the page, will be found to have its advantages. The Nash Family ; or Records of the Descendants of Thomas Nash of New Haven, Connecticut, 1640. Collected and Compiled by the Rev. Sylvester Nash, A. M., Rector of St. John's Church, Essex, Conn. Hartford : Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1853. 8vo, pp. 304. The author states in his introduction, that prior to 1800, the bearers of this name in New England might be divided into three branches, descended respectively from James of Weymouth, Mass., Thomas of New Haven, and Edward of Norwalk, Conn., and that these three are not known to have been related. The descendants of the first named are said to have been traced out by Mr. Cyrus Nash of Abington, Mass., who died in 1850, and his manuscripts are probably still preserved ; the present work relates entirely to the progeny of Thomas. This Thomas probably married Margery, 1853.] American Genealogist. 79 daughter of Nicholas Baker, as is shown by an extract from Berry's Hertfordshire Pedigrees ; and by her he had three sons, John (who died s. p. m.), Joseph, and Timothy. The record given is clear and the arrangement is convenient, though diflFerent somewhat from our standard ; and in all respects the work is highly creditable to the au- thor. The illustrations are portraits of Rev. Daniel Nash. Judge Simeon Nash, and the author; and many autographs are inserted in the text. A part of this record was published in 1850 as follows : The Nash Family, in part traced down from Thomas Nash, an Emi- grant from England, &c. It will be found in its proper place, p. 58, ante. A Historical Notice of Joseph Mygatt, one of the Early Colonists of Cambridge, Mass., and afterward one of the First Settlers of Hartford, Conn. ; with a Record of his Descendants. By Frederick T. Mygatt, a Descendant of the Ninth Generation. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Printed by the Harnionial Asso- ciation. 1853. Pages 116. This book contains a well written sketch of Joseph Mygatt, the progenitor of all bearing the name in this country, and a neat and careful account of the descendants. The plan of arrangement is all that could be desired, and the page being a little taller than is usual, the book is grateful to the eyes of a genealogist. The family has not been very prolific ; probably less than six hundred have been born in this country; the bearers of the name, however, have always oc- cupied a good position, and many have held offices of trust and honor. Memoranda of the Descendants of Amos Morris, of East Haven, Conn. New York : Published by A. S. Barnes & Co. 1853. 12mo, pp. 103. The compilers of this little work, E. L. Hart and 0. Street, state that it was planned at a meeting of the descendants of Amos Morris, held July 4, 1850. Amos was the son of James Morris, whose father Eleazer was son of Thomas, the emigrant. The genealogy traces the children and grandchildren of Amos who married Lydia Camp in 1745, and as so recent a starting point has been selected, the 80 American Genealogist. [1853. record is nearly complete. It occupies 71 pages, and appendix No. 1 gives an account of the family meeting in 1850, which prompted the issue of this volume. Appendix No. 2 treats of the arms borne by the Morris family of York, England, and the authors display great ignorance of the laws of heraldry. The frontispiece of the vol- ume is The Morris Tree, a genealogical emblem now of rare occur- rence. Genealogy of the Ancestry and Posterity of Isaac Lawrence, and Centennial Meeting of his Descend- ants, November 27, 1851. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1853. 8vo, pp. 70. The genealogical portion of this pamphlet has been embodied since in the general record of the Lawrences. Isaac Lawrence, great- grandson of John of Watertown, removed from Groton to Canaan, Conn., and had a large family born to him there. The centennial meeting here recorded, seems to have been a very pleasant occasion, some seventy-five relatives being present. Four generations were re- presented, there being one grandson of Isaac present, aged 72. This pamphlet was prepared by Frederick S. Pease, whose wife was a Lawrence, and who, with Robert W. Adam, was desired to pre- pare a report. A Genealogical Table of a Family of and Descendants from Mr. Jacob Leavitt of Turner, Maine. Lewis- ton : Wm. H. Waldron. 1853. 18mo, pp. 16. Mr. Leavitt, the patriarch of this family, was born in Pembroke, Mass., 1732; removed to Turner, Me., 1778; and died Jan. 25, 1814^ aged 82 years. The genealogy consists of lists of names, ar- ranged, not very clearly, into families; but no dates are given, except relative to the patriarch and his wife. A recapitulation makes his lineal descendants, 797, and persons married into the fam- ily, 226. The number of families is 228. 1853.] American Genealogist. 81 Book of the Lockes. A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of AVoburn. With an Appendix, containing a History of the Lockes in England, also of the Family of John Locke of Hampton, N. H., and kindred fami- lies and individuals. By John Goodwin Locke, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Bostosi and Cambridije : James Munroe & Co. 1853. 8vo, pp. 406. This book may be fairly esteemed one of the best genealogies yet published, as it is very full of material, and the system of reference is simple and complete. The progenitor of most of the bearers of the name in this country, was William Locke, who came over in 1634, at the age of six years, in charge of his relative, Nicholas Davies. These emigrants were from Stepney, and a search in the parish record there, makes it certain that the parents of this boy were William Locke, mariner, and Elizabeth, his wife. Farther back the pedigree is not traced, though evidence is given on pp. 10-11, and 358 -9, to show that this branch is possibly an offshoot of the family of which the famous John Locke is the boast. The record of the descendants of William Locke, of Woburn, 1020 fami- lies, occupies 296 pages, and comprises in many cases those families related by the female side. This peculiarity, and the care which has been taken to give an account of the persons intermarrying with the Lockes, render this genealogy of much service to many not nearly related to them. The addition of copious indices enables one to examine this storehouse of antiquarian information conve- niently, and few will leave it unenriched. Appendices A and B are wills; C, D, and E, relate to the Clarkes and Munroes ; F, to the Fessendens ; Gr, to Pierces ; H and I, to the Tolmans ; J, pp. 324 - 341, is devoted to the family record of John Locke, who was at Portsmouth in 1660, and whose progeny have mostly remained in New Hampshire ; J mentions the Lockes of Rhode Island, but as the information received was entirely traditionary, our author only refers to it ; K and L, p. 342, are devoted to such items of informa- tion concerning the Lockes in England, as the author had obtained,'' chiefly referring to the family to which John Locke, the celebrated philosopher, belonged ; N, is a sketch of the Rev. Samuel Locke, 11 82 American Genealogist. [1854. president of Harvard College for four years ; 0, is an anecdote of revolutionary date ; and P is a biographical sketch of Mrs. Mary Sanderson ; R and S are respectively biographies of the Rev. John Pierce and Frances Sargent Osgood, the poetess. The index, pp. 379 -406, is in four parts, and is deserving of the greatest praise. The illustrations in this volume are : House of William Locke, arms of Locke, and portraits of John M. Fessenden, Hon. John Locke, Rev. Nathaniel C. Locke, James Munroe, Rev. John Pierce, Mrs. Mary Sanderson, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, and the author, John Gr. Locke ; some copies also contain that of his wife, Mrs. Jane Erminia Locke, a writer of considerable local reputation. Our author states that he devoted seven years to the preparation of this record, nor will this length of time seem unreasonable to those familiar with the difficulties attendant upon such undertakings. 1854. The Chapman Family : or the Descendants of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. With Genealogical Notes of William Chap- man, who settled in New London, Conn. ; Edward Chapman, who settled at Windsor, Conn. ; John Chapman, of Stonington, Conn. ; and Rev. Benja- min Chapman, of Southington, Conn. By Rev. F. W. Chapman, A. M., a descendant of Robert Chap- man of Saybrook. Hartford : Printed By Case, Tiffany & Co. 1854. 8vo, pp. 413. The greater portion of this volume relates to the family of Robert Chapman, and a full table of contents, prefixed to the genealogy, enables the reader to turn at once to any branch or generation. Pages 19-20 are devoted to notes on the bearers of the name in England, and an engraving is given of the tomb of one, but there is not the slightest evidence of connection between any of them and the emigrant, though the coat of arms is stamped on the cover of this book, and engraved on p. 37. The genealogy of Robert's family is very extensive, and well arranged, 3660 of his descendants being enumerated ; and enough is traced of the progeny of the other Chap- mans, to be of great service to any of the family. The illustrations are portraits of the author, of Rev. Robert H. Chapman, George 1854.] American Genealogist. 33 H., Lebbeus, Charles, Nathan F., Allen A., Joseph, and George M. Chapman, besides the engraving of the tomb of Alexander Chapman, arch-deacon of Stowe, county of Lincoln. The extent and correct- ness of this work must always retain for it a position in the first rank of our histories. Memorials of the families of Mr. James Thompson, and of Dea. Augustus Thompson, of Goshen, Con- necticut. Hartford : Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1854. 8vo, pp. 106. Notwithstanding that a note prefixed to this work says that " these sketches are in no sense published, " it can hardly be thought im- proper to note that it was written by Edward W. Hooker, and con- tains many interesting notices of the descendants of James Thompson, who was born at Groshen, Conn., in 1741. Pages 93-103 contain a good account of the family, tracing it to Anthony Thompson of New Haven, whose brothers, John and William, died without male issue. The last three pages contain notes on the Hopkins family. Memoir of Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachu- setts. By his son, William H. Sumner. Together with a Genealogy of the Sumner Family. Prepared for the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston : Samuel G. Drake, publisher. 1854. 8vo, pp. 70. The first forty pages of this volume contain the memoir of Gov. Sumner, a very interesting and valuable biography. The genealogy was prepared by William B. Trask, and is full and well arranged. From this record and a supplement published in the Register, ix, 297 — 306, it seems that the ancestor here was William, son of Roger Sumner and Joan Franklin, baptized at Bicester, Oxfordshire, 27th Jan., 1604-5, who married Mary West in 1625, and had William, Roger, and George, born there before his removal to this country. Nothing is known of the family prior to this Roger, but a letter cited on p. 43 of the record, says that portraits of the emigrant and his wife are still preserved, surmounted with the coat of arms, and I presume it to be the same as that herein engraved, being the arms of the Sumners of Kent. Roger, second son of the emigrant, had 84 American Genealogist. [1854. with other issue, William, ancestor of the Hon. Charles Sumner, the well known senator, and of Brig. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, of the United States army; and Edward, grandfather of the governor. Pages 61 -68 contain notes on the Shrimpton, Yeamans, and Hys- lop families : and p. 69 furnishes a list of portraits preserved in the family. Gen. Sumner also published a large and very interesting History of East Boston, of which portion of the city he was the founder. A Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family. By Jona- than Greenleaf, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Printed for the use of the Family, by Edward 0. Jenkins, New York. 1854. 8vo, pp. 116. It appears from the preface that it was proposed by the author to issue this genealogy in fourteen large charts, and that he issued a spe- cimen sheet in August, 1853. He changed his plan, and here gives forty-one charts, each occupying one page, and notes on the same, filling pp. 48 - 116. The ancestor of all of the name here probably, was Edmund Greenleaf, who is here said to have been born in the parish of Brixham, county of Devon; though the authority is not given. His descendants are here traced, through his son Stephen of Newbury, but recent investigations show that Enoch, mentioned on page 105, was also his son and settled at Maiden, Mass. The charts can hardly meet approval, as no simple plan of cross-refer- ences is adopted, but the notes are very full and interesting. The author imagines that the name Greenleaf is a translation of Feuille- verte, and that his ancestors were Huguenots ; but this idea seems un- supported by any authority. The very unusual name of llooksby was used as a Christian name in the earlier generations, and this may prove of service in tracing the family in England. Several of the name have been graduates of New England colleges, and the family has always preserved a good position. Two brothers, Stephen and William, held the office of sheriff of Suffolk at the time of the Revolution, one for the crown, the other appointed by the pro- vincial congress ; and many of the Greenleafs have held posts of honor and trust, as these pages bear witness. 1854.] American Genealogist. 85 Genealogy of the Eliot Familj. Originally compiled by William H. Eliot, Jr. Revised and enlarged by William S. Porter, Member of Conn, Hist. Society, &c. New Haven, Conn : George B. Bassett & Co. 1854. Svo, pp. 154. In this volume will be found a fair account of the descendants of Rev. John Eliot, best known as the apostle to the Indians. Since it was published the will of his father, Benet Eliot of Nasing, in the county of Essex, has been found and printed in the fourth volume of the Heraldic JoMracf7(Boston, 1868). It isalso known that John and other children of Benet were baptized in another village, and probably the whole pedigree will soon be established. Jacob Eliot, brother of John, left issue not traced in this book and of two other brothers, Philip left only daughters, and his descendants are of the name of Withing- ton, Aldis, Smith, and others : Francis's progeny are Hobarts, Whit- mores, Poulters, Willises, &c. Bev. John Eliot's life is well-known, and a very good bibliograph- ical account of his books will be found in an edition of his " Brief Narrative," edited and published at Boston in 1868, by W. T. R. Marvin. Contemporary with our John was the distinguished English patriot Sir John Eliot, whose biography by John Foster was published in 1864. Sir John's descendants now enjoy the title of Earl of St. Germans. A Declaration of Remarkable Providences in the course of my Life. By John Dane of Ipswich, 1682. To which is added a Pedigree of the Dane Family, and a few notes. By a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Prepared for the N. E. H. and G. Register. Boston : Samuel G. Drake. 1854. Svo, pp. 16. This is a very curious autobiography written by John Dane, who came here as early as 1638, and was followed by his father, of the same name. He was probably born at Berkhampstead of Bishop's Stortford, county of Hert; and his narrative shows that he early embraced Puritan tenets, probably being confirmed therein by the Rev. John Norton, then a curate at Stortford, who befriended him. 86 American Genealogist. [1854. His brother Francis was minister at Andover ; and his sister, Eliza- beth, married James Howe of Ipswich, whose father, it seems from a passage in this work, resided at or near Hatfield, county of Essex. Of the numerous descendants of the emigrant perhaps the most dis- tinguished have been, the Hon. Nathan Dane, who founded the Dane law professorship at Harvard, and the Hon. Joseph Dane of Maine. The name must not be confounded with the somewhat similar names of Dana, Deane or Denny. The editor of this journal was John Ward Dean, and it was pub- lished in the Register, vill, 147. Genealogy of the Family of Deacon James Trow- bridge, born in Dorchester, Mass., 1636. Married and settled there in 1659. Removed to Newton, about 1664. Collected and arranged by Otis Trow- bridge, Newton, Mass. May, 1854. Boston : Wright & Hasty, printers. 1854. 8vo, pp. 32. Thomas Trowbridge, first of the name here, was of Taunton, county of Somerset, and was apparently of good family there. He had three sons, Thomas, William, and James ; the descendants of the two former are mostly to be found in Connecticut, and are not treated of in this register which gives the issue of James. Edmund Trow- bridge, chief justice of Massachusetts, belonged to the youngest branch of the family, and nearly all of the bearers of the name in this state have been settled near Newton. The pamphlet is very care- fully prepared, and is confessedly of small extent. Genealogy of Warren, with some Historical Sketches, By John C. Warren, M. D., Emeritus Professor of Harvard University, Boston : Printed by John Wilson and Son. 1854. 4to, pp. 113. In respect to its typographical execution, this book is one of the most elegant genealogies yet issued in this country. The large pages, the beautiful engravings, the clear type and heavy paper, will con- vince the reader that taste and wealth have been employed in its pro- duction. As to its contents, the first thirty-two pages are given to a description of the earls of Warren sprung from William, first earl 1854.] American Genealogist. 87 ofWarren and Surrey, son-in-law of William the Conqueror or his wife. Pages 37-41 contain an account of a branch of this family, settled at Stokeport and Poynton, county of Chester, unquestionably descended from the first earl, though authorities differ as to the point at which it connects with the main stem. ' On p. 42 com- mences the attempt to trace the American family : a John Warren of Headboro, county of Devon (said to be a cadet of the Poynton branch, though the authority is not given), is recorded as great- grandfather of a Christopher who had six sons, as appears by the ex- tract from the Herald's Visitation of Devonshire, 1620. One of these sons was John y^ho is said to be identical with the John Warren who came here in 1630, in Winthrop's company. Here I believe there is a break in the chain, as the next step is to prove that Peter Warren of Boston, 1659, who was certainly the progenitor of this branch of the Warrens, was the son of John the emigrant. Joseph, second son of Peter, was grandfather of Dp. Joseph Warren, the patriot of the Revolution, and of Dr. John Warren of Boston. The son of this latter was Dr. John Collins Warren, a distinguished surgeon of Boston, the author of this book, and the hereditary tastes and genius of the family were perpetuated in his son and grandson. These different generations are duly recorded here, and are shown on a large folding pedigree inserted in it. Pages 53-57 relate to descendants of Richard Warren, one of the Plymouth Pilgrims, and, as it is said, a brother of John of Boston. The remainder of the volume refers chiefly to Joseph and John Warren, but pp. 100-113 are transcripts of English herald's visitations. On subjecting this pedigree to the usual tests, and presuming we have all the evidence known to the writer, we find it requires bold hypotheses to maintain it. Allowing that the Warrens of Poynton were descended from some one of the earls of Warren, we find it necessary to prove that John of Headboro was of that family, as we find no proof in the au- thority cited in the text. Next we find no reason given for the assumption that John Warren of Boston, and Richard Warren of Plymouth, were of the Headboro family ; and, last, we see no reason for supposing that Peter of Boston, was any way related to John. In fact the pedigree is hopelessly faulty and of not the slightest au- thority or value. ' In the Herald and Genealogist (London, 1871), vii, 214-19, it is shown that the Warrens of Poynton came from Edward, illegitimate son of the last earl. 88 American Genealogist. [1855. Letters of Doctor Richard Hill and his children, or the History of a family as told by themselves. Col- lected and arranged by John Jay Smith. Privately printed for the descendants. Philadelphia. 1854. fevo, pp. XLV, 466. 6 portraits, 2 views. The introduction contains a brief genealogy of the Hills which is followed by an account of the Lloyd family, covering pages xxvii - xiv. Dr. Hill's wife was a grand-daughter of Thomas Lloyd, the confidential friend of William Penn, and the first governor of Pennsylvania. The book is very rare ; it may be described as one of great value to those interested in the social life of the first colonist. 1855, Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence Litchfield the Puritan. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M. Bos- ton: Printed for the Author. 1855. 8vo, pp. 18. This work is a reprint from the iV! U Hist, and Gen. Register for April, 1855. The progenitor of this family was an early settler of Scituate, but afterwards removed to Barnstable, Mass. Portraits are given of the Hon. Elisha Litchfield of Cazenovia, N. Y., and of Edwin C. Litchfield of New York city. [Notices of the Sears Family.] This little pamphlet of fourteen pages I believe was printed at Cambridge, Mass., in 1855, without a title page. The same matter will be found in Burke's Visitation of Seats and Arms, and is mainly composed of information obtained by Mr. Somerby. It is claimed that the Searses are descended from John Sayer, alderman of Col- chester, of an old family, whose son John died in 1562, and whose tomb, with that of his father, are still preserved there. This book contains three engravings, the first of the family arms, which stands for the title page, and on the reverse a monumental record of four generations. Page 14 contains inscriptions, and is faced by an en- 1855.] American Genealogist. 98 graving of monuments of the family at Yarmouth and Chatham. My opinion of the correctness of the pedigree is given in the review of the book published by Rev. E. H. Sears in 1857. Record of the Descendants of Francis "Whitmore, of Cambridge, Mass. Compiled by W. H. Wliitmore, Bos- ton : Printed for private circulation only, by John Wilson & Son. 1855. 8vo, pp. 24. This record is reprinted from the Medford Genealogies and was intended chiefly as preliminary to a more perfect account. It traces the descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, who was born in 1625, and was a resident here in 1649. Nearly all the Whitmores can be traced to him; though as the Wetnjores of Connecticut are descended from an ancestor who spelt his name Whitmore, some few branches keep that form. The Whittemores are another distinct family. Nothing certain is known of the ancestry of Francis Whitmore, though in an essay on the name of the town of Lexington (Boston, 1873), I have given my reasons for thinking that he was probably the son of a Francis Whitmore of Laxton alias Lexington, co. Notts, Eng. Concern- ing this latter see Herald and Genealogist, iv, 398-401 (Lon- don, 1867), vi, 161-3. This affiliation is however at present purely conjectural. The genealogy of the Wetmores as published in 1861, will be re- viewed in its place. [The following work was published to correct some fancied errors in Burke's account of an English family of the name, but finding I was in error, I have suppressed nearly all the edition. It has no reference to any of the name here : Notes on the Manor and Family of Whitmore. Compiled by W. H. Whitmore. Boston. : Printed for private circulation only, by John Wilson & Son. 1856. 8vo, pp. 14. I have also printed a few pages of English wills, which may per- haps reach some collectors. In the Herald and Genealogist, part XIX (London, 1866), will be found an account of the English family of Whitmore of StaflFordshire. Some copies were struck off for sepa- rate distribution.] 12 90 Amebican Genealogist. [1855. Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progenitor of the Families in America that have borne his Name : including an Introduction and an Appendix containing collateral information. By Lemuel Shattuck, member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, &c., &c. Boston: Printed by Button and Wentworth for the Family. 1855. 8vo, pp. 414. This is a very elaborate account of the family descended from William Shattuck of Watertown, a widely extended race, yet not comprising the pedigree of all of the name here, as the Chadwicks, another large family, have in many cases figured on our records as Shattucks. The work is one of the most complete of its kind, very well arranged, exact in dates, illustrated by numerous biographies, and rendered easy of investigation by a good index. Mr. Shattuck, the author, acquired considerable reputation as a statician, and this genealogy contains many curious and valuable notes on the longev- ity of families, and the increase of different branches. A good auto- biography will be found at p. 302, and a very faithful likeness faces the title page. In the appendix will be found genealogies of the families of Blood, Chamberlain, and Parker. It is impossible to do full justice to this work in the brief space here given to it, but it is certainly to be ranked among the best of American genealogies, and will remain a conclusive proof of the industry, learning and judgment of the author. Genealogical Chart of the Sill Family, as continued in the male line, from A. D. 1637 to A. D. 1855. Compiled by Henry A. Sill, Cuyahoga Falls, 0. Folio, 12 sheets. The plan adopted in this work differs from any other I have seen. Page 1 contains a statement of the first four generations, viz : John of Cambridge, said to be from Lyme, Eng. ; Capt. Joseph, his only son, and his family ; and the families of Joseph Jun., and Zechariah, sons of Joseph. To each of the seven sons of Joseph Jun., and the two sons of Zechariah, a sheet is given; their children occupying the left hand column, grandchildren the next column, etc., the fami- 1855.] American Genealogist. 91 lies being bracketed together and joined to tbeir respective beads. This plan is very simple and plain, but it requires a large and cum- brous page, and can only be used in cases where the families are few and small. I presume, from the title, that the book was issued in 1855, or 1856. Genealogy of the Hobbs Family of Massachusetts. Compiled by George Hobbs, Esq., Eastport, Me. Boston : Button & Wentworth, printers. 1855. 8vo, pp. 16. This pamphlet, reprinted from the Register for July, 1855, is a very fair account of the descendants of Josiah Hobbs of Boston and Lex- ington, who died in 1741 aged 92. He was one of the later emi- grants, coming here in 1671. Only one son, tTosiah, left issue, and these are of Brookfield, Weston, Lincoln, and Boston. The family has always held a good position, several members of it being gradu- ates at various colleges. This record is quite full in respect to names, as the starting point is so recent as to prevent a very great extension of the name ; but it is defective in dates in some branches. The Family of Leck, of Bedlington, in the County of Durham, and the Charity of John George Leake, in New York, U. S. Pages 14. This work, written and published in 1855 by M. A. Richardson of Newcastle-on-Tyne, is worth notice, as several Americans claimed to be the heirs of Mr. Leake at his death in 1827. Robert Leck, son of William Leck or Lake of Newcastle, was baptized in 1722, was commissary at Cape Breton in 1747, and left issue two sons and a daughter. One son and the daughter died without issue, and the eldest son, John Gleorge, resided in New York, where he acquired a very large property, and died unmarried. He left an unsigned will, de- vising his property to Robert Watts on condition of his taking the name of Leake ; in default of whom, it was to be used to endow a home for orphans, where they might be taught some trade. The real estate escheated to the state, but the will was held valid for the disposition of the personal property. Mr. Watts died without fulfilling the con- ditions of the will ; but his father, waiving all claims, obtained a charter for the Orphan House, which was opened in 1843. Twenty- 92 American Genealogist. [1855. six claimants preferred a claim to the estates, but no one could show who were the commissary's parents, and the benevolent design of Mr. Leake was therefore suffered to be executed. The Christian Mother. An Address, Delivered in the First Church, Brighton, Feb. 14, 1855, at the Funeral of Mrs. Susanna [Park] Champney, who died Feb. 10, in her 95th year. With an Appen- dix, containing a Genealogical Notice of the Champ- ney and Park Families. By Frederick Augustus Whitney, Pastor of the Church. Boston : Crosby, Nichols & Co. 1855. 8vo, pp. 36. This sermon, which was published by the request of the family, occupies only eleven pages, the remainder being given to genealogy. The Champneys and Parks were both families long settled at Cam- bridge, and a very good account of them will be found herein ; the Parks are also well recorded in Jackson's History of Newton. Memorial of the Whittlesey Family in the United States. Published by the Whittlesey Association. 1855. 8vo, pp. 125. This volume was printed by Case, Tiffany & Co. of Hartford, and the committee of publication consisted of John S. Whittlesey of New Britain, and Henry N. and Charles B. of New Haven. It is a very full record of the descendants in the male line of John Whittlesey, who married Ruth Dudley in 1664. Nothing is known of him before his settlement at Saybrook. He left his six sons, whose pos- terity has continued to the present time, and to each son is assigned a separate part in this book. The families are arranged in a rather novel form, being formed into a table under the heads of births, marriages, etc., but the information is very full and exact. The notes are very short, but give a clear outline of the lives of the sub- jects. The index, in three parts, is the most elaborate one I have ever noticed. The volume should be accompanied by a large tab- ular pedigree, showing the different generations in the different branches. This is a very capital specimen of a strict genealogy, no space being wasted, and few omissions to be detected. An address at the Family Meeting, by E. Whittlesey, was pub- lished at Washington, D. C, 1855. 1855.] American Genealogist. 93 The Memoir and Journals of Rev. Paul Coffin, D. D. By Cyrus Woodman, Esq. Portland, Me. B.Thurston, steam printer, 1855. 8vo, pp. 181. Paul Coffin was born in 1737, and was the seventh child of Col. Joseph Coffin who was the great-grandson of Tristram C. the emi- grant. This memoir has some few genealogical items in it, and is worthy of notice as affording the explanation of the origin of the name of the town of Buxton, Me. The emigrant was the grandson of Nicholas Coffin of Butler's in the parish of Brixton, co. Devon, Eng., and Paul had the naming of the town before known as Narra- gansett, No 1. Whether he misread his family papers or wrote the name illegibly, is unknown, but Buxton was the name put in the act of incorporation, when Brixton was probably meant. A list of some of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman, who settled at Newbury, Mass., A. D. 1635. Compiled by Joshua Coffin. Printed for Cyrus Woodman (of Mineral Point, Wisconsin), at the Union Job Office, Newburyport, Mass. 1855. 16mo, pp. 16. As a larger genealogy of the family was printed the next year, no extended notice need be given here. It contains much that is not embraced in the other list, and is a very fair record of the earlier generations of the family. The fact that Mr. Coffin was the com- piler will be a sufficient guaranty of its accuracy. A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cush- MANS, the Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puri- tan, from the year 1617 to 1855. By Henry Wyles Cushman. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co. 1855. 8vo, pp. 665. It is impossible within our limits to give more than an outline of the plan of this large volume, but its arrangement is so clear and its indices so complete, that the investigator can tell the contents in a brief examination. Much space is devoted to the progenitor, who was one of the chief pillars of that church at Leyden which planted 94 American Genealogist. [1855. the colony at Plymouth ; and the biographical sketches of different individuals among his descendants are very extensive and interesting. The children of the daughters of the race also find a place in these pages, and these memoranda are always of special service to genealo- gists in general. On the last page of the book will be found a list of portraits inserted, being thirty in number, all but four of them being Cushmans. The author of this history was actively engaged in political life in Massachusetts, having been representative and sen- ator in the state legislature, and for two years lieutenant governor ; he was favorably known as a writer and orator. A fine portrait will be found at p. 439, and a good biography, reprinted, under protest, from Livingston's Portraits and Memoirs of Eminent Americans. The following work may perhaps be best mentioned here : The Proceedings at the Cushman Celebration, Plymouth, August 15, 1855, in Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Plymouth Pilgrims from Southampton, England j together with an Account of the Services at the Grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, August 16, 1855. Boston; J. M. Hewes, printer, 81 Cornhill, 1855. 8vo, pp. 76. The call for this meeting was issued at the suggestion of the Hon. Henry W. Cushman, who had then nearly completed his genealogy; and the ceremonies, occupying two days, are here duly recorded. The address, a very able and appropriate one, was delivered by the Rev. Robert W. Cushman of Boston, and at a collation which fol- lowed, many good speeches were made, and creditable poems recited. Nearly one thousand persons were gathered to this family meeting and it fulfilled, in every respect, the wishes of its originators. The Hall Family, settled at the town of Medford, Mass. Compiled by W. H. Whitmore. Reprinted from the History of Medford, by Rev. Charles Brooks. Boston : Printed by John Wilson & Son. 1855. 8vo, pp. 12. This was one of the families I prepared for the Register of Fami- lies at Medford ; feeling a special interest in this family I had a few copies struck off in this form. It relates to the descendants of a widow Mary Hall, of Cambridge. This record was made from the town and county records, and the collections of the Rev. A. H. Quint ; but it was defective in many places, and erroneous also on some points. Corrections will be found in the Register, xiii, 15 - 6, 1855.] Amekican Genealogist. 95 and XV, 59 ; referring especially to a curious repetition of one Chris- tian name, Stephen. John and Stephen were sons of Mary Hall ; John had a son Stephen, and three grandsons Stephens ; each of the latter having a son, and two of them grandsons of the name. Ste- phen had one son, two grandsons, two great grandsons, and one great- great-grandson, Stephens all : making sixteen Stephen Halls from 1670 to 1770, most of them resident at Medford, Mass. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John ScRANTON of Guilford, Conn., who died in the year 1671. Compiled by Rev. Erastus Scranton, A. M., of Burlington, Conn. Hartford : Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1855. 8vo, pp. 104. This is a very good account of the Scranton family (whose pro- genitor was one of the first settlers of Guilford), arranged on the plan of the Foote Genealogy, and accompanied by a good index. Only the male descendants are traced throughout, the females being duly recorded as heads of families, and their children given, but not included in the numbering, or traced farther. Prefixed to the gene- alogy is a sketch of the settlement of Guilford, and a list of the first planters. The whole execution of the book is highly creditable to the author, who was installed at Milford, just fifty years before the date of this publication, and whose age might well be pleaded to ex- cuse any defects, were any defense needed. Historical Sketch of Col. Benjamin Bellows, Founder of Wapole : An Address, on occasion of the gather- ing of his descendants to the Consecration of his Monument, at Wapole, N. H., Oct. 11, 1854. By Henry W. Bellows. With an Appendix, containing an account of the Family Meeting. New York : John A. Gray, printer, 95 and 97 Cliff Street, Cor. Frankfort. 1855. Pages 125. The illustrations, etc., are a view of the monument of Col. Bel- lows and two pages of inscriptions thereon, a colored plate of arms, and tabular pedigree. There is no attempt to trace an English ped- igree. Even those who consider genealogical works dry reading, will.find in the animated descriptions of the mode of life and tone of society a hundred years ago, with which this book is enriched, a most interesting field of study. 96 American Genealogist. [1855. Genealogical Sketch of the Bird Family, having its origin in Hartford, Conn. Hartford : Elihu Geer. 1855. Pages 24. This little pamphlet contains quite an outline of the family de- scendants from Thomas Bird of Hartford. He left sons Joseph and James ', but of the descendants of Joseph only two bearing the name were known to the author. Thomas Bird, son of James, was of Avon, and had three sons, John, Joseph, Jonathan, from whom have come those bearing the name, some fifty in all. The family must be one of the smallest on our records. Letters and Papers relating chiefly to the Provincial History of Pennsylvania, with some Notices of the Writers. Privately printed. Philadelphia: Crissey & Markley, printers. 1855. 2 vols. Pages 138 and 312. The first volume consists of genealogical notes concerning the writers of the letters, prepared by Thomas Baleh, Esq., of Philadel- phia, one of the most learned antiquaries of the state. The families here noticed are the Shippen, and others connected with it. The first of the name was Edward of Boston, 1668, whose brother was William Shippen, rector of Stockport, county of Chester; he became a Quaker and was first mayor of Philadelphia. The Francis family commences with Philip, mayor of Plymouth, Eng., whose grandson, Tench F., was uncle of Sir Philip F., whose name appears so often in the Junius controversy. Tench Francis settled at Philadelphia, and his great-grandson was governor of Khode Island. The Swifts, McCalls, Willings (of whom Charles W. was great-grandson of Har- rison and Mayne, two of the regicides, and great-grandfather of Lady Ashburton), Jacksons, Sterlings and Byrds are here recorded, and form in fact a very admirable outline of the pedigrees of the most noted Pennsylvania families. Of the letters it is impossible to say much, because the editor has restricted the circulation of his work, and his wishes ought to be respected. They will be of great service to the future historian. The Life of Esther de Berdt, afterwards Esther Reed of Pennsyl- vania. Privately printed. Philadelphia: G. Sherman, printer, 1853. This is a volume of family letters written about the date of the Kevolution, and probably edited by W. B. Reed, Esq. 1855.] American Genealogist. 97 The Sheldon Magazine ; or, a Genealogical List of the Sheldons in America, with biographical and His- torical Notes, and Notices of other Families with which this intermarried. "By Rev. Henry Olcott Sheldon. Loudonville, Ashland Co., Ohio. 1855. 8vo, pp. 112. This work, of which four parts have been published, is a list of names or outline of a promised genealogy, issued for the purpose of corrections, and is therefore only to be considered as a collection of genealogical items. I believe the genealogy is soon to appear. The first part published in June, 1855, contains pp. 1-28; the second, Jan., 1857, pp. 28 - 55 ; the third, April, 1857, pp. 55 - 82 ; and the fourth, Oct., 1857, pp. 82 - 122. There are duplicate pages bearing the same number. A notice in the fourth number informs us that another number will complete what was intended to be pub- lished " in this edition of the list. " Register of Families settled at the Town of Medford, Mass. Compiled by W. H. Whitmore. Reprinted from the History of Medford, by Rev. Charles Brooks. Boston : Printed by John Wilson & Son. 1855. Pages 96. This register was prepared for the history of the town, and it com- prises all the records previous to 1750, in relation to the principal families. The limits prescribed did not admit of a more complete transcript, though in many cases, the genealogies are traced to the present generation. The more extended genealogies in this book are those of the following families : Albree, Blanchard, Bradshaw, Brooks, Cradock, Francis, Hall, Reeves, Royal, Tufts, Turell, Usher, Wade, Willis and Whitmore. The last twenty pages are given to an account of the Whitmores, considerably enlarged from the record given in the history ; it has been already noticed as a separate pub- lication. About one hundred copies of this edition were issued, and it contains a number of engravings from the History of Medford. 13 98 American Genealogist. [1855. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of the Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M., Mem- ber of New England "Historic-Genealogical Society. Boston : Press of Damrell & Moore. 1855. 8vo, pp. 264. These genealogies are very copious and exact, but some of the traditions recorded must be read with due allowance, especially those on the derivation of families from English stock, for few writers of equal ability have recorded more unreliable stories. On his own ground however of facts and dates here, Mr. Morse is excelled by no genealogist. The principal families noticed in this book are those of Adams, Bullard, Clark, Coolidge, Cutler, Daniel, Fitch, Harding, Hill, Holbrook, Leland, Morse, Partridge, Perry, Phipps, Kichard- son, Rockwood, Sanger, Twitchel, Whitney and Wood. The illus- trations are portraits of John Quincy Adams, Charles Adamg Bullard, Otis Bullard, Rev. Amos Clark, Rev. Charles Fitch, Ed- ward Holbrook, Joseph, Abner and Dr. Horatio Holbrook, Joseph Phipps, Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, and coats of arms of Phipps and Holbrook, the former being that of Gov. Phips, whose nephew settled at Wrentham, the latter in no way connected with the fam- ily here. This work was published again in 1856, with a new title page, and additions, pp. 265 - 340. Pages 53-7 were also remodeled, and seven pages of new matter inserted between pp. 57 - 8, all relating to the Bullards. The illustrations also are very different, being por- traits of George and John Bullard, Elihu Cutler, Timothy Fisk, Charles Fitch, John G. Holbrook, Abner Morse and Joseph Phipps ; and a map of Sherborn, view of Mt. Hollis Seminary, and the fight at Medway. As the reader will observe, Mr. Morse has been one of the most diligent and useful genealogists of the day, and this record shows on every page that he has neglected no probable source of information. His habit of publishing a few pages of additions and binding them in a small number of his large histories, renders it impossible almost to describe his works accurately. Rev. Mr. Morse writes thus to a friend under date Oct. 8, 1861 : " In my History of Slierhorn and Holliston, I have given the gene- alogy of all the families who settled in those places between 165-4 and 1800, and of several families down to 1854. I have collected 1855.] American Genealogist. 99 the Fay race with a view to publication in a volume by itself. My second volume of the Descendants of several Ancient Puritans, now being completed, will include the Brigham, the Hapgood, Frary, Pettee and Hewins races. My third volume is finished with a sup- plement to the Richards ra(?e, and is confined to the several races of the name of Richards. " Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston ; to which is appended the early history of the town. With illustrations, maps, and notes. By Henry Bond, M. D. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., etc. 1855. 2 vols. Svo, pp. 1094. This work is by far the largest and most important town history yet issued. Nearly one thousand pages, very olosely printed, are de- voted to the genealogy of the Watertown settlers, tracing their pos- terity to the present time, and in almost every instance embracing an account of the descendants not resident in that town. It would be useless to attempt to give proper praise to this immense work, which could only have been produced by a person of great industry, perseverance, and judgment, careless of expense or labor. The families especially noticed are, in the first volume, those of Allen, Barnard, Bemis, Bigelow, Biscoe, Bond, Bowman, Bridge, Bright, Browne, Child, Coolidge (and Wigglesworth), Cutler, Cut- ting, Dix, Easterbrook, Fiske, Flagg, Garfield, Goddard, Gove, Hagar, Hammond, Harrington, Hastings, Hoar, Hyde, Jennison, Jones, Kimball, Lawrence, Learned, Livermore, Mason, Mixer, Morse, Norcross, Park, Parkhurst, Pierce, Sanderson, Sanger, Sher- man, Smith, Spring, Stearns, (Stone, Talbot, Bellows, Johnson, Redington, Sparhawk, Newcomb, Pratt — all in appendices to Stearns), Stone, Stratton, Tarball, Thornton, Upham, Warren, Wel- lington, White, Whitney, Woodward and Wyman. In the second volume will be Jbund additions and corrections, chiefly in the names of Barstow, Biscoe, Bond, Bowman, Boylston, Bright, Brooks, Browne, Chester, Coolidge, Dix, Eddy, Eyre, Fiske, Fuller, Goldstone, Hammond, Harris, Hastings, Hubbard, Jennison, Lawrence, Oldham, Park, Phillips (White, Abbot, Jewitt, Spooner, Tillinghast, Quincy-all in appendices to Phillips), Saltonstall, 100 Amekican Genealogist. [1855. Spring, Stearns, Stone, Warren, Whitmore, Whitney, Whittemore and Woodward. The volumes are each arranged alphabetically, and contain short notices of many other names, besides the great number inserted in the text, as descendants in the female line. Mr. Bond was enabled to have access to the collections of Mr. Somerby, and thus to give the English pedigree of several of these settlers. We give the names of those concerning whom there is full proof here given. The Barstows were from Shelf, a parish of Halifax, county of York; the Bonds are traced to Jonas Bond of Bury St. Edmunds, county of Suffolk ; the Brights and Groldstones to the same place, the former family being traced to John Bright who died in 1545. The Brownes, descended from two brothers Richard and Abraham and their nephew John, were from a family settled at Swan Hall, county of Suffolk, and Stamford, county of Lincoln. The Bigelows were from Wrentham, county of Suffolk, and earlier from Cheshire, the name being Baguly. Leonard Chester, progenitor of the family here, was from a good family, set- tled at Blaby, county of Leicester. Ephraim Child was a near rela- tive of the Bonds, and no doubt from the same locality. The Coolidges are here traced with all desirable probability to the Cool- edge or Colynge family, of Cottenham, county of Cambridge ; and the Goddards are known to have come from London. The Saltonstalls are descended from Sir Bichard S., whose grandfather was Gilbert Saltonstall of Halifax, county of York, and whose uncle was lord mayor of London, 1597. Mr. Bond gives, at the end of the second volume, much valuable information concerning the early history of the town, and its first settlers. Watertown has always been a colonizing town ; in 1634 - 5, many went to Connecticut and settled Wethersfield, and after- wards Stamford, Milford, and Branford ; in 1636, many settled at Dedham, and in 1637, Sudbury; whilst Concord, Lancaster and Martha's Vineyard were largely increased by emigrants from this town. These volumes contain portraits of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Bond, Thomas Bright, Moses Brown, William Coolidge Richards, Benjamin Goddard, Samuel Phillips and John Phillips, besides several woodcuts of residences, sepulchral monuments, coats of arms, and maps. Dr. Bond was born at Watertown, but he resided the last forty years of his life at Philadelphia, where he was highly esteemed. By 1856.] American Genealogist. 101 his will he left to the New England Historic-Genealogical Society his very valuable collection of manuscripts, and about one thousand un- bound copies of the History of Watertown. The society appointed a board of trustees to attend to the sale of the history, and a second edition has accordingly been issued with a memoir of the author, by Horatio Gates Jones, Esq. A portrait of the author was also added. 1856. Amort. Amory Amistad. Boston : Printed by Button & Wentworth No. 37 Congress St. 1856. 8vo, pp. 30. This account of the Amory family is a reprint from the Register, X, 59 (1856), with many additions, chiefly biographical. Only twenty-seven copies were printed in this form, and it is of course ex- tremely rare. The family is traced to Thomas Amory of Somerset- shire, whose eldest son Thomas Amory of Galy, county of Kerry, removed thither probably on his marriage with the daughter of the nineteenth Lord Kerry, and was grandfather of Thomas Amory, au- thor of the Life of John Buncle. Jonathan, youngest son of the first Thomas, removed to South Carolina, and was speaker of the leg- islature and treasurer of the province. Thomas, his son, was a mer- chant at the Azores, but settled at Boston in 1721. Two of his sons, Thomas and John, left issue ; and besides descendants of the name, there are many by the names of Dexter, Deblois, Sohier, Davis, Cod- man, Cunningham, Lowell, Jeffries, and Prescott. The family has been one of the highest social position in Boston since the time of John and Jonathan, who were great merchants before and during the Revolution. In the second volume of the Heraldic Journal (Bos- ton, 1866), is a copy of a pedigree recorded at the College of Arms at Dublin. Thomas C. Amory, the writer of this pamphlet, has since published a very able life of his grandfather, Governor James Sullivan. 102 American GtEnealoghst. [1856. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N. H., about 1736. By J. H. Woodman. From the Press of J. Griffin, Brunswick, Me. 1856. 8vo, pp. 54. This book is chiefly composed of a record of the descendants of Joshua Woodman, son of Archelaus, who was grandson of Edward Woodman of Newbury, 1635. There was a Hercules Woodman who came from Malford (probably Christian Malford, county of Wilts), who no doubt was the Archelaus Woodman who settled atNew- bury, and left no issue. As these two emigrants lived in the same town, and Edward had a grandson named Archelaus, it is highly probable that they were brothers. Edward had four sons, from whom have sprung a numerous progeny. This record is full only from the comparatively late date of Joshua's marriage in 1736, though some account of the other branches will here be found. An Imperfect List of Descendants from Job Lane, Wm. Lane of Dorchester, and WiUiam Lane of Boston. With notices of some others of the same name. This account fills six quarto pages, and was prepared by E. Lane, Esq., of Chicago, in which city it was printed in 1856, and contains short notices of the families of Job of Maiden, and William of Bos- ton, but a very good account of the Dorchester and Hingham family. Elsewhere will be found an account of Job Lane and his family ; he is here said to have been from Dorchester, Eng., but no authority is quoted. Gen. Joseph Lane of Oregon, and Gen. James H. Lane of Kansas, names familiar to politicians, are here said to be sons of Amos Lane of Westchester, N. Y., but the previous pedigree is untraced. [Descendants of Matthew Griswold.] 4 to, pp. 6. There is no date or author's name to this pamphlet, which was printed by Raod, 148 Lake street, Chicago; but it was probably issued in 1856, and presumably is to be attributed to E. S. Lane, the author of a similar genealogy of the Lanes. It contains many names but very few dates. 1856.] American Genealogist. 103 A Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descend- ants of Timothy Rockwood. Born in Medway, July 5, 1727. Died in Holliston, Feb. 21, 1806. Compiled from Authentic Sources. By E. L. Rock- wood. Boston, Mass. : Published by the Compiler. 1856. 12mo, pp. 146 and v. This record comprises only one branch of the Rockwood family, Timothy being grandson of John R., who was a grandson of Richard Rocket or Rockwood of Dorchester and Braintree. A valuable gen- ealogy of other branches of this family will be found in Morse's His- tory of HolUston and Sherborn. This record seems very complete for the limited extent embraceed in its plan, and contains the de- scendants in the female line, as well as those of the name of Rock- wood; the biographies contain many particulars of the individuals cited, of interest chiefly to relatives. The frontispiece is a view of the old homestead. This book was printed at Boston by Bazin & Chandler. The reader will note the error of genealogical in more places in this book probably than in any other extant. The index is very good. A Family Record of the Descendants of Sergt. Edward HiNMAN, who first appeared at Stratford in Con- necticut about 1650. Collected from State, Colony, Town and Church Records ; also from old Bibles and aged people. By R. R. Hinman, Esq., of New York. 1856. This is the sixth part of Mr. Hinman's Puritan Settlers of Con- necticut, of which it forms pp. 805-884; but as it is also issued separately with a title page I notice it here. It has been supposed that Edward Inman, an early settler of Providence, R. I., was iden- tical with the above Edward Hinman, but such the author states is not the case. Mr. Hinman, however, considers the names Inman and Hinman to have the same origin. The illustrations are portraits of the author, of E. Hinman, and of Col. John E. Hinman of Utica, N. Y. ; and the coat of arms of Inman, as described by Burke, but which is here called Hinman. The genealogy is very thoroughly prepared. 104 American Genealogist. [1856. An Account of the Temple Family, with Notes and Pedigree of the Family of Bowdoin. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, with Corrections and Additions, by W. H. Whitmore. Boston : Printed for private circulation only, by Button & "Wentworth. 1856. 8vo, pp. 15. The Temples here recorded belong to the well known English family, from which sprung Peter Temple of Stow, who died in 1577, leaving two sons, John and Anthony. This last named was ancestor of Sir William Temple, the famous statesman, and of the Temples, viscounts Palmerston. From the elder son John was descended Sir Thomas Temple, baronet, and the eldest line is now represented through female descent, by the duke of Buckingham. The baronetcy descended to Sir John Temple, born at Ten Hills, Maiden, Mass., who married a daughter oi Gov. Bowdoin of Mass., and who is largely noticed in the Revolutionary history. His son succeeded to the title ; his daughter married the Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop. This record contains much new matter from family papers, and in- cludes notes on the Nelson and Emmett families. In the third and fourth volumes of the Herald and Genealogist (London, 1866), are several articles on the Temples, adding much to our previous know- ledge. The Heraldic Journal^ vol. ll, has also some new items. The BowDOiNS are descended from Pierre Baudouin, a Huguenot, whose grandson was governor of Massachusetts ', and the college at Brunswick, Me., perpetuates the name. No legitimate descendants of James, son of Pierre, now remain bearing the name of Bowdoin, but John, a younger son of the emigrant, removed to Virginia, and the family still. flourishes there. Several of the descendants of Sir John Temple have assumed the name of Bowdoin, according to the will of James B., son of the governor. Thomas Judd and his Descendants. By Sylvester Judd, of Northampton, Mass. Northampton : Printed by J. & L. Metcalf. 1856. 8vo, pp. 112. This is an admirable account of the family descended from Thomas Judd of Cambridge, 1634, Hartford, 1636, and Farming- ton, Conn., 1644. He was a deputy to the general court many times, deacon of the church at Farmington, and a large proprietor of 1856.] American Genealogist. 105 lands there. He had six sons, all of whom have had large issue, and this genealogy is divided in six parts, in correspondence with this fact ; an index prefixed to the record enables the reader to refer to the diiFerent branches and generations. The names recorded amount to 1882. This register is very full, and well arranged, as might have been expected from the reputation of the author, who was the standard authority on all points of genealogy relating to families set- tled in the Connecticut valley. His son, Sylvester, was a minister at Augusta, Me., where he died in 1853, author of Margaret^ and Richard Edney, two of the most remarkable novels ever written by an American. The Worcester Family ; or the Descendants of Rev. William Worcester, with a Brief Notice of the Connecticut Wooster Family. Collected by J. F. Worcester, Lynn: W. W. Kellogg. Printer. 1856. 8vo, pp. 111. The Rev. William Worcester was pastor of the first church at Salisbury, Mass., from its formation in 1638, to his death in 1662. He had three sons who left issue, viz : Samuel, William, and Moses : the former being the progenitor of the branch traced in this book in a very complete manner. At p. 87 will be found a partial record of the descendants of Moses, which the compiler has not had the material to finish. Pages 107-8 contain a few generations of the family of Edward Wooster of Milford and Derby, Conn., but no con- nection is known to exist between the two emigrants, Edward and William. There have been several ministers in the family of Samuel Worcester, and in this book are portraits of the Kev. Noah of Thorn- ton, N. H., and the Rev. Samuel of Salem; another distinguished member of the family is Joseph E. Worcester, the compiler of the well known dictionaries. An engraving of a coat of arms is given, according to a memorandum found among the papers of the Rev. Francis W. of Hollis, who was born in 1698 ; the age of the document is much in favor of its validity. Historical Sketch and Genealogy of George and Thomas Geer, from 1621 to 1856. By James Geer. Hartford : Elihu Geer, printer and stationer. 1856. 12mo, pp. 81. For these emigrants, tradition claims a descent from John Geer of Hevitree, county of Devon, or from a family settled at Shoreham 14 106 American Genealogist. [1856. in the same county ; but no proof is found of either report. Part I, pp. 21-78, relate to the issue of George Geer of New London, Conn., subdividing the account into six parts, in each of which one of the sons of George is considered the head and his descendants are numbered from him. These records begin as follows : Jonathan, p. 22; Joseph, p. 27; Daniel, p. 33; Robert, p. 38; Isaac, p. 61 ; Jeremiah, p. 74. Part ii gives us the family of Thomas Geer of Enfield, whose only son Shubael was married in 1703, a fact which will account for the small number of descendants recorded in this branch. The genealogy makes a very neat little record, and is ap- parently quite full. The frontispiece is a Geer coat of arms, printed in colors ; but of course as no pedigree is found of the emigrant, the family here can have no right to the arms. A Genealogical Memoir of the Families of Lawrences, with a direct male line from Sir Robert Lawrence of Lancashire, A. D. 1190 : down to John Law- rence of Watertown, A. D. 1636 : with notices of others of same name in different states. By Mercy Hale, Stowe, Mass. Boston : Printed for the Author. 1856. 8vo, pp. 20. This pamphlet relates of one branch chiefly, that of which Amos Lawrence of Fitchburg was the head. His descendants are recorded both in the male and female lines, and the work speaks well for the perseverance of the compiler, who is, moreover, exempted by her sex from any harsh criticism. Genealogy of the Sanborn Family. By Nathan San- born, M. D., Henniker, N. H. From the N. Eng- land Hist. & Gen. Register, July and October, 1856. Boston: Printed by H. W. Button & Son. 1856. 8vo, pp. 21. It is supposed that the name of Sanborn, is a corruption of that of Samhorn, which is still to be found in England, though no con- nection can be traced to the family herein recorded, descended from John and William S. of Hampton. The record here given is a very well arranged genealogy, in the strict meaning of the term, enumer- ating over six hundred and fifty of the name. The members of the family have formed an Association, of which Dr. Sanborn is record- 1856.] American Genealogist. 107 ing secretary, and farther publications are promised, though none, I believe, have yet been issued. An English coat of arms is given on p. 1, as a matter of curiosity solely, copied from Burke's Armory. A Memoir, Biographical and Genealogical, of Sir John Leverett, Knt., Governor of Massachusetts, 1673- 79 ; of Hon. John Leverett, F. R. S. Judge of the Supreme Court, and President of Harvard College ; and of the Family generally. Boston : Crosby, Nichols & Co. 1856. 8vo, pp. 203. Thomas Leverett, unquestionably of a good family and an alder- man of Boston, England, came hei-e in 1633, in company with Rev. John Cotton. He was highly esteemed in his new home, and dying in 1650, left issue : Jane, who probably died unmarried, Annie, wife of Isaac Addington, and one son John. Pages 31-48 are devoted to the descendants of Addington, in the female line, Isaac Jun., the only son, dying s. p., being in the names of Davenport, Townsend, Sale, Hickling, Mosely, &c. John Leverett married first Hannah, daughter of Ralph Hudson, by whom he had an only son, and secondly Sarah Sedgwick. In 1644 he went to England, and served under Cromwell, returning to Boston about 1648, and filled various important and honorable offices, being agent to England, speaker of the house, major-general, deputy-governor, and governor. He was knighted by Charles II, but probably never assumed the title, and dying in 1679, was honored by the universal regret of the colony. Three portraits of him have been preserved, two of which are engraved for this re- cord. His only son, Hudson, did not attain to any distinction ; but the descendants of his daughters here recorded, Cookes, Saltonstalls, Hubbards, Dudleys, Olivers, and others, have been among our most prominent citizens. John, son of Hudson Leverett, became speaker, councillor, judge of probate and of the superior court, and president of Harvard College. He was twice married, but left no sons : his descendants being now in the Denison and Rogers Family. Thomas Leverett the other son of Hudson L. and sole heir male, was a sur- geon and died young, leaving an only son Knight Leverett, who had issue John and Thomas. The latter was father of Benjamin, and grand-father of the author of this book — Rev. Charles Edward Lev- erett, rector of Prince William's parish, South Carolina. A brother of the author was Frederic Percival L., a distinguished scholar, principal of the Latin School at Boston, and compiler of the well known Latin Lexicon which bears his name. A good portrait and 108 American Genealogist. [1866. memoir will be found in this book. We have been a little more ex- plicit in our notice of this family, since there are others of the name not descended from Thomas. The genealogy is very fall, and a tab- ular pedigree inserted at p. 193, renders it very easy of examina- tion. The notes on the marriages are very interesting, as are the biographies and family documents. The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of KiLBOURN (in its varied orthography) . By Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, A. M., member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. New Ha- ven : Durrie & Peck. 1856. 8vo, pp. 488. We have already noticed the first form in which Mr. Kilbourne's collections were published. Some seven years afterwards he tells us, he found in a volume of Wills from the Register of Bury St. Ed- munds, published by the Camden Society, an incidental notice of certain persons of the name located, early in the seventeenth cen- tury, at Wood Ditton, county of Cambridge, Eng., and searches at that place proved that this was the birth place of Thomas Kilborne, the emigrant. Pages 9-33 contain notes relative to different per- sons and places in England bearing the Kilburn name, of little use to the genealogist, but indications of the patient and continued labor of the compiler; and some interpolated pages; 34 — 38, are devoted to extracts from English parish records; pp. 39-46, are like the first notes, and pp. 47-53, give us the records at Wood Ditton, and an account of a visit to it. with an engraving of the church there ; pp. 54-72, contain more biographies and registers; pp. 33 — 38, contain the genealogy of the issue of Thomas Kilbourn in the line of his son John, and this part of the book is enlivened by the intro- duction of biographies and anecdotes to a greater degree than are most of our family histories ; pp. 339 - 3B5, are given to the posterity of George, another son of Thomas, who settled at Rowley, Mass., but owing to the difficulty of obtaining information this part is much inferior in extent to the preceding. Several appendices follow, con- taining memoranda of interest, and the volume closes with a very complete index. 1856.] American Genealogist. 109 The Neal Record : being a list of the Descendants of John Neale, one of the early settlers of Salem, Mass. Compiled by Theodore Augustus Neal. Boston : Henry W. Button & Son, Printers. 1856. 8vo, pp. 30. This is an account of the issue of one of the name only, of those here at an early date ; of the other emigrants, Henry of Braintree is credited with twenty-one children, and Walter of New Hampshire is thought to have been the ancestor of the family in that state : so that the present list covers but a small portion of the bearers of the name. Mr Neal thinks his ancestor may have belonged to the Neales of Dean, county of Bedford, because one of that family mar- ried a cousin of Oliver Cromwell, and there is a tradition in his fam- ily of their descent from the protector. We do not put any reliance however on this coincidence, less even than the author, because we have found the same report in other families, and because the error admits of any easy solution, as there were several Cromwells in New England, one being a settler at Salem. There is a folding sheet pedigree at the commencement of the book ; and the appearance of the whole is neat and workmanlike. The plan is substantially that used in the Register. Record of the Coe Family, 1596 - 1856. New York : John A. Gray's Fire-Proof Printing Office, 16 and 18 Jacob St. 1856. 8vo, pp. 14. The author of this little pamphlet. Rev. David B. Coe, D. D., does not claim for it the merit of completeness, but to preserve an outline of the family history, he published such portions of the in- formation he had gained as might enable others to trace their de. scent from Robert Coe of Stamford, Conn. This Robert was of Watertown, but went to Wethersfield with the party that colonized that town. He was also a leader in the division at the latter place, settled at Stamford, then went to Newtown, L. I., and finally rested at Jamaica, L. I. He was a magistrate and evidently one of the leading men in the colony. He left three sons, from whom has sprung a numerous progeny. The contents of this book are strictly of a genealogical nature, but are clearly arranged and full in respect to dates. 110 American Genealogist. [1856. Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of some of the First Settlers of Connecti- cut and Massachusetts. By the late Nathaniel Goodwin. Hartford : F. A. Brown. 1856. 8vo, pp. 362. This work contains a selection from his collections made by Judge Goodwin, just previous to his death, and now published in charge of Charles J. Hoadly, Esq., state librarian. The families here traced are those of Blakeman, Chester, Clark, Case, Dwight, Edwards, Groodrich, Goodwin, Gurley, Hollister, Hopkins, Ingersoll, Jones, Judson, Kent, Lord, Mather, Metcalf, Mygatt, Nott, Porter, Sedgwick, Smith, Spencer, Stone, Storrs, Terry, Treat, Ward, Webster, Wells, and Whiting. It is hardly necessary to add that these genealogies are clear, full, and in every respect satisfactory. None of our authors have ever excelled Mr. Goodwin in the method of displaying their aquisitions, and no one probably was so familiar as he, with the early records of his state. There is a good memoir of him in this volume prepared by his friend, Henry Barnard, Esq., from which we learn that his upright character and unceasing industry obtained for him a large share of the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens He was long time clerk and judge of probate for Hartford, and his antiqua- rian zeal was not only here encouraged, but it was of great service to the public. He was one of the original incorporators of the Con- necticut Historical Society, and at the time of his death, was vice- president of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Genealogical History with Short Sketches and Family Records of the Early Settlers of West Simsbury, now Canton, Conn. By Abiel Brown, Esq., with an Introductory and Commendatory Notice by Rev. J. Burt. Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany & Co. 1856. 8vo, pp. 151. The families recorded in this very accurate and interesting book are those of Adams, Alford, Bacon, Bronson, Brown, Barber, Buel, Case, Curtis, Dyer, Everest, Foote, Garret, Hill, Humphrey, Higly, Mills, Moses, Merrell, Messinger, Phelps, Segur, and Wilcox. It is much to be regretted that the author did not give full dates, 1857.] American Genealogist. Ill as he has given us only the year and not added the day and month ; it will however be of much service to those tracing Connecticut families. 1857. Genealogy of the descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by the names of Adams, Bullard, Hol- BROOK, RocKWooD, SANGER, Grout, Goulding and TwiTCHELL. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M. Boston : Printed for the Author. 1857. 8vo, pp. 358. This is the first volume of a series. It contains the Adams, Bullard, Holbrook, Kockwood, and Sanger families, reprinted from the author's History of Sherborn, Holliston and Medway, and appar- ently with the same types, though additions to the several families are made, sometimes to the extent of two or three pages. To these are added the Grout, Goulding, and Twitchell families, which are but slightly noticed in the history. There are three coats of arms, viz. : those of certain Grout, Holbrook, and Rockwood families ; but they probably do not belong to the families here. There are also 20 portraits, viz. : of J. Q. Adams; A., Hon. H. M., Rev. Malachi, and John Bullard; J. G., Jno. C, and Amos Holbrook; Ebenezer, and Rev. Otis Rockwood ; L. D. Gale, Mrs. Abigail (Grout) Hale, Harry Hale, Harry Grout, Jonathan Grout, Rev. Geo. G. Hapgood, Geo. Sprague, Capt. Peter Almon, and Genery Twitchell; and an outline profile of Hon. Jonathan Grout. To some copies of this vol- ume the author's Litchfield Genealogy (1855) is added. Chief of the Pilgrims ; or the Life and Time of William Brewster, Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Company that founded New Plymouth, the Parent Colony of New England, in 1620. By the Rev. Ashbel Steele, A. M., Washington City. Illustrated with five steel and four other engravings. Philadelphia : • J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1857. Pages 416. We learn from the preface, that at a meeting of the descendants of William Brewster, held in 1853, a committee was appointed to procure the publication of a biography of the pilgrim, and that Mr. Steele, who had already made some collections, was accordingly 112 American Genealogist. [1857. chosen to do the work. This biography contains probably all that is now known concerning Brewster, the valuable portions being those taken from Mr. Hunter's Founders, and Bradford's History ; Mr. Hunter has informed us that William Brewster was of Scrooby, county of Notts ; but farther back in the pedigree than his supposed father William B , nothing is yet known. The author says an old coat of arms is preserved in a family at Portsmouth, N. H., the same as that borne by the Brewsters of Wrentham, county of Suffolk. Mr. Steele promises another volume of the genealogy of the de- scendants of William Brewster, and consequently gives only the par- ticulars of the sons and daughters of the elder. Yet even in this generation he seems to have been led into error, as at p. 350 he gives a place to Wrestling Brewster, who, all accounts agree in say- ing, died unmarried ; but who is here placed at the head of a New Hampshire branch. Mr. Savage, in his Dictionary, declares this pedigree to be fictitious, founded on deeds and accounts forged during the last century, and his authority will be held suflBcient by all. He makes the New Hampshire family spring from a John Bruster of Portsmouth, 1665,and probably earlier. There was also a Francis Brewster of New Haven, early, and a Nathaniel, probably his son, descendants of whom are still to be found on Long Island. As the coat of arms before mentioned is found in the family whose origin is thus disputed, it can hardly be considered of any authority in tracing the English pedigree ; and I believe the name of Brewster is far from being an uncommon one in England. A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Family ; compiled for Oliver Mayhew Whipple, Esq., of Lowell. 1857. [On reverse of title, Compiled by John H. Boutelle, of Woburn. Printed by E. D. Green & Co., Lowell.] Large 12mo, pp. 36. Matthew and John Whipple, brothers, were early settled at Ips- wich, and were the ancestors of a large and esteemed family in New England. This record contains a portion of these descendants, though those sprung from Matthew occupy the greater part of the book; the register is not very convenient for reference, as no plan of cross enumeration is used, though for this the author is not to blame. Still the early generations of both branches are well traced, and some very valuable extracts from wills and deeds are given, which correct previous errors. In a notice of this work in the Register (xi, 360), I noted some corrections of statements of mine in the 1857.] American Genealogist. 118 Lane Genealogy. Elder John Whipple, the emigrant, had a son John who married Martha Reyner, and by her had Susanna, who married her second cousin, John Lane. A brother of this Susanna was Major Matthew W., whose grandson, William, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and brigadier general at the cap- ture of Burgoyne. As John and Matthew are names used in both branches of the family, this book needs to be carefully examined by those wishing to identify one of the name. The record from Elder John occupies pp. 29 - 34 ; and on the latter page is a note concerning the Whipples of Rhode Island, sprung from a David W., probably not related to the foregoing. Felt's History of Ipswich no- tices several of the name, but confuses the families, that should be collated with this genealogy. Hoyt Family. A Genealogical History of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield (Massa- chusetts), and their Descendants: with Some Ac- count of the Earlier Connecticut Hoyts, and an Appendix containing the Family Record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, etc. By David W. Hoyt, member of the New England Historical and Genea- logical Society. Boston : C. Benjamin Richardson, 1857. 8vo, pp. 144. The title of this volume renders any long explanation of its con- tents unnecessary. The greater portion, pp. 15-122, is devoted to the family of John Hoyt, and it is in all respects a thorough, well arranged work, creditable to the author. The introduction contains an account of the early settlers in New England of the name, and the author shows a commendable judgment in his estimate of the traditions and coats of arms preserved in the family. The illustra- tions are portraits of A. Gr. Hoit, the artist, and David Starr Hoyt, who served in Mexico under Gen. Scott, and was killed during the Kansas troubles; and an engraving of an old house in Deerfield, long occupied by the Hoyts. 15 114 Ameuican Genealogist. [1857. Origin and Genealogy of the American Hildreths ; a Letter to D. M. Hildreth, Esq., New Orleans, from Richard Hildreth. [From the New England His- torical and Genealogical Register.] Boston : Henry W. Button & Son, Printers. 1857. Pages 8. This little pamphlet gives considerable information concerning the family, tracing it from Richard H. of Woburn, 1643, and afterwards of Chelmsford, Mass. The bearers of the name have resided in that town, at Westford, Dracut, and Methuen ; and branches have spread out into New Hampshire and Vermont, Ohio, Long Island, and Vir- ginia, Nothing is known of the family of the emigrant before he came here. Memoranda relating to the Lane, Retner and Whip- ple Families, , Yorkshire and Massachusetts. Re- printed from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April and July, 1857. By W. H. Whitmore. Boston : Henry W. Button & Son, Printers. 1857. 8vo, pp. 24. This is a collection of very curious and valuable papers preserved in the Lane family, relating to some property owned by the Reyners and Lanes in Yorkshire. Job Lane of iNIalden, married a daughter of the Rev. John Reyner of Plymouth, Mass., a minister of good re- pute here, who emigrated with his brother, Humphrey R., from Gildersome, county of York. His wife was of the family of Boyes of Edgton, county of York; one brother was killed near Leeds in 1643, at Seacroft fight, and others lived near Grildersome, as did the Reyners. Job Lane purchased from his brother-in-law, Jachin Reyner, all his right, and the earliest and most important of these letters are from John Dickinson of Gildersome, whose wife was prob- ably a niece of John Reyner, and who writes many interesting items about the family and property. The Rev. Peter Prudden, born at Edgton, married Joanna Boyes, sister of Reyner's wife, and two other sisters seem to have married, respectively, Robinson, and Symonds. This case is, perhaps, the only one in New England, where a family kept any property in England, from the first settle- ment here till after the Revolution. The Lane family has remained settled mainly at Bedford, Mass., and is connected with the Whip- 1857. J AmKIUOAN (JKNiahOdlST. 115 j)I(is, Wliif.iuonis, I*ii|;(is, OliiuidlorH, find oIIkm-h. I liiivci iilwayH Hilt, thimkl'iil lor liiiviii;^ Imoii tlio inoaiiH of iiinkiii;;- |)iil)li(5 (Jiosn (Iikmi- moiit>H, and 1 fcruHt my jj;o()d Inrliirid will Hl-imniaio oI.Ikhh U> Inuw out all i\M (M>lIo(i|,i()iiH ol' old papcirn ol" wliifli l.luiy may iioar. Mr. Dixon liaM dovoLotl iiiuoli arUiiilioii to l/lio Miil)jtu!t, of tlw) do- rival ion of siiriiaiiioH, and Iuih privately puldiHJiod two oditions of a work hoariiifj; tlio titlo, Siirnamr.s, both printod in 1H57. In tlio lattor will bo found Honio notoH on tlio anocwtry of tho IIomkiih. Hricf Mornoirol' Mk^ l''!iinily ol' Siiklton of Conriocti(;ut. [R('l)rin(y(Ml IVoiri Iho Now l^^iolaiid IliHloi'icai and (Joiicsulogical RooiHtor.] iJoston : 1857^ Pagcss T). 'I'liiH niouioir waH pr<)[)arod by II. ilonior Dixon, I*jH(|., an7. .Svo, pp. .') I . Andrew Sigournoy, or Aixlro Scjoiinn'i waH one of tho lluf^uo- notH who came to JJoHton in KIHO, and hero coriHtitiitod a cliuroh. Ho had a Hon Andrew, who married Mary (Jermaiim, and had Andrew, Anthony, and Daniel; from wiiom is deWHinded (jiiito a larj^o and W(!ll known family. Tho rotijiHter of thoHo doHoondantH irt apparently nearly oomijleto, and iw full in datoH and well arranged. Two daughtoi'H of thiw A ml row .Inn., luarriod roHpootivoly Martin IJrinnner and Samuel Dextor, and tiieir Imhuo in re(!orded on pp. 2U-2I. Martin iJrimmer waH born at ()Hten, near Hamburg, in 1G97; tho name Iwih been perpetuated to tho proHont day, one of tho moHt diHtinguiHhed mayorn of I'onton bearing it. The notes, pp. 22-!Jl, alHo (! Memoranda of the Preston Family. By Orlando Brown. Albany : J. Munsell, 78 State street. 1864. 8vo, pp. 26. This edition consists of 25 copies only, and differs from the previ- ous one only in form and by the addition of a few brief foot notes. The record is of the family of John Preston, who came from Lon- donderry in 1740 to Virginia. He left three daughters, married to Breckinridge, Brown, and Smith, and two sons. The descendants of all are traced, but without dates. Still, in the scarcity of South- ern genealogies this little pamphlet acquires a certain value. [Genealogy of the Gale Family. By Hon. George Gale of Galesville, Wisconsm.] 8vo, pp. 9. This is a reprint from the Register for April, 1864, but as the author has since published a larger history of his family, we will reserve a notice until we reach the latter in due course. This pamph- let has no title page. My Wife and my Mother. Hartford : Williams, Wiley, & Waterman, 1865. 12mo, pp. 312 and 84. I learn from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. I, that this privately printed volume was prepared by Ileman H. Barber, judge of Probate for Hartford county. His wife was Fran- ces Elizabeth Merrill, and his mother was Naomi Humphrey. The book contains full biographies of these ladies and the 84 pages of genealogy trace their pedigrees through various families in the ascend- ino; line. 1864.] Ambkican Genealogist. 193 Genealogy of the Gilman Family in England and America ; traced in the line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N. H. By Arthur Gilman of Glynllyn. Albany : J. Muusell, 78 State street. 1864. 8vo, pp. 24. In his preface the author refers to the pamphlet issued by him in 1863, and addressed to the family here, for the purpose of obtaining the information needed in preparing a complete genealogy. This pamphlet was sent for the same reason to that branch of the descend- ants of the common ancestor, which remains in England. The family is now traced to Edward Gilman of Caston, who, by will dated in 1573, left his mansion house to his oldest son, John : The second son, Robert, had sons : Robert of Hingham, England, Edward, who came to New England. Lawrence and John. Of these, Robert had Samuel of Hingham, England; whose son, Samuel Jr., died in 1741, and is styled gentleman on his tomb. [The Bearss Family.] Pages 2. This little sheet is dated Elgin, 111., Aug. 8, 1864, and signed by John B Newcomb. It traces one line of the family from Austin Bearss of Barnstable, 1638, to John Bearss, m. 1784, of New Fair- field, Conn. His family is given in full, one daughter being the mother of the compiler of the record. A Biographical Sketch of Elkanah Watson, Founder of Agricultural Societies in America, and the Pro- jector of Canal Commuication in New York State. With a brief Genealogy of the Watson Family early settled in Plymouth Colony. By Wm. R. Deane, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, etc Reprinted from the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register. Albany : J. Munsell, 78 State street. 1864. 8vo, pp. 16. In addition to a good biography of Elkanah Watson, who was a noted pioneer agriculturist, this pamphlet contains the record of the 25 194 American Genealogist. [1864. Watsons descended from George Watson of Plymouth, 1633. It seems to be carefully prepared, and will be of interest to the family. The Browns of Nottingham. An octavo pamphlet, of 18 pages, with the above for its only title, was issued in 1864, by Gilbert Cope of West Chester, who himself set the type and printed the edition. It contains a list of 243 descendants of James and William Brown, song of William Brown of Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire, England. They emigrated to this country about 1680, and settled in West Nottingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Report to the Willoughbt Association, U. S. A., made by Columbus Smith, A. D. 1864. Containing the Willoughby Constitution, and Information rela- tive to the Willoughby Property in England, and the Family Relics brought to America by the Wil- loughby Family : likewise several Genealogies of diflerent Branches of the Family in America and England. Published by order of the Willoughby Association. Middlebury : printed at the Register Office. 1864. Pages 28. It seems almost incredible that, at the present stage of information on genealogical points, any one could be found credulous enough to spend money in searching for property in England. Yet here is a deluded society of such persons, the descendants apparently of Jo- seph Willoughby of New London, who died in 1751, aged 60. We have not patience to wander through the stupidities of this short pamphlet ; it is enough to say that it is even more marvelous than the Ingraham claim, in which the same Mr. Smith heretofore figured. The whole matter is below criticism, and the only result will be a useless expenditure of money, and a fresh example furnished to Englishmen of the credulity of their American namesakes. 1864.] American Genealogist. 195 Report to the Brown Association, U. S. A., made by Columbus Smith, A. D. 1864. Containing the Brown Constitution and information in his posses- sion relative to the Brown Property in England. Published by order of the Brown Association. Middlebury : printed at the Registry Office. 1864. 8vo, pp. 8. The contents of this pamphlet require little discussion. It is shown that various Browns in England have left sums greater or smaller, as unclaimed dividends on public stocks. Why any sane man should hence conclude that he was the heir to these amounts, simply because his name is Brown, is incomprehensible. The whole subject is a scandal to the science of genealogy. My Ancestors in America. Compiled, printed and published for gratuitous distribution among near relatives, by Wm. Blake Pierce. Chicago, 1864. 8vo, pp. 48. The families embraced in this record are those of Blake, Pierce, Tappen, and Homes. Concerning all of these, many interesting facts are given, though as the author is investigating only his own line of ancestry, the collateral branches are untraced. We do not know of any similar publication, though the plan of tracing all of one's progenitors on the maternal side, as well as the paternal, has often been attempted by genealogists. The great space necessary to do this well and the lack of any good system, have prevented such tables from seeing the light. [Appendix to the Field Genealogy.] 12mo, pp. 15. This pamphlet which appeared in 1864 is an addition by Henry M. Field to his book noticed on p. 148 ante, and is an attempt to prove that Zecheriah Field, the emigrant ancestor of the Massachu- setts family was the grandson of John Field the astronomer. The theory was in direct opposition to Mr. Osgood Field's pamph- let noticed on p. 176 ante, as it claims that John Field of Ardsley, had grandsons: James (who was father of Robert of Flushing), 196 American Genealogist. [1864. Zecheriah of Boston (ancestor of David D. Field), William, and John, botli of Rhode Island. The proof was mainly tradition, and was strengthened by the discovery of an old seal supposed to have belonged to Robert F. of Flushing, now preserved by Hon. Richard Field, which bears the astronomer's arms and the peculiar crest which was granted to him. This publication called forth a rejoinder by Mr. Osgood Field in the Register, vol. xxii, pp. 1G6-173, which conclusively proved that the American family was not descended from the Fields of Ardsley. [The Barnaby or Barneby Family. By Gen. Ebenezer U. Pierce of Freetown. From the Hist, and Gen. Eegister, vol. XVIII, p. 361.] 8vo, pp. 3. A very brief reprint from the Register. Genealogy of the male Descendants of Daniel Dod of Branford, Conn,, a native of England. 1646 to 1863. By Bethuel L. Dodd, M. D., and John R. Burnet Newark N. J. Printed at' the Daily Advertizer Office. 1864. 8vo, pp. 221. We learn from the preface to this beautifully printed book that it is based upon the earlier work of Rev. Stephen Dodd, already noticed, and gives mainly the descendants of Daniel Dod of Bran- ford. There were several other settlers of this surname, and the name is common in England. A coat-of-arms of the Dods of Edge in Cheshire is given in this volume, though of course no claim is made for its use by Americans. An engraved genealogical tree is prefixed to the book. As a genealogy this work deserves a good place, being very carefully prepared with great fullness and precision in dates. Pierce Family Record. 1683-1864. 8vo, pp. 5. This is a circular sent forth by Edward W. West soliciting infor- mation in regard to the descendants of Isaac Pierce of Boston who was married in 1708. 1865.] American Genealogist. 197 [Vickers or Vickery Family.] 8vo, pp. 5. This was a little pamphlet reprinted by me from the Register for April, 1864. The genealogy of the family was quite confused, but the discovery of a deed enabled me to clear up the doubts. Isaac Vickers married a daughter of Capt. Thomas Cromwell, a famous buccaneer who reformed and settled in Boston as Winthrop tells us. Hence many descendants of Thomas in the female lines have claimed descent from Oliver Cromwell. This pamphlet will therefore show a certain basis of truth to the widely spread tradition. They have Cromwell blood, but not that of the great Protector. The last two pages are devoted to one line of the Lombards, a family still well represented in New England. 1865. John Watson of Hartford, Conn., and his descendants. A Genealogy by Thomas Watson. New York: printed for the U. Q. Club. Ih65. 8vo, pp. 48. This is a beautifully printed volume, from the press of J. M. Bradstreet & Son, and contains a record of a Connecticut family distinct from the one noted on p. 193. The progenitor of this was John Watson of Hartford, 1644. He left a son, John, and two daughters : the descendants of all seem faithfully traced and re- corded with precision. We are unable to explain the meaning of the title of the U. Q. Club, but it was apparently a printing club and issued two or three volumes. A Memorial of John Henry and Richaed Townsend, and their Descendants. [Arms.] New York : W. A. Townsend, publisher. 1865. 8vo, pp. 233. The first seventy-nine pages of this handsome volume are taken up with an account of the settlement of Oyster Bay and notices of the first colonists. We have then a somewhat rambling account of the families descended from the three brothers above named, who 198 American Genealogist. [1865. were Quakers, and by tradition are said to have come from near Norwich, England. We do not find any authority given for the use of the arms, and the whole genealogy, though agreeably written and containing very many useful facts, lacks arrangement and a system of references. Burgess Genealogy. Memorials of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were settled at Sandwich, in the Plymouth Colony, in 1637. Bos- ton : press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 42 Congress street. 1865. 8vo, pp. 196. After a ministry of forty years at Dedham, the author. Rev. Eben- ezer Burgess, fortunately decided to devote a portion of his re- maining time to the preparation of a history of his family. Though few members of it have been of much eminence in public life, except the distinguished Tristram Burgess, the family has been one of good standing and repute. The author has been evidently faithful in searching out the branches, and the result is a copious and well arranged genealogy, entitled to a high position. Notice- able among the descendants have been Benjamin Burgess of Wayne, Me , who attained the age 101 years and 9 months, and Benjamin Burgess of Boston, long known and respected as a merchant. The illustrations are portraits of Benjamin of Wayne, Hon. Tris- tram, Thomas, Benjamin of Boston, Capt. William, John, and Rev. Dyer Burgess. A Letter of Directions to his Father's Birthplace, by John Holmes. With Notes and a Genealogy by D. Williams Patterson. New York : Printed for the U. Q. Club. 1865. 8vo, pp. 76. This is another of the beautiful publications of the mysteriously named club which issued the Watson Genealogy. The Letter of Di- rections was dictated by John Holmes of New London on his death- bed, so that his children might trace their lineage. He says that his father, Thomas, also of New London, was born in London, and was the son of Thomas Holmes, a counsellor of Gray's Inn, who lived in St. Andrew's parish in Holborn, in Rose and Crown court, in Gray's Inn lane, upper side. This Thomas married Mary Thetford, and was killed at the siege of Oxford. He owned a piece of land iu 1865.] American Genealogist. 199 Lynn, in Norfork, of wliicli Edmond Beel was tenant. His son, Thomas, left London, during the plague, went to Virginia and New York, and there married Lucretia, daughter of a Thomas Dodly who kept a tennis-court in Clare street, in Covent Garden, London. He adds, that the arms of the family are " three spurred cocks fighting in a golden field." Dr. Patterson, a skillful genealogist, to whom I am under many obligations, has enriched this book with valuable notes and a history of the descendants of this John Holmes. It is a very curious and valuable contribution to our literature. John Beal of Hingham and one line of his Descend- ants. 8vo, pp. 8. By Dr. N. B. Shurtlefi", dated Boston, May, 1865. It contains con- siderable information about this family, though limited to a single line of a very numerous race. Notes on the Lincoln families of Massachusetts, witb some account of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States. By Solomon Lincoln of Hingham. Reprinted from the Historical and Ge- nealogical Register for October, 1865. Boston : David Clapp & Son, Printers, 334 Washington street. 8vo, pp. 10. At the time when the murder of our lamented president attracted attention to every detail of his life, one of the same name, a distin- guished antiquary, made this attempt to trace the pedigree of the greatest ornament of the race. Nearly all of the name can be traced to settlers at Hingham, Mass., and in no case can a family be traced to an early settler elsewhere. At Hingham, there were seven emigrants prior to 1644, four named Thomas, one each named Stephen, Daniel, and Samuel. The President, son of Thomas, was the grandson of Abraham Lincoln, who went from Virginia to Kentucky about 1782, and the name of Mordecai occurs in his immediate family. Now, the first Samuel Lincoln of Hingham had, among other sons, Mordecai and Thomas, and grandsons Abraham, Mordecai, and Thomas. From this repetition of names it seems highly probable that the President's ancestor was an offshoot from this branch. We 200 American Genealogist. [1865. know at all events in this line were the two Levi Lincolns, governors of Massachusetts, and Grov. Enoch Lincoln of Maine. Thomas Lincoln of Hingham, was the ancestor of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. The various other families can also point to eminent lawyers and divines, and all com- bined render this name one of truly historical importance. No attempts, apparently, have been made to trace these emigrants to their English home. The name in fact being that of an English county, is one which, at the time names were adopted, was probably taken by many persons, not connected by ties of kindred. No bearer of the name has ever risen to distinction in England ; but we may surely claim for it in America a preeminence only excelled by that of Washington. Genealogies of the Ltmans of Middlefield, of the Dickinsons of Montreal, and of the Partridges of Hatfield. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers, 334 Washington street. 1865. 8vo, pp. 32. This pamphlet is compiled by Jas, T. Dickinson, who acknowledges himself indebted to S. D. Partridge, Esq., for the genealogy of the Partridges. The first part is an attempt to trace the family of John Lyman of Middletown who died in 1763, back to the presumed com- mon ancestor of all of the name, Richard Lyman, who came from High Ongar in 1631 and died at Hartford. He succeeds in show- ing that Thomas Lyman of Durham, grandson of Richard, had a son, Ebenezer, who was father of this John and of Ebeuezer of Tor- rington. He adds a table which shows Rev. Lyman Beecher's place in his branch. We have next an account of the Dickinsons in one line and the Moseleys ; and a table of the ancestry of Horace Dickinson, one of Col. James Taylor, and one of Mary Ann Moseley. The third part is devoted to the issue of William Partridge of Hartford, and fills three pages. We presume it is intended to trace only one line, and it seems exact. 1865.] American Genealogist. 201 History, Correspondence and Pedigrees of the Menden- halls of England and the United States, relative to their common origin and ancestry, methodically ar- ranged and elucidated. After many years of diligent inquiry and research, by William Mendenhallof Bath, England. Extended by the addition of Authentic Documents and the compilation of Tables of Pedi- grees of the American Family, by his son Edward Mendenhall of Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati : Moore, Wilslach & Baldwin, printers. No 25 West 4th St. 1865. 8vo, pp. 63, with numerous folding pedi- grees, &c. This is a perfect magazine of iaformatioa about ttie Meadenhalls and almost indescribable from tbat fact. [Family of Nathaniel Sparh awk of Cambridge. From the New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister for April, 1865.] 8vo, pp. 3. [Descendants of Rev. Thomas Jenner. Communi- cated by William S. Appleton to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1865.] 8vo, pp. 3. [Family of Badcock of Milton, Mass. By William S. Appleton, A. M. From the New England Histori- cal and Genealogical Register for July, 1865.] 8vo, pp. 5. We have classed these three little reprints from the ^e^ris^er together, all being issued without title pages, and being the work of the same author. The Sparhawk contains extracts from the parish records at Ded- ham, Co. Essex, England, which show that Nathaniel Sparhawk, the emigrant, was the son of Samuel S. of that place and born in 1598. He had but one son, and, though the name may yet remain, the most distinguished branch assumed the name of Pepperrell, and was 26 202 American Genealogigt. [1865. raised to the second baronetcy of that name. The pamphlet has a tabular pedigree of the ancestry of Dorothy Merriam, a descendant, showing her progenitors in other lines. The Kev. Thomas Jenner of Weymouth and Sace is well known to antiquaries. The fact of his having descendants here is, however, for the first time brought to light by Mr. Appleton. His grandson, John, was of Brookhaven, L. I., and had Thomas of Charlestown, a sea-captain, with whom John Dunton came here. He had a large family, and, though the name is doubtless extinct, there are many who trace to him through the numerous female branches. The Badcocks are traced to George, and Robert, who were settled in Dorchester, about 1650. Nothing is known of their ancestry despite Hinman's account, although Mr Appleton believes they were from the county of Essex in England. The children of the name are here traced for three generations, or till about 1730. These genealogies all bear the mark of careful investigation, and deal with that portion of the genealogy which it is most difficult to render complete. Other of Mr. Appleton's writings will be found in the Heraldic Journal which he .edited in 1867. Reminiscences of the Vaughan Family, and more particularly of Benjamin Vauglian, LL.D. Read before the New England Historic-Genealogical So- ciety, August 2, 1865. By John H. Sheppard, A. M., Librarian of the Society. With a few additions, a Genealogy and Notes. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers, o34 Washington street. 1865. 8vo, pp. 40. To this eloquent tribute to the memory of a departed friend, we are indebted for a most delightful picture of a phase of New Eng- land life, to which most of our readers have been strangers In the .comparatively obscure village of Hallowell, Me., there existed, fifty years ago, a reproduction of that English country life which has so rarely been imitated with success here. Families connected by marriage resided here in a delightful seclusion, and saw within their reach all the pleasures that wealth, refinement and culture could bestow. The Hallowells, Gardiners, Vaughans, Agrys and Duma- resqs formed a society sufficiently large to prevent ennui; and, free from the tumult of the city, they enjoyed the freedom and invigorat- ing effect of a country life. 1865.] American Genealogist. 203 Benjamin Vaughan was the son of Samuel Vaugban an eminent merchant of London, and Sarah Ilallowell of Boston. He was born in Jamaica, educated in England, and came to America to reside on lands inherited from his grandfather, Gardiner. Here he spent a long and useful life as a country gentleman, one of the few who have deserved the name in New England. Besides this interesting biography Mr. Sheppard has given a vivid sketch of other members of the society, and has annexed a good account of the Vaughaa family. Report to the FoUansbee Association, U. S. A., made bj Columbus Smith, A. D. 1865. Containing in- formation now in his possession and in the possession of the different branches of the FoUansbee Family in America, relative to the FoUansbee Property in England : likewise several Genealogies of different branches of the family. Published by order of the FoUansbee Association. Middlebury : printed at the Register Job Office. 1865. 8vo, pp. 28. Another melancholy specimen of Yankee credulity. Memoranda of some of the Descendants of Richard Dana. Compiled by Rev. John Jay Dana. "We are all one man's sons," Genesis xlii, 11. Boston : printed by Wm. H. Chandler & Co., 21 Cornhill. 1865. 8vo, pp. 64. The author states that probably every one of the name in the country is descended from Richard Dana of Cambridge, 1640, and adds, that the name is not to be found in England. It has hence been thought that the family was of French origin, but this is only a tradition. Among the distinguished members of the family was Richard (H. C. 1718),an eminent lawyer, whose son, Edmund, went to England and left issue. Another son was Francis, chief justice of Massachusetts, whose son, Richard Henry Dana, the poet, is the father of Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr., the eminent author and lawyer. In other branches we find Rev. Joseph Dana, D.D., whose son, Rev. Daniel, was president of Dartmouth College, and another son, Rev. Samuel, was of Marblehead. Another Rev. Samuel of Grroton 204 American Genealogist. [1865. was a state senator, and his son, Samuel, president of the senate and a representative in congress. Altogether the family has been a thriving one, and is here well re- corded, except that the plan of references is unnecessarily cum- bersome and involved. Genealogy of the Bolles Family in America. By John A. Bolles. Boston : Henry W. Button & Son. 1865. 4to, pp. 64. This is a large and peculiarly arranged volume devoted to the fam- ily of Joseph Bolles of Wells, Me. It seems to be prepared with care, and certainly contains a great collection of facts ; but the ar- rangement seems needlessly expensive and cumbrous. Centennial Meeting of the Descendants of Philip and Rachel Price. Philadelphia : Caxton Press of C. Sherman, Son & Co. 1865. 12mo, pp. 86. This memorial is by the Hon. Eli K. Price, president of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. The meet- ing was held at the old homestead in East Bradford, Pennsylvania. The family is traced to Philip Price, who was settled in Haverford, about six miles from Philadelphia, prior to 1697, and who was the great-great-grandfather of the Philip Price, the centennial anniver- sary of whose birth was thus celebrated. Anthony Stoddard of Boston, Mass., and his Descend- ants. A Genealogy. Originally compiled by Charles Stoddard and Elijah W. Stoddard, and republished in 1865. Revised and enlarged by Elijah W. Stod- dard, and repubUshed in 1865. New York : Press of J. M. Bradstreet & Son, 8 Spruce street. 1865. Folio, pp. 95. An edition in octavo was also printed at the same time. The il- lustrations are portraits of Pres. Edwards, Mrs. Benedict, Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, and of John, Henry, Phineas, Abiram, Maria-Theresa, 1865.] American Genealogist. 205 Goodwin, Rev. E. W., John F., Solomon, and Rev. David T. Stod- dard. It is an enlarged edition of the book noticed ante, p. 48, and is very thoroughly prepared. The Autobiography of Levi Hutchins ; with a Preface, Notes, and Addenda, by his youngest son ..... Private edition. Cambridge : Printed at the River- side Press. M Dccc lxv. 16 mo, pp. 188. This is a somewhat rambling memoir of Levi Hutchins, whose claims to distinction we have not exactly discovered, but it also con- tains a great number of genealogical items. The family seems traced to William Hutchins of Rowley, 1657, whose son, John, was of Bradford. The book is quite entertaining, but was evidently intended chiefly for the immediate relatives. Hutchinson, Angleterre, Etats-Unis d' Amerique, et France. Seigneurs de Cowlam, de Colston-Basset, de Cropwell-Bishop, d'Owethorpe, proprietaires d' Arnold et de ToUerton, en Angleterre; de Hawthorn- Hill, Beaver Brook en Massachusetts ; de Bunker- Hill et Washington a Singapore, dans la province de Malacca aux Indes Orientales folio, pp. 9. The journal from which this is taken is entitled, " Le Nohilaire Universelde France. Recueil general des genealogies historique des Maisons Nobles et Titrees de la France. Publie sous la direction de L. de Magny. Paris, a la direction de la Bibliotheque Heraldique. 9 rue Bufi"ault." We have already said that the noted family of Hutchinson could not be traced to the family of gentry of that name in England. This account, compiled from facts obtained by J. L. Chester, Esq., shows that this distinction did belong to a comparatively obscure branch. Richard Hutchinson of Salem 1634, the progenitor of a numerous race, was the son of Thomas Hutchinson of Arnold, grandson of Lawrence of Tollerton. The family is thence traced back to Anthony Hutchinson of Cowlam, Co. York, fourth in descent from Bernard of Cowlam in 1282. 206 American Genealogist. [1865. The names iu the titl^ refer also to the present generation, of whom Alcander Hutchinson, Esq., was U. S. consul at Singapore. He married in 1858 the oldest daughter and coheiress of Henri- Louis, Comte de Loyaut^, and niece of the Duchess of Montmorency- Luxembourg. For this reason the pedigree appears in a collection of French genealogies. A Brief Genealogy of the Descendants of William Hutchinson and Thomas Oliver. Families closely allied by Intermarriage, and prominent at every Period of the Colonial History of Massachusetts. Reprinted, with Additions, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1865. By W. H. Whitmore. S.' G. Drake. Boston, N. E. : 1865. 4to, pp. 38. The main incitement to the preparation of this volume, by one in no way allied to either family, was the apparent lack of representa- tives to perform the duty. The Hutchinsons, once so prominent, are only represented in England, and of the Olivers but one brauch remains. To a great-grandson of Lt. Gen. Andrew Oliver, one of the few of the name remaining here, I was indebted for a hearty cooperation and invaluable information. It will not be necessary to speak of the ancestry of the emigrant, since it has been satisfactorily shown in the more recent book of Mr. Chester, that all the family traditions were wrong. It is suffi- cient to say that the family here has had but few males in each generation, though they were men of ability and high position, and that the governor's issue are all in England. As to the Olivers, only two branches remain here, though in England they are more numerous, and have repeatedly intermarried with the Hutchinsons. No reader of our history will need more than the mere mention of Anne Hutchinson, Elisha, Edward, Thomas, and Foster Hutchinson, and the Andrews and Thomases of the Oliver family, to recall at once those who were among the most conspicuous and influential of our colonial magnates. 1865.] American Genealogist. 207 Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Gushing of Hing- ham, with a photograph of his manuscript, entitled a List of the names of such persons as came out of the town of Hinghara, and towns adjacent, in the county of Norfolk in the Kingdom of England, into New England, and settled in Hingham in New Eng- land. Also some Account of John Cutler, one of the Early Settlers of Hingharii mentioned in Cushing's List. Printed for private circulation. Boston : Press of John Wilson and Son. 18G5. Folio, pp. 28. The value of this list is very great as it shows the parentage of so many of our settlers. It was printed by Lincoln and by Drake, but this beautiful edition is a very welcome addition. It was prepared and published by Henry Austin Whitney of Boston, a gentleman who has made other valuable contributions to our literature. Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Mary- land, for their descendants. Part first. By Mrs. Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, edited by her niece, Elizabeth Mifflin. Philadelphia : Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, Nos. 1102 and 1104 Sansom street. 1865. Pages 158. Although divided into two parts, the work is paged consecutively, and there is no second title. The family in this country was founded by Thomas Bordley, born about 1682, who was son of Rev. Stephen Bordley, prebendary of St. Paul's, London, and who came to Mary- land in 1694, with an elder brother, Rev. Stephen B. of Kent county, Maryland. Thomas Bordley was a lawyer, and became attorney general in 1715, which office he held till his death, in 1726. He married, first, Rachel Beard, and had children : Stephen, William, Elizabeth and John ; and secondly, widow Ariana (Van- derheyden) Frisby, by whom he had Thomas, Mathias, and John Beale. Of these, only the youngest son, John Beale Bordley, has left any descendants. He was a lawyer, judge of the provincial court and of the admiralty, a member of the council, etc. He mar- ried twice ; first, Margaret, daughter of Samuel Chew, and secondly the widow Sarah (Fishbourne) Mifflin, mother of John F. Mifflin, and step-mother of Gov. Thomas Mifflin. 208 American Genealogist. [1865. It will be seen that the genealogical portion of this book is necessarily quite limited, but the biographies are very full and interesting. Genealogy of Charles Mtrick Thurston, and of his wife, Rachel Hall Pitman, formerly of Newport, R. I., after December, 1840, of New York. Col- lected for the family by their son, Charles Myrick Thurston. 1865. With an Appendix, containing the names of many descendants of Edward Thurston and Henry Pitman. New York : Printed by John F. Trow & Co.; 50 Greene street. 1865. Pages 80. In this very interesting book we have the records of some of the de- scendants of Edward Thurston of Newport, R. I., 1647, the plan being to give a brief tabular pedigree in one line, and then to print the full record of the family of the person who represented it in each generation. This comprises five generations, and we have next the same detail in the families of their wives, viz ; those of Mott, Clarke (Wilber, Porter) ; Coffin (Bunker, Coleman, Allen) ; Smith (Way, Smith, Myrick, Trowbridge, Atherton, Rogers, Stanton, Lord, Wil- liams) ; and in this account the names in parenthesis are of the ma- ternal ancestors of the wives of the Thurstons. The second portion is a similar account of the ancestors of Rachel Hall (Pitman) Thurston, wife of the author. It relates to the families of Pitman, Sanders, Nichols (Plaisted) ; Hall (Parker, Brownell, Pearce, Babcock, Peckham, Clarke, Gould, Coggeshall, Freeborn, Boomer). The appendix, pp. 56 — 80, contains a number of genealogical facts relative to the Thurstons and Pitmans. Viewed as a book intended to trace the ancestry of two persons now living, it is well executed, and will prove very suggestive to those interested in the allied families above enumerated. [The MuDGE Family.] Pages 8. 1865. This is a preliminary essay designed to call the attention of members of the family to the proposed history of the family, projected by Alfred Mudge of Boston. The first two pages contain a letter explaining the plan, and six pages contain the Connecticut branch of the Mudges. 1865.] American Genealogist. 209 The FiSKE Family, a History of the Family (Ancestral and Descendant) of the Hon. William Fiske of Amherst, N. H., with brief notices of those con- nected with them by marriage. Compiled and pub- lished by Albert A. Fiske, a grandson. Chicago, 111. 1865. 12mo, pp. 151. From p. 33, this edition is identical with the second edition already noticed. In the latter, however, the contents of the first 32 pages of this have been revised, and pp. 24a to 21/i inserted. The present volume, of course, will be sought for only to render collections com- plete. The Heraldic Journal : recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families. Boston : Wiggin & Lunt, publishers. Yol. I-IV. 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868. 8vo, pp. 192, in each volume. This quarterly magazine, the first devoted to this subject ever published here, was established by the committee on heraldry, of the New England Historic-G-enealogical Society. The third volume was edited by W. S. Appleton, the others by W. H. Whitmore, the othermembersof the committee being A. C. Goodell, jr.,and A. D.Per- kins. The necessity of such a work is evident, since coats-of-arms, when properly used, are the best possible aids to the genealogist in tracing a family. Yet so little is known in this country of the science of heraldry, that such proofs have been for years neglected, chiefly because the genealogists could not understand their value. From tomb stones have been copied the words of an inscription, and the more important symbolical statement overlooked. The publishers of this journal have brought together such scat- tered facts as they could find, have printed the epitaphs from nu- merous grave-yards, and given engravings of many seals and paintings. In many cases the genealogies of families have been printed here for the first time, and the work is one which no genealogist can aff"ord to pass over without consulting. 27 210 American Genealogist. [1866. 1866. [In this connection the following work may be noticed. " The Elements of Heraldry : containing an expla- nation of the principles of the science and a glossary of the technical terms employed. With an Essay upon the use of coat-armor in the United States. By Wm. H. Whitmore. With numerous illustra- tions. Boston : Lee and Shepard. New York : W. J. Widdleton, 1866. 8vo, pp. 106. This is really the only book on the subject prepared with re- ference to the wants of American readers, though Mr. Mapleson of New York had some years before published a Handbook of Heraldry. The science is easily acquired, and a knowledge over it certainly adds to the enjoyment of those who study English genealogy, or who visit countries in which heraldry has for centuries been so largely employed in the decorative arts.] Genealogy of the McKinstry Family, with a Prelimin- ary Essay on the Scotch-Irish Immigration to Ame- — ^rica. By William Willis of Portland, Me. Second Edition : corrected and enlarged. Portland : printed by David Tucker. 1866. 8vo, pp. 46. As we have already noticed this work, it will suffice to state that in this new edition the essay is but slightly changed. The genealo- gies have been corrected and considerably augmented, so that mem- bers of the family before omitted here resume their proper place. The additions are sufficient to add matei'ially to the value of this edition. Notes upon the Ancestry of William Hutchinson and Anna Marbury. From researches recently made in England. By Joseph Lemuel Chester, Member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Boston : printed by D. Clapp & Son. 1866. 4to, pp. 24. In this book, closely compacted with facts, Mr. Chester has per- formed the thankless but necessary work of tracing the true origin of one of the most famous families in New England, 1866.] American Genealogist. 211 From the day that Anne Hutchinson commenced her expoundings, until the time when the once respected and trusted governor sailed from his native land, this family of Hutchinson had been among the most favored of the colony. Wealth, rank, influence had been the portion of successive generations, and had in truth been merited by the ability of many of the race. It has been a common opinion that they were of good family in England before the emigration, since there was a family of gentry to which the American race was sup- posed to be traced. Mr. Chester, however, in investigating the history of another branch, has discovered the true pedigree, and shown the improbability of any such connections. He finds that the emigrant, William, who was the son of Edward Hutchinson, was the grandson of a John Hutchinson, mayor of Lincoln in 1556 and 1565. This John was the youngest of four brothers, of whom William was also mayor of Lincoln in 1552, and Christopher, a clergyman. Their father's name cannot be ascer- tained, and Mr Chester adds, that he was certainly of a very hum- ble rank in life. It is the more surprising since the Hutchinsons here used coats-of-arnis in the most conspicuous way, and one branch now represented by the Hely-Hutchinson family, earls of Donough- more, carry them in the first quarter. On the other hand, it is shown that the wife of the emigrant, Anne Hutchinson, who is one of the typical women of New England, was of gentle descent. Her father was Rev. Francis Marbury of Grisby, Co. Lincoln, of a family of good position there ; and her mother was Bridget, daughter of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, Co. Northampton. Erasmus Dryden, grandfather of the poet, was brother of this Bridget, and was created a baronet in 1619. The whole essay is replete with information, and is in most wel- come and striking contrast to the vague and meagre accounts which comprise the bulk of English genealogies. The recital of the various steps by which the pedigree was made out, is full of interest, and the field has evidently been so patiently and thoroughly examined that the future investigator will glean but a scanty return. Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark of Wa- tertown, Mass., 1640-1866. By John Clark, A. B. Boston : prmted for the Author. 1866. 8vo, pp. 260. The name of Clark is quite common in New England, and a glance at Savage's Dictionary shows that there were many emigrants of the 212 American Genealogist. [1866. name, probably not relatives. In tbe present very bandsome volume we have the record of the descendants of Hugh Clark of Watertown, of whose ancestry nothing is known. The volume is well arranged, thoroughly indexed and beautifully printed ; it contains many biographies, and records of families allied to the Clarks ; and it is in many respects worthy a place among the best of our family histories. The portraits contained in the volume are those of John (the author), Simpson, John (of Waltham), Jonas, James W., Harvey K., Luther, Dr. Henry Gr., Rev. Benjamin F., Benjamin, Peter, William, Luther R., George Jr., Charles P. Clark Jr., and Mrs. H. D. C. Gilmore. The book is from the press of Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston. On the cover is impressed a Clark coat-of-arms, but the author witb commendable frankness says that he has no authority for it, beyond the fact that copies have been in the family for the past seventy years. Of course this is not a sufficient title for its assumption here. A Preliminary Investigation of the Alleged Ancestry of George Washington, First President of the United States of America : exposing a serious error in the existing Pedigree. By Joseph Lemuel Ches- ter, Honorary Member of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society, and the Essex Archaeological Society of England, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Surrey Arch geological Society of England, etc. Author of the life of John Rogers, the Marian Protomartyr, etc. Reprinted from the Herald and Genealogist, London, and the Heraldic Journal, Boston. Boston : H. W. Button & Son, printers, 92 Washington street. 1866. 8vo, pp. 23. • This most interesting and valuable commuuication was made first to the English magazine above cited, then issued as a pamphlet of 15 pages with the imprint, " Westminster : Nichols & Sons, printers, 25 Parliament street, 1866 ;" then published here in the magazine cited and reissued as a pamphlet, but without alteration or addition. It is very interesting, since it completely disproves the false pedi- gree of the Washingtons which was published by Baker in his Ris- tory of Northamptonshire, and since copied by innumerable writers. 1866.] American Genealogist. 213 It was supposed that John and Lawrence Washington, the emigrants to Virginia, were sons of Lawrence W. of Sulgrave, whose ancestry was well known. Mr. Chester proves, on the contrary, that of these two sons of Lawrence Washington, John was knighted January 17, 1622-3, married Mary Curtis, 1621, was of Thrapston, and in 1678 left a widow Dorothy. His first wife's monument is still standing in the church at Islip, and mentions her three sons. Mordaunt, John, and Philip. On the other hand, .John of Virginia says in his will in 1675, that he brought his first wife from England, that she died in Virginia, and was buried on his plantation, and his second wife, Anne, was his executrix. Evidently he was not the Sir John, nor is there any pro- bability that he was the son of the knight, as that son was in England in 1662. Again the Lawrence, son of Lawrence of Sulgrave, was a clergy- man, and had the living of Purleigh in Essex. He was ejected in 1643, but undoubtedly remained in that neighborhood after the restoration. He cannot, therefore, be the Virginian planter. It seems, therefore, that the Washingtons are, like the great majority of families in this country, unable to prove an English pedigree. On examination, it seems that George Washington never asserted more than that his ancestors were said to have come from the north of England ; but English genealogists, misled by the coincidence of names , invented the pedigree hitherto accepted. This matter is discussed in the Am. Historical Record, Vol. II, (Phila., 1873.) Mr. Chester hopes to discover the true pedigree yet ; but in the meantime he is entitled to our thanks for having exposed the mistakes of his predecessors in a manner so thorough and convincing. Ludwig Genealogy : Sketch of Joseph Ludwig, who was born in Germany in 1696, and his wife and Family, who settled at Broad Bay, Waldoboro, Maine, 1753. By M. R. Ludwig, Member of the Maine Historical Society. Augusta ; Printed at the office of the Kennebec Journal. 1866. 8vo, pp. 223. This is a record of the descendants of Joseph Ludwig who came over in 1753 with his wife and three children in the colony formed by Gen. Samuel Waldo. The record is presumably quite full as to 214 American Genealogist. [1866. names, but the particular dates are too often wanting. The emi- grant, as it appears by his passport, was from Dietz in the principal- ity of Orange-Nassau. It may be a question whether his name was Joseph Ludwig von Nenderoth or Ludwig, from N. The illustrations are portraits of the author, and of Joseph Fish, and a view of a Ludwig house. The Bergen" Family : or the Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, one of the early settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. With notes on the Genealogy of some of the branches of the Cowen- hoven, Voorhees, Eldert, Stoothoof, Cortelyou, Stry- ker, Suydam, Lott, WyckofF, Barkeloo, LefFerts, Martense, Hubbard, Van Brunt, Vanderbilt, Van- derveer. Van Nuyse, and other Long Island Families. ByTeunis G.Bergen. New York; Bergen & Tripp, 114 Nassau street. 1866. 8vo, pp. 302. It is not easy to criticise a work whose elements are so unlike those of ordinary genealogies. The Dutch method of nomenclature is so different from our own, that the smartest Yankee might well despair of ever compiling a pedigree from such records as remain of the first European settlers in New York. Mr. Bergen, however, seems per- fectly at home in these mysteries, and has transcribed and transformed them into simple English. The work is evidently the result of patient examination, and despite the strange names in the earlier generations, it can be easily understood and enjoyed. We are especially glad to see this commencement in a hitherto neglected department of our genealogy, and hope it will incite others to attempt similar tasks. As the title page shows, the notes contain much information in regard to other families, and have been prepared with the same care which characterizes the text. The Hastings Memorial. A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Thomas Hastings of Water- town, Mass. From 1634, to 1864 with an appen- dix and Index. Boston : Samuel G. Drake, pub- lisher, 13 Bromfield street. 1866. 8vo, pp. 183. This book contains the record of the progeny of Thomas Hastings, who was one of the principal settlers at Watertown, being town clerk 1866.] American Genealogist. • 215 and representative. The author intimates that he was allied to the noble family of the name, which enjoyed the title of Huntington. We need hardly add that not a single word of proof is added, and the claim may be summarily dismissed. The book contains a great amount of information concerning the Hastings family- and others connected with it. It is to be regretted, that the author did not follow one of the well known and approved modes of arrangement ; it possesses, however, a good index, and is a work of substantial value. Genealogy of a part of the Ripley Family, compiled by H. W. Ripley, Harlem, N. Y. 8vo, pp. 7. This is a little sketch of one branch of the descendants of William Ripley of Hingham, Mass. It is of course of no great extent but the dates are full and exact. Another edition was published the succeeding year. Genealogy of the Stone Family, originating in Rhode Island. By Richard C. Stone. Providence : Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1866. Pages 193. In this book are traced the descendants of Hugh Stone of War- wick, R. I., 1665, who married Abigail Busecot, and had four sons. The family record occupies 86 pages, and is defective in two import- ant particulars ; first, only the year is given in all the dates ; and secondly, the arrangement is very poor. On the other hand we have pp. 87 — 181, nearly one hundred pages of biographical notes, and a good index. It may be considered as a useful book, of the second class in our gradation. The illustrations are portraits of the author, of James L. Stone, Pardon M. Stone, and Asa Stone. The Gale Family Records in England and the United States : to which are added, the Tottenham Family of New England, and some account of the Bogardus, Waldron, and Young Families of New York. By George Gale, LL.D. Galesville, Wisconsin : Leith & Gale, printers. 1866. 16mo, pp. 254. The first twenty-two pages of this book are filled with various notes about persons of the name in England, but there is no pretence 216 American Genealogist. [1866. of any connection between them and the emigrant, Uichard Gale of Watertown, in 1640. The record of his descendants is extensive, the dates are given in full, and the biographical sketches are numer- ous and interesting. The author was born in Burlington, Vt., studied law, and removed to Wisconsin in IS-il. In 1853 he bought land and founded the town of Galesville,and was the principal founder and patron of Gales- ville University, of which he was the first president. He received on resigning that position the honorary degree of LL.D., and from the Vermont University that of A.M., in 1857. The Tottenhams are traced to Henry of Woburn, 1646, and their genealogy covers pp. 173-181. The Bogardus family record is on pp. 182-187. Pages 188-241 are devoted to another family of Gales springing from Edmond Gale of Cambridge and Boston, 1634. The illustrations are portraits of George Gale, Nahum Gale, George W. Gale, and John F. Henry. Report to the Brown Association, U. S. A., made by C. M. Fisher, A. D. 1866. PubUshed by order of tlie Brown Association. Middlebury : printed at the Register Book and Job office. 1866. 8vo, pp. 8. We have already noticed the first report made to the association, and by this plaintive appeal it seems their funds are exhausted. Offers to sell $100 of "scrip for $5 each, have proved ineffectual, but the agent says the " case looks so well that 1 think the scrip ought to sell readily." It seem the Brownes are now trying to prove them- selves the heirs of Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague. It would no doubt be satisfactory to establish the fact, but in the mean- time the Browns will be fully justified in not suspending their usual avocations in the expectation of receiving this English property. It is difficult to criticise a book with so little basis of facts ; but so far as we can judge the claim is utterly preposterous. [Report to the Jennings Association. 8vo, pp. 10.] I have a copy of this report, published probably without a title page. It is dated Aug. 16th, 1866, signed Columbus Smith, and is of as much value I presume as any other of these reports. 1866.] American Genealogist. 217 [Report to the Willoughby Association. 8vo, pp. 13.] Probably issued without title. It consists of a report dated Lon- don, Aug. 11, 18GG, and made by C. M. Fisher to Columbus Smith. Report to the Wilson Association, U. S. A., made by H. 0. Smith, A. D. 1866. Containing reports and information which has been collected from various sources relative to the Wilson Property in England, and several pedigrees of different branches of the Wilson Family in America. Published by order of the Wilson Association, Middlebury : Register Book and Job Printing Establishment. 1866. 8vo, pp. 28. This is another record of misplaced confidence, and the fortune sought was unusually visionary. The Crozer Family of Bucks County, Penn. Trenton, 1866. 8vo, pp. 29. This family originated in Prance, from whence it removed to Ire- land (Co. Antrim), about 1712. About 1723 (or as some say 1740) five brothers came over to Philadelphia, where two, Andrew and Robert, settled, and three, James, John and Samuel, settled in Dela- ware county, Penn. The family whose genealogy is given in this work, are descended from Andrew who was born in 1700, and who, after his removal to America, resided at first awhile in the village of Black Horse (now Columbus), Burlington co., N. J., where he mar- ried Mary Richardson. I 'copy this title from the N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, I, 6, together with the above description of the book, as I have never seen the pamphlet. Transactions at the Eighth Family Reunion of the Descendants of Waitstell Ranney and Jeremiah Atwood, held at Chester, Vt., August 28th and 29th, 1866. New York : S. Angell, 50 East 26th St. 1866. 8vo, pp. 48. The meeting was a matter of entirely personal interest. 28 218 American Genealogist. [1866. Wtnkoop Family : a Preliminary Genealogy, by Eich- ard Wynkoop, of the city of New York. New York : press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 113 Fulton Street. 1866. Svo, pp. 34. A good preliminary genealogy, fuller in certain brandies than otters, of course. The ascertained ancestor of the family is Corne- lius Wynkoop of Esopus in 1663. From him have sprung many worthy bearers of the name who are here recorded. Records, Genealogical Charts and Traditions of the Farailies of Bethune and Faneuil. Collected from authentic documents. Dedicated to the descendants of the family. By J. L. Weisse. New York : Henry Ludwig, printer, 39 Centre street. 1866. 4to,pp.54. The Bethunes of Balfour have occupied a distinguished place in the history of Scotland, and in this handsome volume we have ap- parently a well founded claim on the part of an American to the representation of the family. In 1719 the representation devolved upon David Bethune, whose line terminated in an heiress who married a Congalton. But David Bethune had a brother William whose son George came to New England and married a Miss Carey ; their son George married in 1754 Mary Faneuil, niece of famous Peter Faneuil. There are numerous descendants of this marriage, and at least one male line is still existing. The volume here noticed is profusely illustrated with photographs, and is in the main correct in its citations from Scotch genealogies. Genealogy of the Families of Kings who lived in Raynham, from 1680 to the present, 1865. By E. Sanford, A. M. Fourth pastor, first Congregational Society, Raynham. Taunton : C. A. Hack & Son, printers. 1866. 8vo, pp. 28. This is a slight and incomplete sketch of the descendants of Philip King who came to Raynham with his brother Cyrus King before 1680. It is stated that a third brother, Thomas, was the ancestor of the Kings of Maine. 1867.] American Genealogist. 219 1867. Life and Letters of John Winthrop, from his embark- ation for New England in 1630, with the Charter and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, to his Death in 1649. By Robert C. Winthrop. Boston: Tick- nor& Fields. 1867. 8vo, pp. 483. This is the second and concluding volume of Mr. Winthrop's biography of his distinguished ancestor. In it he has of course made use of the journal heretofore published under the title of the History of the New England, but he has also been able to draw largely upon hitherto unknown manuscripts. The publication of these volumes, and the collections of papers addressed to Winthrop, have been the cause of a revival and fuller recognition of his merits. It is now evident that he was indeed a man born to exert an influence upon the human race, which seems now incalculable. The more we learn of his acts and intentions, the more we are impressed with the greatness of his mental ability and his religious fervor. Inheriting a good estate and social position, well educated and highly connected, esteemed by his associates and those men of no ordinary abilities, so situated that in England he might have anticipated a career of usefulness in the ways«most consonant with his own convictions of duty : yet he accepted the responsibility, and placed himself at the head of the movement, at a time nothing less than the accession of one so qualified by worth and station, could have insured its success. It is indeed fortunate that at the time when the materials for a proper biography were discovered, there was a writer so competent for the task, so nearly allied to the governor as to esteem it a pious duty. Mr. Winthrop's ability is too well known to render it neces- • sary for us to say more than that he has left nothing to be desired. A Sketch of William Beardsley : one of the original Settlers of Stratford, Conn., and a Record of his Descendants to the third generation ; and of some who bear his name to the present time. By E. Edwards Beardsley, D.D., Rector of St. Thomas's Church, New Haven. New Haven : Bassett & Bar- nett. 1867. 8vo, pp. 32. The author of this genealogy is favorably known by his History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, and it was during the prepara- 220 American Genealogist. [1867. tion of that volume that he was led to investigate his own pedi- gree. The ancestor of this line was William Beardsley of Stratford, and a number of his descendants are* recorded. It does not profess to • give all the family, and will not prevent others from making a more extensive history of the family. Within its prescribed limits the work seems carefully executed. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Baker of Lynn, Mass., 1630. Prepared and published by Nelson M. Baker of Lafayette, N. Y. Syracuse : printed at the Journal office, 24 E. Washington st. 1867. 8vo, pp. 99. This is a very satisfactory record of this particular family of Bakers, and the author is especially to be commended for his appre- ciation of the fact that the history of " reliable, practical, and useful members of society," deserves careful study and aflfectionate com- memoration. Memorial of Elder Adoniram Foot. The Sermon preached at his funeral in the Presbyterian Church, Turin, N'. Y., May 1st, 1866. By the Rev. E. B. Parsons. Published by Request of the Family. With an Appendix, containing some reminiscences and genealogical notes, supplemental to the genea- logy of the Foot family. Compiled by Rev. John B. Foot. Rome, N. Y : printed by Sandford & Carr, office of the Roman Citizen. 1867. 8vo, pp. 32. The genealogical part of this book embraces pp. 21 - 31, and begins with the father of Adoniram, John Foot, born in 1754, son of George F. of Stratford, Conn. This G-eorge is mentioned in Good- win's genealogy of the Foote family, and this record gives the names of all of John's descendants, numbering 395. [William Fowler, the Magistrate, and one line of his descendants. By William Chauncey Fowler. 8vo, pp. 12.] This pamphlet was published in 1867, without a title page. The earlier genealogy, reviewed aiite, pp. 118-9, was written by Hon. 1867.] American Genealogist. . 221 James Fowler of Westfield, Mass., and in it were traced the descend- ants of William Fowler, the magistrate, through his son William F. jr., The present book relates to the issue in part of John Fowler, second son of the emigrant, and on this limited plan the record seems to be well performed. Monumental Memorials of the Appleton Family. [Arms.] Boston: privately printed. 1867. 4to,pp.30. Of this very beautiful volume, compiled by Dr. John Appleton, only 150 copies were printed. The idea is quite original, as the book consists of engravings of various monuments and tombstones, with biographical notes, the folios being printed on one side only. The list is as follows : Appleton Chapel, Cambridge ; Little Wald- ingfield Church, Eng., mural tablet there ; and tombstones of Col. Samuel, 1696; Mary, his wife, 1697; Capt. John, 1699; Mary, wife of Samuel, 1710; John, 1724; Col. Samuel, 1725; Benjamin, 1731; Hon. John, 1739, his wife and two grand-children; Major Isaac, 1747, and wife Priscilla, 1731 ; Rev. Nathaniel, 1734; Isaac 1774, and wife Elizabeth, 1785 ; Rev. Joseph, 1795 ; John, 1802 ; Samuel, 1819 ; Rev. Jesse, 1819 ; William Sullivan, 1836; Samuel, 1853; Samuel (mural tablet in King's chapel); Nathan, 1861; William, 1862, and his family; and James, 1862. The last page is a view of St. Stephen's Chapel, Boston, built and endowed by Wil- liam Appleton. Memoir of Marshall P. Wilder. By John H. Shep- pard, A.M., Librarian. From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1867. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers, 334 Wash- ington street. 1867. 8vo, pp. 54. The greater portion of this pamphlet is devoted to the memoir of Marshall P. Wilder, an excellent portrait of whom faces the title page. Mr. Wilder has held high political offices, but his chief fame is owino- to his zeal for horticulture, in which department he ranks amonf the most learned and earnest. His various speeches and addresses have been availed of by his biographer, and show with what per- sistence Mr. Wilder has labored to advance his favorite science. As President of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society he has earned the perpetual gratitude of that association by his success in securing for it a fine building for its library. The last four pages contain a brief genealogy tracing the family to a widow Martha Wilder of Hingham, 1638. 222 American Genealogist. [1867. Ancestry of Mary Oliver, who lived 1640 - 1698, and was wife of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich. By William S. Appleton. Cambridge : press of John Wilson & Son. 1867. Royal 8vo, pp. 36. In many respects this very handsome volume is a curiosity. It contains the English pedigree of John Oliver who came to this coun- try and died early, leaving an only child, Mary. The name thus ceased from our records, and his posterity can be traced only through the Appletons. It is proved that John was the son of James, grand- son of John, and great-grandson of Thomas Oliver of Bristol who died in 1557. In evidence thereof we find extracts from the records of the parishes in Bristol, and the wills of Simon, Thomas, John, Elizabeth (Ham), James, and Francis Oliver, the record of the appren- ticing of John, and an affidavit by him dated here, in which he styles himself late of the city of Bristol. The appendix shows the probability that the wife of John Oliver was Joanna, daughter of Percival Lowell ; and three tabular pedigrees of the Olivers, Carys and Lowells complete the volume. The wills are printed in full, and proper types are used to mark the contractions employed in the old manuscripts ; a typographical nicety which we do not remember to have seen in any other Ameri- can genealogy. In all its details it reflects great credit upon the author, and we trust will be followed soon by other similar works. It should be noted that there is no probable connection between this family and other settlers of the name. Record of the Golden Wedding of Rev. George DuFFiELD, D.D., and Isabella Grahame Bethune Duf- field. Celebrated by the family at the homestead in Detroit. September 11, 1867. Compiled at the request of the family by the eldest son, for private circulation only. Ifc67. 8vo, pp. 58. No regular genealogy is attempted but considerable information is given about the ancestors of the parties whose wedding was celebrated. Thomas and Margaret Minshall who came from Eng- land to Pennsylvania in 1682, and their early de- scendants to which are added some Account of Griffith Owen and Descendants for a like period. By one of the Sixth Generation. 1867. 8vo, pp. 8. This little pamphlet was prepared by Mr. Painter of Lima, Delaware CO., Penn. The emigrant Thomas Minshall was from Stoke, co. Ches- 1867.] American Genealogist. 223 ter, Eng. ; Griffith Owen was from Prcscott, co. Lane, Eng. The re- cord is brief but precise as to dates. The Todd Genealogy, or Register of the Descendants of Adam Todd, of the names of Todd, Whitten, Bre- voort, Coolidge,' Bristed, Sedgwick, Kane, Renwick, Bull, Huntington, Dean, Astor, Bentzen, Langdon, Boreel, Wilks, De Nottbeck, Ward, Chanler, Gary, Tiebout, Bruce, Bobbins, Waldo, Woodhull, Odell, Green, and Foster with notices and Genealogies of many persons and families connected with the be- forementioned Descendants. By Richard Henry Greene, A. M. New York : Wilbur & Hastings, pub- lishers, No. 40 Fulton street. 1867. 8vo, pp. 143 and xvii. The title page of this handsome volume gives the reader a very good idea of its contents. The plan, as the author states in his preface, is to include every descendant of Adam Todd, who was married in New York in 1744, tracing all the issue of females at the point where names occur in the family record. Of course completeness was found impossible, as some people have an invincible objection to aiding the genealogist, but the result has been a very interesting volume, well fortified with dates and enlivened with anecdotes. Among the more familiar names we note those of Mrs. Adam Todd, Mrs. Whetten, Prof. James Renwick, James Carson Brevoort, Charles Astor Bristed, John Jacob Astor (who married Sarah Todd) and his family, John W. Chanler, M. C, and others connected with the family by marriage or descent. The Appendix, p. 93, contains an account of the families of Sedgwick, Bull, Dodge, Haring, Roosevelt, Duffie, Eddy, Piatt, Foster, and Kane,and a good index of seventeen pages completes the volume. Fragments of Family and Contemporary History. Gathered by T. H. R. Pittsburgh : printed by Bake- well & Marthens. 1867. 8vo, pp. 142. This book is an amplification of an address delivered by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, of Harrisburg, at a family meeting of the Robinsons, Blaines and McCords, descendants of early colonists of the Cumberland Valley. The volume is composed mainly of a histo- rical sketch of the early settlement of this valley by the Scotch-Irish, especially of the sufferings of the colonists in the Indian wars, 224 American GIenealogist. [1867. and is a very interesting contribution to local history. In an appendix, there is a Family Register of the three families above named, which, probably unavoidably, is deficient in dates ; it gives, however, a good outline of the genealogies. Glover Memorials and Genealogies. An Account of John Glover of Dorchester and his Descendants. With a brief sketch of some of the Glovers who first settled in New Jersey, Virginia and other places. By Anna Glover. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers. 1867. 8vo, pp. 602. The first twenty-eight pages of this book comprise various mis- cellaneous notes about English Glovers, of very little value to any one. On p. 29 begins an account of the Glovers of Rainhill, parish in Prescott, co. Lane, Eng., and it appears that Thomas, who owned land there, and whose will is dated in 1619, was the father of John the emigrant. John Glover was one of the Massachusetts company, and is often mentioned on its records. He settled at Dorchester, and was evidently one of the gentry, being styled Mr. and gentleman. On pp. 51-3, we find a deed recorded in our Suffolk registry of John Glover of Dorchester to his son, Thomas, of the lands in Rainhill, which he had inherited from his father-, Thomas. Up to p. 80, we have a full record of the various estates in this country owned by John Glover, who must have ranked among the wealthiest land owners here. Pages 81 - 89, relate to Thomas Glover son of John who remained in England ; pp. 99 - 148, the descend ants of Habackuk Glover through his only daughter Rebecca ; pp 149 - 162, refer to John Glover who was married but died s. p. ', pp 162 - 452 to Nathaniel Glover who had two sons and one daughter and numerous descendants thereby; pp. 453-502, treats of Rev Peletiah Glover and his issue, which was hardly one-twentieth of Nathaniel's. Of these five sons of the emigrant, four left issue, and as the author writes on p. 502, she has recorded 2,180 persons, viz : de- scendants of Thomas, 21 ; of Habackuk, 152 ; of Nathaniel, 1,911 ; and of Peletiah, 96. Pages 505 - 546, relate to Henry Glover of Milton, a brother of John and his descendants, 383 in number ; pp. 546 - 559, give a presumed branch of the same ; pp. 550 - 553, are filled with the record of the New Jersey family, recent emigrants ; pp. 554 - 579, refer to Ralph Glover of Watertown, Rev. Joseph of Cambridge, Richard of Vir- 1867.] American Genealogist. 225 giaia, and a few other scattered families. The additions and index complete the volume. We must give the writer of this volume high praise for the thorough manner in which the task has been performed. The evi- dence is conclusive of extensive search and incessant labor, and we can recall no genealogy possessing more original documents in support of every assertion. Deeds, wills and inventories abound, and as the Gi-lovers by name comprise so small a proportion of the whole, many other families will find this a storehouse of history. We must criticise the heraldic portion, as the author was evidently not familiar with the subject. She has given an engraving of Glover arms, and we feel confident that the London branch at least must have had a coat. Yet she nowhere gives the requisite proof of its use by any of the family, and the opinion of the late Mr. Cole cited by her, will provoke only incredulity in the minds of the pre- sent generation. The subject is interesting and deserves a fuller investigation. [Descent of the Family of Whitmore.] 8vo, pp. 12. This is a reprint from the Herald and Genealogist published in London. It is an attempt to trace a family of the name settled at Whitmore in Stafi"ordshire, a county whose local history has been strangely neglected. The facts were nearly all communicated to me by an English antiquary who preferred not to appear in his own person. The pedigree was constructed from the highest authorities and has not been questioned. I would, however, say here that no connection has yet been traced bet^veen the American families and those in England. All that the above pamphlet contains is of antiquarian interest solely. The subject has been further discussed in the subsequent volumes of the same magazine. See also the Proceedings of the Mass. Historical Society for 1871-3, pp. 269-276. Sawin : Summary Notes concerning John Sawin, and his Posterity. By Thomas E. Sawin. Wendell: published by the author. Athol Depot : Rufus Put- nam, printer. 1867. Svo, pp. 48. The ancestor of all of this name in New England, was John Sawin of Watertown 1652, son of Robert Sawin of Bosford, Co. Suffolk, 29 226 American Genealogist. [1867. Eng, He married the daughter of George Mannings, and had three sons. This record seems to contain a fair account of the descendants. The plan of arrangement is not the best, and the dates are given in years only ; a great mistake. Genealogical Sketch of the Family of Dexter Thurber. July, 1867. 8vo, pp. 10. A very brief record of the ancestry of Dexter Thurber who was born in 1771, tracing the line to John T. of Rehoboth in 1671, said to be an emigrant from Stanton, co. Lincoln. The list also contains the descendants of Dexter T., including three great-grandchildren, and I am informed that the pamphlet was prepared by him, and that it was printed in Providence. A Family Meeting of the' Descendants of John Tut- HiLL, one of the original settlers of the town of Southold, N. Y. Held at New-Suffolk, L. I., August 28th, 1867. Express Print. Sag-Harbor, N. Y. 1867. 8vo, pp. 60. This reunion was a great success, some 2000 persons being present, and may therefore well claim the preservation of print. The main feature was an historical address by Judge William H. Tuthill, con- taining much valuable information about the family. Patterson. [Genealogical Register by James P. Andrews, M. D., Colerain P. 0., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. 8vo, pp. 8.] A record of the Patterson family was published in 1867, bearing the above heading on p. 1, but without a title page. The ancestor was James Patterson who died in 1792, and the record is probably nearly complete. The Salkeld Family of Pennsylvania, from John who emigrated 1705 to the fourth generation so far as known. By a descendant, 1867. 12mo, pp. 8. I am informed that a pamphlet with this title was privately printed and that the author was Mr. Heacock who also printed other works. 1867.] American Genealogist. 227 The Descendants of John Phoenix, an early settler in Kittery, Maine. By S. Whitney Phoenix New York : Privately printed. 1867. Pages 53. The name here given to this family is confessedly merely a cor- ruption of the well known English name of Fenwick. In this volume the author has traced as many of the descendants of John Fenwick of Kittery, as could be found. He promises another edi- tion in case he should receive additional facts, and also two more volumes giving respectively the families of Alexander Phoenix of New York, and John Phoenix of New Jersey. To the mechanical execution of the work, of which 100 copies 8vo, and 5 quarto were printed at the Bradstreet press, too much praise can hardly be given. It is printed on one side only of each leaf, and is a most beautiful specimen of the art typographical. An Account of some of the Descendants of Capt. Thomas Brattle, Compiled by Edward Doubleday Harris. 1867. 4to, pp. 90. The name of Brattle figures largely in the annals of Massachusetts for four generations, when it disappears with the failure of the male line.. Descendants through female lines are, however, quite numer- ous, and in this charming little volume, Mr. Harris has given a very copious account of the family. The first of the name here was Thomas Brattle, who was esteemed the wealthiest man of New England at the time of his death in 1683. He left sons, Thomas, William, and Edward; of whom Thomas was Treasurer of Harvard and F.R.S. ; he died unmarried. Rev. Wil- liam of Cambridge died in 1727, leaving an only son, William. Edward died in 1719, probably without surviving issue. William Brattle, the only grandson of the name, was brigadier general and member of the council. He was a royalist and went with the British troops to Halifax, where he died in 1776, leaving one son and one daughter. The son, Thomas Brattle, last of the name, was in Europe when the revolution began, but was strongly in favor of the Americans. After the war he returned to America, and re- covered much of his father's estate. He died unmarried in 1801. The daughters of the family married into the most distinguished families here, and Mr. Harris has traced the various branches most successfully. As was said in noticing the author's Vassall Genea- 228 American Genealogist. [1867. logy, the book is crowded with facts, and must have caused him great labor in accumulating so many interesting items. The engraving of the Brattle arms shows the coat they used for several generations, and undoubtedly they had good warrant for so doing. A Genealogy of the Peabodt Family, as compiled by the late C. M. Endicott, of Salem. Revised and corrected by William S. Peabody, of Salem. With a partial Record of the Rhode Island Branch, by B. Frank Pabodie of Providence Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 334 Washing- ton street. 1867. Svo, pp. 61. This is professedly based upon the first edition of 1849, but with corrections and additions. It is indeed a very good record of the descendants of Francis Peabody who came here in 1634, probably from St. Albans, Co. Hertford, Eng. He became a large land- holder, and the family has been quite prominent in Essex county. Pages 54 - 80 of the volume are devoted to an account of the family of John Paybody of Plymouth, who is said to have been the father of the above Francis, though we do not see the proof given. It is intended only as a preliminary sketch. We must demur, however, to the Peabody coat of arms of which a colored engraving is given, as we see no authority therefor. Pages 1 and 2 indeed contain a repetition of the absurd fable palmed off on some member of the family by one of the innumerable spurious heraldry offices in London, in 1796. We find no arms recorded in Burke as ever having belonged to any one of the name, and the lack of an English pedigree or any proof of the use of arms, is con- clusive against the right of the American family to use any coat of arms. The Coleman Family, Descendants of Thomas Cole- man, in line of the oldest son. IX Generation. 1598 to 1867, 269 years. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1867. Svo, pp. 24. Although published in Philadelphia, this is the history of a New England family, the progenitor being Thomas Coleman of Wethers- 1867.] American Genealogist. 229 field, Conn., 1636. His descendants have been numerous in Con- necticut and western Massachusetts, and a good proportion of them are here printed. The record is well arranged, and will prove ac- ceptable to all interested in the name. Genealogy and History of the Wellmans of New England. By James Wellman. Salem : printed at the Observer Office. 1867. 12mo, pp. 68. The age of the author, eighty-five years, renders this little volume quite a curiosity of literature, and disarms hostile criticism. The book is rather a collection of material than a formal genealogy, being largely composed of letters and accounts of scattered branches. It contains, however, a great many facts which are worth preservation. A Golden Wedding, and the Dinsmore Genealogy, from about 1620 to 1865. Augusta : printed at the Maine Farmer Office. 1867. 8vo, pp. 24. The golden wedding was celebrated in Anson, Me., Sept. 10, 1865, in honor of Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Patty Dinsmore, The genealogy begins with » traditional account of the Dinsmores, who seem to have been a part of the Scotch-Irish colony at London- derry, N. H. The genealogy prepared by J. Dinsmore of Winslow, Me., seems tolerably full, though lacking many essential dates. It is computed that Arthur, son of David of Londonderry, had 8 children, 72 grandchildren, 199 great-grandchildren, and already 108 in the next generation. History of the Champney Family, containing Bio- graphical Sketches, Letters, Reminiscences, etc. Il- lustrated. Chicago : P. L. Hanscom & Co., printers. 1867. 8vo, pp. 76. The author, Julius B. Champney, makes the excuse that he has been more familiar with machinery than composition, and this book is an unpretending attempt to note down facts of family history which have transpired within the past two generations. He traces the family directly from Richard Champney of Cambridge, 1634, 230 American Genealogist. [1867. to the sixth generation when Ebenezer C. removed to New Ips- wich. He was a judge of probate there, and the author is his grandson. The illustrations are a view of the judge's house, and two other homesteads, portraits of the author and his brother and sister, and a cut of Champney arms. As the author refers in mistake, though in evident good faith, to the family arms, we must warn him that there is not an atom of evidence to warrant their use, and the family will be wise in avoid- ing the assumption of these arms. Genealogy of a part of the Ripley Family, compiled by H. W. Ripley. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh." Newark, N. J. : A. Stephen Holbrook, printer. No. 3, Mechanic street. 1867. 12mo, pp. 48. The preceding edition of this has been already noted. The ances- tor of the family was William Ripley of Hingham who had two sons, and as the family of one son is not found, the five grandsons are each taken as heads of separate lines. The record seems carefully made and as full as the author could find the material to make it. On p. 38 begins the record of the family of William Ripley whose origin is unknown. He was an early settler at West Bridgewater, Mass., and left a numerous progeny. Ger.ealogy of a Branch of the Metcalf Family, who originated in West Wrentham, Mass. ; with their Connections by Marriage. Prepared by E. W. Metcalf for distribution at the celebration of the ninetieth birthday of Caleb Metcalf, 23 July, 1867. 8vo, pp. 12. The family is traced to Michael Metcalf, born at Tatterford, Co. Norfolk, in 1586. He was of Dedham in 1637, and his descendants six' generations later were Caleb M. here noticed and his brothers and sisters. The whole of the next generation seems to be recorded, and as a special task for a particular occasion it seems well executed. 1867.] American Genealogist. 231 A Genealogy of the Fenton Family, Descendants of Robert Fenton, an Early Settler of Ancient Wind- ham, Conn, (now Mansfield), compiled by William L. Weaver, Editor of the Williamantic Journal, Wil- liamantic. Conn. 1867. 8vo, pp. 34. Robert Fenton of Woburn, 1688, seems to have been tbe founder of the family here noticed. About 1694 he removed to Windham, and in that vicinity his descendants remained, as the careful inves- tigations of Mr. Weaver show. One branch removed to Chautauque, N. Y., and there in 1819 was born Reuben Eaton Fenton, who has been governor of New York, and undoubtedly the most distinguished member of the family. Mr. Weaver was favorably known as a thorough genealogist, and the present volume was in all respects highly creditable to him. [Notice of some of the Descendants of Joseph Pope of Salem. By Henry Wheatland.] 4to, pp. 14. This is a reprint from the Historical Collections of the Essex- Institute, and is a thorough account of the descendants of one of the early settlers at Salem. The records of Essex county have been thoroughly examined by various members of the Institute, but here- tofore not many genealogies have been published of a size sufficient to warrant a separate issue. It is to be hoped that this careful and well arranged pamphlet will have many successors. Memoir of Colonel John Allan, an Officer of the Revolution, born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746. Died in Lubec, Maine, Feb. 7, 1805. With a Genealogy by George H. Allan, of New York. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1867. 8vo, pp. 32. Colonel William Allan was an officer to whom the country was greatly indebted for his success in securing the neutrality of the Indians on the borders of Maine. Mr. Frederic Kidder has lately given a full history of the transaction, and we need only note the fact. Allan was the son of an English officer who was employed in Nova Scotia and eventually settled there in Cumberland county. 232 American Genealogist. [1867. The genealogy is quite exacit in dates, and as its starting point is so recent, it probably contains nearly all the descendants of William Allan. Report to the Gibson Association of Vermont, U. S. A., made by Columbus Smith, A. D. 1867. Contain- ing the Gibson Constitution and information in his possession relative to Gibson property abroad ; like- wise pedigrees of the different branches of the fam- ily, so far as he has been able to collect. Published by order of the Gibson Association. Middlebury : Register Book and Job Printing Establishment. 1867. 8vo, pp. 20. One of the usual kind of reports about English fortunes. History of the Bill Family. Edited by Ledyard Bill 75 Fulton street, New York. 1867. 8vo, pp. 368. This large volume was prepared solely for the family, and the author claims an immunity from criticism therefor. It is, however, totally unnecessary. When we say that the connection of the early settlers and their relation to their supposed English ancestor are perhaps stated in too positive words, the proofs being very slight, we have found all the fault we can with it. In other respects the book is very good. It is admirably arranged and handsomely printed, and it contains a great amount of biogiaphy. The documents cited are often printed in full, and the book is enriched by numerous photographic portraits. We presume the Bill coat of arms figures on the title page through misapprehension, as the present state of the pedigree does not warrant its use. [Pedigree of Chase.] p. 1. This sheet is signed Nahum Chase, Albany, April 3, 1867. It is a letter addressed to his son, and giving him an account of his an- cestors by the name of Chase. Of course it is of value only to one branch of the family, but being a distinct publication it has claimed a place here. 1867.] American Genealogist. 233 Genealogy of the Van Brunt Family 1853-1867. By Teunis G. Bergen, Bay Ridge, New Utrecht, N. Y. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1867. 8vo, pp. 79. As we have said in relation to the Bergen family, the record of one of the old Dutch families of New York takes us into regions hitherto unexplored. The family seems to have thriven vigorously in the New World, and the members acquired both competency and consideration. We cannot of course criticise Mr. Bergen's accuracy, but from his evident familiarity with the old records, and his care in tracing and verifying facts, we feel assured that this is a very full genealogy of the family. A Genealogical Record of several families bearing the name of Cutler : in the United States. By Rev. Abner Morse, A. M. Boston : Samuel G. Drake, 17 Bromfield street. 1867. 8vo, pp. 80. The late Abner Morse was engaged in publishing this book at the time of his decease, and as the printing had been begun it was decided to complete it, though it was thus deprived of the author's correc- tions of the proofs. The book contains four chapters, each devoted to a family as follows : 1st, pp. 4 - 14, John Cutler or De Mumaker, of Hingham and Boston ; 2d, pp. 15-40, John Cutler of Hingham ; 3d, pp. 41-46, Robert Cutler of Charlestown ; 4th, pp. 47-80, James Cutler of Watertown and Lexington. The first John was a physician from Holland, who translated his name into English : the others are doubtless of English origin. Robert Cutler was the an- cestor of Rev. Timothy Cutler, president of Yale College 1719, who became an Episcopalian, was ordained and settled at Christ Church , Boston, Mass. A Genealogy of a Fiske Family. Sixteen Genera- tions. Period 1399 - 1867. [From Historical Col- lections of the Essex Institute. Vol. VIII, No. 3.] Salem, Mass. : Published by the Essex Institute. 4to, pp. 20. This account, prepared by Alfred Poor of Salem, contains the de- scendants of William Fiske of VVeuham, Mass., through his grandson Theophilus, which includes all his posterity of the name who are now 30 234 American Genealogist. [1867. residents of this county and vicinity. There is no doubt that the family has been traced in England, though, owing to the numerous branches, a few trifling mistakes may have occurred. This portion of the pedigree and an engraving of the coat-of-arms will be found in the Heraldic Journal for July, 1867. The American portion of the genealogy has been thoroughly traced by Mr. Poor, who possesses an extensive knowledge of the records of Essex county, and who has in this given us a favorable specimen of his ability to prepare a good family history. The FiSKE Family. A History of the Family (ances- tral and descendant) of William Fiske, Senr., of Amherst, N. H., with Brief Notices of other Branches springing from the same Ancestry. Second and complete edition. Compiled and published by Albert A. Fiske, a Descendant. Chicago, 111. 1867. 8vo, pp. 209. The first few pages of this book contain the English portion of the genealogy, being mainly the same as that in Mr. Poor's account. Several branches of the family, cousins more or less nearly allied, settled in New England. William Fiske of Wenham, brother of Kev. John F., had a sou William, and grandson, Ebeuezer. Dea. Ebenezer was the father of William, who moved to Amherst, N. H., in 1773 - 4, and to the family of this latter much of the volume is devoted. In fact, pp. 12-134, are given entirely to extensive biographies of various members of the families of Jonathan and William F., and the record is probably complete. Pages 135 - 151, treat of the per- sons who have intermarried with the family. As we understand it, the first edition ended here, and this edition contains the original pages with additional matter and a new title page. Pages 155 - 158. give the family of David Fiske; pp. 161-178 of Ebenezer Fiske, the other two sons of William of Amherst. The rest of the book is given to miscellaneous notes on other branches of this very extensive family. Genealogy of the Descendants of John Guild, Dedham, Massachusetts. By Calvin Guild. Providence : Providence Press Company, printers. 1867. 12mo, pp. 120 and xii. This little unpretending volume is the genealogical record of up- wards of twelve hundred persons, the descendants of John Guild, 1867.] American GEXEALoaisT. 235 who came from Scotland, and settled in Dedham about the year 1636. It is in two parts, the first comprising the Dedham branch of the family, and the second, the Wrentham branch. The work ia well arranged, handsomely printed on heavy tinted paper, and accom- panied by a two-fold index. The author has been engaged more or less in the preparation of this volume for upwards of twenty years, and the result is a genealogy deservedly to be placed in the first rank. It is edited, as the preface shows, by Reuben A. Guild, Esq., Libra- rian of Brown University, and the author of several important works, including a History of Brown University, a splendid quarto of 456 pages. Genealogy of the Eastman Family, for the first four generations. Compiled by Rev. Lucius Root East- man, Amherst, Mass., member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister for July, 1867. Boston : David Clapp & Son, 334 Washington street. 1867. 8vo, pp. 11. This is a history of a part of the descendants of Roger Eastman of Salisbury, Mass. The dates are carefully given when obtained; but the author requests members of the family to furnish additional data, and we may hope for another edition. Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey, an early settler of Rowley, Mass., including the posterity of most of the females, and the ancestral lines of many of their husbands. By Alfred Poor. Salem, Mass. 1867. 4to, pp. 90. This was originally published as a part of the author's Records of Merrimack Valley, pp. 77 - 167, though even in that form it had a separate index. The title page fully explains the plan of the work, and the book makes good its promise. Its pages are filled with facts and it will be of service to many bearing names other than Bailey. 236 American Genealogist. [1867. Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Alden. By Ebenezer Alden, M. D., member of the Ameri- can Antiquarian Society, New England Historic-Ge- nealogical Society, etc. Randolph, Mass. : Printed by Samuel P. Brown, for the family . 1867. 8vo, pp. 164. This is a good account of one of the noted families of Plymouth colony, and is strictly genealogical, containing very few biographies. The system is not the best in use, but it enables the reader to trace the several branches quite easily. The dates are given with preci- sion when obtainable, and the index seems to have been carefully prepared. Nothing has been found of the ancestry of the emigrant, but his marriage will be remembered in history for many generations. History of the Hart Family of Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. To which is added the Ge- nealogy of the family from its first settlement in America, by W. W. H. Davis. Privately printed. 1867. 8vo,pp. 139 and 20. This book, we are informed by a correspondent, is printed by the author, Gen. W. W. Hart Davis, at Doylestown, Buck's county. Pa., and traces the family from John Hart, of Witney, co. Oxford, Eng. He was born Nov. 16, 1651, and came hither with William Penn in Oct., 1682. The volume is embellished with an illuminated plate of the Hart coat-of-arms. The Davis Family Record. Edited by Chas. H. S. Davis, M. D. A monthly Journal devoted to the History and Genealogy of the Davis Family. Meri- den, Conn. Vol. 1. No. 1., Nov., 1867. — No. 8 Jane. 1868. 8vo, pp. 64. Eight parts only of this magazine appeared. It was intended to be a mode of collecting and publishing inform- ation about all families of the name, especially those in this country. But with such an immense field for research as the history of the bearers of so common a name, the editor doubtless soon wearied. The facts collected will no doubt be useful hereafter. 1868.] American Genealogist. 237 1868.^ Memorials: being a Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Account of the Name of Mudge, in Ame- rica, from 1638 to 1868. By Alfred Mudge Boston : printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, for the family, 1868. 8vo, pp. 443. This is a careful and thorough register of the descendants of Jarvis Mudge of New London (pp. 27 - 176), Thomas Mudge of Maiden (pp. 177-304), and Charles Mudge of Windham (pp. 305 - 323) persons of the same family name, but not known to be related. In fact nothing is known of the ancestry of either emigrant though the author with mistaken zeal has engraved a Mudge coat-of-arms. The details about English families of the name are of little value, and are more apt to mislead than instruct the ordinary reader. The families here recorded have not been conspicuous in our history, but yet have furnished a due proportion of estimable citizens to the state. The illustrations are portraits of Alfred, William L., Ezra, Augus- tus, Enoch R., Ezra W., John Gr., Andrew C, Alfred A., Rev. Enoch, Charles R. and Robert R. — Mudge. The record embraces in many cases the children of the daughters of Mudges, and as the indices are very full the book will have a value for many students. A Memoir of a portion of the Bolling Family in Eng- land and Virginia. Printed for private distribution. Richmond, Va. W. H. Wade & Co. 1868. Pages 68. This volume, of which only fifty copies were printed, is the fourth of a series of " historical documents from the Old Dominion," edited by T. H. Wynne, Esq., and printed by Munsell, of Albany. It is a translation of a memoir written in French, by Robert Boiling, of Chellowe, in 1764, giving particulars of the family history to that date. This document occupies 12 pages, and the rest of the volume is given to notes. ' In our last edition, p. 226, we gave the title of a Towne genealogy. This was an error, as the book, though partly printed at the time, was never finished and issued. On p. 83, of the same edition, under date of 1852, we cited a Eadder pamphlet, omitted in this edition for the same reason. 238 American Genealogist. [1868. The first of the family who settled in Virginia, was Robert Boiling, son of John and Mary Boiling, of AUhallows, Barking, London. He is said to be descended from a family of Boiling, of Boiling Hall, CO. York, but with the cheerful disregard of proofs which character- izes most Virginian pedigrees, the writer gives no authorities for the assertion. Robert^ Boiling (b. 26 Dec, 1646) came to Virginia in 1660, and in 1675 he married Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas R., and grand- daughter of Pocahontas. By her he had an only son, John^ Boiling, of Cobbs (b. 27 Jan., 1676), who m. Mary Kennon, and had one son, John, 3 and five daughters. John^ Boiling m. Elizabeth Blair, 1 Aug., 1728, and had five sons, the third one being Robert* the writer of the memoir. The historical sketch is brief and not of any great value, but the notes of Mr. Wynne are extensive and interesting. The chief value of the book is in the numerous photographs and portraits, being those of Robert Boiling, the emigrant; John, his son, and Mary Kennon wife of John; John Boiling, jr., and Elizabeth Blair his wife ; Richard Randolph, of Curies, and his wife Jane Boiling j Richard Randolph, jr., and Anne Meade his wife; Thomas Boiling and his wife Betty Gay ; John Blair and the Rev. Hugh Blair ; William Boiling, and his wife Mary Randolph, and their daughter Ann Meade Boiling. We are glad to see a publication like this, as it is a real contribu- tion to our local histories. When our southern friends abandon their claims to superiority in respect to pedigree and give us facts relative to the early colonists, we are ready to welcome them and to view them with no unfavorable eyes. The descent here claimed from Pocahontas has at various times brought out discussion about the Rolfes. There is no doubt that Pocahontas had a son Thomas Rolph, who returned to America and settled at Henrico, where he m. a Poythrers, or Poyers, and had an only child, Jane, afterwards wife of Robert Boiling. (Meade's Vir- ginia, i, 79, 80.) Charles Deane, Esq., in his edition of Smith's " True Relations of Virginia" (Boston, 1866), pointed out that Capt. John Smith's story about Pocahontas's saving his life, was evidently a lie, made up long after Smith's return to England. Mr. Neill, in the book cited below,' seems to show that Pocahontas was married before 1611, to an Indian named Kocoum. That in ' Poealiontas and her Companions ; a Chapter from the History of the Virgmia Company of London. By Rev. Edward D. Neill. Albany. Joel Muusell : 1869. Small 4to, pp. 32. 1868.] American Genealogist. 239 1613 she was captured by a stratagem, and April 5, 1614, she was married to John Rolfe, an Englishman, who came to Virginia with his wife and child in 1610. It is to be regretted that no one states when the marriage took place, or how it was solemnized. Pocahontas and her husband, Rolfe, went to England, and she died there at Gravesend, in May, 1616. Rolfe died in 1622, leaving a widow and children, besides " the child which he had by Powhatan's daughter : " but of course this wife may have been one which he married aftfer the death of Pocahontas. Yet in that case he must have had three wives, includ- ing Pocahontas. There is evidently a mystery about the marriage, though there is none about the point of descent from Pocahontas claimed by the Rolfes, the Boilings, and thence by so many Vir- ginians. [ We may here note a folio pamphlet of 6 pages, entitled " De- scendants of Pocahontas (called also) Matoa," published about 1867. It was probably printed at Richmond, and was compiled by Thomas H. Wynne, one of the few remaining antiquaries of Virginia. It traces the descendants quite thoroughly, but gives no dates.] The Enojlish Ancestry of Rev. John Cotton of Boston. By H. G. Somerby of London. Reprinted from the Heraldic Journal for April, 1868. Boston, U. S. A. Henry W. Button & Son, printers, 90 and 92 Wash- ington street. 1868. 8vo, pp. 12. The late Mr. Somerby prepared a volume of pedigrees for Hon. Caleb Gushing, and by the kindness of the latter gentleman I was allowed to prepare the above sketch. The facts were obtained by Mr. Somerby, but he is not responsible for the inferences I have drawn. The record shows ttat Rev. John Cotton was descended from a family of high position in Cambridgeshire, and not as supposed by Drake {Eist. of Boston, p. 157) to the Cottons of Ridware whose most famous offspring was Sir Robert Cotton, bart., founder of the Cottonian Library. The Cottons of Landwade and Cotton Hall obtained in the Landwade branch a baronetcy in 1615, which was enjoyed by descendants until 1863, and have had many distinguished members. Rev, John Cotton was son of Roland Cotton, a lawyer who traced his pedigree through George, Clement and Walter jr., of Cotton Hall, to Walter Cotton who died in 14-15, the common an- cestor of both lines, viz., those of Landwade and those of Cotton Hall. 240 American Genealogist. [1868. There are many descendants of Rev. Jolin Cotton here, both in the male and the female lines, and pedigrees are given in the Reg- ister^ volume first, and in i\i.e, folio edition of Drake's Boston. This pamphlet also points out other connections of Cotton and his wife, who were among the settlers here. The Fairfaxes of England and America in the Seven- teenth and Eighteenth Centuries, including Letters from and to Hon. William Fairfax, President of Council of Virginia, and his sons, Col. George Wil- liam Fairfax, and Rev. Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax, the neighbors and friends of George Washington. By Edward D. Neill, Author of Terra Marice, &c. Albany, N. Y. : Joel Munsell. 1868. 8vo, pp. 234. This book is well printed, and that is about all that can be said in its praise. It is a sad disappointment, the letters being of very tri- fling value to the historian. We had hoped the genealogical portion would be well investigated, but the compiler adds few names and hardly a date, to what was before known. The editor seems to have annotated with care and diligence, but the materials were common- place and hardly worth the honors of print. Information as to the Fairfaxes of Virginia is however obtainable from any " Peerage." The title of Baron Fairfax, of Cameron, in the peerage of Scotland, was conferred in 1627 on Sir Thomas Fairfax, of a famous Yorkshire family. The third baron was the general of the parliament's forces. At his death the title passed to a cousin, whose grandson, the sixth baron, inherited through his mother, great estates in Virginia. This Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, lived long in Virginia and died there in 1782, s. p. His brother Robert was the seventh baron, and also d. s.p. The title then passed to Rev. Bryan Fairfax, first cousin of the last named Thomas and Robert, son of their uncle William Fairfax, who had been collector at Salem, Mass., and afterwards overseer of his nephew's estate in Virginia. Rev. Bryan Fairfax went to England and was recognized as eighth baron, and left numerous descendants. The present representative is Dr. John Fairfax, eleventh baron. Some very elaborate and careful articles on the pedigree of the Fairfaxes of Yorkshire will be found in the Herald and Genealogist, edited by the late John Grough Nichols. The title would doubtless be recognized at any time in Great Britain, but the privileges attached to a Scotch peerage are mostly honorary. 1868.] American Genealogist. 241 The Janes Family. A Genealogy and brief History of the Descendants of William Janes the Emigrant Ancestor of 1637, with an extended notice of Bishop Edmund S. Janes, D.D., and other Biographical Sketches ; By the Rev. Frederic Janes. " Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers." Job viii. 8. New York : John H. Dingman, 654 Broadway. (C. Scribner & Co.) 1868. Pages 419. This book, from Mr. Munsell's well-known press, is well printed and is arranged on a simple plan. The emigrant William Janes was a settler at New Haven in 1639, and in 1656 he removed to North- ampton, where he was a teaching elder. He was evidently a man of education, being appointed recorder there. He died in 1690, having had two wives and sixteen children. This record gives the names of 2319 persons descended from him, enumerating only children of parents one of whom was a Janes. The work seems to be well done , and a good index makes the information available. The illustrations are portraits of Kev. Edmund S. Janes (Method- ist Bishop), Rev. Frederic Janes, Dr. Edward H. Janes, Mrs. Isabella (Janes) Dingman, and a wood-cut of the Janes coat-of-arms. The author incautiously says on p. 28, that the emigrants came from a family of the name at Kirtling. Of course this is mere surmise, totally baseless. The American family begins with William and has no claim to ancestral honors, and no right to coat-armor. The remarks of the author are unnecessary and calculated only to increase error. With this exception, however, the work deserves high praise. Genealogical History of the Lee Family of Virginia and Maryland, from A. D. 1-300 to A. D. 1866. With Notes and Illustrations. Edited by Edward C. Mead. New York : Richardson and Company. 1868. 8vo, pp. 114. In this very handsome volume we find the evidences of more zeal than knowledge. The basis of the pedigree is a copy of a Herald's Visitation of Shropshire, obtained from London in 1750. This con- tains tie pedigree of the Lees of Langley, Nordley and Cotton, in Shropshire, down to 166.3, and is probably correct. The compiler, 31 242 American Genealogist. [1868. however, jumps at the conclusion that a Richard Lee, living at Lon- don in 1663, was the colonist of Virginia. He does not produce a single proof, and of course the pedigree falls to the ground. The real value of the book consists in the portraits of the Ameri- can Lees, viz. : Richard, son of the emigrant; Richard Lee, jr. ; Col. Thomas Lee ; Gen. Henry Lee ; Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Mrs. Mary Custis Lee. The mistake of the editor is, however, easily remedied by the authentic documents which he printed. The emigrant terms himself Col. Richard Lee, lately of Stratford-Langton, in the county of Essex. The particular family of Lees of Essex is that settled at Quarrendon, Stratford-Langton, Ditchley, etc., and there can be little doubt that the emigrant belonged to it. Sir Robert Lee, who was buried in Stratford-Langton in 1616, had seven sons, of whom Henry was created a baronet. His grandson, the third baronet, was made Earl of Litchfield, but the title became extinct in 1776. A de- scent from this family is certainly as good a pedigree as any person could desire. It is believed that the Virginian family has acquiesced in the above corrections, and that investigations in England have put the matter beyond doubt, Genealogy of the Mact Family from 1635 - 1868. Compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, New York. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1868. Square 8vo, pp. 457. The family here recorded is descended from Thomas Macy of Newbury, 1639, and Salisbury, afterwards one of the ten purchasers of the island of Nantucket He was one of the few brave men who sheltered the Quakers and was fined therefor by the colony. The first 66 pages of this book are devoted to valuable documents relating to the history of the early settlement of Nantucket. The genealogy seems to be very nearly complete, and is arranged on a simple plan, easily understood. The dates are given with pre- cision and numerous biographies add interest to the volume. The best known members of the family perhaps have been the mer- chants — Josiah, Charles A. and William H. — and Gen. George N. Macy of Boston, whose war record was very brilliant. The illustrations are portraits of Sylvanus J , Obed, Josiah, Tho- mas, William H., David, Seth W., Elihu, and Cyrus Macy, with fac-similes of numerous marriage covenants of the Quaker form, and other valuable papers. The genealogy will deservedly stand in the first rank. 1868.] American Genealogist. 243 [Genealogy of Descendants of Thomas Oliver, of Bristol, Eng., and of Boston, New England, in the direct line of Rev. Daniel Oliver, late of Boston. Prepared by Henry K. Oliver, Salem, Mass. 1868.] 8vo, pp. 7. This little pamphlet, published without a title page, adds nothing to the facts given in the book reviewed on p. 221, ante, except in one line. The author, indeed, would trace Thomas Oliver the emigrant to a Bristol family, but there is no new evidence adduced or probably attainable. So far all efibrts to connect the American family with any in England have proved unsuccessful. A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck, who emigrated with his family to this country in 1638; and Records of his Father's and Grand- father's Families in England ; with the Pedigree extending back from son to father for twenty gene- rations ; with their coat-of-arms and copies of wills. Also, an Appendix, giving an Account of the Boston and Hingham Pecks ; the Descendants of John Peck, of Mendon, Mass. ; Deacon Paul, of Hartford ; Deacon William and Henry, of New Haven, and Joseph, of Milford, Conn., with portraits of distinguished per- sons from steel engravings. By Ira B. Peck. Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son. Boston, 1868. 8vo, pp. 442. The copiousness of the title leaves little explanation of the con- tents necessary. Pages 15-259 comprise the descendants of Joseph Pecik, of Hingham ; pp. 267-277 relate to the Boston Pecks ; pp. 278-288 to the issue of John P. of Mendon ; pp. 289-323, to those sprung from Joseph P. of Milford, Conn. ; 824-366, from Henry P. of New Haven ; 367-389, those of Paul P. of Hartford ; 390-396, of William P. of New Haven j indices, very thorough, occupy pp. 404-442. The greater part of the book is given to the family springing from Joseph Peck, of Hingham, who came with his family from Hing- ham, Eng., and who was brother of Kev. Robert Peck, of that place. It is also made certain, we believe, through researches made by the late H. G. Somerby, that these brothers can be traced to the Pecks 244 American Genealogist. [1868. of Belton, co. York, tlius establisHng an authentic pedipjree of some twenty generations. Our author, through ignorance probably of the precision required in such case, contents himself with a mere tabular pedigree, without citing his authorities. But in the Register^ xxiv, 187-8, a letter from the author is published which may well answer any doubts, and the correctness of the whole is vouched for by Mr. Somerby. The coat-of-arms is therefore lawfully used by this family. Taken as a whole, the genealogy is a very thorough and satis- factory one, the result, evidently, of very considerable labor. The engraved portraits are those of Ira B., William E., Rev. Solomon, Thomas, Benjamin, Dr. Gardner M., Major Gen. John J., Bela, George, Rev. Dr. Jesse T., and Miss Helen S., — all of the surname of Peck — and also of Thomas Haudasyde Perkins, and William Williams. There is also a copy of the tombstone of Capt. Samuel Peck, of Rehoboth, who died in 1736, which bears his coat-of-arms, viz. : on a chevron engrailed, three crosses formee. Descendants of John Pitman, the first of the Name in the Colony of Rhode Island. Collected by Charles Myrick Thurston. " Stemmata Quid Faciunt ? " New York : The Trow & Smith Book Manufactur- ing Co., 46, 48, 50 Greene st. 1868. 8vo, pp. 48. John Pitman of Newport, about 1710, whose descendants are traced in this volume was the son of Henry Pitman who was one of the first settlers of Nassau, New Providence, probably about 1666. His granddaughter, Mary Davenport, testified, Feb. 7, 1763, inter alia, that her grandfather dwelt at Nassau about fifteen years and there died. He left a son John, who m. Mary Saunders. John lived first at. Harbor island, thence he removed to New Provi- dence, settled, and took possession of the land, plantations and im- provements made by his father. In 1699, the title to this property was confirmed under the hand of Gov. Webb. The deed is recorded at Newport, R. I., under date of July 29, 1720. He built a ship- yard, built several vessels, and after the taking and burning of New Providence by the French and Spaniards in July, 1703, removed to Currant island, thence to Thesa island, and finally in 1710 to New- port, Rhode Island. He died in November, 1711, and his widow died in the December following. They had eight children, viz. : John; Mary, b. 1693; Joseph, b 1695; Benjamin, b. 1697; 1868.] American Genealogist. 245 James, b. 1700 ; Samuel, b. 1701 ; Moses, b. 1702 ; , b. at New- port, R. I. The descendants of these children are traced in tbese pages. There were several others of the name of Pitman among the early- settlers in New England : and a family named Pickman, of good position in Salem, was also often called Pitman. Descendants of Edward Thurston, the first of the name in the Colony of Rhode Island. Collected by Charles Myrick Thurston. ^^Stemmata quidfaciunt .?" New York : The Trow & Smith Book Manufactur- ing Co. 46, 48, 50 Greene st. 1868. 8vo, pp. 70. This pamphlet is by the author of the Pitman genealogy and is uniform with it. The family traced is that of Edward Thurston of Newport, R. I., who married in 1647 Elizabeth Mott. He held various public offices and died in 1707 aged 90. He had twelve children and the descendants of five sons are traced in this volume. The work seems to be well done, and is especially welcome since so little has been printed in reference to Rhode Island families. Genealogical Sketch of the first three generations of Prebles in America : with an account of Abraham Preble the emigrar,t, their common Ancestor, and of his grandson Brigadier-General Jedediah Preble and his descendants. By Geo. Henry Preble, Capt. U. S. N Boston : printed for family circu- lation. David Clapp & Son. 1868. 8vo, pp. 336. - The handsome volume bearing the above title is rather a magazine than a formal genealogy. The genealogical part indeed is well per- formed, but it is but a small portion of the interesting matter here collected, consisting of biographies, journals and letters of various Prebles. The ancestor of the family was Abraham P., one of the early settlers of Scituate and afterwards of York, of whose ancestry nothing is known, though the author unadvisedly gives the Preble arms as being " of good authenticity." The first 38 pages relate to this Abraham and his descendants to the third generation. Pages 39-315, relate to the descendants of Brig. Gen. Jedediah Preble, 246 American Genealogist. [1868. nearly one hundred pages being a biography of that gentleman. Of course due notice is taken of Commodore Edward Preble, whose fame is national, and we may also add, that the professional services of the author, have won for him an honorable place in the annals of our navy. The book contains a great amount of curious and valuable information, and possesses a more general interest than most other genealogies. GeDealogy of the Spotswood Family in Scotland and Virginia. By Charles Campbell. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1868. 8vo, pp. 44. This is an exasperatingly feeble attempt to trace the ancestry and descendants of the well known governor of Virginia. Meade (i, 166), tells us all in a few lines. Grov. Alexander S. was grandson of Sir Robert S., lord president of the Court of Sessions, Scotland. The governor had one son and two daughters, all married in Virginia and leaving issue. The son John had sons Alexander and John, both of whom had large families. Mr. Campbell gives the names of many descendants in various lines, but without any regular plan, and with hardly a date. The value of such work is evidently ex- tremely small. Memorials of the Cranes of Chilton, with a Pedigree of the Family, and the Life of the Last Represent- ative. By William S. Appleton. Cambridge : press of John Wilson and Son. 1S68. Sm. 4to, pp. 89. In this very beautiful volume Mr. Appleton has traced the pedi- gree of the Cranes of Chilton, co. Suffolk, Eng., from which family he is descended, by a marriage several generations before the emi- grant Appleton came hither. In Suffolk the name has passed into oblivion, the last male representative being Sir Robert Crane, who was a prominent member of parliament, and who died in 1643. Of course the pedigree possesses much interest for all the numer- ous descendants of Samuel Appleton, and the amount of information thus brought together from widely scattered sources, is an evidence of great industry and antiquarian knowledge on the part of the compiler. 1868.] American Genealogist. 247 Genealogy of the Maule Family, with a Brief Account of Thomas Maule, of Salem, Mass., the Ancestor of the Family in the United States. 8vo, pp. 15. This was published in Philadelphia, in 1868, without a title page. It was compiled from the family papers of the late Israel M , of Philadelphia. The genealogical part is very slight. Genealogies of the Stranahan, Josseltn, Fitch and Dow Families, in North America. ( Privately printed). Brooklyn, N. Y. 1868. 8vo, pp. 126. Pages 13-20 contain the Stranahans descended from James S., of Scituate. K. I., and Plainfield, Conn., who died in 1792, aged 93 years. Pages 31-38, the Josselyns descended from Abraham J., grandson of the emigrant Thomas J. Pages 49-91 the descendants of Rev. James Fitch, of Saybrook, 1619. Pages 103-106, a notice of the Dow family. Pages 111-126, appendices. The compiler was Dr. Henry R. Stiles, and it is a very satisfactory record within the prescribed limits. Some Records of persons by the name of "Worden, particularly of over one thousand of the Ancestors, Kin and Descendants of John and Elizabeth Word- en, of Washington county, Rhode Island. Covering three hundred years, and comprising Twelve Gene- rations in America. For private circulation. By 0. N. Worden, Lewisburg, Pa., printed at the Rail- way Press of J. R. Cornelius. 1868. 8vo, pp. 164. It contains much information of a fragmentary nature, and though lacking a methodical arrangement, is useful as a collection about persons of the name. Account of the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Wedding of John Pierpont and Sarah Beers, Dec. 29th, 1867. Printed at the request of the Kin- dred. New Haven : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers. 1868. 8vo, pp. 23. In a memorial of this nature, little formal genealogy is to be ex- pected, since the participants are supposed to know all the relation- 248 American Genealogist. [1868. ships. It seems that the John Pierpont who married Sarah Beers, was son of Hezekiah, and grandson of Rev. James Pierpont, for thirsty years pastor of the first church in New Haven. This James was son of John of Roxbury who died in 1682, the son of James of Ipswich, Mass. This pamphlet contains besides the portraits of Rev. James and his wife painted in 1711, an engraving of arms. The coat is that borne by the Pierrepoints, Dukes of Kingston, a title now extinct, and by the present Earl Manvers. As the Pierrepoints, however, did not become peers until 1627, there is no absurdity in trying to trace the emigrant back to a common origin. We are not aware, however, that this has been done. Joseph Randall of Providence, R. I., and his De- scendants, 1684-1868 Providence, R. I., prepared and printed by John A. C. Randall, son of Mowry, son of John. 1868. 8vo, pp. 34. The progenitor was Joseph Randall, said to have come from France and settled in Providence in 1716. He had sons Henry and Peter, and this book is chiefly devoted to the descendants of the latter. Peter had twelve children, each of whom is in turn treated as the originator of a branch, though only six were males. The work seems to be thoroughly performed. Peter had 66 grandchildren, 156 of the next generation and already 200 of the fourth generation, so that the stock seems likely to endure. Genealogy of Allen from 1568. Skowhegan, Boies & Spaulding . . Printers. 1868. 8vo, pp. 14. This was written probably by William Allen of Norridgewock. The ancestor was George Allen of Lynn and Sandwich who died at Boston in 1648, aged 80, leaving five sons. His grandson James settled at Tisbury. A few lines of his descendants are traced herein but without any regular plan, and without precision in dates. As a genealogy it is of little importance, but it preserves some data . worth saving;. 1868.] American Genealogist. 249 The KiRKPATRiCK Memorial or Biogrcapliical Sketches of Father and Son, and a 8election from the Sermons of the Rev. Jacob Kirkpatrick, Jr. The Sketches by the Rev. George Hale,*D.D. Edited by the Rev. Wm. M. Blackburn. PhiLadelphia : Westcott& Thompson. 1867. 12mo, pp. 312. Contains two portraits, and after alluding to the ancient origin of the family, commences with Alexander Kirkpatrick who was born in Watties Neach, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ; emigrated to America in 1736, settling in Mine Brook, Somerset co., N. J. Thirteen pages of the book are devoted to his descendants. The late Chief- Justice Andrew Kirkpatrick of N. J. was the third son of David who was the fifth child of this Alexander Kirkpatrick. In 1870 Mrs. Dr. How, of New York, issued a privately printed Memorial of Chief Justice Kirkpatrick and Jane Bayard his wife. 8vo, pp. 75, and which contains an account of their descendants. [I am indebted to Dr. S. S. Purple, for the foregoing title and description.] Report to the Brown Association, U. S. A., made by Columbus Smith, A. D. 1868. Published by order of the Brown Association. Burlington : Free Press Steam Book and Job Printing House. 1868. 8vo, pp. 126. At first sight, it would seem as if the Brown Association of some 264 persons, had got some return for the $925 worth of scrip sold, in the form of a genealogy. But it seems that it was nearly all in print before,, pp. 19-101 being servilely reprinted from Bond's Watertown Families, copying even the numerous cross-references which have no meaning in this form; pp. 101-104 being a re- print of an article by A. W. Brown ; 105 - 110, further notes by him, both of which appeared in the Register, vi, 232, ix, 219, and corrections pp. 110 - 113, which were probably elsewhere published. A few little scraps of genealogy and some of the usual nonsense about the English fortune, make up the rest of the pamphlet. Still the Browns have thereby got more than most of the members of such associations. Sound genealogy at second hand is far better than re- ports about imaginary treasures. 32 250 Amekican Genealogist. [1868. Statement of the Origin, Organization and Objects of the Holt Estate Association of New York, with the Articles of the Association, Trust Deed, and By-Laws. New York : Holt Brothers, Steam Job Printers, 87 Nassau street. 1868. 8vo, pp. 20. The Holts combined to obtain an English fortune : we have not heard of any success as yet. Index for Peksons in America claiming properties abroad, either as next of kin, heirs at law, legatees or otherwise. Compiled by Columbus Smith, of West Salisbury, Vermont, A. D., 1868. Burlington : Free Press Steam Book and Job Printing tlouse 1868. 12mo, pp. 22. This is a list based on similar English ones of persons named in various advertisements. Of course in England heirs are often adver- tized for, but they usually appear. It is of about as much value as the list of unclaimed dividends published by Savings Banks. Genealogical Register of Lexington Families, from the first settlement of the town. By Charles Hud- son Boston : Wiggin & Lunt, publishers, 221 Washington street. 1868. 8vo, pp. 296. This is a reprint, properly repaged and indexed, from Mr. Hud- son's admirable History of Lexington^ Mass. The work is very thoroughly done, and the families chiefly noticed are as follows : Adams, Blodgett, Bowman, Bridge, Brown, Chandler, Childs, Clarke, Cutler, Estabrook, Fassett, Fessenden, Fiske, Hancock, Harrington, Hastings, Hoar, Hudson, Lawrence, Locke, Loring, Marrett, Mead, Merriam, Mulliken, Munroe, Muzzy, Parker, Phinney, Pierce, Poul- ter, Raymond, Reed, Hobbins, Robinson, Russell, Simouds, Smith, Stearns, Stone, Tidd, Underwood, Wellington, Whitmore, Whitte- more, Winsbip, Willis. The Family Record, Biographic and Photographic, ar- ranged for recording in detail the personal incidents in the life of each member of the family. By John 1868-9.] American Genealogist. 251 H. Griscom, M.D., New York, printed for the author by Baker & Goodwin 1868. This is one of a class of prepared forms, of which the earliest was " A Complete System of Family Registration," by Lemuel Shattuck, published in Boston in 18-41. Another was entitled " Perpetual Family Record and Genealogical Tables," by Dr. N. J3. Cooke, pub- lished in Boston, in 1863. All of them are ingenious forms, calcu- lated to assist any one in preserving family records. Ancestral Tablets. A collection of Diagrams for Pedigrees, so arranged that Eight Generations of the Ancestors of any Person may be recorded in a connected and simple form. By William H. Whit- more, A.M. . . . Boston : published for the Compiler by Wiggin & Lunt, 221 Washington street, 1868. This set of forms is intended to meet a want not answered by the books last cited. In New England, nearly every one can trace his ancestry on all lines, about as easily as in the paternal line solely. In the eighth generation backwards he had 128 progenitors, male and female, except where intermarriages reduce the number. But to attempt to represent them all in the usual tabular form is imprac- ticable, since the space required is so great. The 128 names re- quire a sheet of at least 128 inches, or over ten feet, in length. 1 believe that my system is the only simple one yet devised, but it is difficult to explain without diagrams. I allow 8 names to each page, and by a system of cutting holes, a name shows through in one set of names, while also showing in its proper place in another series. In these sixteen pages, 12 inches by 10, all of one's ancestors can be easily traced for eight generations, and yet all are kept in a harmo- nious order and proportion. A second edition was published for sale in 1871, by William P. Lunt of Boston. 1869. The Heacock Family. Jonathan and Ann Heacock, who emigrated to America from England and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1711, and their Descendants. 1869. 8vo, pp. 28. 262 American Gtenealogist. [1869. This is a privately printed record of the descendants of Jonathan and Ann Heacock who were members of the Society of Friends at Wolverhampton, co. Staff., Eng., in 1710. The plan is defective and the dates especially are wanting, but the author has brought together many items about the family. Our Ancestors. 1869. 8vo, pp. 20. This is a record of a branch of the Painter family of Pennsylvania, with other families allied to it, being the ancestors of the author. In the existing lack of genealogies from that state, every contribu- tion is interesting. [Andrew Elliot of Beverly, Mass., and his Descend- ants.] Svo, pp. 4. This is a reprint from the Register for July, 1869, of an article which I wrote giving the pedigree of the Boston Elliotts or Eliots. This family is distinct from that to which Kev. John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians belonged, but it has produced several dis- tinguished men. Samuel Eliot, bookseller, was brother of Rev. Andrew of Boston. The minister was father of Rev. Andrew of Fairfield and Rev. John of Boston ; the bookseller was father of Samuel Eliot, a prominent merchant, whose son Samuel A. was mayor, etc. The son of this last is Charles William Elliot, president of Harvard, whose cousin Samuel Elliot has been president of Trinity College, Hartford. The ancestor of this line was Andrew Elliot of Beverly who died about 1703. The Burnham Family, or Genealogical Records of the descendants of the four Emigrants of the name, who were among the early settlers in America. By Roderick H. Burnham, Longmeadow, Mass. Hart- ford : press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard. Ib69. Svo, pp. 546. These four emigrants were Thomas of Hartford, whose progeny are traced in pp. 57-180 : John of Ipswich, pp. 181-304 : Thomas of Ipswich, pp. 305-438 : Robert of Ipswich, pp. 439-448. Part VI of the book, pp. 449-483, records various unconnected families of the name. 1869.] American Genealogist. 253 The genealogical part of the work is very well done, but the author has most injudiciously scattered throughout his book, references to a great Burnham fortune to be claimed in England. It is a pity that so good a book should be thus distigured, since the benefits of a family record are so greatly diminished by a silly repetition of nonsense like this about a fortune. Records of some of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth. 1623-1697. Compiled by Samuel Clarke. Boston : prmted by David Clapp & Son. Pages 43. Records of some of the Descendants of William Curtis, Roxbury, 1632. Compiled from the MS. of Miss Catharine P. Curtis, and other sources, by Samuel C. Clarke. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. Pages 29. Records of some of the descendants of John Fuller, Newton, 1644-98. Compiled from Jackson's His- tory of Newton, and other sources. By Samuel C. Clarke. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. Pages 16. Records of some of the descendants of Richard Hull, New-Haven, 1639-1662. Compiled by Samuel C. Clarke. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. Pages 20. As these four pamphlets were issued together, they may be properly reviewed together. They are of limited extent but are carefully prepared, and are valuable contributions to the history of families not elsewhere recorded. In regard to the Curtis family we may add that recent investigations show that William C, the emigrant, was of Nazing, Eng.,and that he married Sarah, sister of Rev. John Eliot. The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence, of AVissett, in Suffolk, England, and of Watertown, and Groton, Massachusetts. Boston : Published for the Author by Nichols & Noyes. 1869. Pages 332. This volume is the third edition of the genealogy prepared in 1847, the second being in 1857, by Eev. John Lawrence, of Wilton, 254 American Genealogist. [1869. Me., and is in many respects highly creditable to the compiler. The book is beautifully printed, the plan of arrangement is clear, and the dates are given with satisfactory exactness. In all these respects we can with pleasure assure the author that he has done a good work. We regret to have to add that one very grave defect remains to be noted. The English pedigree, now for the fourth or fifth time put in print, is certainly unproved and almost certainly erroneous. Various criti- cisms have been made on this subject, but evidently the corrections have not been expressed with sufficient clearness. The fact seems to be clearly this : John Lawrence of Watertown, the founder of the family in this state, has been identified with the son of Henry Lawrence, of Wis- sett, CO. Sufi'olk, Eng., and the family has been traced there by Mr. Somerby to a Thomas Lawrence, of Rumburgh, co. Sufi'olk, who died in 147L Beyond this nothing is known, and, as we have shown in the Heraldic Journal, vol. iv, pp. 35-37, the connection between these Lawrences and the Lancashire family is entirely imaginary. The Lawrences can claim descent from a respectable family of yeomen in Sufi'olk, but we believe that there is no evidence that any of the ancestors of John Lawrence ever used a coat-of-arms, and we regret to see such a prominence given to coat-armor in this genealogy. It is with regret that we make this correction, but as the author states that "the lineal ancestry of the Lawrences has at length been very satisfactorily ascertained," and then gives nine generations of fictitious pedigree^ the truth cannot be too plainly written. Genealogical Sketches of the Allen Family of Med- field; with an account of the Celebration- of the Golden Wedding of Ellis and Lucy Allen, with the Address read at the same. Also an Account of the Golden Wedding of Gershoin and Abigail [Allen] Adams. By their elder brother Joseph Allen, of Northborough. Boston : Nichols & Noyes. 1869. 12mo, pp. 88. The author says, in his preface, that he has attempted to trace but one branch of the descendants of James Allen, a settler at Med- field in 1639. In the limit set, however, the work seems to have been thoroughly performed, and it should inspire others of the name to complete the task. The reader will find that many of the family have arrived to considerable distinction, especially in the department of education. The illustrations are portraits of Joseph and Ellis Allen. 1869.] American Genealogist. 255 Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America. Com- prising Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Lawrence Wilkinson of Providence, R. I. ; Edward Wilkinson of New Milford, Conn. ; John Wilkinson of Attleborough, Mass.; Daniel Wilkinson of Colum- bia Co., N. Y., &c., and their Descendants from 1645-1868. By Rev. Israel Wilkinson, A.M. Jacksonville, 111. : Davis and Penniman, printers. 1869. 8vo, pp. 585. In this genealogy will be found a great mass of information rela- tive to the Wilkinsons, though treated in a somewhat desultory way. The first 32 pages are given to various matters, including a brief record of the descendants of Roger Williams, and also some papers relative to the early settlement of Rhode Island. Pages 32-312 are devoted to the descendants of Lawrence W. ; pages 313-541 to biographies of members of the family ; pages 542-576 to the other families of the name specified in the title. Lawrence Wilkinson, the emigrant, was one of the settlers at Providence, and was there in 1657 certainly. His name is appended to a document dated 19th of 11th month, 1645, but it is also clear that the names were signed to this agreement after its date, when- ever the writers came into town fellowship. It is also quite clear that a Lawrence Wilkinson of Lanchester, either in 1645-47 or in 1652, an officer in arms, had property sequestered and was allowed to go to New England. This matter is stated on Mr, Somerby's authority and may be accepted as fact, though the discrepancies in date should be remedied. It is further said that this officer is the man with whom the known pedigree begins, which is probable ; and an attempt to show that the officer was son of William Wilkinson, of Harperly House, Lanchester, co. Durham, but this is problematical. In brief, the pedigree is probable but by no means proven, and the family ought not to accept it, or use the arms, until the facts have been made out. The book contains a great deal of biographical matter, and may fairly be entitled a good genealogy. It may be noted that the author says, on page 279, that he has much material for a Sayles genealogy. 256 American Genealogist. [1869. A Genealogical Memoir of the Chase Family, of Ches- ham, Bucks, in England, and of Hampton and New- bury in New-England, with Notices of some of their Descendants. By George B. Chase. Reprinted from the Heraldic Journal. Boston : H. W. Dutton & Son. 1869. 8vo, pp. 19. The peculiar christian name of Aquila Chase, who with his brother Thomas settled here in 1636, renders the labor of identification easy. In Chesham, co. Bucks, England, there is a record of Aquila Chase born in 1580, son of Ilicliard and grandson of Thomas Chase of that parish. There can be no doubt that the emigrant belonged to this family, and but slight question that he was the son of this Aquila. Among the descendants of the emigrant have been Rev. Stephen of Lynn, grandfather of Theodore, a prominent merchant of Boston : the Hon. Ithamar Chase, and Chief- Justice Dudley Chase of Vermont, Philander Chase, bishop of Illinois, and Salmon P. Chase, late chief-justice of the United States. The arms of the family of Chase of Chesham are. Gules, four crosses patonce argent two and two, on a canton azure a lion passant or. Crest, a demi-lion rampart or, holding between his feet a cross patonce argent. Morgan Genealogy. A History of James Morgan, of New-London, Conn., and his Descendants; from 1607 to 1869. (Thirteen Illustrative Portraits). With an Appendix, containing the History of his brother Niles Morgan, of Springfield, Mass., and some of his Descendants. By Nathaniel H. Morgan. Hartford : Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard. 1869. 8vo, pp. 280. This is a good family history, exact in dates and clearly arranged. The greater portion is devoted to the descendants of James Morgan, evidently a Welshman, who lived in Roxbury and New-London and died in 1685, aged 78. We see no evidence of his having been re- lated to Miles Morgan or any other colonist of the name ; but as the author has been sparing of traditionary facts, we may allow him to suppose this connection to be established. The book is handsomely printed and has a thorough index. It deserves a high rank among such works. 1869.] American Genealogist. 257 The portraits are those of the author (Nathaniel H.), Samuel, Samuel C, Hon. Daniel, Charles, John A., Hon. Lewis H., Youngs L., Hon. Edwin B., Nathan D., Hon. Edwin D., llev. William F., and Allen 1). Genealosjy of the Fitts, or Fitz Family in America. By James Hill Fitts, Resident Member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society. Clinton : Printed by Wm. J. Coulter, Courant Office. 1869. 8vo, pp. 91. This is a partial record of the descendants of Robert Fitts, one of the early settlers at Salisbury, Mass., who died in 1665, leaving a son Abraham. It is divided into five branches, two given to sons and i/hree to grandsons of Abraham Fitts, and is quite full and exact in regard to dates. The author terms this the foundation of a volume here- after to be issued. We venture to warn him that he must give clear proofs if he seeks to connect his ancestor with any English family. We hope he will also avoid errors such as that on page 2, where Richard Fitz Symonds is said to be named after Richard Fitts. Of course there is no such connection ; it is only an instance of the common use of Fitz as a prefix to, and portion of surnames. Memorial of John Slafter, with a Genealogical Ac- count of his Descendants, including eight genera- tions. By the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M. Privately printed for the family. Boston : Press of Henry W. Dutton & Son. 90 and 92 Washington street. 1869. 8vo, pp. x. and 155. Although the book is printed for the family, chiefly, we feel at liberty to say that it is a very admirable specimen of what a gene- alogy should be, and that it reflects great credit upon the author, the well-known clergyman of Boston. The record relates to the various branches of the family descended from John Slafter, of Lynn, afterwards a settler in Connecticut. He had ten children, nine of whom have been identified. We agree with Mr. Slafter in considering his family name to be the same as the old English sur- name of Slaughter. The change in spelling is a simple and natural one, and we think it is to be preferred to Slater, which has been adopted by some branches. In a note at the end the author gives 33 258 American Genealogist. [1869. his reasons for thinking th:it the Shafter family is descended from the missing son of the emigrant. We consider the argument a strong one, yet we would suggest that in Burke's Armoury we find mention of the family of Shafto of Northumberland, and this name we think might more easily be transmuted into Shafter than Slafter could. The illustrations in the book are views of the homestead of Dea- con John S. in Norwich, Vt., and the old parsonage at Thetford, Vt., a portrait of John G. Saxe, and a very good one of the author. An abridged Genealogy of the Olmstead Family of New England. By Elijah L. Thomas, of Eidgefield, Conn. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1869. 12mo, iDp. 30. A very brief record of one branch of the family, quite carefully performed, with due exactness in dates. D'Amerie, Emery, Amory. Reprinted from the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register for October, 1869. Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1869. Pages 6. Under the above fanciful heading Mr. J. Wingate Thornton gives some facts relating to Anthony Emery, an early settler at Saco. He gives one or two items which render it probable that the emigrant came from the county of Essex in England, and that a search would supply the means of positive identification. The GiLMAN Family traced in the line of Hon. John Gihnan of Exeter, N. H., with an Account of many other Gilmans in England and America. By Arthur Gilman, A.M Albany, N.Y. : JoelMunsell, 82 State street, 1869. Sq. 8vo, pp. 324. The emigrant Gilman was Edward who came from Hingham, co. Norfolk, Eng., in 1638, with his wife, three sons, two daughters and three servants, and settled in our Ilingham as Cushing's Record narrates. Our author finds from the English record that Edward Gilman m. at Hingham 3 June, 1614, Mary Clark, and had various children baptized there. He was doubtless the emigi-ant. He also finds that there was an Edward Gilman of Caston, co. Norf. who m. 1869.] American Genealogist. 259 Rose Rysse in 1550, and by will of 1573, mentions son John and three other sons. It seems quite certain that one of these sons was Robert of Caston and niughara, who m. Rose Ilawes and died in 1658. It is believed that this Edward and this Robert were the grand- father and the father of the emigrant. The connection is not clearly shown, bufr the evidence given makes it reasonably certain, though more detail, if available, should have been given by the author of the book. The emigrant moved to Exeter, N. H. and died in 1681; his three sons were Edward, John and Moses, from whom have sprung up many prominent citizens of New Hampshire, among these may be cited, John, Peter, and Nicholas, all councillors, in provincial times ; John and John T., each chief justice of the state ; Nicholas, a mem- ber of congress : and Nathaniel, state treasurer. The record of the family is carefully prepared and is seemingly nearly complete. As to the coat-ofarms, it seems that one branch of the descendants of the first Edward, not the emigrant, has remained in Hingham, Eng., and of these, Samuel, who died in 1741, undoubtedly used the arms of Oilman. An unchallenged use of this kind would doubtless justify all of the proved relatives to use the same, and we therefore consider the American family entitled to them. [Martha Preble Oxnard.] 1869. 8vo, pp. 8. This is a reprint of a part of Capt. Geo. H. Preble's Genealogy of the Prebles. The first of the name here was Thomas 0. of Boston, who died about 1751. His son married Martha Preble and their descendants are carefully traced herein. A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descend- ants of John Pease, Sen., last of Enfield, Conn., compiled by Rev. David Pease, and Austin S. Pease, as associate editor. Springfield, Mass. : Samuel Bowles & Company, Printers. 1869. 8vo, pp. 401 and 96. The father of John Pease who went from Salem to Enfield in 1682, was Robert P. also of Salem, in 1631, whose mother Margaret was of Salem in 1639. There were various other emigrants of the 260 American Genealogist. [1869. name, but it seems highly probable that the husband of Margaret, the grandfather of John of Enfield, was a resident of Little Baddow. CO. Essex, England. The 401 pages of this volume are filled with the descendants of John, carelully traced and giving evidence of perseverance and skill. This part of the work merits a warm approval. Joined with this part, but separately paged, and in fact issued at times as another book, are the 96 pages which have the following title page, " The Early History of the Pease Families in America, by Austin Spencer Pease. Springfield, Mass. : Samuel Bowles & Company, printers, 1869." In this part much diligence is shown in the attempt to distinguish the various emigrants and their relationship ; and the author has clearly shown that power of estimating evidence and of bringing scattered notes into harmony, which marks the best class of gene- alogists. It is shown that Henry P. was a settler at Boston ; that a John P. was of Salem, whose mother was the wife of Francis Weston, but that he is distinct from John - the brother of Robert Pease - whose mother was Margaret Pease. Robert- Pease had sons Robert-^, John,-^ and Nathaniel,-^ of whom John went to Enfield; Robert,-^ a weaver, stayed at Salem, and Nathaniel'^ apparently left no sons. Robert^ the weaver had a son Robert^, of whom no record is found at Salem, but there is every reason to think that he followed his uncle John^ to Enfield, and there founded a branch of Peases, always recognized as related to John's descendants, but not of them. We have still to account for John- P. an emigrant, son of widow Margaret. The author makes it almost certain this John went from Salem to Martha's Vineyard and there founded a family of which an outline sketch is here given. There are a few other branches unattached, and one at least of German origin, but the main lines are as above cited. The illustrations are portraits of David, John C, Calvin, Lor- rain T., Walter, Luke H., LeverettE., Joseph I., Simeon, Austin T., Frederick S., all of the surname Pease, and of Mrs. Mary E. (Pease) Chapman. 1869.] Amekican Genealogist. 261 [Second Report to the Booth Association, by Colum- bus Smith, 1869.] 8vo, pp. 19. For a wonder this contains a little real genealogy, viz. : a record of the descendants of Robert Booth of Exeter, N. H., who d. ia 1672. The rest is the usual trash. [Report to the Follansbee Association], 1869. Svo, pp. 6 and two unnumbered. It contains two reports from one A. B. Herrick of London, and concludes with the statement that the funds are expended and he is satisfied that there is no property belonging to American Follansbees. We note with special satisfaction that the agent here had been able to sell very little of the scrip of the association. Report to the Houghton Association, U. S. A., made by Columbus Smith, A. D., 1869, containing In- formation, now collected, Relative to Houghton Pro- perty in England ; also several Genealogies of different Branches of this Family. Published by order of the Houghton Association. Burlington, Yt. : Daily Free Press book and job office, 1869. Svo, pp. 60. This pamphlet really contains considerable about the descend- ants of the emigrants in America, prepared chiefly by Francis W. Houghton of New York. The fortune seems to be less and less visible on investigation, and the agent evidently is preparing his associates to accept a report of its non-existence. [Report to the Gibson Association.] 1869. Svo, pp. 4. la this Mr. Columbus Smith reports that Mr. A. B. Herrick has not found any fortune yet, but if it is there he thinks he will find it. An abiding trust and faith is above all riches. 262 Ameiucan Genealogist. [1869. The Stickn-ey Family : a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of "William and Elizabeth Stickney, from 1637, to 1869. By Matthew Adams Stick- ney, Salem, Mass. Printed for the author. Essex Institute Press, 1869. 8vo, pp. 526. This is a very thorough aad careful record of the family descended from William Stickney of Boston and Rowley, enumerating about 3600 of the name, besides some 2000 of descendants in the female lines. The book is arranged on a clear and simple plan, is well in- dexed, and is in fact a first class genealogy. As to the origin of the family in England, little can be said. The author gives a deposition made in 1698, by Samuel S. son of William, saying that he came over in the same ship with Thomas Grant and his family, and the Rowley settlers seem to have been Yorkshire men. The author infers that William was the sou of William S. of Frampton, co. Lincoln, Eng., though he gives no proofs ; and this was the conclusion I think of the late H. Gr. Somerby. The book contains an engraving of a Stickney monument, and portrait of William, Josiah, Isaac, Matthew A., Joseph H., John K., and William Stickney, Hopeful Trust and Vigilant Caution-. A Sermon, occasioned by the death of Hon. Otis Thacher, de- livered in the First Presbyterian Church, Hornells- ville, N. Y., on Sabbath, March 16th, 1868, by Rev. Milton Waldo. Hornellsville, N. Y. : Thacher and Tuttle, Printers. 1869. 8vo, pp. 36. The sermon occupies pp. 3-12, and the obituary pp. 13-16. Then comes a new title page as follows : Genealogy of the Thacher Family in England and America. Compiled by Geo. H. Thacher. . . . The family to Rev. Peter Thacher of Salisbury, Eng., whose son Thomas came here and was pastor of the church at Weymouth, afterwards of the Old South in Boston. His son Peter was minister at Weymouth, as was another son Ralph at Chilmark. From him have sprung many noted bearers of the name, clergymen, lawyers and others. This record is of the Middleborough branch specially, descended from Rev. Peter of that town, son of Rev. Peter of Milton. 1869.] American Genealogist. 263 la the fourtli volume of the Heraldic Journal will be found another sketch of the family, and especially pointing out that the American line is entitled to a coat-of-arms. The Ancestry of Genekal Grant, and their Contem- poraries. B}^ Edward Chaiincey Marshall, A. M., author of " The History of the United States Naval Academy," etc., New York : Sheldon & Company, 498 & 500 Broadway. 1869. 12mo, pp. 186. The ancestor of our famous general was Matthew Grant of Dor- chester in 1631. He removed to Windsor, Conn., in 1636, and the family is to be reckoned as belonging to the latter colony and state. The line of descent from Matthew is through Samuel, Samuel jr., Noah, Noah jr., Noah, the latter of whom moved to Ohio about A.D., 1800. His son, Jesse Root Grant, was father of our president. The general was born April 27th, 1822, and was christened Hiram Ulysses, but having been admitted to West Point as Ulysses S. Grant, he has always been known by the latter name. Little needs be said about the Grant family beyond the fact that it has always kept a good position in Connecticut and elsewhere, but has produced few noticeable men before this time. The grand- father of General Grant was Capt. Noah G., a soldier in the revolu- tion, who was the son of Capt. Noah Grant jr., who served against Crown Point in 1755, and died in the service. Pages 85-152, or about one-third of the volume, is taken up with sketches of the de- scendants of Windsor families, without any reason for their insertion. The book is not by any means a genealogy of the Grants, but as noted above, it gives one line with considerable detail. A Brief Genealogy of the Usher Family of New England. By W. H. Whitmore. Reprinted, with Additions, from the New-England Historical and Genealogical Register for Oct. 1869. Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1869. 8vo, pp. 11. This is strictly a genealogical register of the descendants of Heze- kiah Usher of Boston, and his brother Robert Usher of Stamford, Conn. Hezekiah's son John was part proprietor of New Hampshire, and It. gov. of that colony. His son Rev. John jr., was of Bristol, R. I., progenitor of a highly respectable family there. Robert Usher's 264 American Genealogist. [1869. descendants are chiefly in Eastern Massachusetts, the most noted being Kev. James M. of Medford and Roland Gr. of Lynn, both in public life. The Lt. Grov. John Usher used a coat-of-arms, and had relations Harwoods and Shrimptons, at Bednall Green, Eng. We are not aware that any attempt has been made to connect this family, however, with those of the name in England. Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America ; embracing the Etymology and History of the Name, and the Outlines of some Collateral Genealogies. By Alexander Winchell, LL. D Ann Arbor : Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House, 4I& 43 North Main street. 1869. 8vo, pp. 271. This is a very thorough and well arranged record of the descend- ants of Robert Winchell of Dorchester, Mass., 1634, and of Windsor, Conn., where he settled in 1635. This Robert was ancestor of most of the name, though John of Salem 1631 has left issue, and a Munson Winchell of Goshen came over as late as our revolutionary war : a German family is also found here. The work is well done, and contains features not often found in such books, in which perhaps we trace the mind of the professor. By this is meant various little notes and tables which add decidedly to the value of the book, as summaries of the information obtained in the process of collection. The genealogy contains little biography, but as a family record it is equal to the best. Arms. Goodwin. Arms. Bradbury. Drawn by Miss Harriet Bainbridge, 24 Russell Road, Kensington, London, England, for William F. Goodwin, A. B., .... Capt. U. S. A. Lithographed by F. Geese, Richmond, Va. Published by West & Johnson, Richmond, Va. B. W. Sanborn & Co. Concord, N. H. 1869. Sq. 8vo, pp. 16. An album of sixteen pages, each containing one drawing of a coat of arms It is difficult to imagine any reason for such a pub- lication. The late author however was a laborious and learned antiquary as his other publications have shown. 1870.] American Genealogist. 265 1S70. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. By Henry Marvin Benedict, compiler of a Contribution to the Stafford Genealogy Albany : Joel Munsell, 82 State street. 1870. 8vo, pp. 474. The beginning of this family record is to be found in a record made in 1755, by Dea. James Benedict, grandson of the emigrant, from statements made to him by his grandmother. It is there said that a William B. of Nottinghamshire about 1500, had an only son William-, whose only William'^ had Thomas^ the emigrant. Wil- liam"^ B. m. a widow Bridgum (or Bridgham) and Thomas^ coming over here with his step-sister, Mary Bridgum, married her. They settled at Southold, L. I., and had five sons and four daughters. In this record each son's line is traced separately. Thomas jr's. family occupies pp. 27-45, comprising 65 families; John's pp. 49-237, with 278 families; Samuel's pp. 241-279, with 89 families; James's 283-362, with 134 families; Daniel's pp. 365-400, with 50 families; and a few unconnected families and the index complete the book. 28 portraits, according to a list given, are to be found in the volume. The genealogy is a very thorough and well arranged work, in all respects highly creditable to the author. Much biographical matter is to be found in it, all showing that the Benedicts have been men of note and influence in their day. A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Stafford Family in America ; containing an Account of Col. Joab Stafford, and a Complete Record of his Descendants in the male lines. By Henry Marvin Benedict. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1870. 8vo, pp. 27. Joab Stafford, was born in 1729, at Warwick, Conn., and was grandson of Samuel, who was son of the emigrant Thomas S. The title explains the scope of the work, which seems to be fairly exe- cuted, except for an excess of detail about the business careers of one or two of the name. The author intimates that the family claim descent from some famous family of Staffords in England. We shall believe in the fact when it is proved ; in the meantime the name is too easily referrable to other sources. Martin H. Stafford of New York is stated to be preparing a full history of the family ia America. 34 266 American Genealogist. [1870. The Pierce Family of the Old Colony : or the Lineal Descendants of Abraham Pierce, who came to Ame- rica as early as 1623. By Ebenezer W. Pierce of Freetown, Mass Boston : printed for the author. David Clapp & Son, 334 Washington st. 1870. 8vo, pp. 490. The author makes an ample excuse for any defects, in saying that the book was written with his left hand, he having lost his right in the late war, wherein he served as colonel of the 29th Mass., and later as brigadier-general. The record however needs no such ex- cuse, as it seems to be quite extensive, and certainly enriched with much collateral information, and many quaint episodes of life in Freetown in times past. Family Kecords and Recollections. Melania (Bough- ton) Smith, New York: John W. Ackerman, Printer, No. 47 Cedar st. 1870. 8vo, pp. 53. This very interesting autobiography was prepared by E. Delafield Smith, from the letters and communications of his grandmother, who at the age of 81, read and corrected the proofs. It contains much information in regard to the Smiths and Boughtons and some notes about the Penoyers, and Stones, and the persons who have inter- married with these families. It is not a formal genealogy, but it will be of service to the future genealogist. An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Lardner Clark and Sophia Marion Ross, w^ho were married 1st August, 1797. By Clifford Stan- ley Sims Prescott, Canada: P. Byrne, Printer. 1870. 8vo, pp. 11. This is a brief record of the line of John L. Clark of Phila- delphia, from* Thomas Clark of Milford, Conn., and of Sophia M. Ross, from Dr. Alexander Ross of Mt. Hadley, N. J. The author ia a grandson of John L. Clark. 1870. American Genealogist. 267 A Record of the Descendants of Captain John Ayres, of Brookfield, Mass. By William Henry Whit- more. Boston : printed by T. R. Marvin & Son. 1870. 8vo, pp. 55. John Ayres of Ipswich 1638, went to Brookfield about 1672, and was killed at the fight there in 1676. He left seven sons who all returned to the eastward ; but about forty years later, when the town was again settled, some of his heirs claimed a share there and re- turned thither. In this account I have traced his grandsons as far as I could ; but from that generation I have only investigated the families which returned to Brookfield. There were one or two other emigrants of the name, besides a widely spread family descended from John Ayer of Haverhill. The family name of Eyre is also found here. Notes Relating to Rawlins, or Rollins, with Notices of Early Settlers of the Name in A.merica, and Family Records of Thomas, of Boston, Nicholas, of Newbury, William, of Gloucester. By John R. Rollins, A.M., Member of the M. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. Lawrence, Mass. : Geo. S. Merrill & Co., Printers. 1870. 8vo, pp. 84. The greater part of this book contains collections in regard to persons of the name, some curious, few of much value. Quite an amount of genealogy is given in regard to a few branches, but the book cannot aspire to the rank of a family record even of these. The author has since taken up the task in earnest, and has prepared a volume just issued from the press in 1874. The Descendants of Joseph Loomis, who came from Braintree, England, in the year 1638, and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1639. By Elias Loomis, LL.D., Professor of Natural Philosophy and As- tronomy in Yale College. New Haven : Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, 221 State street. 1870. 8vo, pp. 292. This is a very thorough and well arranged record of the Loomis family, fully entitled to a good place among strict genealogies. As the 268 American Genealooist. [1870. author lias not traced the English ancestry of the race, though the emigrant came from Braintree, co. Essex, we attach but little value to his speculations about the identity of the name with that of Lomas or Lomax. We also regard it as a mistake to give en- graved coats-of-arms of the last named families, as these are useless for good, and fertile in bad results. The Hutchinson Family : or the Descendants of Bar- nard Hutchinson, of Cowlam, England. Compiled by Perley Derby. Salem : Essex Institute Press. 1870. 8vo, pp. 107. This is a genealogical record of the Salem Hutchinsons descended from Richard H., and is carefully done. We have already shown that the investigations of Col. Chester, undertaken for one of the family, have clearly proved the emigrant to be descended from a family of gentry in Yorkshire, Eng. A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Capt. William Fowler of New Haven, Connecticut. Re- printed with Additions from Memoirs of Hon. James Fowler of Westfield, Mass., and from the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 1857. Milwaukie: Starr & Son, Book and Job Printers, 412 and 414 East Water street. 1870. 8vo, pp. 42. This was prepared by Daniel W. Fowler of Milwaukee, and con- tains the accouut as printed in 1857, (ante, p. 118), together with additions throughout, and especially in the latter portion. Quite a number of families are here traced, making this much more than a new edition. The Gilpin Family from Richard de Guylpyn in 1206, in a line to Joseph Gilpin, who emigrated to America, with a Notice of the West Family, who likewise emigrated. 1870. 8vo, pp. 12. The author of this little genealogy is J. Painter of Lima, Del. county, Pa. There was undoubtedly a family of Gilpins of Kent- 1870.] American Genealogist. 269 mere Hall, co. Westmoreland, to which belonged Rev. Bernard Gilpin who died in 1583. His brother William is said to have had a son Martin who d. in 1638, from whom was descended Joseph Gr. born in 1664, who came to Pennsylvania in 1695. All this is told in a very incoherent way, but these Quaker pedigrees generally prove correct. The aunt of the emigrant married Thomas West and had three sons who came here. One of them, John, born at Long Crandon, co. Bucks, was father of the celebrated painter, Benjamin West. A Memorial of Francis Cook, one of the " First Comers" of the Plymouth Colony, December 22, 1620, and of his Immediate Descendants. By Henry Cook. Boston: printed for private distribution. 1870. 8vo, pp. 20. This is a very slight account of the Cooks descended from one of the Plymouth settlers, and here said, on authority not given, to belong to a family living at Blyth, near Austerfield. This origin is likely, but the evidence should be furnished to the reader. The Pedigree and Descendants of Jacob Forster, Sen., of Charlestown, Mass. By Edward Jacob Forster, M.D Charlestown, 1870. Sm. 8vo, pp. 25. The Jacob Foster, Sen^, of this pedigree was born in 1764, in the fifth generation from the emigrant Reginald F. His ancestry in the direct line is given, and his descendants with completeness. The work is done very nicely, and so far as it is meant to extend, it is of interest and value. Genealogy of the Early Generations of the Coffin Family in New England. From the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register for 1870. Boston : David Clapp & Son, Printers. 1870. 8vo, pp. 17. This record was prepared by Sylvanus J. Macy, and annotated by William S. Appleton, and the late Nathaniel W. Coffin. 270 American Genealogist. [1870. Tristram Coffin, the emigrant, was son of Peter Coffin of Brixton, CO. Devon, who was probably a member of the well known family of the name. Tristram jr., removed from Salisbury to Nantucket, where his descendants, herein well-traced, have held a good position. Another branch remained at Newbury, to which belonged Joshua C. the historian of the town. The best known of the name are Ad- miral Sir Isaac Coffin, and his brother Gen. John Coffin, both born at Boston, but attaining their rank in the English service. A Genealogical Record of Thomas Bascom and his Descendants. By Edward Doubleday Harris. Bos- ton, Massachusetts : William Parsons Lunt. 1870. 8vo, pp. 79. This is a careful and thorough record, genealogical and not bio- graphical, of the descendants of Thomas Bascom of Northampton, Mass. The work is very well done, as indeed we should expect any work of the author to be ; but the family has apparently produced but few members who have been in any way remarkable. We differ from Mr. Harris as to a probable French origin of the name, seeing no evidence beyond the always fallacious family tradi- tion. The edition was only 200 copies, all for subscribers. The Family, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain John French, of Stoughton, Mass. By Sidney French. Randolph, Mass. : printed by Samuel P. Brown. 1870. 8vq, pp. 12. It seems that this account was arranged by Ebenezer Alden, M.D., and gives the ancestry of Capt. John French who married Damaris Howard in 1779. He was fourth in descent from John French of Braintree, who is recorded with many of his descendants in Thayer's Memorial. (See ante, p. 17). As to the desceudants of Capt. John, as the starting-point is so recent, comparative completeness is to be expected ; and the work seems to be well done. 1870.] American Genealogist. 271 The Hassam Family. By John T. Hassam, A.M. [Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for October, 1870.] Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. 1870. 8vo, pp. 10. This is a strictly genealogical record of the descendants of William Hassam who settled in Manchester, Mass., before 1684. He left four sons, and the descendants are traced herein with much care and accuracy. An Account of Anneke Janse and her Family. Also the Will of Anneke Janse in Dutch and English. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1870. Sm. 8vo, pp. 31. Every one has heard of the heirs of Anneke Janse, and their efforts to claim lands formerly in her possession. She married first Roeloff Janse who died about 1636, leaving three daughters and one son ; and secondly Rev. Everardus Bogardus, to whom she bore four sons : she died in 1663. In 1671 certain of her heirs, viz. the husbands of the three Janse girls, the Janse son, and three of the Bogardus sons, sold her farm to Gov. Lovelace. The property thus vested in the queen, was in 1705 deeded to Trinity Church, and became the foundation of the great wealth of that corporation. One son Cornelis Bogardus did not join in the sale, and his descendants claimed a share unsuccessfully about a century ago. In 1830 another attempt was made by the family but the decision of the Court was that the Church title was good. Ever since that time "the heirs" have held meetings and threatened law-suits, but probably the claim will remain forever invalid. Ancestry of Priscilla Baker, who lived 1674-1731, and was wife of Isaac Appleton, of Ipswich. By William S. Appleton. Cambridge : Press of John Wilson and Son. 1870. 8vo, pp. 143. In this beautifully printed volume Mr. Appleton gives us a col- I'ection of valuable facts relating to several of the early colonists, far exceeding the modest promise of the title-page. The first eighteen pages refer to the Baker pedigree, commencing with John Baker, of 272 American Genealogist. [1870. Norwich, England, who emigrated hither in 1637 and settled at Ipswich. His son, Thomas Baker, married Priscilla, daughter of the Deputy Governor Samuel Syraonds, and their oldest child was Priscilla Baker the wife of Isaac Appletoo. Pages 19-102 are given to an account of the Symonds family, and pp. 103-131 to the Keade family ; the concluding pages relate chiefly to the Swaynes. We see, therefore, that in the somewhat indefinite word " ancestry," is in reality implied an account of two distinguished families in Massachusetts. The name of Samuel Symonds is of frequent occurrence in our early records. He was the son of Richard Symonds, of Great Yeld- ham, CO. Essex, a gentleman of good family and position. He came to New-England in 1637 and was repeatedly appointed to office here for which positions his training as cursitor in chancery had specially fitted him. He was an assistant from 1643 to 1672, and deputy go- vernor from 1673 till his death in October, 1678. His first wife was Dorothy Harlakenden, by whom he had twelve children, and who died before his removal thither. His second wife was Martha, daughter of Edmund Read, stepdaughter of Rev. Hugh Peter, and sister of the secoad wife of Gov. John Winthrop, of Connecticut. She was the widow of Daniel Epps. By her he had four children, one being Priscilla, who married Thomas Baker. His third wife was Rebecca, daughter of Bennett Swayne ; she had been thrice a widow, and survived her fourth husband. Notwithstanding that Gov. Symonds had sixteen children he had no grandson in the male line to perpetuate the name. Savage's Dictionary, however, points out several other emigrants of the name whose descendants still flourish in this country. Martha (Head) Epes or Epps, the second wife of Gov. Symonds, was the daughter of Edmund Read of Wickford, co. Essex, whose great grandfather was of the same place and died in 1534. Martha Read's mother married secondly the famous Hugh Peter ; her sister Elizabeth married John Winthrop jr. ; her sister Margaret mar- ried John Lake and came to New-England ; her children by her first husband, Epes, came also to this country ; and lastly her brother's sister-in-law, Lydia Banks, was of Salem for a while. Such are some of the leading genealogical data to be gleaned from this interesting volume. Such a brief abstract, however, does little justice to the care and perseverance displayed throughout its pages. Every link in the chain is substantiated by wills and parish records, until the collection of facts may be termed complete. Various re- lationships which have heretofore been inexplicable are made evi- 1870.] American Genealogist. 273 dent. In brief, not only has there been an unbounded expenditure in obtaining materials from every source, at home and abroad, but the author has been able to arrange and control his accumulations, and to present them to the reader in due form and order. The work is one of the best specimens of printing that we have seen, and the various tabular pedigrees inserted are a great assistance to the reader. The Prescott Memorial : or a Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America. In two parts. By William Prescott, M.D Boston : printed by Henry W. Button & Son, Transcript Building. 1870. 8vo, pp. 653. This is a large and valuable collection of the two branches or families named Prescott, one descended from John P. of Watertown, 1641, blacksmith; and the other from James P. of Hampton, 1665. The record is carefully pi-epared and deserves all praise, except in regard to the point hereafter mentioned. Many of the name have risen to high positions here, and the family is to be congratulated on possessing so good an annalist. Our objection is to the English part of the pedigree. On p. 34, it is said that John Prescott the emigrant, was son of Ralph of Sheving- ton and Standish, co. Lane, and that James Prescott was of a branch of the same settled at Dryby, co. Lincoln ; and the Prescott arms are used throughout the book. Not a single proof is given, and the author is therefore open to censure, since he must be fully aware of the folly of making such statements without ample proof A skilled genealogist may be quite convinced of things which he cannot prove ; but in publishing for the use of others he is bound to separate all the certain facts from the probable and the possible. We therefore consider this English part of the record as a blot on the whole. KooT Genealogical Records. 1600-1870. Compris- ing the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America By James Pierce Root New York : R. C. Root, Anthony & Co., 62 Liberty street. 1870. 8vo, pp. 533. The first 90 pages of this book treat of the families of the name descended from Josiah 11. of Salem, who was settled there with 35 274 American Genealogist. [1870. brothers Thomas and Richard, the latter two leaving no sons. There was also a Joshua R. there, but no trace of issue is found ; and if the records are right, a Joseph R. also. One of these may be the emigrant by the Hercules in 1634, whose name is entered as Jos. Rootes, and who was from Great Chart, co. Kent: but further search is needed to show this. The Salem branch has remained very small. Much of the work is given to the progeny of Thomas Roote of Hartford, believed to be the son of John Roote and Ann Russell of Badby, co. Northampton, but without any reasons assigned for such belief. Thomas has six sons whose descendants occupy pp. 101-313, and are termed the Hartford line. Pages 314-505 give the Farm- ington line, descended from John Roote of that town, also said to be from Badby. The genealogical part of the book is very well done, giving evi- dence of immense pains and labor in collection and arrangement. Lineage of the Lloyd and Carpenter Family. Cora- piled from Authentic Sources by Charles Perrin Smith, Trenton, N. J. For circulation among the branches of the family interested. Printed by S. Chew, Camden, 1870. 4to, pp. 88. The Lloyd family here recorded is that of Thomas L., the associate of William Penn, and deputy governor of Pennsylvania from 1G84 to 1693. He was born 17th Feb., 1640, third son of Charles L. of Dolabran, in Montgomeryshire, a member of a family of good posi- tion in Wales. The author is descended from Gov. Thomas L. through his daugh- ter Hannah, who m. a Carpenter, and thence through the Ellets. The record of various branches is very rambling, but we infer that only one son of Gov. Thomas L. left male issue, and that line soon ceased : the descendants in the female line are quite numerous. Pages 39-50 are given to the descendants of the brother of the emigrant, a family still flourishing. Pages 51-88 contain a record of the Carpenters beginning with Samuel Carpenter, one of the leading men at the settlement of Pennsylvania, and treasurer thereof. It will be seen that this record is rather confined in its scope, but it contains, incidentally, considerable information about families allied to the main line. As a specimen of printing it is one of the best yet issued here. 1870.] American Genealogist. 275 The Wentworth Genealogy, comprising the Origin of the Name, the Family in England, and a particular Account of Elder William Wentworth, the Emigrant, and of his Descendants. By John Wentworth,LL. D., of Chicago, 111. In two volumes For pri- vate family distribution only. 1870. 8vo, pp. 547 and 879. When we say that all but 45 pages of the first volume, together with 316 pages of the second volume, are given to the descendants of William Wentworth; that the additions and corrections cover pp. 348-478, and the indices pp. 479-879, it is evident that this part of the work has been performed with almost unrivalled thoroughness. We do not pretend to criticise such work, but turn, rather, to the essential matter of the affiliation of the emigrant to some known English stock. The author confesses at once that for this part of the work he is entitled solely to Col. Joseph L. Chester, the best living authority on such points It seems clear that Thomas Wentworth of North Elmsall, co. York, a gentleman of assured position and pedigree, who died about 1522, had, with other children, a younger son Oliver W. This Oliver settled at Goxhill, co. Lincoln, one of the family estates, and died there in 1558, leaving a will. His oldest son, William W., settled at Waltham, died in 1574, and by an inquisition post raortem, it seems that his only surviving son was Christopher W. of Ravendale and Lincoln. Christopher married Catharine Marbury, aunt of the famous Anne (31arbury) wife of William Hutchinson of Alford. Christopher died between 1628 and 1633, leaving a son William, bapt. 8th June, 1584, who is thought to be the father of the emigrant. There is no absolute certainty as to the identity of the emigrant, but William of Alford had sons William b. 1616, Edward 1618, and Christopher 1621. The last record of the Wentworths in the vicinity of Alford, is of a lease held in 1636 by William the father. Now as we can find no other William Wentworth in England, but do find that William the emigrant appears in New Hampshire with Wheelwright, and the other Alford men, it would be unreasonable to doubt that the emigrant was the person born in that neighborhood. Mr. Wentworth with commendable moderation claims only so much, and we deem the proof ample for a satisfactory pedigree. The descendants of the emigrant have been the foremost family 276 American Genealogist. [1870. in New Hampshire, and this record is a merited and creditable record of so distinguished a race. Mr. Wentworth promises a new edition, and it is to be hoped that he will not confine its circulation so strictly to members of the family. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Ke- CORD. Devoted to the Interests of American Gene- alogy and Biography. Issued quarterly Volume 1, 1870, Published for the Society; Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison avenue, New York City. Vol. 1, 1870, pp. 52; vol. 2, 1871, pp. 208; vol. 3, 1872, pp. 200; vol. 4, 1873, pp. 208; vol. 5, 1874, pp. It is an evident fact that genealogy has been less regarded in New York than in New England. We need not moralise on the causes, as the fact is so evident, and in truth the explanation lies in the fact that the chief old families of the state are of Dutch descent, and their ancestral records are to be read by very few of this generation. The Record, however, is a laudable attempt to collect facts and to awaken a popular interest in family history. The few geatlemen who have established the Society, and have conducted the quarterly magazine for five years, have done a good work, of which posterity at least will not be unmindful. We trust and believe that this modest magazine has made friends sufficient to ensure its continuance in the future. The principal genealogies contained in the five volumes are the following : Bartow, iii, 30; v, 147. L'Estrange, ii, 179. Booge, iii, 62. L'Hommedieu, ii, 1. Bowne, iv, 24. Lincoln, iii, 69. Bradford, iv, 183. Montgomery, ii, 123. Chambers, iii, 57. Munro, iv, 113. Golden, iv, 161. Rockwell, ii, 99. Cuyler, iv, 79. Schuyler, i, 3, 18, 28; ii, 190; v, 60. De Zeug, ii, 49 ; v. 8. Scott, ii, 174. Gautier, iii, 1. Slosson, iii, 107, 165. Gelston, ii, 131. Smith, i, 4, 20. Gerard, v. 137. Van Schaik, ii, 191. Groat, iv, 8. Verplanck, i, 35. Jones, iii, 195 ; iv, 40. Woodhull, i, 25 ; iii, 10 ; iv, 54, 124 Kent, iv, 83. Woolsey, iv, 143; v, 12, 76, 139. Latting, ii, 8, 54. Wright, iii, 35. Lawrence, iii, 26, 121, 178. 1871.] American Genealogist. 277 1871. A Memorial of Josiah Barker, of Charlestown, Mass. By Harry Herbert Edes, Boston : privately printed. 1871. 8vo, pp. 25. This is a memoir of Josiah Barker of Charlestown, a famous ship- builder in the early part of the present century. He was fifth in descent from Robert B., of Duxbury, and this line is traced with precision in each generation. The book will be serviceable as giving an outline of the family history. A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America : 1618-1871. Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. John Bearss and his wife, Molly (Beardsely) Bearss, of New Fairfield, Ct., and Westmoreland, N. Y. By John Bearss Newcomb, of Elgin, 111. Privately printed for the use of the family. Elgin, Illinois, Dec. 7, 1871. 8vo, pp. 16. In this record the direct line is traced from the ancestor, Augustine Bearss, to Dea. John B., who was born in 17G3. The whole of one family is given in each generation, and then Dea. John being taken as a new root, all of his descendants in all the lines are here recorded. The Bird Family. A Genealogy of Thomas Bird, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and some of his Descend- ants. Prepared for Matthews Bird, of New York, by William Blake Trask Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. 1871. 8vo, pp. 40. This is a reprint from the Register, and contains a good though not complete record of the descendants of one of the early settlers in Dorchester. Like all that Mr. Trask undertakes, the work is thoroughly done, well arranged and exact ; and it is to be hoped that an enlarged edition will be called for by the family whilst one so competent remains to prepare it. 278 Amskican Gexealooist. [ISTl. The PK\-NixGT05r Famelt. Bv Capt A. C. M. Penning- ton, 2d Art y, U. a A. BreT t Col. U. S. A. Brev t Brig. Gen. U. S. A. Tok. Reprinted with Additions firom vol. XXT of the N. E. Historical and Genealo- ^cal Begister. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. ISTl. Svoy pp. IS. Tlds is a leprint of tvo aitiekis in the ^5th volame of the Rtsfister taoBg the descendants of Ephnim P.. of New Harea, ldl3. His onlj son Ephnim vent to l^few:ark, N. J^ and left two sons whose deBoendants aie well teaeed in his hook. The heads of families wuabffiT Sl^ of idiieh onlj the fixst 3o were printed in the Register, Genealogical Record of the WiLBrK Fajult. Compiled by Asa Wilbur, of BoiSton. Boston : printed for the £unily. 1S71. 12mo, pp. S9. Tlie aneestcff of this &milj was Samuel Wildbore of Boston, 1633. A large part of the Tolome consists of hlank spaces and lear^ and the want of precise dates jostilies ns in r^arding- this as onlj a pre- fiminarj e^ajtowards the ftrmation of a thorou^ record. Assuch it win dodbtkss proxe useful. The hook is neatlj printed hj Band, Arery & Frye. Nathaxiel Baldwest and one line of his Descendants. By B_\-ron A. Baldwin, of Chicago, 111. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Re^ster for April, 1S71. Boston : printed by Davi 1 Clapp & Son, 1871. 8vo, pp. 7. As the title shows, this is the record of but one branch of one ftiilj of the Baldwins. The piog^iifcor of this family was Nathaniel BwofMilfoTd, Goon., who had four sons. The line tr^^ -- -..^ ^^ through hk son Samuel, and so down in a single t - goiezaliim. The Memorial Tolume of the Edwards Faxily Meet- ing at Stockbridge. Mass. Sept. 6—7, A.D. IS 70. Boston: Congregational Publishing Societv. lJ>71. 8vo, pp. 206. This meeting differed from cndinarj &mi!y reaaijas. ins^^niaeh that it WK to do honor to the memorj of famous Jonatbaa Edwards, (me of the fbo|th generation in the &milj, instead of a more remote l^'L] AMoacMJf G^TUkifjstsi. 2Tf amfceatm. The bssk » cwfwrf «f tnkmtev to Ms oe, asd we aze tbe iBsae reader to asre dsis fiarBawmama beeaase a bkh^ asvba' jadgmw^at &ife to eoofna ifce fisst iMfgeaa eiaL It eaa lundlr be said tliat die aaAor bas wiittea a gi«ait geaealisgj. Lt is aa inmeaise eoHectisiB, bat it htds asmm ^siaemihaA q-nsSti^ wbieh leaser boeis eootaia. A a aaal j^ ^kems a Silaie egft txcadt saecesefkllj tbe vast balk fif mBatgrotl ai»d tm arrwwhf pnmSst Ag-.f^niiMail aeoHSQi cf fibe aotbor is < to be sadlhF d^aeatu The plaa cf aimi^)^Beait isf^^ieetad iottbe esparieaee of t^ g^^eat bodj of geaieaj&i^ieal wiitars. Tbe aatbcr Makes a anezit- cf tbiay box be eaa baidlj bofte Aat bis pssbIi^ viH imifVE:^ aD- vi«i«^ Oar theory is that a &imihr bsatori' shioaM be book oa the f&ia ^f «»- fioins the iK^tatioQ m> the bearers c£ tke ^wSt^ aane ; tii» the atale liaes. This Stroa^ geaealei^ owes naeh of iig ^ae to ihe addimm of feotale btanches. These are earned iato the text ia a waj that desix&js an J attempt to aadexstaad the furoj^^rdum of the S£r«ai^ to the odier fifiliig^^ ywrstg^ad of hsaas a aoiTeltT. it is aa ™isaitiict« of 280 American Genealooist. [1871. the worst feature of English genealogies. It may be termed the parenthetical arrangement, since the author hastens to put down con- secutively all the items he collects relative to one branch, before he proceeds to the next. For example, he begins on p. 20 with the oldest son of the emigrant, and traces John,- John,'^ Jonathan,* Jonathan, -5 Hannah,'' Clarissa (Sawyer),''' Esther (Nason),'^ Hannah (Sawyer),^ Calvin and Hill (Chandler), ^ and Hill Chandler's children of the ninth generation, all comprised on pp. 20-23. Thus in the first four pages he has covered eight generations and traced through Hannah Strong, her daughter Hannah Sawyer, and her grandson Hill Chandler to her great-grandson George Washington Chandler. And all this without any use of the exponent for the generation such as we have used above, and without any plan of numbering except straight on for each person, so that Greorge W. Chandler is 147. Surely this is genealogy run mad. Take this very item, which we choose simply because it is the first, and because all the rest of the book is like it. This great-grandson of Hannah Strong, great- great-grandson of Jonathan Strong, has of course seven other per- sons to whom he is as neai'ly related as to her, and fifteen other ancestors as near as Jonathan. In what view can he be considered a part of the Strongs ? If every one is to be recorded in every genealogy to which he can be traced by any line of descent, he must be recorded in over one hundred fjimilies, even in the eight genera- tions covered by New England history. Common sense is against any such view. Let family feelings have full power, let all the pos- sessors of a common name draw closer the ties of kindred, but do not make genealogy ridiculous by tracing every ramification after it ceases to bear any reasonable proportion to the whole. Had Mr Dwight confined himself to a history of such persons as bore the name of Strong, he would probably have adopted the usual convenient and clear mode of arrangement. As it is, we can only say that the material collected with so much zeal is as poorly arranged as it well could be. The ancestor of the family here was John Strong, concerning whom something is said, pp. 14-18, which justifies our distrust of the author's critical ability. He says that John Strong was born in Taunton, England, in 1605, and had a sister Eleanor ; that they were children of Richard Strong, of Caernarvon, who was born in 1561, moved to Taunton in 1590, and died in 1613 Also that Eleanor married Walter Deane, of Taunton, Mass. All these state- ments seem to lack the necessary proofs. The most that can be said is that Gov. Caleb Strong, in 1777, prepared a sketch of the family stating something like this, but without the dates. We complain 1871.] American Genealogist. 281 therefore that Mr. Dwight should print any such traditions as facts^ or else that he should withhold any farther information since received. One would hardly imagine that Mr. Savage, a few years ago, pointed out the deficiencies in the evidence, when the story is here repeated so glibly. We maintain on the contrary, and beg Mr- Dwight to prove the error, that nothing is known of the ancestry of John Strong, and that there is no more reason to imagine that he was born in Taunton than in York, or London. All the discussion about coats-ofarms, crests and mottoes is equally puerile. The descendants of John Strong have no ascertained right to any; and it would have been well for the author to impress this, distinctly upon his readers. Another matter in which Mr. Dwight has been deceived and led into the repetition of confuted errors, is in regard to the Jones pedi- gree on p, 161. In relating the ancestry of Hon. Anson Jones, Mr. Dwight repeats the old mistake of saying that William Jones, of New Haven,was the son of Col. John Jones, by his wife Henrietta, sister of Oliver Cromwell. He emphasizes the mistake by printing the Cromwell pedigree. Now Mr. Savage has clearly stated that William Jones came from London in 1660, having already married there Hannah, daughter of Gov. Theophilus Eaton. He died Oct. 17, 1706, in his 82d year, but nothing is known of his parentage. It is clear that he was not the son of Henrietta Cromwell, for though the exact date of her marriage is unknown, it was at least after 1649. She could not be the mother of William, who was born in 1624. In fact there is not a single reason to suppose that William Jones was a relative of Col. John Jones ; but as so little is known of the colonel it is hard to inove that he was not. We must, therefore, reluctantly conclude that this genealogy cannot be ranked among the best. The results of many years' experience have convinced us that there is but one good plan of arrangement the one familiar to our readers, and we hope Mr. Dwight may adopt it for his future works. It is better to have one complete family record than many pages of slightly connected facts. If the collector is loath to suppress the facts he has slowly accumulated, it is better to print a hundred brief genealogies in appendices. All of Mr. Dwight's materials might have been thus preserved, and the o'ain in clearness would have been immense. No one objects to such frag- ments, in fact they are most eagerly sought for. Bond's Watertoion is a collection of the records of a neighborhood, but its very discon- nectedness makes it of value to a wide circle of readers. 36 282 American Genealogist. [1871. Fletcher Genealogy : An Account of the Descendants of Robert Fletcher, of Concord, Mass. By Edward H. Fletcher, of New York City. Printed for the Author, by Alfred Mud2:e & Son, 34 School st., Boston : 1871. Svo, pp. 279. A good specimen of the simpler form of genealogy. There is hardly any biography; very probably the individuals mentioned, a large proportion of whom were farmers, led unpretending lives. The dates seem carefully collected, and the volume has a good index. The plan is not very good, the first four generations being traced, and then the great-grandsons consecutively are taken as heads of lines. But these families are collected into eleven parts without any plan except such as govern the chapters of books, viz., some regard to length. In some, only one family is traced ; in others, two or more are added together. There is no confusion of plan, but the cause of this arbitrary connection is not explained. Still the author has done a work for which he should receive the thanks of his relatives. He mentions that, in 1848, he published a genealogical chart of the family which we have noticed in the list of additions at the end of this volume. On p. 64 is a cut of Emerson arms, but no authority is given for it. A portrait of Calvin Fletcher forms the frontispiece. A Genealogy of one branch of the Wood Family, from 1638 to" 1870. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Edgar Darbee, printer, 157 South First street. 1871. 12mo, pp. 26. This record is of the descendants of Capt. Samuel Wood of Northborough, son of Abraham W., grandson of Michael W., and gr. grandson of William VI., of Concord. From this point of de- parture the record seems quite full. An Account of the Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Draper, at Westford, N. Y., Friday evening June 16, 1871. Including the Historical Essays on the Draper and Preston Families, read on the occa- sion; and also the Poem, Addresses and other Exercises. Albany : Joel Munsell. 1871. Svo, pp. 32. Although such a record is of interest chiefly to the persons con- cerned in it, the genealogist will find much information about the Drapers and Prestons in the pages of this pamphlet. 1871.] American Genealogist. 283 The Blatchford Memorial. New York: 1871. 8vo, pp. 104. This privately printed volume was prepared by Samuel Blatctford. The first thirty-four pages contain the autobiography of Rev. Samuel Blatchford who was born in 1767 at Plymouth Dock; now Devon- port, CO. Devon, Eng. In 1795 he came with his family to America and was settled at Bedford, Westchester county. New York. In 1804 he was made pastor of the united Presbyterian churches of Lansingburg and Waterford, N. Y., which position he held till his death in 1828. Pages 75-77 relate to Rev. Henry Blatchford ; pp. 79-95 contain brief memoirs of other children of the emigrant; pp. 97-104 contain the record of all the descendants of Rev. Samuel, most of whom reside in New York. Report in relation to the claim of the Heirs at Law of Samuel Collins, dec'd, late of Waterford town- ship, Gloucester county in the Western Divison of the state of New Jersey, to any unsettled estate in England ; by the examination of the Records in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Principal Registry of Probate in the city of London, England. By John Clement, Haddonfield, New Jersey. Trenton, N. J. ; Wm. T. Nicholson & Co., printers. 1871. 8vo, pp. 54. A pamphlet of no value or interest. Genealogy of the Three Daughters of Samuel and RosANNA Collins, late of Waterford township in Gloucester county and state of New Jersey. (In the paternal and maternal line). Collected and Arranged from Deeds, Wills, Memoranda, etc. By John Clement, Pladdonfield, New Jersey. Philadelphia, the Leisinring Steam Printing House. Jayne's Build- ing Nos. 237 and 239 Dock St. 1871. 8vo, pp. 13. A companion to the above. 284 American Genealogist. [1871. The Howe Family Gathering at Harmony Grove, South Framiiigham, Thursday, Aug. 31, 1871. By Rev. Elias Nasoii, M. A Published by Elias Howe, 103 Court street, Boston, 1871. Price fifty cents. 8vo, pp. 46. The Howes no doubt had a good time and naturally wished to make a memorial thereof, but whoever had it in charge has made the book ridiculous, by sprinkling throughout coats-of-arms to which none of the name here have any right. Such family meetings are an American idea and should be encouraged ; but these unauthor- ized claims for English honors are absurd and cannot be too strongly condemned. Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, is the greatest glory of the American family. Family of Foster, of Charlestown, Mass. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1871. 8vo, pp. 6. In t])is pamphlet Mr. William S. Appleton traces the male line of the descendants of Capt. William Foster, of Charlestown, who d. 1698, having had three sons, Rev. Isaac-, Richard- and John'^. Richard"^ alone had sons, viz : Richard'^ and Isaac'*. Isaac ' again alone kept the name alive by his sons William^ and Isaac'. Here the race terminated, William! dying unmarried, and Isaac^, who was a famous surgeon in the revolutionary army, leaving daughters only. Thei-e are numerous descendants in the female line, however, who will appreciate this careful and exhaustive record of the family. Genealogy of the Button Family of Pennsylvania, preceded by a History of the family from the time of William the Conqueror to the year 1669, with an Appendix containing a short Account of the Buttons of Conn. Compiled by Gilbert Cope. West Chester, Pa., printed for the Author, by F. S. Hickman, printer. 1871. 8vo, pp. 112. The first 28 pages contain a sketch of the famous Button family of Cheshire, reprinted from Lycester's ^is^oricaZ Antiquities. This is 1871.] American Genealogist. 285 not so much out of place, since it is certain that the emigrant John Dutton, who bought land in Pennsylvania, in 1682, was from Over- ton, CO. Chester. Although nothing is known of his parentage, the proper spot for inquiry is thus pointed out, and researches there may be successful. The record of his descendants is carefully traced in many lines. One of the most noteworthy of the race was Thomas Dutton, of Chichester, Penn., bora 2 mo. 2, 1769, died 9 mo. 12, 1869, being thus a centenarian. The proofs of his great age are all that could be desired. In an appendix brief mention is made of the Duttons of Con- necticut, descended from Thomas D. of Wallingford, 1710-1802. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight and HiGHT Families : with some account of the earlier Hyatt Families, a list of the First Settlers of Salis- bury and Amesbury, Mass., etc. By David W. Hoyt. Providence : printed for the Author by the Provi- dence Press Co. Boston : Henry Hoyt, 1871. 8vo, pp. 686. The first 128 pages of this book are made up from the sheets of the former edition; pp. 129-208 contain additions and corrections thereof. This part is the Salisbury family descended from John Hoyt. Pages 209-272 relate to the meeting of the family at Stamford, Conn., in 1866. Pages 286-632 contain the record of the descend- ants of Simon Hoyt, ofCharlestown, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., many of whom adopted the spellings of Hait and Haight. The book is thoroughly indexed and contains a number of engravings, of which a list is given on p. xi. In almost all respects the work is highly creditable to all con- cerned in preparing it. The number of persons here recorded, ex- clusive of wives and husbands not of the name, is 3,442 descended from John, 6,040 descended from Simon. Great enthusiasm, as well as patient labor and care, alone could lead to the completion of such a great task. If it had been practicable for the editor to arrange all his additions in their proper places in the text, the work would have gained in appearance. As it is, it deserves a place in the first rank. 286 American Genealogist. [1871. A History of the Cutter Family of New England. The Compilation of the late Dr. Benjamin Cutter, of Woburn Mass. Revised and enlarged by William Richard Cutter Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son, 1871. Svo, pp. 363. A great store-house of information about the Cutters and allied families, seriously injured by the use of a bad plan of arrangement. In many respects the work is an admirable one, and fills the reader with respect for the industry and discretion of the author ; had he but adopted the usual and clear mode of marshalling his assets, he would have given us a first class genealogy. Authors, familiar with the right place to which every line is to be assigned, are too often forgetful of the fact that the reader must have a clear system pre- sented to his mind, to enable him to cope with the matters set be- fore him. The first of the name here was widow Elizabeth Cutter, who is believed to be the mother of William C. of Charlestown, and after- wards of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — of Richard, the ancestor of the family here ; probably of several daughters who settled here, viz : Isabella Sweetman, Joyce Goffe, Elizabeth Stetson, Joanna Hale, and certainly of Barbara, wife of Elijah Corlet, the school- master. A Pedigree & Genealogical Notes from Wills, Re- gisters and Deeds, of the distinguished Family of Penn, of England and America, designed as a Tri- bute to the Memory of the great and good William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania : London : com- piled and published by James Coleman, Genealo- gical Bookseller, 22 High St., Bloomsbury, 1871. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Svo, pp. 24. This is a miscellaneous collection of notes about the Penns, made by the well-knowa London bookseller ; and is more of a curiosity than of real importance to the genealogist. The American branch is confessedly imperfectly recorded. 1871.] American Genealogist. 28T Eeminiscences of Lucius Manlius Sargent : with an Appendix containing a Genealogy of liis Family, and other matters. By John H. Sheppard. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son. 1871. Svo, pp. 51. The genealogy here indicated is an accurate and quite copious record of the descendants of William Sargent, of Gloucester, who. married Mary Epes. Many of them have been residents of Boston, and have held a high social position. The subject of the memoir was for many years a force in the community. A man of very de- cided opinions, a fluent writer and unsparing in his attacks upon any person or thing that ofi"ended him, he was the delight and terror of his friends. Too often his severe censures were unjust, and the intentional bitterness of his remarks of ten injured the cause he supported. He was an antiquary, rather of the older style, and a collection of his essays entitled Dealings with the Dead, hy a Sexton of the Old School, was published in 1866. It contains some curious mat- ters about Boston, mixed with some fanciful and many heavy disqui- sitions about burials and kindred subjects. Memorial of William Spooler, 1637, and of bis De- scendants to the third generation ; of his great grandson, Elnathan Spooner, and of his Descendants, to 1871. By Thomas Spooner. [Private Edition.] Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Co. Ib71. Svo, pp. 242. This is a good record of one of our Plymouth Colony families con- tinued to the third generation fully, and then renewed in one especial branch. The author resides in Ohio, and it is quite remarkable that he should have been able to prepare so elaborate an account of a family so remote from him. On nearly every page is a foot-note referring to some family allied to the Spodners, and in the appen- dices are genealogies of the families of Lewis, Leonard and Emmons. Historical Notes of the Family of Kip of Kipsburg and Kip's Bay, New York. Privately printed. 1871. Svo, pp. 49. In this handsome volume, from Munsell's press, the Episcopalian bishop of California, Rev. William I. Kip, has set forth briefly the 288 American Genealogist. [1871. pedigree of his family. Undoubtedly it has been one of the patrician families of New York, beginning with Hendrick Kype, whose son Isaac was one of the Great Citizenship in 1657, father of Hendrick and Jacob, co-patentees of the manor of Kipsburg, in 16^8. The first Hendrick is called son of Ruloff, and grandson of Rulofi' de Kype, of a Catholic family long settled near Alengon in Bretagne. The au- thority for the pedigree is not given, but the arms of the family were long in the Dutch Church at New York, and carved over the door of the Kip's Bay house, which was built in 1655. The arms on the title page are azure, a chevron oi\ between two griffins sejant and a sinister gauntlet apaume (tinctures not given). Crest, a demi- griffin holding a cross. Motto, " vestigia nulla retrorsum." In Appendix II, Bishop Kip treats of his maternal ancestry, through his mother, Maria, daughter of Duncan Ingraham, of Pough- keepsie. It is said that this family is descended from the second brother of Henry Ingram, Viscount Irwin in the peerage of Scot- land, a title created in 1661 and terminating in 1778. This younger brother is called Arthur Ingram of Barrowby, but the intermediate links are omitted. If the author possesses any authentic documents proving this pedigree, he will confer a favor on American genealo- gists by publishing them. Lastly, the author gives some considerable account of the Law- rences, repeating the idle fables of the descent of John and Wil- liam L. of Flushing, from Sir John of Ashton Hall. All of this is worth nothing, and its presence is the more to be regretted as it casts a strong shadow of suspicion over the Ingraham pedigree. If the bishop adopts one set of fables, his unsupported testimony to another unproved pedigree must go for little. [Browne Family Letters. Communiccated to the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register for October, 1871.] 8vo, pp. 4. This reprint from the Register, without a regular title page, con- tains quite a curiosity. About 1740, William Browne of Salem, wrote to John Crofts of Rougham, co. Suffolk, asking particulars of family history. These letters and a copy of an answer are preserved by John C, a great-grandson of the correspondent, and, through the kindness of antiquarian friends, they were sent here for publication. The contents are instructive. The Brownes here had become colo- nial magnates, three generations being members of the council. By 1871.] American Gtenealogist. 289 tradition William knew that his ancestor had a brother in Loudon, and other relatives in Suffolk. This brother, Richard Browne, it seems had a grand-daughter Judith Crofts, mother of John. Browne writes to ask to what family of Crofts John belongs, naming vari- ous gentry of the name ; but his correspondent was only a miller. It is probable that in many other cases, the traditional glories of our English ancestry will be found to shrink into what would now be considered insignificance. A sketch of these Salem Brownes, a family now extinct in the male line, is in the Heraldic Journal. Other families of the name still flourish in Essex co., Mass. An Account of the Temple Family, with Notes and Pedigree of the families of BowDOiisr, Bradford, WiNTHROP and Nelson. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, with corrections and additions, by George Temple Chap- man. New York : reprinted for private circulation onlv, by the Bradstreet Press, No. 279 Broadway. 1871. 8vo, pp. 22. This is simply an unauthorized reprint of my pamphlet which was noticed ante^ p. 104. Mr. Chapman added a few late dates and about a page of new matter, and then put his own name on the title. Such instances are rare and need not be characterized. I re- gret exceedingly that this reprint was made, as the English part is wrong, though copied from the standard English authorities. Sir John Temple was recognized as the eighth baronet, and his de- scendant enjoys the title to-day, yet no one can trace out with pre- cision his descent from any prior baronet. I believe, however, that he was rightfully entitled to the rank, and I imagine that lie was to be traced to the first baronet through his third son, Thomas Tem- ple, although the progeny of the fourth son. Miles Temple, is still untraced. 37 290 American Genealogist. [1871. DiCTiONNAiRE Genealogique des Familles Cana- DiENNES, depuis la fondation de la Colonie jusqu'a nos jours. Par L'Abbe Cyprien Tanguay. Premier volume, depuis 1608 jusqu'a 1700. Province de Quebec, Eusebe Senecal, imprimeur-editeur. 1871. 8vo, pp. 623. This is apparently a book corresponding to Savage's Dictionary, for Canadian families. It possesses a certain value for our own gene- alogists, as the author has given various particulars about captives taken from the English colonies some of whom, at least, became domiciled in Canada. A list of these prisoners, taken from this book s to be found in the Register, xxvill, 158-160. The reader is referred to Parkman's last volume, for a lively sketch of the history of the colonization of Canada, and its social life in the seventeenth century. There is another genealogical book treating of the " Grrandes Families " of Canada, published also by Mr. E. Senecal. Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John ; with references to some of their English Ancestors and American Descend- ants. By William Whiting, former President of the N. E. Hist. Geneal. Society. Author of " War Pow- ers under the Constitution of the United States," etc. Fifty copies printed, not published. Boston : printed by Rand, Avery & Co. 1871. 8vo, pp. 334. The first 190 pages of this book are given to a memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, who was born in Boston, co. Lincoln, Eng., in 1597, was graduated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, and came to New England in 1636. He was settled as minister at Lynn, Mass., and died there in 1679. He belonged to a family of gentry long resident in Lincolnshire, and his wife had a still more distinguished pedigree, being the sister of Oliver St. John, lord chief justice of England, of the race of the Barons St. John of Bletsoe ; she was a cousin of Oliver Cromwell. This memoir is, as the title indicates, the chief object of interest, and is a comprehensive collection of all that can be found concern- ing the worthy Puritan minister. 1871.] American Genealogist. 291 The pedigrees are mucli less elaborated and would be much im- proved by some system of numbering. But few branches apparently are traced. In regard to the English part, a number of records of wills and baptisms are given, to aid any future inquirer, but with- out any attempt to arrange the material so collected. Notice is also taken of other families of the name, or of a similar one. Thus there are many descendants of Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham, and William Whiting of Hartford, both of whom are thought to have come from Boxford, co. Suffolk, Eng., and of James, Matthew, and Thomas Whiton of Hingham, Mass. Considerable space is given to the "Virginia family of Whiting, to which be- longed Beverly Whiting, a god-father of George Washington's. The illustrations of the volume are an engraving of the Whiting coat-of-arms, and a large tabular pedigree of the ancestors of Eliza- beth (St. John) Whiting. Memoir of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, Author of the Day of Doom. By John Ward Dean. Second edition. Albany, N. Y. : Joel Munsell. 1871. 8vo, pp. 160. The original edition was noticed ante, p. 181 ; but this is so much enlarged that it is virtually a new work. Though not specifically a genealogy, it contains a general history of the family, and of course it gives to its particular topics of biography and bibliography, au expanse impossible in formal genealogies. It is a most admirable ac- count of one of the founders of this colony, and will always remain as a standard authority. Lawrence Townley Estate of England. Buffalo : printing house of Matthews & Warren. 1871. 12mo, pp. 24. This is another fortune-hunting scheme, started apparently by one Jasiel Lawrence. He claims through a John Lawrence said to have married a Mary Townley, and to have emigrated in 1716, whose son Jonathan was married in 1738 at Walpole, Mass. This pedigree is entirely opposed to that of the New York Lawrences, reviewed ante, p. 135. After settling this fight, the heirs can go to England with more confidence. I have seen a bond for $1000 issued by Jasiel Lawrence, which leads me to suppose that money has been collected for the purpose of pursuing this clainj. 292 American Genealogist. [1872. Lyman Anniversary. Proceedings at the Reunion of the Lyman Family, held at Mt. Tom and Spring- field, Mass., August 30th and 31st, 1871. Albany, N. Y. : Joel Munsell. 1871. 8vo, pp. 60. At this interesting family meeting, addresses were made by Hon. Lyman Tremain, Henry Lyman, Huntington Lyman and others. As the family history was published in the following year, it is un- necessary to do more than cite the above title. Memorial Record. In memory of Hon. Increase Sum- ner, of Great Barrington, Mass. A Funeral Discourse by Rev. Evarts Scudder. With an Appendix, con- taining Obituary Notices of the Press ; Resolutions and Proceedings of the Berkshire Bar ; and Dedi- catory Exercises of Julia Sumner Hall. Bridgeport, Conn. : Gould & Stiles. (Farmer Office), cor. Wall and Water sts. 1871. 8vo, pp. 74. This memorial contains no genealogy, but yet may be noticed as a biography of Increase Sumner, a gentleman long and honorably em- ployed in the public service, and of his daughter Julia Sumner, who died in 1864. It was in her memory that her father built the hall to bear her name, the dedication of which was the occasion of the pub- lication of this book. The tributes to both parent and child are affectionate and interesting. 1872. Cyclopedia of Biography, containing a History of the Family and Descendants of John Collins, a former resident of Milford, Conn., to which is appended a notice of their kindred, near and remote, by blood and affinity. Hudson : M. P. Williams, Register and Gazette Office. 1872. 8vo, pp. 124. The first of the family here was John C, said to have been born in France in 1706. The Collins take but some 26 pages and the rest of the volume is given to the kindred. Of course such a plan is unsatisfactory and almost useless. The author seems to have been diligent and careful, but the idea of the book is faulty. 1872.] American Genealogist. 293 Proceedings of the first Convention of the Breed Family, of the United States of America, held at Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1868, together with a Historical Address delivered by Deacon J. C. Breed upon that occasion. Jamestown, N. Y. : Chautau- qua Democrat Steam Printing House. 1872. 8vo, pp. 22. A rambling sketch of the descendants of Allan Breed of Lynn, Mass., but yet sufficient to give a general idea of the main ramifica- tions of the family. These gatherings indeed are a custom peculiar to New England, and deserve to be encouraged in every way. A Family History. Johnson, Stewart, Wilson, Bow- ers. Washington : Gibson Brothers, printers, 1872. 8vo, pp. 17. The preface states the compiler to be W. M. Watson. The pamph- let is a memorial of Margaretta M. S., daughter of Robert Wilson and Martha Stewart, his wife. Margaretta married in 1802 John M. Bowers of Boston, and died at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1872, aged 93 years. This record is an interesting account of the immediate an- cestors of Mrs. Bowers. Narrative of the Settlement of George Christian Anthon in America, and of the removal of the fam- ily from Detroit, and its establishment in New York City. By Charles Edward Anthon, one of his grand- children. New York, April, 1872. A small number of copies printed for the family by the Bradstreet Press. 8vo, pp. 22. The emigrant was born in 1734 at Salzungen, in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, of reputable parentage, his father having been a clergyman there, and his grandfather, president of the town council. George-Christian became a surgeon, and was employed as such in a Dutch vessel, which was captured by a British privateer and carried into New York in 1757. Anthon having no personal responsibilities towards either side remained here, and was made assistant surgeon to the 60th regiment, the Royal Americans. He was stationed at Detroit in 1760, where he remained till after the revolution, prac- 294 American Genealogist. [1872. ticing as a physician as well as holding his military grade. He was twice married and had twelve children. In 1786 he moved to New York, and there his three sons, John, the lawyer, Henry, the clergyman, and Charles, the professor, have all rendered the name a noted one in this country. Notes on the Ancestry of Sylvester Baldwin. By Charles C. Baldwin, A.M. Cleveland, Ohio. Re- printed from the New England Historical and Genealogical Resiister for July, 1872. Boston : David Clapp & sSn. 1872. 8vo, pp. 15. We have already reviewed a book about the Baldwins (ante, p. 278), in correction and addition to which this is issued. The author makes it clear that Sylvester Baldwin was of Aston Clinton, co. Bucks, of a family traced for four generations earlier; that Sylvester died on his voyage hither, but his family settled at Milford, Conn., and that there were various other Baldwins at Mil- ford, probably cousins, but not nearer relatives of Sylvester. Syl- vester had sons Richard of Milford and John of New London, the latter being father of Sylvester of Stonington through whom the line has been continued. With Sylvester sr. came a boy named John Baldwin, probably a relative, who may probably be the John of Norwich, ancestor of Gov. Roger S. Baldwin of Conn. There were also at Milford, Conn., contemporary with Sylvester's family there, Nathaniel and Timothy, certainly brothers ; Joseph, probably their brother, and John. Savage has mixed these families very much in his record, but in this account the true lines are shown. It is to be hoped that the Baldwins, whose record is so honorable in this country, will soon find some historian willing to trace out the various branches here, and to follow up the line in England. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, who settled in Providence, 1636 By Avery F. Angell. Providence: A. Crawford Greene, printer to the state. 1872. 8vo, pp. 209. In this unpretending history the reader will find many of the ex- cellencies lacking in larger volumes. The dates are full and exact, and the matter arranged on a good plan. The race has not been very prolific, but several members have attained high station, while all 1872.] American Genealogist. 295 seemed to have kept a good social position. The author has been for- tunate in collecting many details about nearly every one of the per- sons here recorded. Our favorite is Col. Isaac Angell of rev- olutionary fame, who had three wives and seventeen children, and being left a widower at the age of ninety, was prepared to be married a fourth time, when death cut him off prematurely at the age of ninety- two. The Descendants of Thomas White of Marblehead, and Mark Haskell, of Beverly, Mass. With Brief Notices of the Coombs Family. Compiled by Perley Derby, Salem, Mass. Boston : Press of David Clapp & Son. 334 Washington st 1872. 8vo, pp. 81. These are carefully prepared genealogies, and are quite full in the earlier generations, and in one or two lines to the present time. They were prepared for, and have been printed at the expense of, Capt. Ambrose H. White. There have been numerous families of the name of White in New England, representing probably as many distinct families, the name being very common in England. This record will be of assistance in tracing the Whites of Essex county, and the Haskell genealogy is of about the same extent and value. The Chipman Lineage, particularly as in Essex County, Mass. By R. Manning Chipman, Lisbon, Conn [From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute.] Salem : Printed at the Salem Press. 1872. 8vo, pp. 59. The record here given is of a part of the Chipman family only, and is apparently thorough as far as it goes. Its main value is in regard to the identification of the emigrant. It is said that Elder John Chipman of Dorchester, Mass., came here in 1631, aged about 16, under the care of Richard Derby. It seems that there are family papers preserved which show that John was son of a Thomas Chipman of Whitchurch near Dorchester, co. Dorset, Eng. This Thomas sold, im providently as was alleged, certain lands to his cousin Christopher Derby, brother of William Derby a member of the Massachusetts Company. The child John Chipman was brought up with Christopher's sons, John and Richard Derby, came here with them, and after arrivino; at man's estate intended to sue 296 American Genealogist. [1872. for a recovery of his lands. He prepared the document from which these facts are taken, but probably never commenced a suit. We wish Mr. Chipman had stated more clearly where this document is pre- served. He cites also a deposition in another suit of date of 1641, confirming in some respects the main story. The History and Pedigrees of the House of Gaillard or Gaylord in France, England and the United States, with a view of Chateau Gaillard, in Normandy: a view of Gaylordsville in Connecticut : a portrait of the Author, with the family Arms, and other por- traits. By William Gaillard . . . Cincinnati : . . . Caleb Clark, printer . . . [no date] pp. 64. This is a rambling collection of notes of very little value. The author is an Englishman by birth, a native of North Molton in Devonshire. He claims descent from a William G. of Wincanton near Glastonbury, alive in 1685, and beyond that he has an idea that his family was of French origin. Huguenots. This is possible, but as the name is a common one in France, this leads to nothing. Without any warrant, the author would connect the American Gay- lords with this family. No proof is given and so the opinion is of little value. The author mentions a South Carolina family of Gaillards, very pro- bably of French origin, as we know that there was a considerable emigration of Frenchmen to that colony. The book as a whole is far below the requirements of modern genealogists and is of value only so far as it gives facts. The Benson Family of Newport, Rhode Island. To- gether with an Appendix containing the Benson Families in America, of English Descent. Privately printed. New- York : The Nation Press. December, 1872. 8vo, pp. 65. This is an interesting account of certain branches of a family which was among the late settlers in Newport, beginning with John Benson who married there in 1714. His son William was in the African trade, was twice married and left three sons ; of these two continued in the same trade, then of course largely a traflSc in slaves, but the third, George, was of the firm of Brown, Benson and Ives, in other branches 1872.] American Genkaloqist. 297 of commerce, and became a strong abolitionist. His daughter mar- ried the well known William Lloyd Garrison, whose son Wendell P. Garrison is the author of this history. The book contains much biography, and is, so far as it extends, a good genealogy. The author indicates various offshoots from this main stock, and also in the appendix points out that there were numerous other families of the name here at an early date, some of whom at least are probably still represented. Spalding Memoeial: a Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and his Descend- ants. By Samuel J. Spalding, Newburyport, Mass. Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, printers, No. 3 School street. 1872. 8vo, pp. 619. In this large and compact volume we have a thorough and valuable record of the prolific race of Spaldings. Undoubtedly this race has taken firm root in this country, and has furnished many worthy and some eminentcitizens. The author has been very diligent in collecting facts as well as discriminating in the use of them, and his book is in all respects most creditable. It belongs undoubtedly in the first class of family histories. We were disposed to regret the introduction of engraved coats-of- arms, since nothing is known of the family antecedent to the emigrant. But the fact that so many diverse coats are given, ought to apprise even the most careless reader, that the American family can claim no particular one of them. There are several good engraved portraits in the book ; the plan is simple and clear, and a copious index enables the reader to use the information so carefully prepared for him. The Trowbridge Family; or, the Descendants of Thomas Trowbridge, one of the First Settlers of New-Haven, Conn. Compiled at the request of Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge, of New-Haven, Conn. By Rev F. W. Chapman, A. M. * * * * New-Haven : Punderson, Crisand & Co., printers and lithographers. 1872. 8vo, pp. 461. This is a very good account of the Trowbridges, an enlargement of the pamphlet published in 1854, and reviewed ante^ p. 86. The plan 38 298 American Genealogist. [1872. is simple, the index is ample, and the dates are given with fulness ; but like all of Mr. Chapman's otherwise admirable works, this volume con- tains too many of the descendants in the female lines, who do notbelong in this family. The English link is unusually satisfactory. Thomas, the emigrant, returned to England, and in 1663 styling himself of Taunton, co. Somerset, gent., he made his three sons joint attorneys of his estate here. He seems to have died in 1673. Probably farther research in England would furnish a much more connected pedigree than is here given. A Record of Births, Baptisms, Publishments, Mar- riages and Deaths, in the Perkins Family of Ipswich. Communicated hy Geo. A. Perkins, M.D. From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. Salem : printed at the Salem Press. 1872. 8vo, pp. 16. As the title page shows this is not a genealogy, but an exhaustive list of the items to be found in the Ipswich town records, and the Essex county records, relating to persons of the name of Perkins. Life of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College. By Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, D.D. Boston : James R. Osgood and Company (late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co.), 1872. 12mo, pp. 315. In this volume we have not only an interesting biography of a worthy minister, but a very fair account of a family still flourishing here. As to Henry Dunster, he was, as he says, anative of Lancashire; he was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, A.B. 1630, A. M. 1634. He came to New England in 1640. Some years ago a letter was found dated March 1640-1, from Balehout ; written by Henry Dunster to his son Henry here. This was evidently the father of our clergyman, and on the register at Bury, co. Lane, is the register of the family of a Henry Dunster, bearing names some of which are coincident with our American ones. There are Henry Robert, Elizabeth and iMary, all mentioned in the letter: but there are four others not in the letter, and no baptism of Thomas, who is in the letter. If we accept this identification, which is made the more probable since there is a Bolholt 13i miles from Bury, where 1872.] American Genealogist. 299 there is a house still called Dausters, this record would make our Henry to be baptized, 29 Nov., 1620. This would make him very young at the time of his graduating, and only twenty years when he was made president of Harvard. Still this is not impossible, for our Edward Everett was a tutor at 18, and pastor at 19 years of age. The passage in Dunster's Confeasion of Faith (pp. 262-265) seems to confirm this view. He says when he was about 12 years old the Lord showed him his sins, etc.; then he tells of his various defections, and finally says, "so, after 10 years' troubles I came hither." This would show that he was about 12 years old when he went to college ; if he was so young he might have desired to leave the exact dates uncertain. The register of his descendants is quite full and given with due pre- cision of dates. The Seaver Family. A Genealogy of Robert Seaver of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and some of his Descend- ants. By William Blake Trask. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers. 1872. 8vo, pp. 52. This is an enlargement of an article published in the Register, and gives a good account of the family without aspiring to be complete. Among the more distinguished bearers of the name, we note Rev. Nicholas of Dover, N. H. ; William, member of the provincial con- gress ; Capt. James, U. S. Navy; Ebenezer, member of congress ; Col. James W, of Boston ; and Benjamin, mayor of Boston. The family has continued to hold a good position for two centuries in the locality where the emigrant settled, and this contribution to its history will interest many not of the name. The Chandler Family. The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637. Collected by George Chandler, of Worcester, Mass. Printed for the Family. Boston : Press of David Clapp & Son, 334 Washington street. 1872. 8vo, pp. XX vi and 1212. This immense volume contains a very thorough and careful record of the descendants of William Chandler, a member of Eliot's church at Roxbury, and hence presumably a native of the county of Essex in England. High praise is to be given to the author for the evident 300 American Genealogist. [1872. care he has taken in ascertaining exact dates. The main defect in his book is that by tracing too many female branches, often for three generations, he has dragged into it much matter not belonging there, however valuable in itself. When a child has but one eighth or one sixteenth Chandler blood in its veins, it does not belong to the Chandler family. Probably one quarter of the book is thus misap- propriated. There is an engraving of a Chandler coat-of-arms, sadly out of place in such a record of facts. It is greatly to be deplored that by the great fire in Boston, most of this edition was lost, only forty-three copies being saved. We hope the author will prepare a new edition, and we also hope that he will confine it to the real Chandlers. Genealogy of the Lyman Family in Great Britain and America : the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Lyman, from High Ongar in England, 1631. By Lyman Coleman, D.D., Professor in Lafayette CoL, Easton, Penn. . . . Albany, N. Y. : J. Munsell, 1872. 8vo, pp. 533. The history naturally falls into two parts, the English and Ame- rican ; and the latter, which comprises the record of many dis- tinguished bearers of the name, is very fairly done. The six grand- sons of the emigrant are taken as the heads of branches, and the arrangement of each part is simple. The author often deviates from his plan, and thus gives his book an appearance of confusion for which it is not really censurable. In regard to the English part, conspicuously paraded on the title page, little praise can be awarded. There may be truths in the col- lection, but they are not easily discernable. On pp. 17, 32 and 33, the author tries to show that Richard Lyman was born at High Ongar and was baptized there Oct. 30, 1580, son of Henry L. of same : that he married Sarah Osborne and had nine children bapt. at High Ongar, five of whom came here with him. These were Phillis, Richard, Sarah, John, Robert. As all these names occur in the will of the emigrant, dated Hartford, 1640, the identification seems correct. See also Eliot's C/m/-c7i J?ecwv/s (edited by Thornton), p. 163. But back of this the pedigree is vague in itself and made still more confused by the mode of arrangement. No ordinary reader can understand it; and we doubt if with great care we have succeeded in 1872.] American Genealogist. 301 really making sense of it. Apparently, for it is no where stated, the author makes Henry, father of the emigrant to be descended from Thomas Lyman of Navistoke, co. Essex, who m. Elizabeth, heiress of Henry Lambert of High Ongar about 1488. Thomas's son Henry- m. Alice Hyde 1517, and had John'^ living in 1546. Beyond this point the book is a perfect muddle, but we infer that this Johu'^ is meant to be father of Henry^ and grandfather of the emigrant. Ap- parently also the emigrant is called brother of a Henry'^ L. who came to New England but died s. p. Again he says that Elizabeth, widow of the Henry'' who came here, corresponded with her husband's cousin. Sir John Lemau, lord mayor of London, who was son of John^ L. of High Ongar. This John,* uncle of the emigrant, would therefore be a third son of Johns. But Burke {Extinct Baronetages), says the lord mayor was son of John Leman of Gillingham, co. Norf., and Beccles, co. Suff., the first upon record of this family. The lord mayor used arms entirely different from those figured herein as belonging to the Lymans. This aflSliation is probably all wrong ; nor do we see any authority for Henry Lyman as an emigrant. Savage does not name him. In fact we suspect that the author had a tabular pedigree before him, and not understanding it has attempted to reduce it to narrative form with woful results. He also has added various items in places where they cannot possibly belong, and his English pedigree is con- sequently worthless. The late H. G-. Somerby stated that the Lymans had been identified by him in England, but did not say how many generations there had been traced. Some copies of the book contain a tabular pedigree of Richard's descendants, and a coat-of-arms. As to the latter, the right to use it must be suspended at least, until such time as some one investigates the promising indications here given, and satisfies himself about the true parentage of Henry Lyman of High Ongar. The CoRwm Genealogy (Cur win, Curwen, Corwine), in the United States. By Edward Tanjore Corwin, ' Millstone, N. J. ... New- York : S. W. Green, printer. 16 and 18 Jacob street. 1872. 8vo, pp.284:. We regret to state that this neatly printed volume will obtain for its author but a small part of the credit due to his labor. By a faulty system of arrangement he has so obscured the merits of his work that few will recognize the value of his collections. The plan is simply the worst we have ever seen. There being four or five distinct families 302 American Genealogist. [1872. of the name, the book is prepared by puttins; all of the descendants in the alphabetical sequence of their christian name, and referring back by a complicated system, to their ancestry. Thus all the Georges, Ellens, Marthas, Marys, &c., are found together. Of course the family arrangement is lost, and the peculiar value of a family history — its explanation of existing relationships — is entirely wanting. The book is not a genealogy, but a classified iadex to one. It is strange that authors will not consent to be instructed by the experience of the past twenty years, and to recognize the fact that the best plan for a genealogy is the one used in the Register. When we proceed to the more general matters in the book, we find the author too lax in his examination of authorities. There are two main families of the name, that descended from George Gorwin, of Salem, and that from Matthias Corwin, of Ipswich, and Southold, L. I., with possibly some lines from other emigrants of the name. The author evidently inclines to the truth of a tradition which makes Matthew a Hungarian ; and he wastes a number of pages on persons who have borne the name Corvinus, Such speculations are useless and are liable to lead to error ; we always regret to see them occupying the pages of a family history meant for general circulation. As to George Curwen, of Salem, our author says that he was de- scended from the family in Workington (p. xxvi), and on pp. 247- 50 prints the pedigree. This is an unfounded assumption. It is probable that George Curwen was of gentle birth, but nothing cer- tain is known about his ancestry. (See the Heraldic Journal^ vol. i, pp. 145-49, for a statement of the facts known.) It is a mistake, calling for censure, to repeat these assumptions of a pedigree where no proofs have been found. The one item of news given on this point, is in a letter on p. viii, showing that Rev. George C, who died in 1717, grandson of the emigrant George, regarded Matthias and Thomas as brothers of this emigrant, and sons of a John Curwin. This document is of value as an early testimony to the relationship, but it needs substantiating by English records. We recognize Mr. Corwin's diligence and zeal in collecting materials for this history, but it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that he has been unwise in his selection of a plan, and doubly so in stating surmises as facts in that part which treats of the origin of either emi- grant. 1872.] American Genealogist. 303 Historic Genealogy of the Kirk Family, as established by Roger Kirk, who settled in Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, about the year 1714, containing impartial biographical sketches of his Descendants as far as ascertained ; Also a record of two hundred and nine of the Descendants of Alphonsus Kirk, who migrated from Lurgan, North Ireland, and settled in the County of New Castle, Delaware. By Charles Stubbs, M.D. ; Cor. Mem. of the Maryland Academy of Science, &c, Lancaster, Pa. : Wylie & Griest. Inquirer Printing House, 1872. Large 16mo, pp. 252. The Roger Kirk whose record occupies most of this volume, was a settler here as early as 1712. He married Elizabeth Richards and had five children who married. His two sons and his daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Woodward, are regarded as equally founders of families, and their descendants are traced with greatfullness through many families of various names. The work is well arranged and must be of great value to many persons besides the Kirks. Pages 217-252 are given to the record of Alphonsus Kirk, of Newcastle, whose father is said to be Roger, and whose oldest son was named Roger. This last name was contemporary with Roger of Nottingham, but the author says, " what relation these two Roger Kirks bore tp each other, is a problem we have been unable to solve." We are glad to record this proof of the continuance of a taste for genealogy outside of New England. A Record of the Descendants of Col. Richard Lee of Virginia, prepared as an aid to farther investigation. By C. F. Lee, jr. and J. Packard, jr. Reprinted from the New-England Historical and Genealogical Regis- ter. Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son, 1872. 8vo, pp. 11. This is a praiseworthy attempt to give the true history of this noted Virginia family. The result is not all that could be wished, as the well-known deficiency of records in that state prevented the tracing of several branches, and caused a great lack of dates in the earlier generations. We have already pointed out that the emigrant ancestor of the family, doubtless belonged to the Lees of Ditchley and Quar- rendon, in England. 304 American Genealogist. [1872. The Ancestry and Posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield. A condensed abstract of the family records. By Benjaman Ap thorp Gould. From the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Salem : printed for the Essex Institute. 1872. 8vo, pp. 109. In this preliminary abstract, Dr. Gould shows us that his ancestor Zaccheus was one of three brothers, sons of Richard Gould of Bo- vingdon, co. Herts, whose ancestors can be traced several generations farther back. Zaccheus was brother of Jeremy, ancestor of the Goulds of Rhode Island, and of John whose children came here, in- cluding one Zaccheus jr. who died unm. From Zaccheus quite an extensive genealogy is deduced, not, we presume, exhaustive in any line, but affording a very useful outline of the principal ramifications of the family. The dates are given with precision and the author states that he has admitted no sur- mises but confined himself to facts which he can prove. Dr. Gould is well-known for his scientific attainments, and the pre- face to this is dated at sea, on his voyage to South America to establish an observatory there. His father, of the same Christian name, was a prominent merchant in Boston, and before that was principal of the Latin school. A sister of this latter was Miss Hannah Gould, one of the first of our female poets. The Foster Family. One Line of the Descendants of William Foster, son of Reginald Foster, of Ipswich, Mass. By Perly Derby, of Salem, Mass. Boston : 1872. 8vo, pp. 35. This genealogy as will be noticed is of one branch only, the author mentioning two other lines already recorded in print, those of Abra- ham and Reginald jr., sons of Reginald the emigrant. This line is that of William, fourth son of the first Reginald. Within the pre- scribed limits the work seems to be thoroughly performed. The edition of two hundred copies is from the press of D. Clapp & Son, and was privately printed for John Foster, Esq., of Boston. 1872.] American Genealogist. 305 The Buckingham Family ; or, the Descendants of Tho- mas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. Compiled at the request of William A. Buck- ingham, of Norwich, Conn. By Rev. F. W. Chap- man, A. M., Author of the Chapman Family; Pratt Family ; Trowbridge Family, and Coitt Family ; . . . . Hartford, Conn : Press of Case, Lock- wood & Brainard. 1872. 8vo, pp. 384. This is a well printed, and in many respects satisfactory genealogy. The uiain defects are in the arrangement and enumeration. The emigrant had three sons and two daughters, and the record is given of their progeny thus, pp. 14-43 the issue of Daniel, 43-133 of Samuel, 134-329 of Thomas. Yet the numbering is consecutive, No 333 being of the ninth generation, and No. 334 of the third. Again the compiler traces out too many female branches giving grand-children and gr. gr. children of Buckinghams who do not pro- perly belong in such a record. Lastly he gives an engraved coat-of- arms, for which confessedly there is no authority. With all these defects, the book remains as a very good history. Mr. Chapman has had experience at such work, and is careful and laborious. It may be that special reasons have caused the defects in his arrangement, and at all events by care and attention, all of the name can obtain the information they desire, in this volume. Descendants of George Hubbard, from 1600 to 1872. By Luther Prescott Hubbard New^-York : pub- lished by L. P. Hubbard, 80 Wall street. 1872. 8vo, pp. 31. This record is confined to one branch of the Hubbards, the main line being traced from Greorge H. of Glastonbury, to Thomas of the seventh genenition, born in 1745. The descendants of Thomas are thence traced with great care. On p. 31, we find a certificate from the Am. College of Heraldry and Genealogical Registry, dated New York, signed by M. Turner For- man, which says, " our Herald, Mr. R. B. Irmtraut, having examined Burke and other works on heraldry, has no doubt that the coat-of- arms herein described belongs to your family." Then follows a de- scription of arms quoted from Burke. 39 306 American Genealogist. [1872. Lest any Hubbard supposes that this gives him a right to such arms, we will say that the certificate of the nearest post-master would have been equally valuable. Of course, when the Hubbards trace their pedi- gree to some one entitled to arms, they can use them, but not before. In the meantime we advise them to adopt the arms of the Royal family of England, or any other pretty coat they may find in books on heraldry. [The BooGE Family.] 8vo, pp. 7. A pamphlet, without title page, reprinted from the JV. Y. Geneal. and Bioy. Record, for April, 1872, by Dr. D. Williams Patterson. It consists of an account prepared in 1823, by Aaron J. Booge, son of Eev. Ebenezer B., who was son of the emigrant John B. of East Haddara. Dr, Patterson has added many dates, and thus preserved the record of a family probably not very widely spread in this country. Genealogy, and Biographical Sketches, of the Descend- ants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher, from their Settlement in New England, June 4th, 16o5. Inde- pendent Printing House, Vineland,N. J. 1872. 12mo, pp. 92. In this volume we have a very interesting account of a family which has always maintained a prominent position in New England. There are two branches, descendant respectively from Anthony and from his nephew, Rev. Thomas, son of Rev Peter Thatcher, rector of St. Edmund, Salisbury, Eug. From the latter are descended Rev. Peter, Rev. Ralph, Rev. Oxenbridge, Rev. Peter jr., and many other worthy bearers of the name. The descendants of Anthony have been more numerous, many of tl.em being in public life, but have not shown the same hereditary tendency to the pulpit. The arms of the family, heiein eugravedj have been long and rightfully used. The author mentions a pamphlet on the subject of the family his- tory, published in July 1834, by Dr. James T. of Plymouth. This is undoubtedly a reprint from the New England ^lagazine of that date, which contains such an article, vol. Vil, pp. 1-16. 1872.] American Genealogist. 307 Genealogy of the Allen and Witter Families : among the Early Settlers of this continent and their De- scendants. By Asa W. Allen. Salem, O.: Printed by Luther W. Smith. 1872. 12mo, pp. 251. Part first, pp. 19-62, contains the author's view of the early settlers of North America, filled with a sound orthodoxy which now-a-days is rarely met with. The genealogy of the Allen family is rather a collection of miscellaneous notes, of little value since they lack any system of arrangement. Probably considerable information can be dug out of them by patient search. The Witter genealogy begins with Ebenezer W. of Preston, Conn., about 1700, called herein a Scotchman : it is open to the same condemnation. We can hardly consider this as more than an attempt at a family history, but are thankful for such bits of information as the author has hereby saved from oblivion . Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, who Settled in Farmington, Conn., 1640 : embracing their Descendants to 1872 ; with an Introduction of Miscellaneous Names of Andrews, with their Pro- genitors as far as known ; to which is added a List of some of the Authors, Clergymen, Physicians, and Soldiers of the Name. By Alfred Andrews, New- Britain, Conn., Author of History of New-Britain, Member of Connecticut Historical Society, and Corresponding Member of Wisconsin Historical So- ciety. Published by A. H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, III. Printed by Case, Lockwood and Brainard, Hartford, Conn. 1872. 8vo, pp. 652. This record is in most respects highly satisfactory. The number of families recorded as descended from John Andrews is about 2200, but the author in this enumeration includes one generation of females. That is he numbers all the Andrewses, females as well as males, and undertakes to make each the head of a family if married, but does not number the children of the females, who of course bear other surnames. This adds to the general interest of the book, but yet makes it more difficult to estimate the number of those named An- drews. \ 308 American Genealogist. [1873. It would have been an iuiprovement had the author added the exponential numbers to show the generations. Still the book shows evidence of great and careful labor, and it is to be hoped that the companion volume of the family descended from William Andrews of New Haven will soon appear. The index is on a novel and very useful plan; to each name is added those of the father and grandfather, thus greatly facilitating a search for any one of the name. There are ten engraved portraits in the volume, and many mis- cellaneous notes about persons of the name not descended from John or William. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the ancient County of Albany, from I60O to 1800. By Prof Jonathan Pearson. Albany, N. Y. : J. Munsell, 82 State street. 1872. Sm. 4to, pp. 182. It is impossible to criticise the genealogies of persons written in a language unknown to the critic : and this is the position of most persons in regard to Dutch genealogies. We are told by good au- thorities that Prof. Pearson is skilled in the language of these early records, that he understands the system by which a dozen families beai'ing different names, have sprang from one ancestor, and that his book is therefore entitled to full credence. It certainly bears the evidences of care and areat labor. 1873. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800. By Jonathan Pearson. Albany, N. Y.: J. Munsell, 82 State street. 1873. Sm. 4to, pp. 324. This is a companion volume to the book above reviewed, and as we are told is entitled to the same confidence and praise. It is priated on larger type and therefore contains about the same amount of material. 1873.] American Genealogist. 309 Memoirs of the Marstons of Salem, with a Brief Gene- alogy of some of their Descendants Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. xxvii, 1873. Boston: press of David Clapp & Son. 1873. 8vo, pp. 48. As the title states, this is a memoir rather than a genealogy, cer- tain members of the family being selected for especial notice. Still it gives a very good outline of the history of a family which has always held a good position here, and the special biographies are very interesting and valuable. Few families have preserved so many interesting memorials of the past, as are here recorded from the letters and papers treasured up by appreciative descendants. Genealoo:v of two branches of the Whittier Family, from f620 to 1873. By D. B. Whittier, Boston, Mass. Boston : Alfred Mudge& Son, printers, No. 34 School street. 1873. 8vo, pp. 22. The record is very slight and is poorly an-anged. It is of very little importance when compared with most of the works herein noticed, but the dates seem to be given with commendable exactness. The Lapham Family Register, or Records of some of the Descendants of Thomas Lapham, of Scituate, Mass., in 1635. By William B. Lapham, M. D Augusta: SpragLie, Owen & Nash, printers. 1873. 8vo, pp. 31. As this is professedly the record of but a portion of the Laphams, it is suflficient to say that this work seems to be very fairly performed. Caldwell Records. John and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell, Ipswich, Mass., and their Descendants; Sketches of Families connected with them by Mar- riage ; Brief Notices of other Caldwell Families. Collected and Arranged by Augustine Caldwell, Ipswich, Mass, Boston : published by William Parsons Lunt. 102 Washington street. 1873. 8vo, pp. 80. This is a very fair record of the Caldwells, though it does not pro- fess to trace all the lines. The main plan is judicious, though in 310 American Genealogist. [1873. various appendices will be found records apparently received too late for arrangement in their proper place. Many other names are noticed also, and the book will be of service to many interested in Essex county families. We regret that the author has given two coats-of-arms, but the case is not so flagrant as we have often seen. Eightieth Birth-Day Anniversary of Deacon Reuben Guild, West Dedham, Massachusetts, September 20, 1873. Together with the Genealogy and personal History of the West Dedham branch of the Guild family. Printed for private distribution. Providence : 1873. 12mo, pp. 21. We have already noticed, on p. 234, the general history of the family. This record begins with Reuben (No 76)of the sixth generation and traces his descendants with great fullness. The Bermuda Branch of the Jauncey Family. 8vo, pp.6. The pamphlet is dated New York, March 1873, and signed J. 0. B. From this little sketch we learn that many of the descendants of John Jauncey of Bermuda now live in the United States, and that there is a tradition that all of the name here are of the same stock as the Bermuda settler. 1635 William Tuttle of New Haven. An Address deUveredat the Tuttle Gathering New Haven, Conn., September 3d, 1873. By Joseph F. Tuttle, President of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. Newark, N. J.: printed at the office of the Daily Advertiser. 1873. 8vo, pp. 22. The title fully describes the book, and we need only add that the family here mentioned is to be kept distinct from that of Tuthill. To the Tuttles belong not only the orator of this celebration, but the astronomers Horace P., and Charles W. Tuttle. 1873.] American Genealogist. 311 A Rough Sketch of the Appleton Genealogy, by W. S. Appleton. Printed for Correction and Enlargement. Boston : press of T. R. Marvin & Son. 1873. Tall Svo, pp. 42. This is a genealogy, pure and simple, of which fifty copies only were printed, and is to be regarded as the frame work only on which, we hope, a future volume is to be built. Mr. Appleton gives many dates wanting in former histories of this family, and adds quite a number of recent branches. The Flanders Family. By William Prescott, M. D. Author of the Prescott Memorial. Svo, pp. 8. This was a reprint from the 27tli volume of the Register, being the part for April, 1873. Stephen Flanders, the emigrant, was of Salisbury, Mass., befoi'e 1650 ; and from him probably all of the name here are descended. The record is only a partial one, but is well performed so far as it reaches. The Autobiography of an Octogenarian, containing the Genealogy of his Ancestors, Sketches of their. History, and of various events that have occurred during his protracted life ; his Tiieological views, &c., &c. By D. N. Prime. Newburyport : William H. Huse & Co., printers, 1873. 12mo, pp. 293. The genealogical part of this book is very slight and indeed hardly warrants notice in our list. The autobiography is written in a kindly vein, but contains nothing of interest to a stranger. A portrait of the author is prefixed. Memoir of Royal Keith, together with the Annals of the Keith Family of Scotland, and the writings of Charles Edward Keith. Boston : C. E. Keith & Co. 36 Bromfield St. 1873. Svo, pp. 24. Royal Keith was born in 1769 and was descended from Rev. James Keith of Bridgewater. In the preliminary sketch somewhat is said 312 American Genealogist. [1873. of the famous family of Keith, Earl Marshal of Scotland, a title forfeited by treason. Yet the author seems not to be aware that nu- merous ofi'shoots therefrom must exist, and that one title, that of the Earl of Kingore, is still existing. Nothing is known of the ancestry of Hev. James Keith, though a searcli in Scotland may give good results. Numerous descendants are noticed in the Histori/ of North BridgpAcater. A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States, with Historical Introduction, etc., by Elias Warner Leavenworth, LL.D., of Syracuse, N. Y. Being a revision and extension of the genealogical tree compiled by William and Elias W. Leavenworth then of Great Barrington, Mass., in 1827 Syracuse, N. Y.: S. G. Hitchcock & Co., 4 West Fayette street. 1873. 8vo, pp. 376. This is a very good history of the Leavenworths, evidently the result of long continued investigation, carefully arranged and well indexed. It contains much interesting biographical matter, and an unusually large amount of information about the female branches. The latter feature detracts from the ajjpearance of the book, but it has become such a fashion among genealogists now-a-days, that it is useless to complain of it. There is an engraved coat-of-arms, the authority for which is very slight, though there is some evidence to show that the emigrant used an armorial seal. The name seems to be almost unknown in England. On the whole the genealogy is a very good one, ;ind the author is entitled to high praise for his persistent research continued for so many years. Sketch of the Life of John H. Sheppard, A.M., author of" The Life of Commodore Tucker" By John Ward Dean, A. M. Boston : 18 Somerset street. 1873. 8vo, pp. 16. In this reprint from the Register, Mr. Dean has paid a fitting tribute to the memory of one of his associates, a writer note worthy as a classical scholar, as well as an earnest student of our antiquities. Mr. Sheppard was born in Cirencester, Eng., in 1789, and when two or three years old came with his father to Hallowell, Me. The 1873.] American Genealogist. 313 family belonged at Colesbourne in Gloucestershire. Mr. Sheppard was a student at Harvard College for three years, became a lawyer in 1810, and was register of probate for Lincoln county, Me., for seventeen years. He removed to Boston and for many years wrote much for the press, and also published a score of pamphlets. Some of his productions are reviewed in this volume. He was an enthusiastic Mason, and held high honor in that frater- nity. [The Dalton and Batcheller Pedigree. Communi- cated to the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Re- gister for October, 1873, by William H. Whitmore, A. M., of Boston, Mass.] 8vo, pp. 6. In this pamphlet I have transcribed some papers preserved by the late E. W. Tappan, of Hampton, Mass., consisting of letters, &c., in re- gard to the two families named. Rev. Stephen Batchelor came here in 1632, aged 71, preached here, got into various difficulties, had four wives, returned to England and died in Hackney in 1660 aged nearly 100 years. His coat-of-arms is in Morgan's Sphere of Gentry and he was related to the Mercers and Pryaulx families. Of his three sons, Nathaniel settled at Hampton, and has numerous descendants. His first wife was Mary Smith, a near relative of Mrs. Ruth Dalton, widow of Rev. Timothy Dalton. As Mrs. Dalton left no children but divided her estate among various relatives, these papers throw much light upon the connection between various early settlers here. The Symmes Memorial. A Biographical Sketch of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, Minister of Charlestown, 1634-71, with a Genealogy and Brief Memoirs of Some of his Descendants. Also Embracing Notices of many of the Name, both in Europe and America, not connected with his Family, and an Autobiogra- phy. By John Adams Vinton Boston : Printed for the Author by David Clapp & Son. 1873. [8vo, pp. 184.] This is a well written history of the family descended from Rev. Zechariah Symmes, who was born at Canterbury, co. Kent, in 1599. 40 314 American Genealogist. [1873. He was the son of Rev. William S. of Sandwich, Kent, and his grand- father was nanjed William also ; Zechariah was settled at Charlestown where he died in 1671, after a long and prosperous ministry. By his wife Sarah, with whom he lived almost jfifty years, he had five sons and eight daughters, most of whom married and left descendants. In this volume many of the female lines are traced and more indi- cated, information made available by the copious index. The autobiography mentioned in the title is that of the author, Mr. Vinton, who is the compiler of several other genealogies noticed in our pages. A Genealogical Eecord of Daniel Pond, and his De- scendants, by Edward Doubleday Harris .... Bos- ton, Massachusetts : William Parsons Lunt. 1873. 8vo, pp. 210. This is a thorough and careful history of a family long and favorably known in Norfolk county, Mass. Like all of Mr. Harris's work it is exact and well-digested, and the plan is clear and simple. We can only wish that he had used more spaces, and indicated the generations clearly, as the book has a somewhat crowded appearance. It is strictly a genealogy, no biographical notices being inserted, though many of the name were undoubtedly worthy of such remembrance. Record of the Descendants of Andrew Belcher. By W. H. Whitmore. Reprinted from the N. E. His- torical and Genealogical Register for July, 1873. Boston : David Clapp & Son. 1873. 8vo, pp. 8. Having had the pleasure of a correspondence with descendants of Grov. Belcher in England, I obtained a pedigree dated in 1704, tracing the emigrant Andrew B. to his grand-father Robert B. of Kingswood, co. Wilts. The herald suggests that the latter belonged to the Belchers of Gillesborough, co. Northampton. The emigrant Andrew died in 1680, a man of good position ; his only son was the most opulent merchant in Boston, member of the council, &c. His only son was Jonathan Belcher, governor of the province 1730-1741, afterwards governor of New Jersey. The governor's second son Jonathan was Ch. J. and Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia and died in 1776. His family remained there, and were not 1873.] American Genealogist. 315 involved in our civil war. Descendants still live in England, re- presented now by Rev. Brymer Belcher. It will be seen that the genealogy is nearly complete and of small compass. The governor bore for arms, or, three pales gules a chief vaire, and our national arms resemble this coat heraldically more than they do those of Washington. A Genealogy of Runnels and Reynolds Families in America ; with Records and Brief Memorials of the Earliest Ancestors, so far as known, and of many of their Descendants bearing the same and other names. In three Parts, with an Appendix. By M. T. Runnels, A. M., Pastor of the Congregational Church in San- bornton, N. H Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son printers, No. 34 School street. 1873. [8vo, pp. xvi, and 355.] Of the three parts, the first (pp. 1-115) relates to the descendants of Samuel Runnels of Bradford. Mass., 1703-1745. He appears at this late date as a distinct stock, and in his will he mentions (p. 6.) lands that may fall to him in the eastern parts, by his grandfather or father, Runnels. We may therefore attach some force to the family tradition that he came from Nova Scotia. The second and third parts relate to the issue of Job and John Runnels of Dover, N. H., 1713, said by the same tradition to be brothers of Samuel. In the appendix are notices of various families named Reynolds ; but many of the Runnels have taken that name. Quite a full account is given of the family of Robert Reynolds, ances- tor of those at Bristol and Boston, to which belongs the well known physician. Dr. Edward R. We also note a very late family on p. 281, descended from Valentine Runnals, who came here from Corn- wall in 1782. The main part of the book is very well prepared, and if an author miist insert remote lines traced through females, he can hardly do it with less interruption of the main history than is shown here. The author indulges in various speculations about the identity of the name of Kunnels and Reynolds. The latter, as a corruption of a Christian name (Reginald), must have given rise to countless dis- tinct families. Whether Runnels be the same, or whether it be a Scotch form, is a useless inquiry. The suggestions and opinions of the author as here given are very little to the purpose. Practically 316 American Genealogist. [1874. the form Reynolds, rightly or wrongly, is the fashionable form of the name here. The book is arranged on a good plan, is well indexed and in all important respects is highly creditable to the writer. 1874. The Chronotype, an American Memorial of Persons and Places. A Monthly Journal, published by the American College of Heraldry and Genealogical Registry. No 67 University Place, Society Library Building, New York. Mr. Turner Forman, Secretary, Albert Welles, President Vol. 1. No 1, Jan- uary 1873. No. 8. April, 1874. An attempt by irregular practitioners to assume the powers of a university or medical college, or other duly authorized board, is commonly stigmatized as quackery. This magazine is the organ of a very stupid attempt at quackery in our department. This American College of Heraldry deserves this stigma, because it pretends to do something which is beyond its powers, and therefore it merits exposure. The right to grant arms, like that of conferring titles of honor, is one exercised by most European governments. Our government exercises neither, and consequently no body of private citizens has any right to attempt to do it. No College here can grant a coat-of- arms, any more than it can make a man a prince, or count, or lord, or baronet. But as we are largely descended from nations where such distinc- tions are recognized, the public has a mistaken idea that any man is entitled to the coat-of-arms used in the parent country by any one of his name. Trading on this error, parties like this College of Heraldry, undertake to look up such arms, and to give the wearer of borrowed plumes a sort of title to them. The purchaser gets another man to endorse his petty larceny ; the endorser plays on this weakness to get pay for a worthless guaranty. Of the two the latter is the more despicable because he knows the worthlessness of the deceit, where the former only suspects it. Any man desirous of gratifying his vanity, may assume a coat-of- arms here, for there is no one to hold him to an account. If, to make the deceit more plausible, he wishes to take the arms of some 1874.] American Genealogist. 317 English family of the name, he can look in Burke's General Ar- moury, or any similar collection, and find them there. No Ameri- can College of Heraldry can do more for him, and the money paid for its endorsement is utterly thrown away. He can steal at first hands and no confederate can improve his title. It is a silly piece of vanity, for there is no such thing as a coat-of- arms belonging to a name, and without a true pedigree connecting a man with a rightful owner of a coat-of-arms, such a use exposes the wearer to the scorn and ridicule of the observer. As to the feeble Magazine whose title we have copied, nothing good can be said. It has contained a few articles about the Wash- ington family, the mere ravings of a would be genealogist, full of errors and contradictions. The book is below criticism and will probably never complete its twelve numbers. It is a disgrace to our science, and the sooner it is forgotten, the better. A Collection of Family Records, with Biographical Sketches and other Memoranda of various Famihes and individuals bearing the name Dawson, or allied to families of that name. Compiled by Charles C. Dawson Albany, N. Y. : Joel Alunsell, 82 State street. 1874. 8vo, pp. 572. As the title shows, this is a collection of genealogies of greater or less extent, of families of the name of Dawson, not allied to each other and dispersed throughout the country. Some families, as that of Robert Dawson, are traced more fully than others, but even in these an undue space is given to remote female branches. As the author makes a merit of this, we can only renew our protest. The fact that a person has one-sixteenth or thirty-second of Dawson blood in him, does not make him a Dawson. His record belongs with that of his paternal ancestors whose name he bears. The work gives evidence of great labor, care and perseverance and is very thoroughly indexed. We note on p. 172, that the well-known and most pugnacious editor of the Historical Magazine, Henry B. Dawson, was born in Lincoln- shire, Eng., coming to this country with his parents when he was thirteen years old. From the lively part he has taken in discussing our historical and political questions, it is evident that nativity has little to do with personal preferences. If all the other portraits are as good as the one of this gentleman, the artists have made a valuable collection thereof. 318 American Genealogist. [1874. A Record of the Descendants of Robert Dawson, of East Haven, Conn., including, Barnes, Bates, Beecher, Bissill, Calaway, Carpenter, Cary, Colman, Doolittle, Doud, Douglass, Dresser, Evans, Fox, Fuller, Grannis, Johnson, Meloy, Morse, Parsons, Perkins, Richmond, Rogers, Sigourney, Sill, Smith, Stone, Tuttle, Van Buren, Walker, Werdon, Whit- tlesey, Woodruff, and numerous other families, with many Biographical and Genealogical Notes concern- ing the same. Compiled by Charles C. Dawson. . . . Albany, N Y. : Joel Munsell, 82 State street. 1874. 8vo, pp. 115. This is a part of the preceding volume, repaged : and the title is the clearest argument conceivable, against the plan of the author of treating all the families named, as part of his Dawson record. The Daniell Family. A Genealogy of Robert Daniell and some of his Descendants. By Moses Grant Daniell, A.M Boston : printed for private distribution. 1874. 8vo, pp. 19. In this reprint from the Regufer, the author gives a fair outline of the family history, beginning with Robert, one of the early settlers at Watertown. Certain branches are traced more fully than others, but throughout there is the right precision in dates and evident care- ful examination of authorities. Genealogy of the Warren Family from Richard, who came in the Mayflower in 1620, to 1872. Albany, N. Y. : J. Munsell, State street. 1874. 8vo, pp. 7. This is in the line of one family only in each generation. Schuyler Family. By Joel Munsell. Edition, Thirty Copies. Privately Printed. From the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 1874. 8vo, pp. 11. This is in no sense a genealogy, but a collection of materials to serve the future historian of the family. It contains an engraving of the Schuyler arms, and a number of copies of inscriptions on tombstones in the Schuyler burying-ground at Albany. 1874.] American Genealogist. 319 Record of the CavernoFamilt. By A. Caverno. Dover: Published by Morning Star Steam Job Printing Es- tablishment. 1874. 12mo, pp. 36. This is a brief record of a family which became American at quite a recent date. The first of the name was Arthur Caverno or Kavan- agh, who came from Ireland about 1740 and died in 1795 at Canaan, N. H. He left only one son, John, who had but one son, Jeremiah, The record is thus of necessity short, though the female lines are added. A Genealogy of the Appleton Family, by W. S. Apple- ton Boston : press of T. R. Marvin & Son. 1874. Tall8vo, pp. 54. This is a second edition of the book printed in 1873, and is issued with the same purpose of obtaining additions and corrections. When an author has the means and the time to pursue such a course, these tentative pamphlets furnish the surest mode of finally obtaining the necessary facts for a perfected genealogy. The Upton Memorial. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Upton, of North Reading, Mass., the original Emigrant, and the progenitor of families who have since borne his name. Together with short genealogies of the Putnam, Stone and Bruce Families. By John Adams Vinton Printed for Private Use, at the office of E. Upton & Son, Bath, Me. 1874. 8vo, pp. 547. As Mr. Vinton is well known as a competent professional gene- alogist, it is sufficient to say that he has done his work satisfactorily in this instance. The book is well arranged, well indexed and well printed, and is a memorial alike to the skill of the compiler and the liberality of his employers. The family has held a good position in this country, and in the case of the late George Bruce Upton of Boston, it has furnished a most useful and honored citizen to this community. As to the origin of the family, nothing is known beyond the emi- grant, and the arms engraved on p. 444 are of course not to be used by the family here. 320 American Genealogist. [1874. Pedigree of the Family of Winthrop : Lords of the Manor of Groton, co. Suffolk, England : afterwards of Boston and New London, in New England. Printed for private reference only, with a view to correction and addition. Cambridge: press of John Wilson and Son. 1874. 8vo, pp. 38. In this sketch Mr. Robert C. Winthrop jr., has given a revised edition of the facts heretofore printed in regard to his family, tracing the line as far as the grandchildren of the first Governor John Win- throp. The work seems to be carefully done, and we trust this is an earnest of a more important and full record to be issued hereafter, which shall contain all the descendants to the present time. The CoiT Family : or the Descendants of John Coit, who appears among the settlers of Salem, Mass., in 1638, at Gloucester in 1644, and at New London, Conn., in 1650. Compiled at the request of Samuel Coit of Hartford, Conn. By Rev. F. W. Chapman, A. M Hartford : press of the Case, Lock- wood & Brainard Co. 1874. 8vo, pp. 341. The Record bears throughout the signs of a practiced hand, being well arranged and indexed, exact in dates, and on the whole satisfac- tory. Various families are, however, introduced on the ground of some slight link of connection through females, and apparently because the author had the materials collected. Mr. Chapman, however, must be fully aware that he has no warrant for printing a Coit coat-of-arms, without a show of reason for its use by the Coits here ; and he ought to know that his preliminary chap- ter about "the early home of the (joits in the old country" is mere quackery. Such things are bad enough when done through igno- rance, but when they disfigure the writings of professed genealogists, they are inexcusable. 1874.] American Genealogist. 321 Memorial of Thomas Potts, Junior, who settled in Pennsylvania : with an Historic-Genealogical Ac- count of his Descendants to the eighth generation. By Mrs. Thomas Potts James, member of the Histori- cal Society of Pennsylvania. Cambridge : privately printed. 1874. Sq. 8vo, pp. 416. In this large and handsome volume, printed at the University press, Cambridge, Mass., we have comparatively little genealogy and a great deal of biography. Of the origin of the family little is known, for despite the coat-of-arms on the title page there is no war- rant given for their use by any of the name here. It is true that there was a Thomas Pott of Wilmstow, co. Chester, about 1670, who suffered as a Quaker, and that a John Pott of Llanidles, co. Mont- gomery, was in 1677 punished for the same offense. But except the name, there is nothing to connect either with Thomas Potts sen., of Bristol, Penn., 1690, or his presumed nephew, Thomas Potts jr., of Germantown, who married in 1699. The arms here assumed are those said by Burke to be granted in 1583 to John Pot of Lincoln's Inn, grandson of a Sir William. His grandson. Sir John Potts, was made a baronet, but the title is extinct. The family is said to be originally from Cheshire and Lancashire, but we need hardly say that no Potts, even in those counties, except the descendant of John, has any right to the coat. The book is a great collection of matters of varying value and in- terest, and the genealogical part might, if brought together, fill 100 pages, as the female lines are traced out very fully. As so little has been published about Pennsylvania families, we are not disposed to quarrel with any writer who brings out a quantity of facts. We must say, however, that the reliance on traditions is a bad symptom, and that compression would have added to the value of the book. Genealogy of the Wells Family of Wells, Maine. By Charles K. Wells, Milwaukee : press of Burdick & Armitage, 100 Michigan St. 1874. 8vo, pp. 43 and 38. In this carefully prepared volume, the author has traced the descend- ants of Dea. Thomas Wells of Ipswich, in the line of his son John, with 41 322 American Genealogist. [1874. completeness down to the fourth and perhaps fifth generation, and as thoroughly as possible beyond that. It is the more creditable, since the author has had to send eastward for nearly all the material here used, and has thus struggled against obstacles which might well have dis- heartened him. Mr. Wells states that he is satisfied that the town of Wells in Maine was not named for any member of his family, though the assertion to this effect has often been made. He gives good reason to believe that Rev. Thomas Wells of Amesbury was a son of the emigrant Thomas, and on pp. 39-43 prints a brief outline of that branch as prepared by Mr. D. W. Hoyt. In the Appendix of 38 pages, numbered separately from the main part, a number of wills of members of the family are printed in full. Descendants of Ezekiel Nortiiend of Eowley. From Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol XII, No. 1. Salem : printed at the Salem Press. 1874. 8vo, pp. 16. The evidence here given shows that Ezekiel was brother of Anthony Northend of Beverley, co. York, Eng., and that the family might easily be traced in the mother country. Ezekiel left one son, who had three sons, but only one of the name was alive in the next or fourth generation. This was Samuel, whose only married son was John, who has four sons now living. It is indeed rare in New En- gland to find a line thus confined in limit, but the fact has enabled the author to give a very nearly perfect record of all the Northends. Records of Families of the name Rawlins or Rollins in the United States. In two parts. . . . Compiled by John R. Rollins. Lawrence, Mass. : Geo S. Merrill & Crocker, printers. 1874. Svo, pp. 848. In the first part, pp. xvi and 1-234, we have a clear and well arranged record of the descendants of James Rawlins of Dover, N. H. The second part embraces less extensive records of the families springing from Nicholas, of Newbury, William of Gloucester, Thomas of Scituate, and Thomas of Boston, all in Mass., as well as those from Henry of Pennsylvania, and Charles of Delaware. The author states that twenty years have been given to the collection of materials, and we may add that the result shows the time to have been judiciously spent. 1874.] American Genealogist. 323 The WooDMANS of Buxton, Maine. A list of the children, and of the grandchildren and great grandchildren bearing the Woodman name, of Joseph*. Joshua* and Nathan* Woodman, who settle in Narraganset No. 1., now Buxton, Me. : preceded by a list and some Account of the Families of Benjamin^, Joshua^ and Edward\ from whom they were descended. By Cyrus Woodman. Boston : printed for private use, by David Clapp& Son. 1874. 8vo, pp. 125. As these three brothers were bora about 1715-1720, it will be seen that the starting point is more recent than in most of our genealogies. The work is very thoroughly performed, and abounds in details of frontier life, and anecdotes of persons and events in the past two generations. History of the Welles Family in England, with their derivation in this country from Governor Thomas Welles, of Connecticut. By Albert Welles, President of the American College of Heraldry and Genealogi- cal Registry of New York. [Assisted by H. H. Clements, Esq.] With an Account of the Welles Family in Massachusetts : by Henry Winthrop Sar- gent of Boston. Boston : press of John Wilson and Son. 1874. 8vo, pp. 127. We regret to see such a book as this, as it is a witness to a useless expenditure of money and of time which might perhaps have been usefully employed otherwise. The first 96 pages relate to the En- glish families of Vaux, Barons Vaux of Harrowden, and Welles, Barons Welles, both titles long ago extinct but recorded in many peerages. Various other families of Welles are also herein traced for a few generations, but knowing the utter incapacity of the compilers to do the work properly, we are by no means sure that even these facts are copied correctly. But even at best, these statements are of no value or interest to any one here, and are out of place in such a book as an American genealogy should be. This family of Welles is descended from Thomas W., one of the leaders of the Connecticut colony, and governor thereof several times 324 American Genealogist. [1874. Savage does uot kaow wheuce lie came, though this book says he was from Essex. For this aflSliation we find no authority given, though some such may lurk in the undigested crudities of its pages. How- ever, from the custom of our ancestors, it is safe to conclude that the governor was a man of family and estate before he came hither, and his pedigree can probably still be traced. He had three sons and probably many descendants, but only one branch is here traced viz : that of his gr. grand son Samuel Welles. This gentleman removed to Boston about 1719, inherited a large fortune from his father in-law, Arnold, and was ancestor of a family distinguished in the annals of that city. We except from censure the last thirty pages of the book, which as above shown, give a simple and correct account of this part of the American line. We only regret the bad fortune which has brought Mr. Sargent into a literary copartnership with the main managers of the New York College of Heraldry. Our opinion of that concern his already been given, ante, pp. 316-7. Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family, contain- ing records of nearly every person of the name in America, from 1635 to 1874. Also the first genera- tion of children descended from females who have lost the name by marriage. With notices of the family in England during the past seven hundred years. By John Bearse Newcomb, of Elgin, Illinois. Eleven portraits on steel. Elgin, Illinois. Printed for the Author by Knight & Leonard, Chicago. 1874. 8vo, pp. 600. The first 444 pages are mainly given to the record of 341 fimilies descended from Capt. Andrew Newcomb of Boston. Pages 445 - 51 9 (nos. 400-471) trace the descendants of Francis N. of Braintree : pp. 519-541, are given to various scattering lines. Nearly fifty closely printed pages are devoted to the index, and the information collected is thus made accessible. The book really fulfills the promise of the title and deserves a place in the front rank. The record of a family mainly resident in New England, it is wonderful as the work of one living hundreds of miles away from the localities and persons described. We have but one fault to find with it : the system of references, though simple, is insufficient. One additional set of numerals, on the Register plan 1874.] American Genealogist. 325 or any other good one, would have made it much easier to trace con- nections. But with this little defect, it is still a book to admire and to emulate. ME^roiR of Joshua Winslow Peirce. By the Rev. Thomas F. Davies, D.D. Reprinted with additions, frcm the Historical and Genealogical Register for 0( tober. 1874. Boston : for private distribution. 1874. 8vo, pp. 16. The last eight pages contain a record of the descendants of Daniel Peirce of Newbury, prepared by A. H. Hoyt; and giving a good outliue of their history. The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. By Benjamin W. Dwight Volume 1. Printed for the Author. New York : John F. Trow & Son, printers and bookbinders, 205 - 213 East Twelfth street. 1874. 8vo, pp. 1144. It would be unjust to deny that the author has been zealous and successful in gathering an immense number of facts, but it would be equally wrong to conceal the fact that he has not made a good gene- alogy. He has amassed a great amount of material, but he has not known how to use it ; these two volumes will reward the patient searcher, but they will give no clear impression of the number of re- lationship of the Dwights. The editor has lacked system and his facts lose half their value. Yet, to the investigator of other pedigrees much advantage will accrue from this prodigality of labor, for he will find matter here in print which he did not expect, and he will not care for the disappointment of the bearers of the Dwight name. Nothing is known of the origin of the emigrant, though there was a family of the name in Oxfordshire. The grandson of the first settler died in 1771, and used a coat-of-arms here engraved. Of course this evidence is of little value. We lay down such a book with regret, feeling that it might have been made a model one, yet constrained to notice its glaring defect. It is so good, that it ought to have been better. 326 American Genealogist. [1875. The Descendants of Thomas Olcott, one of the First Settlers of Hartford, Ct. By Nathaniel Goodwin, descendant of Ozias Goodwin, one of said settlers. ^Eevised edition, with an Explanatory Preface and important additions. By Henry S. Olcott Albany, N. Y. : J. Munsell, State St., 1874. 8vo, pp. 124. The first edition in 1845, has been already noticed: the present is chiefly valuable for the index annexed. The additions are not numerous, and are mostly in regard to events occurring since the former edition. The preface is mainly devoted to the question of the proper spelling of the name, and is of no great value, especially as the writer is not apparently familiar with antiquities. There is an engraving of a coat-of-arms belonging to a Josiah Olcott, but no date is given and the shield is printed reversed. Still we are always thankful for a reprint of any good genealogy, and only regret that the work had not devolved upon some one able to complete Mr. Goodwin's very satisfactory beginning. 1875. The TowNSHEND Family. By Charles Hervey Towns- end, Esq., of New Haven, Conn. Reprinted from the New England Historic Genealogical Register, for Jan., 1875. Boston : David Clapp & Son, printers, 1875, 8vo, pp. 15. This pamphlet gives an outline sketch of the descendants of Thomas Townsend, of Lynn, the author intending to publish here- after a more considerable volume. He claims to identify this emigrant with Thomas, son of Henry Townsend aad Margaret Forth, of Bracon-Ash. Henry T., was own cousin to Alice D'Oyly, who m. William Clopton, whose sister Thomasine Clopton, married Gov. Wiuthrop. Henry Townsend's wife was own cousin to Mary (Forth) Winthrop; so that it is possible that the emigrant was led here by family ties, yet we must state that no evidence is given of the identity of the emigrant with the Thomas of Brackon-Ash, and it seems most unlikely that a gentleman of rank and property 1875.] American Genealogist. 327 abroad, should have sunk into obscurity here. The author must be more explicit on this point hereafter. The English family is one of distinguished position, and if this one point can be established, the Townsends here will boast a pedi- gree second to none in the country. The Wilcox Family. By W. H. Wliitmore. [From the No. of the Hist, and Gen. Register for Jan., 1875.] Boston : printed by David Clapp & Son, 1875. 8vo, pp. 8. In this pamphlet I have corrected certain errors in regard to the first settlers of the name of Wilcox, and have pointed out some remarkable coincidences of connection between the Wilcoxes, Halls, Eliots and Whitmores, in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Pedigree of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. By the Rev. Frederick Brown, M. A., F. S. A., of Beckenham, Kent, England. Reprinted from the Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1875. Boston : printed for private distribution. One hundred copies, 1875. 8vo, pp. 10 and 1. This is a very interesting statement of the Gorges pedigree, though but a small part of the author's collections : it has a special value for students of the early history of Maine, of which colony Sir Ferdinando Gorges was the founder, and in which enterprise some of his relatives were engaged. The Bennet Family of Ipswich, Massachusetts. By John M. Bradbury. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1875. Boston: press of D. Clapp & Son (Fifty copies), 1875. 8vo, pp. 8. Mr. Bradbury herein shows that Henry Bennett of Ipswich, married Lydia, daughter of John Perkins, a matter not before made clear, and gives the names of his grand-children. Like many of the contributions to the Register, its value consists in the precision with which an obscure point in the history of a family has been studied out. 328 American Genealogist. [1875. Genealogical Notes of the Provoost Family, of New- York, [cut of arms] . By Edwin R. Purple, mem- ber of the New York Genealogical and Biographical ^ Society. New York : privately printed, 1875. 4to, pp. 29. This is a very well prepared account of one of the old families of New York, descended from David Provoost, who was in this country in 1639, holding ofl&ce. One of the best known of the family was Rev. Dr. Samuel Provoost, first Episcopalian bishop of New York, of whom a fine portrait is given : considering the special difficulties which surround all attempts to write genealogies of the Dutch families, this book must be regarded as a very valuable contribution to local history. It is to be hoped that Mr. Purple will prepare other histories of other families of the province. A Sketch of the Descendants of Jared Bourn, who settled in Boston, about the year 1630. Bristol, R. I. : for private family distribution, 1875. 8vo, pp. 30 and 2. The first settler was Garrett or Gerard Bourn, who is said to have spelt his name Jared. He was doubtless afterwards of Portsmouth, R. I., and his son Jared jr., was of Swanzy, Mass. The record here given is preliminary only and except therefore from comment, but we may say that the author seems desii'ous of collecting and arranging his facts with precision and care. Whitmore Tracts. A Collection of Essays on matters of interest to persons bearing the name. By William H. Whitmore, F. R. H. S. Boston : D. Clapp & Son. 1875. In this collection I have bound up various reprints of articles written for the Herald and Genealogisf.^ with some other pamphlets about the Whitmores. 1875.] American Genealogist. 329 The Genealogy of the Families of Payne and Gore. Compiled by W. H. Whitmore. Boston : Press of John Wilson and Son. 1875. Sq. 8vo, pp. 30. The families here recorded are the Boston family descended from Tobias Payne, and the family to which Gov. Christopher Gore be- longed. The pamphlet was published under the imprint of the Prince Society, and, as a continuous biography of a family for several gene- rations it is quite a curiosity. A Brief Genealogy of the Gore Family especially in the line of Gov. Christopher Gore. By William H. Whitmore. Boston : John Wilson & Son. 1875. 8vo, pp. 8. In this reprint the genealogical part of the preceding book is given. Notes on the Family of Bigg, represented by the de- scendants of Hopestill Foster and John Stow. By William H. Whitmore. Boston : D. Clapp & Son. 1875. 8vo, pp. 8. This is a reprint from the Register^ giving the will of John Bigg of Maidstone, co. Kent, whose mother came here, as did various re- latives. It enables the descendants of Hopestill Foster and John Stow to trace their English ancestry probably, but it cuts off any prospects of an English fortune. A new edition of the LooMis Genealogy has been published in May ; the Kinsman and Bergen Genealogies are both in the press, and of both I have seen enough proof sheets which enable me to predict that they will be valuable additions to our history. 42 ADDENDA. [The following titles have been obtained at too late an hour for insertion in their proper places. No amount of preparation suffices to prevent these annoying accidents, and I can only be thankful that I have secured the facts.] Explanations and Biographical Notes, designed to accompany a Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of Robert Fletcher. Compiled by Edward H. Fletcher. New York : Published by Edward H. Fletcher, publisher and bookseller, 141 Nassau street. 1849. 12mo. pp. 24. As the author in 1871 published an enlarged edition, it is useless to do more than cite the title. [The Wtman Family. Collected by T. B. Wyman jr., of Charlestown, Mass. 8vo, pp. 6.] This was a reprint from the Register for January, 1849, and is the work of one of the most diligent, careful and thorough of our genealogists. The Munroe Genealogy. By John G. Locke. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company. MDCCCLin. 8vo, pp. 15. This is a reprint of appendices E, and P, of the Locke Genealogy, reviewed on p. 81, ante. The fact that I only obtained a copy at this late date, is the best evidence of the difficulty of tracing these privately printed histories. A further account of the family will be found in Hudson's History of Lexington, Mass. 332 American Genealogist. [1863-8. [Family Register.] 8vo, pp. 11. This record, published without a title, was prepared by Thomas H. Wynne, of Richmond, Va. It relates chiefly to the descendants of John Ellis of Virginia in 1683, who died in 1726, leaving seven sons. It also contains notes about families of the names of Shelton, Nimmo, Tucker and others connected with the Ellises, but the field embraced by the record is very limited. [Willis Genealogy. Traced from the Genealogical Register, Volume II. Published by Rev. Abner Morse. Taking the first male in nine successive generations. Printed for the family. 1863.] 8vo, pp. 8. This pamphlet was doubtless prepared by Nathaniel W., the well- known editor of the Boston Recorder^ and father of Nathaniel P. Willis ; Richard S. Willis and Mrs. Eldridge (Fanny Fern). A Record of the Crozer Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Trenton, N. J. Murphy & Bechtel, printers, opposite the City Hall. 1866. 8vo, 29. Andrew Crozer who died in 1776 was the founder of the family, and this record seems quite full in most of its branches. The book is noticed, ante^ p. 217, but having examined a copy since then, I prefer to give my own estimate of it. Joseph Randall of Providence, R. I., and his De- scendants Providence, R. I., prepared and printed by John A. C. Randall, son of Mowry, son of John. 1868. 12mo, pp.34. This gives a very fair outline of the family history, especially in regard to the branches which have remained in Rhode Island. Joseph, the first of the line, died in 1760, so the family can probably be easily traced to him. The author thinks he came from Brest in France, but does not explain the authority for this surmise. 1868-70.] American Genealogist. 333 A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M., au- thor of the Simple Cobbler of Agawain in America. With Notices of his family. By John Ward Dean, Albany: J. Munsell, 82 State street. 1868. 8vo, pp. 213. Mr. Deaa has herein given a most thorough biography of one of the most prominent clergymen of the Puritan emigration. Not much genealogy is given, though the lines of descendants are indi- cated ; on pp. 121-129 are extracts from the Calender manuscript, and a most valuable note from Mr. W. S. Appleton, showing that the best copy of it is among the Tanner manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. The Clapp Family Meeting at Northampton, August 24, 1870. Comprising the proceedings, the address, historical and other papers, etc. Published by vote of the Boston Committee of Arrangements. Boston : Ebenezer Clapp, 7 School street, Otis Clapp, 3 Beaver street. Printed by David Clapp & Son, 334 Washington street. 1870. 8vo, pp. 67. The attendance at this family gathering was large, and a strong interest was shown in their common history. It is understood that a large genealogy is now in press and soon to be issued, which will tell all the story of this highly respectable family descended, from Capt. Roger Clap, of Dorchester. [Seaman Family.] I have a large book of six leaves, giving a record of the Seamans, descended from John S., of Hempstead, L. I. It is in the form of columns, each family and generation being thus printed out, but has few dates. There is no author's name or imprint, and the most recent date is 1841. Still I presume it to have been issued within the past five years. 334 American Genealogist. [1874. Contributions, Biographical, Genealogical and Histo- rical. By Ebenezer Weaver Pierce. . . . Boston : printed for the author, by David Clapp & Son. 1874. 8vo, pp. 443. This is a collection of genealogies, the families described being chiefly residents in the counties of Plymouth and Bristol, Mass. The names thus traced are those of Barnaby, Bartlett, Booth, Brownell, Caswell, Gardiner, Godfrey, Harlow, Howland. Haskins, Macomber, Pearce, Richmond, Rogers, Rounsevill, Sheffield, Shelley, Warren, Weaver, and Williams. INDEX. In the following lists the names of families whose histories are In distinct publications are given in small capitals ; where families are recorded subordiuately to the main genealogy, the names are given in Italics. The names of authors and other references are given in the usual type ; but where authors have written about their own families, the reference is not repeated. Attention is called to the lists of genealogies in magazines like the Register, or in town histories, as their names are not repeated in this index. Abbott, 28. Adam, 39. Adams, 33, 160, 191. Adams, 17, 111, 133. Adams, 33. Adlard, 173. Albany Settlers, 308. Alden, 336. Allien, 17. 133. Alden, 270. Allan, 231. Allen, 248, 254, 307. Allen, 133. Alvord, 184. Amory, 101. Ancestral Tablets, 351. Andrews, 307. Andrew, 236. Angell, 294. Anthon, 393. Appleton, 60,331, 311, 319. Appleton, 191, 301, 309, 223, 346, 369, 271, 284, 333. Arnold, 17. Atwater, 63. Atwood, 217. Avery, 68. Aylesworth, 30. Ayres, 367. Babcock, 160. Bacon, 35. Badcock, 201. Bailey, 335. Bainbridge, 364. Baker, 320, 271. Balcli, 96. Baldwin, 278, 294. Baldwin, 133. Barber, 193. Barker, 277. Barnaby. 196. Barry, 31. Bascom, 270. Bass, 17. Batcheller, 183. Batcheller, 313. Bayliss, 188. Beal, 199. Beardsley, 219. Bearss, 193, 277. Beers, 247. Belcher, 314. Bellows, 95. Benedict, 53, 365. Bennet, 337. Benson, 396. Bergen, 314, 339. Bergen, 333. Bessac, 183. Bethune, 318. Bigg, 339. Bill, 233. Billings, 17. Bills of Mortality, 1 0. Binney, 73. Bird, 96, 377. BiSSELL, 141. Blackstone, 131. Blaine, 333. Blake, 118. Blake, 195. Blatchford, 383. Bliss, 169. BOARDMAN, 54. Boardman, 155. Bogardus, 315. BOLLES, 204. BOLLING, 237. Bolton, 172. Boltwood, 175. Bond, 99. BoOGE, 306. Booth, 170, 261. BORDLEY, 207. BosTWiCK, 63. Boughton, 266. Bourn, 338. Boutelle, 113, 184. BowDOiN, 104, 389. Bowers, 393. Bowles, 70. Boylston, 133. Brackett, 148. Bradbury, 364. Bradbury, 337. Bradford, 58. Brainerd, 117. Brattle, 227. Breed, 292. Brewster, 111. Bridgewater Families, 12, 31. Brigham, 143. Bright, 136. Brimmer, 115. Brown, 64, 157, 194, 195, 216, 249, 388. Brown, 110, 193, 337. Bruen, 119. Buchanan, 53. Buckingham, 305. Billiard, 111. Burgess, 198. Burke, 184. Burnham, 353. Burnet, 196. Butler, 51. Caldwell, 309. Caldwell, 141. 336 Index. Campbell, 246. Canadian Families, 290. Capeii, 17. Capron, 137. Carpentek, 274. Carpenter, 130. Carey, 12. Caverne, 319. Chandler, 299. Champney, 229. Champney, 95i. Chapin, 169. Chaplin, 298. . Chapman, 82. Chapman, 188, 289, 297, 305. Chase. 232, 256. Chauncet, 9, 126. Checkley, 43. Chester, 167, 205, 210, 212,268,275. Chipman, 161, 295. Chronotype, The, 316. Clapp, 329, 333. Clark, 18, 211, 253. Clark, 266 Clark, 169. Cobb. 188. Coddington, 119. COE, 109, 147. Coffin, 93, 269. Coffin, 170. CoiT, 320. Coleman, 228. Coleman, 286. Collins, 283, 292. Con nectieut Families,^'?), 75, 110. Cook, 269. Coombs, 295. Cope, 165. Cope, 194. Copeland, 17. CORWIN, 301. Cotton, 239. Cragin, 148. Crandall, 146. Crane, 246. Crozer, 217, 332. Curtis, 253. Cnshing, 75. Cushinfr. 183, 207. Cushman, 93, 94, 142. Cutler, 233. Cutter, 286. Dalton, 313. Dana, 203. Dane, 85. Daniell, 318. Darlington, 77. Da^^enport, 65. Da\^es. 325. Davis, 236. Dawson, 317, 318. Day, 20, 40. Dean, 85, 140, 181, 291, 312, 333. Deane, 50. Deane, 64, 193. De Berdt, 96. Derby, 304. Dexter, 144. Dickinson, 200. Dike, 161. DiNSMORE, 229. Dixon, 115. DODD, 19, 196. Dodd, 13. DoiD, 247. Drake, 26. Draper, 282. Drury, 75. Du Bois, 29, 151. Du Bois, 134. Dudley, 40, 173. Duffield, 222. dumaresq,, 179. DUNNEL, 170. Dunster, 298. Durrie, 139, 190. Dutton, 284. DwiGiiT, 325. Dwight, 279. East Haven Families,!^. Eastman, 235. Edes, 277. Edson, 161. Edwards, 278. Eliot Settlers, 61. Eliot, 85. Elliott, 252. Ellis, 332. Elmer, 151. Ely, 65. Emerson, 75. Emery, 258. Eudicott, 228. Epes, 272. Essex Families, 147. Everett, 152. EwiNG, 134. Fahnestock, 181. Fairfax, 240. Faneuil, 218. Farmer, 10, 14. Farmer, 15. Farmer's Register, 15. Farrar, 77. Faxon, 24. Faxon, 132. Fenton, 231. Fessenden, 58. Field, 148, 176, 195. Field, 117. Fisher, 182, 216. FisKE, 209, 233, 234. Fitch, 247. FiTZ, 257. Flanders, 311. Fletcher, 282, 331. Flint, 149. Fogg, 61. Follansbee, 203, 261. Foote, 50, 220. Foster, 269, 284, 304, 329. FowT^ER, 118, 220, 268. Fowler, 126. Franklin, 20. Freeman, 158. French, 270. French, 17, 132. Frost, 71. Fuller, 137, 253. Fuller, 161. Gale, 192, 215. Gardner, 127. Garrison, 297. Gaylord, 296. Geer, 105. GiBBS, 27, 39. Gibson, 232, 261. Gibson, 207. Gilbert, 46, 60. Giles, 186. GiLMAN, 177, 193, 258. Gilpin, 268. Gladding, 146. Glover, 224. GODDARD, 16. Goodell, 209. Goodhue, 16. Goodwin, 264. Goodwin, 26, 50, 110. Gore, 329. Gorges, 327. Gould, 22, 304. Goulding, 111. Grace, 22. Grant, 263. Green, 131, 160. Oreen, 132. Green, 223. Greenleaf, 84. Greenough, 180. Greenough. 127. Griffin, 124. Griswold, 102. Griscom, 251. Index. 337 Grout, 125. Orout, 111. Guild, 234, 310. Hadley Families, 175. Hale, 106,249. Hall, 94. Hallock, 181. Harding, 184. Harlakenden, 187. Harris, 166. Harris, 134, 171, 227, 270, 314. Hart, 236. Hart, 79-. Hartford Families, 110. Harwood, 18. Haskell, 295. Hassam, 271. Hastings, 214. Haven, 23, 48, 49. Hayden, 141. Hayden, 132. Hayward, 177. Heacock, 251. Heacock, 226. Heath, 70. Heraldry, Elements of, 210. Heraldry, New York College o/, 316. Heraldic Journal, 209. Herrick, 28. Herrick, 261. Hildreth, 114. Hill, 88, 130. Hill, 61, 65. Hinckley, 140. Hinde, 119. HingJiam Families, 207. HiNMAN, 103. Hinman, 75, 76. Hobart, 17. H0BBS,91. Hodges, 19, 78. holbrook, 69. Holhrook, 111, 132. Holden, 137. Holgate, 44. Holmes, 198. Holt, 190, 250. Homes, 17, 195. Hooker, 83. HOSMER, 167. Houghton, 38, 261. Howe, 284. Hoyt, 113, 285. Hoyt, 325. Hubbard, 139, 305. Hubbard, 20. Hudson, 250. Hull, 253. Humphrey , 192. Hunt, 175. Huntington, 120, 179. Hurlburt, 166. Hutchins, 205. Hutchinson, 74, 121, 205, 200, 210, 268. Hyde, 187. Hyslop, 84. Indies, 115. Itidex of next of kin, 250. Ingraham, 146. Ingraham, 288. Jackson, 17. James, 321. Janes, 241. Janse, 271. Jauncey, 310. Jenks, 75. Jenner, 201. Jennings, 182, 216. Jewell, 151. Jewett,60. Jobnes, 10. JoJinsoii, 293. Jones, 53. Jones, 43, 125, 191. Josselyv, 247. JUDD, 104. Keith, 311. Kellogg, 131, 152. Kellogg, 150. Keyes, 120. Kidder, 237. KiLBOURNE, 27, 108. Kings, 218. Kingsbury, 140. Kinsman, 329. Kip, 287. Kirk, 303. Kirkpatrick, 249. Lane, 102, 114. Lapham, 309. Lawrence, 29, 41, 80, 106, 116, 135, 155, 253, 291. Leavenworth, 312. Leavitt, 80. Leck, 91. Lee, 65, 241, 303. Leland, 59. Leonard, 64. Leonard, 73. Leverett, 57, 107. Levering, 125. Lewis, 180. Lexington Families, 250 . 43 Lincoln, 199. Litchfield, 88. Little, 70. Lloyd, 274. Locke, 81. Locke, 331. LooMis, 267, 329. LuDwiG, 213. Lyman, 200, 292, 300. Mc Cord, 223. McKiNSTRY, 129, 210. Macy, 242. Macy, 269. Makepeace, 126. Mapleson, 210. Marbury, 210. Marshal], 263. Marston, 309. Martin, 12. Marvin, 41. Mather, 42. Maule, 247. Mead, 241. Meade, 122. Medford Families, 97. Mendenhall, 201. Merrick, 157. Merrill, 192. Messinger, 180. Messinger, 140, 180. Metcalf, 230. Metcalf 166. Mifflin, 207. Miles, 21. Mills, 132. Miner, 156. MiNSHULL, 222. Mitchell, 140. Mitchell, 21. Montgomery, 177. Moody, 29, 61. Morey, 166. Morgan, 256. Morgan, 68. Morris, 79. Moiris-town (N. J.), 10. Morse, 56. Morse, 67, 88, 98, 111, 125, 143, 162, 184, 233. MuDGE, 208, 237: Munroe, 331. MUNSELL, 141. Munsell, 271, 318. Mygatt, 79. Nash, 58, 78. Nason, 141. Neal, 109. Neill, 240. 338 Index. Nelson, 289. Newcomb, 324. Newcomb, 277. Newman, 144. New England Families, (Savage), 158. New York Families, (Ho] gate), 44. Niles, 132. Noble, 58. North, 152. northend, 322. Norton, 48, 138. Notes, 161. Odin, 132. Olcott, 26, 326. Oliver, 206, 222, 243. Olider,l\b. Olmstead, 258. Otis, 61, 62. Ott, 146. OXNARD, 259. Packard, 303. Paine, 124. Paine, 17. Painter, 252. Painter, 222, 268. Park, 92. Park, 24, 183. Parsons, 71, 130, 220. Passaic Valley {N. J.) Families, 70. Patterson, 29, 226. Patterson, 198, 306. Patridge, 200. Payne, 329. Peabodt, 228. Peabody, 145. Pearson, 308. Pease, 259, 260. Pease, 41. Peck, 24:j. Peirce, 196, 266, 325. Peirce, 195. Peirce, 196, 334. Pelletreatj, 182. Penn, 286. Pennington, 278. Penoyer, 266. Penniman, 132. Pepperrell, 71 Perkins, 154, 298. Perkins, 179, 209. Phelps, 172. Phcenix, 227. PlERPONT, 247. Piper, 49. Pitman, 208, 244. Pocahontas, 238, 239. Pond, 314. Poor, 233, 235. Pope, 171,231. Porter, 23, 85. Potts, 321. Pratt, 156, 188. Preble, 62, 245. Preble, 259. Prentice, 72. Prescott, 273. Prescott, 311. Preston, 23, 191, 192. Preston, 282. Price, 204. Prime, 311. Provoost, 328. Putnam, 130. Purple, 328. Qdincy,22.117. Randall, 248, 332. Ranney, 217. Rawlins, 267,322. Rawson, 47. Record, N. Y. Gen. and Biog., 276. Record for Families, 250. Redpield, 19, 149. Reed, 164. Reed, 96. Register, N. E. His. and Oen., 34. Reyner, 114. Reynolds, 315. Rice, 133, 134. Richards, 162. Richardson, 132. Richardson, 148. RiDDELL, 74. Riplet, 215, 230. ROBBINS, 24. KoBiNSON, 18, 145. Robinson, 223. Rockwell, 73. rockwood, 103. RockiDood, 111. Rogers, 68, 167. Rollins, 323 Root, 273. Ross, 266. Rosel, 144. Roxbury Families, 70. Runnels, 315. Sapford, 18. Salkeld, 226. Sampson, 190. Sanborn, 106. Sanford, 218. Sanger, 67. Sanger, 111. Sargent, 125, 287. Sargent, 121, 323. Savage, 158. Sawin, 225. Sayles, 255. Schenectady Families, 308. Schroeder, 54. Schuyler, 318. Scranton, 95. Seaman, 333. Sears, 88, 123. Seaver, 299. Sharples, n. Shattuck, 90. Sheldon, 97. Shelton, 115. Sheppard, 312. Sheppard, 180, 202, 321, 287. Sherborn Families, 98. Shippen, 96. Shrewsbury Families, 33. Shrimpton, 84. Shurtleff, 57, 199. SiGOURNEY, 115. Sill, 90, 145. Sirnpkinson, 153. Sims, 144, 266. Simsbury {Conn.) Fami- lies, 110. Slapter, 257. Smith, 47, 73, 266. Smith, 39, 88, 182, 194, 195, 203, 216, 217, 232, 249, 250, 261, 266. Sohier, 115. Somerby, 88, 116, 142. 239, 244. Southold {L. I.), Fami- lies, 124. Spalding. 297. Sparhawk, 201. Spofford, 66. Spooner, 287. Spotswood, 246. Sprague, 14, 30. Stafford, 265. Stafford, 130. Stebbins, 9. Steele, 139. Steele, 111. Stetson, 31. Stewart, 293, 329. Stickney, 262. Stiles, 143, 176. Stiles, 141, 247. Stoddard, 48, 204. Stone, 215. Index. 339 Stone, 149. 266. Stow, 329. Stranahan, 247. Street, 79. Strong, 279. Stubbs, 30;^. Sumner, 83, 292. Sumner, 168. SWETT, 66. Symmes, 313. Symonds, 272. Taintor, 31, 142. Tanguay, 290. Tappan, 17. Tappan, 195. Taylor, 166. Temple, 104, 289. Thatcher, 262, 306. Thayer, 17. Thayer, 132. Thomas, 258. Thompson, 88. Thomson, 22. TliorQton,60,66,70,258. Thurber, 226. Thurston, 208, 245. Thurston, 244. Todd, 223. TOPPAN, 170. Tottenham, 215. Towne, 237. Townley.'i^i. Townsend, 197, 326. Tracy, 187. Trask, 74, 83, 188, 277, 299. Trowbridge, 86, 297. Tucker, 67. Turner, 75. TUTHILL, 226. Tuttle, 310. Tuttle, 139. Twitchell, 111. Upham, 25. Upton, 319. Usher, 263. Vail, 123. Van Brunt, 233. Vassall, 171. Vaughan, 202. Vickery, 197. Vinton, 130, 132. Vinton, 186, 190, 313, 319. Virginia Families, 122. Waldo, 191. Waldron, 215. Wales, 17. Walker, 162. Walworth. 187. Ward, 69, 333. Ward, 33, 133. Ware, 73. Warren, 86, 318. Washington, 153, 168, 212. Watertoion Families, 99. W ATKINS, 55. Watson, 193, 197. Weaver, 231. Webster, 18. Weisse, 218. Welles, 42, 323. Wellman, 229. Wells, 321. Wells, 160. Wentworth, 57, 275. West, 196. Wetmore, 163. Wheatland, 231. Wheeler, 12. Whipple, 112, 114. White, 150, 183, 295. White, 17, 132. Whiting, 290. Whitman, 16. Whitmore,89, 225, 328. Whitmore, 89, 94, 97, 104, 114, 117, 138, 156, 186, 197, 206, 209, 210, 251, 252, 263, 267, 288, 313, 314, 327, 329, 330. Whitney, 116, 134,142, 154, 155. Whitney, 92, 207. Whittier, 309. Whittlesey, 92. Wigglesworth, 181, 291. Wight, 43. Wilbur, 278. Wilcox, 327. Wilder, 221. Wilkinson, 255. WiLLARD, 129. Wllliams, 32. Willis, 332. Willis, 128, 210. Willoughby, 194, 217 Wilson, 217. Wilson, 293. WiNCHELL, 264. Winsloio, 180. WiNSOR, 32. Winthrop, 185, 186, 219,289,320. Wiswall, 145. Witter, 307. Wolff, 181. Wood, 282. Woodman, 93, 102,328. Worcester, 105. WoRDLEN, 247. Wyman, 331. Wyman, 175. Wynkoop, 218. Wynne, 227, 239, 332. Yale, 57. Yeamans, 84. Young, 215. ERRATA. The following mistakes have been noticed, and the reader is asked to make the correc- tions as well as to excuse such other errors as he may detect. Obvious misprints are not mentioned. Page 115. The second paragraph beginning " Mr. Dixon has devoted" etc., belongs to the nest notice, that of Shblton. " 203. In line 7 Thomas Jenner was brother, not son., of John. " 209. In line 7 "already" should be "hereafter, p. 234." " 217. 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