Nantucket Genealogies
Nantucket Genealogies

Author: Alexander Starbuck

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0806351063

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The island of Nantucket was settled in the 1640s by English Puritans who had grown discontented with the rule of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. This work consists of detailed genealogies of the majority of the First Purchasers of Nantucket (the original owners of the island, as they were called). It is excerpted from Alexander Starbuck's much longer "History of Nantucket County, Island, and Town," constituting the final 200 pages of that opus. The volume begins with biographical sketches of the First Purchasers.

Nantucket Ghosts
Nantucket Ghosts

Author: Blue Balliett

Publisher: Down East Books

Published: 2006-05-25

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0892728345

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Nantucket Island has just more than 10,000 year-round residents — and a sizeable population of very real ghosts. The 44 tales in this book were collected as oral history. Some of these spirits are benign, even protective; others terrorize the humans who encounter them. All are memorable.

Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868
Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868

Author: Silvanus Jenkins Macy

Publisher:

Published: 1868

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13:

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George Macy (d. 1693) was one of the first settlers in Taunton, Mass. Thomas Macy was an original settler of Salisbury, Mass., and with nine others purchased the island of Nantucket in 1659. He married Sarah Hopcott (1612-1706) and they had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Illinois, Rhode Island, Cuba and elsewhere.

The Other Islanders
The Other Islanders

Author: Frances Ruley Karttunen

Publisher: Spinner Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780932027931

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"Contrary to what public history and popular literature might have led us to believe, Nantucket is historically an island of rich cultural diversity. Here, author Frances Ruley Karttunen introduces us to the original Nantucketers -- the Wampanoags -- as well as to African slaves, Pacific Islanders, Irish refugees, Azoreans, and Cape Verdeans who over the years have found a home on Nantucket. Here, too, is a look at the island's connection to Jamaica, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia -- all sources of people who have contributed to the island's economy and added dimensions to Nantucket's culture" -- Back cover.

On This Day in Nantucket History
On This Day in Nantucket History

Author: Amy Jenness

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626196261

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Nantucket is much more than beautiful beaches and sailboats. One day at a time, author Amy Jenness offers up quirky and fascinating stories of the people and events that shaped this remote island. On August 11, 1841, Frederick Douglass made his first antislavery speech at the Nantucket Atheneum. The Great Fire of July 13, 1846, devastated the island, forcing residents to rebuild what they lost. On December 5, 1981, a nor'easter stranded nearly two thousand visitors and forced seventeen pilot whales to come ashore. Read a story a day or month at a time. Celebrate an entire year of Nantucket history.