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The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 — Volume II, Bi-By

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This second volume in the third series of the Great Migration Study Project contains new research to uncover the details of 121 immigrants with surnames beginning with Bi to By who came to New England between 1636 and 1638 and appear in the Great Migration Directory. Sketches include details on origin, previous residences, migration, first residence, removes, return trips, occupation, church membership, freeman status, education, offices held, estate, birth, death, marriage, children, associations, and an expanded comments section.

E-book Edition of Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 6th Edition

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This new full-color edition is an extensive update of an indispensable resource for those researching in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Research basics, unique resources, repository locations, and county and town information (maps, dates established, parent counties, parent and daughter towns, other names, and more) are now uniformly presented for each state. This user-friendly redesign also restores useful information from the 4th edition such as earlier probate districts in Connecticut.

Edited by Rhonda R. McClure

Ancestors and Descendants of William Joseph Finn

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Vibrant threads of ambition and persistence run through the five Finn generations detailed in this truly American story. This volume traces the line of descent from Peter Finn (ca. 1800–ca. 1847), a tenant farmer in County Longford, Ireland, through three generations, to the eleven children of William Joseph and Katherine Irene (Mullen) Finn of Canton, Massachusetts. William (1881–1942) was a Canton textile mill owner whose grandfather, James Finn (1825–1871), left Ireland for Massachusetts, alone, in 1841 as a teenage pauper.

Ancestors and Descendants of DANIEL GOODWIN of Kittery, Maine — with Allied Lines

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The surname Goodwin, meaning “God’s friend,” originated in medieval times in England. Thomas Putman Goodwin’s ancestors were spirited risk-takers: early planters, seafarers, fishermen, and entrepreneurs. Their story is one of determination, capability, and courage. Thomas is a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins through Elizabeth (Kenney) Goodwin, the sixth-generation daughter-in-law of Thomas’s immigrant ancestor, Daniel Goodwin of Yoxford, Suffolk, England.

A Thorndike Family History, Descendants of John and Elizabeth (Stratton) Thorndike

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John Thorndike was born in England about 1605. His parents were Francis Thorndike and Alice Coleman. John was one of the first settlers of Agawam, Massachusetts, in 1633. He married Elizabeth Stratton in 1637 and they had five daughters and one son. Their son, Paul (1643-1698), married Mary Patch in 1668 in Beverly, Massachusetts, and the couple had seven children. Descendants lived mainly in Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Illinois.

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