"A cornerstone of genealogy for the two states, it gives partial genealogies of the settlers, including residence, name and parentage of wife, death dates, and lines of descent almost always to the third generation, and often to the fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh generation." -- Publisher website (December 2008).
Edward Small emigrated from England to Maine during or before 1640, and died after 1653. Descendants lived in New England, New York, the rest of the United States, and elsewhere.
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