"Volume 1 contains data on the descendants of twelve Mayflower families, John Alden through Samuel Fuller, while Volume 2 continues with eleven Mayflower families, Stephen Hopkins through Edward Winslow. Within these covers will be found data on approximately 50,000 ancestors. As well as baptisms, births, deaths and burials, the cemetery is often named and in some cases cause of death, occupation and address at death ... "--Introduction.
"Volume 1 contains data on the descendants of twelve Mayflower families, John Alden through Samuel Fuller, while Volume 2 continues with eleven Mayflower families, Stephen Hopkins through Edward Winslow. Within these covers will be found data on approximately 50,000 ancestors. As well as baptisms, births, deaths and burials, the cemetery is often named and in some cases cause of death, occupation and address at death...."Introd., p. ix.
"Volume 1 contains data on the descendants of twelve Mayflower families, John Alden through Samuel Fuller, while Volume 2 continues with eleven Mayflower families, Stephen Hopkins through Edward Winslow. Within these covers will be found data on approximately 50,000 ancestors. As well as baptisms, births, deaths and burials, the cemetery is often named and in some cases cause of death, occupation and address at death...."Introd., p. ix.
The material covered in this thirty-four volume series includes essentially everything of interest to researchers studying the Mayflower passengers, the first few generations of their progeny, and others who settled in the many towns they established in southeastern Massachusetts. The volumes in this series contain extensive transcriptions of original records, as well as compiled genealogies, and related historical articles. Volume XXX contains: Massachusetts Society proceedings; the diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.; Mayflower births, marriages and deaths in Thomas Prince's "Chronological History of New-England;" church records for Truro, Massachusetts; Mayflower memorial funds; Barnstable County probate records; deed grantee: Samuel Swift; deed grantor: Josiah Swift; numerous wills and inventories from Atwood to Wood; vital records of: Barnstable, Duxbury, Halifax, Marshfield, Middleborough, Plymouth, Sandwich, and Truro, Massachusetts; vital records of Plymouth Colony; and much more. Indices to subjects, persons and places enhance the text.
This is the last of a three-book series that includes Mayflower Marriages and the two-volume Mayflower Births & Deaths . It is a compilation of deeds and probate records extracted and transcribed from the renowned Bowman Files. The several thousand deed abstracts provide such information as name, occupation, and residence; date, sale, price, acreage, and location of the land; and witnesses and date of recording. The will abstracts include bequests to friends and family, descriptions of personal real estate...
