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CD #7023: “Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s.” $39.99. Charles Edward Banks, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (1929). This volume has biographical sketches of 112 passengers who sailed on the first four ships to New England, namely the Mayflower, Fortune, Anne, and Little James. It gives data on the passengers' origins, family connections and later histories. Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 (1930). This work contains the names of 3,600 passengers on the ninety-six ships which brought them to New England between 1620 and 1640. Charles Edward Banks, Topographical Dictionary of 2,885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 (1937). This genealogical dictionary records of nearly 3,000 emigrants, giving their English homes, names of ships in which they sailed, towns in which they settled in New England, and references to the printed or manuscript sources from which the information derived. Additional information is provided in a series of indexes: Index to Emigrants to New England; Index of the Wives and Children of the Emigrants; Index of Parishes; Index of Ships; and Index of Towns in New England. Charles Edward Banks, The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (1930). This is an authoritative list of the 700 passengers who are believed to have come to New England with John Winthrop in 1630 based on research undertaken in England and America. The appendix lists the passengers on the Mary and John and the Lyon. George Ernest Bowman, The Mayflower Reader: A Selection of Articles from The Mayflower Descendant (1899-1937). This is a selection of seventy-eight articles from the first seven volumes of The Mayflower Descendant. William T. Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1899). The data is based largely on records of the town of Plymouth. Also, there is material from other town records, family Bibles, probate records, and deeds. This was part two of his book Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Annie Arnoux Haxtun, Signers of the Mayflower Compact (1899?). This has lengthy sketches of the signers with considerable genealogical information on the men and their families. Originally published in pamphlet form from 1897 to 1899, it is divided into three parts. Parts I and II deal with the signers and their families, while the final part contains Brewster tombstone and Bible records and information on a number of later Pilgrims who arrived on the Fortune, Ann, and the Little James. Leon Clark Hills, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters (1936). This is based largely on the genealogy of Mayflower planter Stephen Hopkins. Royal R. Hinman, A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (1852). This early dictionary of the first settlers was never completed. It covers about 2000 people with surnames from A to Danielson, and Hinman. John T. Landis, Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing (1922). This volume lists the Mayflower passengers, their children and their grandchildren. He includes a copy of the Mayflower Compact, as well as a short history of the Church of the Pilgrim Fathers of New England. Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Volumes I-III (1929). This are over 1000 pages of lineages of members of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony Births, Deaths, Burials, and Other Records, 1633-1689 (1857). Originally published as Volume Eight of “Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689.” Francis R. Stoddard, The Truth About the Pilgrims (1952). This book corrects certain longstanding misconceptions about the Pilgrims and furnishes authoritative genealogical and biographical data on the Mayflower passengers themselves. Of considerable interest to genealogists is the appended, annotated list of Mayflower passengers, with additional biographical information, some brought to light for the first time. Alexander Young, Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth from 1602 to 1625 (1844). This volume contains a history of the Pilgrim Fathers who planted the Colony of Plymouth, from their origin in John Robinson's congregation in 1602 to his death in 1625. Paul Sturtevant Howe, Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County, New Jersey (1920). The Cape May County families of Pilgrim descent are descendants of Mayflower passenger John Howland. Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service (1934). The author's efforts to trace her familial lines to the Mayflower and to several other hereditary societies. Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe (495 to 1932) & Mayflower Descendants (1932). Like her book above, this traces her family to the Royal houses of Europe.
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