Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].
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Description
- Title
- Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].
- Creator
- Andrews, Gad, 1803-
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of genealogies of families of Curtiss, Barnes, Newell, Potter, Woodruff, and Hart in Connecticut, particularly from the towns of Southington and Farmington. The volume includes copies of wills; land deeds; detailed accounts of where they resided; and personal anecdotes, including family members' involvement in religious activities; the American Revolution; and the Civil War. The manuscript notes the marriage of Hawkins Hart of Wallingford to Mary Widow of Street, "grand daugthter of Rev John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians, Author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language ..."
- Description
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In English.
Tipped in: dealer's description of manuscript.
Seventeen leaves at the beginning left blank.
Laid in at p. 178: newspaper clipping of "the only complete record now existing of citizens of Southington who enlisted in the late War of the Rebellion."
Laid in at p. 341: small square of embroidered cloth.
Paper blind-embossed stamp: Congress J. Smith.
Binding: machine-grain black morocco. - Provenance
- Purchased from Jantzen, April 1964.
- Extent
- 1 16 x 21 cm. v. (300 leaves) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 31
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Genealogy
Genealogies (histories) - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
Missouri - Subject (Name)
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Andrews, Gad, b. 1803.
Barnes family.
Curtis family.
Hart family.
Newell family.
Potter family.
Woodruff family.
Yale College (1718-1887) - Subject (Topic)
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Alumni and alumnae
Genealogy
History
Religious life and customs - Subjects
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Andrews, Gad, b. 1803
Barnes family
Curtis family
Hart family
Newell family
Potter family
Woodruff family
Yale College (1718-1887) > Alumni and alumnae
Genealogy
Connecticut > Genealogy
Missouri > Genealogy
Connecticut > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
Connecticut > History > 1775-1865
Connecticut > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Connecticut > Religious life and customs
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Gad Andrews, Genealogy of Old Connecticut Families. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8100455
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114452