Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by Donald Lines Jacobus and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1976 with total page 2068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by Donald Lines Jacobus and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield in Three Books written by and published by Clearfield. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield in Three Books Volume II written by and published by Clearfield. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by D. L. Jacobus and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 2051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Additions and Corrections to History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield written by Donald Lines Jacobus and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Fairfield Fairfield County Connecticut From the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818 Volume 1 written by Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In accepting the task of compiling the history of a town, rich with historic lore, the author was fully sensible of the labor connected with it; but she resolved to go bravely on and accomplish all that health, perseverance, research and industry, would eventually achieve. Fairfield is her native town, and in Southport, which is a part of it, she was born. For over two hundred years her ancestors have lived and died within the limits of the township. On the hill which summoned the inhabitants of Green's Farms, by the beating of a drum, to the meeting-house on the Lord's day, her honored father, the late Jonathan Godfrey, was born. Her great grandfather, Lieutenant Nathan Godfrey, of Colonel Whiting's company, fought the battles of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. On her mother's side, she is a direct descendant of Richard Hubbell and of Joshua Jennings, and on both sides of the house of the Couch family. The blood which nerved some of the bravest men and women of Fairfield to deeds of courage, endurance, and military and political achievements, runs in her veins. It therefore, has proved no reluctant task for her to write the history of the men and women who took part in the settlement of New England, and more particularly of Fairfield. It is at all times interesting to study the history of our New England ancestry, which, like the seed of Abraham, has become throughout the vast domain of the United States, in numbers like unto the sands upon the sea-shore: and for their intelligence, sound religious principles, thrift, ingenuity, indomitable perseverance and industry, they are honored by all the nations of the earth. Therefore, to write of their political and military prowess, their religious views, their manners and customs, will prove interesting to all who love old Fairfield. This is book one of two of this series and presents the years 1639 through 1700.
Download or read book History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County Connecticut Eastern New York Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania from A D 1180 to 1900 written by Spencer P. Mead and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont, And Western Pennsylvania, From A.D. 1180 To 1900 by Spencer Percival Mead, first published in 1901, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book The Ancestry of Henry James Lawless Jr Book Two Maternal Ancestry written by and published by E J Kennedy. This book was released on with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genealogies of Connecticut Families written by Judith McGhan and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1983 with total page 2456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Escaping Salem written by Richard Godbeer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Salem witch hunt of 1692 is among the most infamous events in early American history; however, it was not the only such episode to occur in New England that year. Escaping Salem reconstructs the "other witch hunt" of 1692 that took place in Stamford, Connecticut. Concise and accessible, the book takes students on a revealing journey into the mental world of early America, shattering the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. Drawing on eyewitness testimony, Richard Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. Escaping Salem takes us inside the Connecticut courtroom and into the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford townspeople. Were the pain and screaming due to natural or supernatural causes? Was Branch simply faking the symptoms? And if she was indeed bewitched, why believe her specific accusations, since her information came from demons who might well be lying? For the judges, Godbeer shows, the trial was a legal thicket. All agreed that witches posed a real and serious threat, but proving witchcraft (an invisible crime) in court was another matter. The court in Salem had become mired in controversy over its use of dubious evidence. In an intriguing chapter, Godbeer examines Magistrate Jonathan Selleck's notes on how to determine the guilt of someone accused of witchcraft, providing an illuminating look at what constituted proof of witchcraft at the time. The stakes were high--if found guilty, the two accused women would be hanged. In the afterword, Godbeer explains how he used the trial evidence to build his narrative, offering an inside perspective on the historian's craft. Featuring maps, photos, and a selected bibliography, Escaping Salem is ideal for use in undergraduate U.S. survey courses. It can also be used for courses in colonial American history, culture, and religion; witchcraft in the early modern world; and crime and society in early America.
Download or read book Revolutionary War Records of Fairfield Connecticut written by Donald Lines Jacobus and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coombs Family History written by and published by Copyright held by Jan Gregoire Coombs. This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of immigrants from the British Isles who settled in New England and Virginia, and whose progeny were among the first settlers in Wisconsin.
Download or read book Prominent Families of New York written by Lyman Horace Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pulling Up Roots written by Christopher Eiben and published by Christopher J Eiben. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulling Up Roots: Book One follows a remarkable line of descent of Edmund Rootes, an educated gentleman who died penniless on September 13, 1613 in Ashford, England, leaving his young family in desperate financial circumstances. The Rootes family suffered but persevered. In 1635, Edmund’s three sons, Puritans, after enduring years of religious oppression, left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Upon their arrival in America, the Rootes boys settled in Salem, then more shantytown than village. Over the next fifty years, Salem grew into a commercially important seaport—and a troubled community that would become forever infamous for its witch trials and public executions in 1692. Among those falsely accused and cruelly punished was elderly Susannah Rootes. By the end of the 17th century, the Rootes family had uprooted again, moving away from Massachusetts, first to Connecticut and then on to the wilderness of Vermont. The Rootes family story provides a unique look at the evolution of America from a fragile English outpost to an independent nation—seen from the perspective of one family compelled by circumstances and chance to continue moving on and experiencing more of the young and growing country. A family history—particularly one going back centuries—faces the difficult task of telling the stories of people who are now largely unknowable. This book begins with Edmund Rootes. Who was he really? What was he like? Kind or callous? Good-natured or sullen? Handsome or hideous? We cannot know. But we can draw inferences by learning more about what these long-gone people experienced. By examining shreds of evidence from aged records and linking them with the sweep history, the dead gradually come into focus. Christopher Eiben is a writer and historical researcher who lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
