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I inadvertently ordered the wrong book, and this merchant facilitated an exchange for me.I will definitely buy from her again! ... Read more

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Under the first charter of the Massachusetts Colony, only freemen of the Colonyhad the right to vote or hold public office. Such were admitted freemen who could fulfill therequirements of the Freeman's Oath in matters of church membership and state allegiance.Between 1630 and 1691, some 4,500 men were admitted freemen, the ancestors of nearlythree-fourths of the inhabitants of 18th and 19th century New England.

This is a complete list of those freemen, arranged chronologically by the date of the meetings ofthe General or Quarterly Court at which they were admitted, with a citation to the volume andpage number of the Colonial Records in which the data appears. Originally published as "List ofFreemen," it appeared in Vol. III of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register(1849) in four successive numbers. Here they are combined in one volume, with an added index,and a new title. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Four men with the surname Whipple were in the American colonies by the early 1630s. This book is about one of those men: "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts and his 6,880 American descendants, covering 15 generations. In addition to these lineages, the book offers a social history of various family members beginning with John's father, Matthew, Sr., a successful Clothier of Bocking, Essex Co., England who was born about 1560.

Many of the most prominent families of early colonial America married into the Whipple family. Included in the pages of this book are members of the Dea. Simon Stone family of Great Bromley, England and Watertown, Mass.; Samuel Appleton of Little Waldingfield, England and Ipswich; William Goddard of London and Watertown; Thomas Hinckley, last govenor of Plymouth colony; Humphrey Reynor of England and Rowley; Daniel Denison , major general of the Massachusetts colony; Dr. Comfort Starr of Canbrook, Kent Co., England and Suffolk Co., Mass.; Dea. William Goodhue of England and Ipswich; Job Lane of England and Malden Mass.; etc.

A full biography of general William Whipple, New Hampshire singer of the Declaration of Independence, is presented. Other biographies include president Calvin Coolidge; Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross; James Russell Lowell, author and diplomat; Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; professor Albert Enoch Pillsburry who taught consitutional law at Boston university; and many other. ... Read more

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Serving as a home, an inn and a hotel for almost three hundred years, this house has taken in much of the town of Barnstable's history including its people--some for eternity! Whether or not you believe in ghosts, the documentation and testimonies surrounding the history of this house raise the question: Do spiritual entities really exist? This story comes to life in 1713 and takes you right up to the present day. It covers the history and genealogy of many of the ancient families of the Cape Cod area, including Paine, Howes, Davis, Savage, and Shaw, and documents the owners of the Barnstable house over the years. Several stories of ghostly encounters are recorded here, including firsthand and newspaper accounts. A spooky Halloween treat! 2003, 5½ x 8½, paper, index, 138 pp. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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This eight-generation genealogy of the Eaton line begins with the immigrant John Eaton and his wife Anne, who first established themselves in the new grant of Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1640. In 1646, the family left their elder son John with the Salisbury land, and moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where their younger son Thomas would receive the new land divisions after the parents' death.

The Rev. William H. Eaton (1818-1896) designed this work as an extension of his fine four-generation treatment of this line, published in the 1880s. He died, however, well before its completion. The old manuscript was found, modernized, and completed by Philip E. Converse. The genealogy is patrilineal, and covers some ninth-generation Eatons who lived the bulk of their lives before 1850. About 5,000 descendants are numbered, and biographical texts of varying length are provided for a majority of the males, along with information about daughter's marriages where available. One long appendix attempts to identify all Eatons (not only from John and Anne) listed in the Federal Censuses from 1790 to 1850 in Northern New England, or the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The identification rate for Eaton sightings is over 85% in each state, so this appendix will be of interest to descendants of the several other Eaton lineages who came to New England during the Great Migration, some of whom migrated northward from Plymouth and the Boston area. This volume includes 15 sidebars giving some context about the local challenges these Eaton generations encountered in New England, along with 10 maps, and indexes for Eaton names and cognate surnames mentioned. ... Read more

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This handy guidebook to existing published works belongs in the library of anyone searching for their New England ancestors, or researching Massachusetts family histories and genealogies. The author has researched and compiled this valuable bibliographic ... Read more

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People know who they are by fixing themselves in place and time. They keep the past in numerous ways—not simply by writing histories but also by telling stories, creating pictures, collecting memorabilia, preserving old homes, and tracing genealogies. As Michael C. Batinski shows in this imaginative study, the pastkeepers of Deerfield, Massachusetts, have long illustrated this human yearning to connect with past and place. For five centuries people in this small New England town have passed stories from one generation to the next, preserved homes, and established one of the nation’s first historical societies and local history museums.

Like many small places in the American landscape, Batinski points out, Deerfield does not fit into the history we learn in textbooks. With the exception of the famous French and Indian raid on the town in 1704, nothing of national significance has happened there. Yet that has not diminished the interest of local inhabitants in establishing and maintaining a vital connection to the past.

Different groups, from Native Pocumtuck to Puritan settlers to the grandchildren of Polish immigrants, have told the Deerfield story in varied and sometimes conflicting ways, each drawing on the past to shape its own sense of collective identity. Together their efforts at pastkeeping reveal how people organize and explain the motion of time, why they feel it important to pass on family stories, and why they keep family heirlooms. In doing so, Batinski argues, they illustrate why the preservation of the past remains a civic concern to us all. ... Read more

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pastkeepers in a small place
This is an excellent book about keeping family heritage alive. I purchased the book not knowing what it was about but because the author is a cousin of my son-in law. It turned out to be compelling reading.

Not just another history book
The author has done something quit different in regards to a social history book.He gives a smooth chronological history of Deerfield through stories,but adds in the five why's of why did people pass down,save and write about their history.Deerfield's history was not really that exciting except for a few brief battles during ,King Philips War and Queen Annes War,but that didn't stop the residents from telling and re-telling their stories.I've always been a fan of Deerfield, both visiting and reading about the tales,this book just makes the place a little more special. Again, well worth the price of admission. ... Read more