Author: Frederick Alexander Canfield

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781333600075

Excerpt from A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey This task was not commenced a minute too soon, as the last traces of tradition, necessary in several instances to enable the compiler to classify and fasten the many isolated names on the proper branches of the family tree, were memories in the posses sion of elderly people, nearly all of whom have passed away. In some families the lack of records and tradition, as to events and dates, at one time formed a cloud so dense, that it seemed to be impenetrable, but gradually as one fact after another was placed in its proper position, the atmosphere became clear and the task easier. It is a pleasure to record that, while a few individuals were indifferent, there was but one family that displayed a positive objection to this genealogy. Fortunately this family could not withhold the records of its ancestors, who formed a distinguished and honorable line of descent for seven generations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.