OFFICERS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. REV. JOSEPH B. FELT, President. NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, M. D., Vice President. WM. B. TRASK, Librarian. Neither the Publisher nor the Publishing Committee are to be held responsible for the facts or opinions contained in any article not accompanied by their names; nor for the facts or opinions of any article without the name of its donor, any further than the belief that they are worthy of publication. The publisher of the Register is prepared to execute all kinds of Book and JOB PRINTING. His office is furnished with new type, and has been selected with care. Persons wishing to have printing done, of any description, will please leave their orders with William B. Trask, Esq., at the office of publication, No. 11 1-2 Tremont Row. CORRECTION.-Among the list of donations on page 100, for N. Wyman, read N. Wyman, Jr. Historical & Genealogical Register This work was commenced in 1847, under the direction and patronage of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, with a view to enable the society the better to accomplish its design of preserving the early Records of New England, and to make available to the public its Historic and Genealogical collections, for the benefit of indi- viduals by enabling them to trace their ancestry, and of the community by the discovery and establishment of important facts in the history or antiquities of the country. With the present year it enters upon its sixth volume. Though it has thus far been patronized by many of the most enlightened and literary portion of the public, it is highly desirable that its circulation should be essentially extended, so that its usefulness may be increased both to the community at large, and to the society, as an auxiliary in its efforts to pre- serve and illustrate New England History and Biography. To preserve those records of the past which are fast falling into decay, whether of individuals, of families, of committees or churches, is a duty which the present genera- tion owes to posterity. This journal was established for this purpose. It therefore has a claim upon all for support, while at the same time it offers much to interest, not only the antiquarian, but the general reader. The great and increasing interest which is felt now in the subjects to which it is devoted, leads the Publisher to hope that a more liberal patronage may be extended to it, that it may become still more successful The plan adopted for the general Contents of the work is as follows: 1. Names, circumstances, and professions of the First Settlers of all the early settled 2. Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the Early Settlers, from the earliest Town and 3. Catalogues of Names found in ancient Documents, as also the Documents them- selves, when they are found to contain important facts illustrative of History and An- tiquities, or the lives and actions of our Ancestors. 4. Abstracts of Wills, Settlements of Estates, Deeds and Conveyances ;—Such por- tions of Old English History, Genealogies, and Antiquities, as are necessary for the il- lustration of those of New England. 5. Descriptions of the Dwellings, Household Utensils, Implements of Husbandry, Warlike Implements, Costumes, &c., belonging to the earliest times to which the an- cestry of Families may be traced. 6. Inscrptions from Tombs, Monuments, and Tablets of Cemeteries; Ancient Epitaphs, Tables of Longevity, Armorial Bearings, and Heraldic Devices. 7. Genealogical and Biographical Accounts of Persons who came to North America, especially to New England, before 1700; showing from what places in Europe they came, their Families there, and their Descendants in this country. 8. Histories of the early settled Towns, Counties, and Parishes in New England; and those settled by New England people and their Descendants, in other parts of the The work is published quarterly, by THOMAS PRINCE, 11 1-2 Tremont Row, Bos- ton, (to whom all communications should be addressed,) at TWO DOLLARS a year, payable in advance. Any person sending the names of five new subscribers, with the Journal of an Expedition against Quebec, with Notes, Genealogy of the Ware Family, Oates of Yarmouth, Abstract of the Will of Capt. Robert Keayne, (concluded,) Ipswich Grammar School, (concluded,) 145 150 152 159 Dorchester Inscriptions, (continued,) Early Records of Boston, (Roxbury, continued,) Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in Plymouth, (continued,) Subscribers to Prince's Chronology, Brief Genealogical Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers, Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk, Marriages and Death, Notices of New Publications, Corrections and Explanations, List of New Members, American Family History. MR. BURKE'S New Genealogical and Heraldic Work, "The Visitation of Seats and Arms," now being published in parts, by COLBURN & Co., of London, contains much curious and valuable information connected with the pedigrees of the leading families of the United States. Part II, price ten shillings and sixpence, illustrated with Views and Arms, will be ready on the first of May. Orders should be at once given. COLBURN & CO., 13 Great Marlborough Street, London. AGENTS FOR THE New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Albany-Weare C. Little & Co. Nashville, Tenn.-Charles W. Smith. New York.-Chas. S. Francis & Cc. Springfield-J. G. Chase. Taunton-F. S. Munroe. Washington, D. C.-Robert Farnham. REV. JOSEPH B. FELT, President. NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, M. D., Vice President. WM. B. TRASK, Librarian. Donations in books, papers, &c. have been received for the Society's Library, since January 1st, from the following sources, viz. American Antiquarian Society; Gen. Samuel Andrews; George Adams; John Aiken ; Boston City Government; J. B. Bright; F. H. C. Blanchard; Wm. G. Brooks; John Dean; B. Homer Dixon, Esq.; Samuel G. Drake; Hon. John Davis; Hon. Edward Everett; Rev. Joseph B. Felt; Hon. Timothy Farrar; Henry Gassett; Samuel A. Green; Rev. Frederic T. Gray; Dr. Luther M. Harris; Guy C. Haynes; Frederic Kidder; James S. Loring; John G. Locke, Esq.; Rev. Alvah Lamson, D. D.; T. R. Marvin; Benja. B. Mussey & Co.; Joseph Moulton; Charles B. Norton; Hon. C. E. Potter; Pennslyvania Historical Society; Prof. Edwards Park; John W. Parker; Benjamin P. Richardson; Rev. George Richards; Abner Rice; Henry Stevens, Esq.; N. B. Shurtleff, M. D.; Horatio G. Somerby, Esq.; George H. Tucker, M. D.; J. Wingate Thornton, Esq.; Wm. B. Trask; Thomas B. Wyman, Jr.; Wm. Whiting, Esq.; Miss C. Whiting; Rev. Erastus Wentworth; Hon. Marshall P. Wilder; Hon. Amasa Walker; Thomas Waterman; N. Wyman, Jr. GENEALOGICAL. We learn that Rev. H. O. Sheldon, of Berea, O., a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society, has in hands of Printer, a Ms. list of the Sheldons in America. It numbers near fourteen thousand lineal descendants of one family; containing many interesting lists of lines from female branches. The Index of Sons-in-law of other names is over 1900, as Adams, Allen, Arnold, Bradley, Clark, Cook, Edwards, Greene, Harmon, Hoyt, Hanchet, King, Lyman, Marsh, Phelps, Strong, Taylor, Thayer, Wells, Williams, &c. &c. The design is to print an edition of some 500 copies of the list alone, to be sent to as many places for corrections and emendations, before publishing the whole work, which will be Biographical, Historical, and Genealogical. EARLY RECORDS.-The "North Bridgewater Gazette," is devoting a column or two of each No. to printing the Records of Bridgewater, beginning Nov. 3, 1656. The "Woburn Journal," is publishing, weekly, the recorded Births, in that Town, from 1641 to 1843, to be followed by the early Marriages and Deaths. |