"... I wish to acknowledge, to the fullest extent, my obligation to Mr. D. Williams Patterson ... who has been my assistant since 1873. Not only has he acted as my amanuensis ... but he has also added largely to the bulk and value of the book by his own researches, especially in the female lines"--Preface, p. vii of v. 1. Henry Whitney (1620?-1673?) emigrated by 1649 from England to Southold, Long Island, New York. He moved to Huntington, Long Island,...

William Hickocks (d.ca.1645) and his family emigrated from England to Farmington, Connecticut. "William...was one of the original settlers of Farmington, Conn. Purchased home lot, and died soon after 1645; he married Elizabeth, who died 3 August 1655, who came to Hartford from Massachusetts, in 1648, removed to Farmington and died in 1653."--p. 5. Descendants lived in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois,...

Richard Cater was born ca. 1611 at Kingsware, Devonshire, England. He married three times and was the father of at least seven children, 1632-ca. 1649. The family immigrated to America ca. 1635. They lived at Bloody Point (Dover), New Hampshire, and later at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He died after February 1679. Descendants listed, chiefly some ot the descendants of Richard Cater, Jr. lived in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Washington...

Joseph Mecham was born 15 June 1780 in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire. His parents were Samuel Mecham and Phebe Main. He married Sarah Basford (1772-1838), daughter of Jonathan Basford and Sarah or Rachel, 6 September 1801. They had six children. Joseph died in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Utah, Idaho, Arizona and California. Includes Mecham ancestry and genealogical data in England to about...

John Harmon (b.ca.1639) married Elizabeth Cummings and moved from Saco, Maine to York, Maine. Descendants lived in Maine, Massachusetts and elsewhere.

Ashbel and Aaron Shepard and their wives and families moved from Newbury, Massachusetts to Greensboro, Vermont in 1789. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, Wisconsin, Kansas and elsewhere.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Hinman (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Germany, and Ireland. Some allied families came from Bulgaria. Focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of Sgt. Edward Hinman, Sr. (d. 1681) who left England in 1650 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut. Edward married Hannah Stiles in 1652, and had eight children. Another ancestor was John...

Descendants of Reinikka brothers Henrik (1694-1760) and Pehr (1700-1766) of Finland. Many emigrated to United States between 1880-1910 and settled in Astoria, Oregon. Descendants and relatives lived in Finland, Oregon, Washington, Utah and elsewhere.

Details as to the country of origin (possibly England), parentage, date of arrival in America etc., for William Johnson of Charlestown, Massachusetts are uncertain. However, amid the uncertainty surrounding the early life of William Johnson, the author of this book, Eleanore Johnson Baker, states there are some facts that are known about him. "On January 3, 1634 the selectmen of Charlestown assessed him for several parcels of land. This must indicate...