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Genealogy of old Connecticut families
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Title
Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].
Physical Description
1 v. (300 leaves) ; 16 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Tipped in: dealer's description of manuscript.
Seventeen leaves at the beginning left blank.
Laid in at p. 178: newspaper clipping of "the only complete record now existing of citizens of Southington who enlisted in the late War of the Rebellion."
Laid in at p. 341: small square of embroidered cloth.
Paper blind-embossed stamp: Congress J. Smith.
Binding: machine-grain black morocco.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Jantzen, April 1964.
Summary
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of genealogies of families of Curtiss, Barnes, Newell, Potter, Woodruff, and Hart in Connecticut, particularly from the towns of Southington and Farmington. The volume includes copies of wills; land deeds; detailed accounts of where they resided; and personal anecdotes, including family members' involvement in religious activities; the American Revolution; and the Civil War. The manuscript notes the marriage of Hawkins Hart of Wallingford to Mary Widow of Street, "grand daugthter of Rev John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians, Author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language ..."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 11, 2008
References
Gad Andrews, Genealogy of Old Connecticut Families. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Gad Andrews, Genealogy of Old Connecticut Families. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Genealogies (histories)
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