Excerpt from Early New England People: Some Account of the Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Prescott, Titcomb, Sewall and Longfellow, and Allied Families The author having collected dining a number of years, for her personal gratification, many facts relating to some of the early settlers of New England, has, at the earnest entreaties of friends, prepared them for publication. She would express her thanks to all who have in any way aided her, and acknowledges herself under special obligations to the following persons: Hervey D.Ellis; Samuel Adams Drake; Samuel Green, M.D.; Joseph Titcomb of Kennebunk, Me.; Judge Samuel Titcomb; John C.Sibley; Major Ben. Perley Poor; William H.Whitmore; William R.Dean; Sereno D.Nickerson, Recording Grand Secretary of the Grand (Masonic) Lodge in Massachusetts; Benjamin Chase; Giles M.Kelley N.W. Marston; Peter Thacher, Esq.; G.B. Bartlett; A.G. Lord; John Poor Titcomb; W.H. Montague; J.J. Dow; C.C. Chase; Rev. James Uniacke; Gen.T. K.Smith; Henry Pemberton; W.S. Ellis; Judge C.A. Bradley; Judge John K.Bartlett;Miss Maria G;Bradley; Miss Caroline Whiting, (the genealogist of the Whitings;) James Whitehouse; Rev. Stephen Allen; and Joseph Titcomb of Newburyport. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.