The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 47, 1893Heritage Books, 2016 M09 29 - 610 pages This quarterly journal, commonly called simply "The Register," is certainly the oldest, and arguably the best, genealogical periodical published in the United States. Within its volumes researchers will find some of the most valuable genealogical compilations and source record transcriptions to be found anywhere. It is difficult, one might even say foolhardy, to attempt to do research on New England families without reference to this important series. However, copies of the original editions of these volumes are becoming increasingly difficult to find, so Heritage Books has reprinted the early volumes of this important serial in order to make them more accessible to the rank and file genealogist. Each volume has an index, and in addition, a comprehensive index to the first fifty volumes is also available. In the description below it is only possible to touch on some of the main articles--each volume also contains much additional material. Register, Volume XLVII, 1893 Genealogies: Dolbeare; Weaver (New York); Snow; Crane; Gillet; Aspinwall; Jones; Remick; Hooker. Biographical sketches: Gen. Nathaniel Peabody; Griffith Bowen; John Mousall; Thomas Venner. Other records: memoir of Nathaniel Foster Safford; certificates of Head Rights in Virginia; memoir of Gen. William Hull; letters of Col. Thomas Westbrook; Mather family wills; memoir of Jeremiah Colburn; New Jersey cavalry 1794. |
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... say , however , that he bore an excellent reputation so far as I can remember , and all my im- pressions of him , in memory , are very pleasant . Upon graduation from college Mr. Safford began the study of law in the office of Hon ...
... say whether they are founded on fact . Page 65. " The statement is made that Col. Richard Lee built Ditchley House . This is incorrect , as the dwelling in question was erected by his grandson Hancock . " The above is a slip on the part ...
... say more than this as we do not know where to find the original . " Nine members of the Langley stock . " Mr. Lea I know uses the expression " Langley stock " to denote the Lees of Shropshire , but the phrase is in this place a little ...
... says " This comes with Expresses to yr Honour from Col Westbrook . I can't inform y ' Hon ' any Thing more but what offers here ; one tarbox Lost a son by 9 Indians on our Plains [ ] Dayes since & Carried of his Scalp . We , alarmed ...
... says , that he has no clerk , neither any man in his fort who knows any thing about his affairs . And yet he says , that his fort is guarded and he can defend it if assaulted . " Y Hon " will not blame me if I do come . " Much that ...