The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-04-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A CONNECTICUT WORK OF uUCH
VALUE

Some of Its Many Featurss-Pub-
lished fn New Haven-One of Lee e.
Shcpard's New Books-"The Beat q
Balzac," by l.. G. Page g. Gothic
Magazines, Etc.
work of much genealogical value,
which has involved great research and
painstaking, including the consultation
of host of authorities, is the new
work Fifty Puritan Ancestors" (162S-
1850 with Genealogical Notes Q560-19OO)
by Elizabeth Todd Nash, of Madison.
this state, and published by Tuttle
Morenouse IL Taylor, of this city. Miss
NASH is lineal descendant of these fif-
W ancestors, and her work. a labor of
love, begun and carried forward for
personal use only, had been completed
Wnen 1t attracted attention as being too
valuable to be limited to a. few only,
| ana at the earnest suggestion of many,
N and in accordance with the advice of so
seminent an authority as the Hon.
Charles j. Hoadley, l.. L. D., for many
years state librarian, it was prepared
for publication. The result is a volume
OF about IT'S pages, clearly printed on
superior paper and replete with genoa
logical information in the field covered
and accurate and reliable to the high
est degree. Miss Nash is native of
Madison, which was settled two hum
dred and sixty years ago by English
Puritans, among whom were her moth
er's ancestors. Fifty Puritan Ances-
tors" is a work which does her honor
and is notable contribution to genoa
logical lore. The numerous illustra-
tons add exceedingly to it's value |
Specially interesting to many in this |
city and vicinity are the names of the |
New Haven and Guilford colonial set
Tiers of whom the volume treats |
These names are as follows, given in |
alphabetical order; George Bartlett, |
Guilford, settled before 164S; John !
Bishop, Guilford, 1889; Stephen Bradley,
New Haven, 1885, Ggilford, 1858; Abra-
ham Cruttenden, Guilford, 1885, George
Hubbard, Boston, 1888; Wethersfeld,
1885; Milford, 1913; Guilford, 164S. Vim
cent Meigs, New Haven, 1640 Guilford,
1647. Thomas Nash, New Haven, 1883.
Thomas North, New Haven, 1874
Thomas Norton, Guilford, 1889 John
Norton, Branford, 1866. Edward Patti
son, New Haven, 1883 Mary Price,
New Haven, 1914. John Scranton, Gull
ford 1899. William Seward, Guilford
1889. Edmond Sherman, New Haven,
1883. George Smith, New Haven, 1889.
Giles Smith, Hartford, 1889 Thomas
Smith Fairfield; Guilford, 1862; Killing
worth, 1868. John Stevens, New Ha-
ven Guilford, 1641. Christopher Todd,
New Haven. 1859. Moses Wheeler, New
Haven, 1898; Stratford, 1899. Benjamin
Wright, Guilford, 1915. The illustra
tions include as follows: Silhouette of
Captain Daniel Hand; portraits of Au-
gustus Hand, Daniel Hand, George
Hand, Jehiel Meigs Hand; William
I1and, M. D.; Capt Jehel Meigs; Jona-
than Todd, M. D.; Levi Ward M D.;
Col Jonathan S. Wilcox; Chloe Hand
Wilcox commission given Capt. Hand
by Gov Trumbul, and one given him
by Andrew Ward; pay roll of Capt.
Daniel Hands company; Hand Home
stead built in 1888; interior of Hand
house; Meigs Homestead built in $780,
Meigs house built in 1890; Nash home
stead; Nash signatures. 1639-16S7; fac
sinlile of catechism of Rev. Samuel
Stone, 1854; Phelps homestead before
1875; Stoughton house or OldStone Fort
!
Stoughton coat of arms, 1882 Ward
homestead; Todd homestead built in
1870; Wilcox homestead built in 1912;
Couch tombstone; Megs tombstones
Rev. Samuel Stones Table stone; Todd
"reminiscences; Wilcox tombstones; Scran-
ton COMMISSIONERS; BradfordPeverel
church, Dorchester, England; middle
aisle, Bradford-Peverel church.
The complete volume with it's fifty IL
Illustrations, four charts, is sold by sub
scription only; price, bound in full
cloth, $500; bound in half morocco,
$675 Address Miss Elizabeth T. Nash,
Madison, Conn.
The "Old Northwest" Genealogical
Quarterly In an appreciative notice of
Miss Nash's book says: 1--WE congrat-
ulate the compiler on having produced
SO good book. 1t should find a place
In all important genealogical collections
in this country"
Miss Nash in her preface acknowl-
edges her appreciation of kind interest
and assistance in obtaining the vast ar
ray of facts and details essential to a
work of this character from the follow
Ing persons: Her uncle, Mr. George
Augustus Wilcox, of Madison, whose
notes on "A Puritan Pedi-
gree" were found invaluable; Mr..
George Seymour GODDARD, state librari-
an; DR.. Frederick ]. H. Merrill of Alba
ny, author OF "a Contribution to the
of the Merrill Family in
America Rev. John E. Todd Gen.
feared to very many in New Haven
from his pastorate of the Church of the
Redeemer of this city, now, as for
years past, of Riverside California;
Miss Carrie M. Crane, of Paterson, n.
T.. Mr.. Robert P. Wakeman, of South
bort, Conn, author of 1.-THE Wakeman
7enealogy;" DR.. Bernard G. Steiner, of -
Baltimore, Nd author of History of ,
7uilford and Madison; Mrs Augusta oA
smith Crabbe and Miss Ethel Chamber -,
yne Waters, of Rochester N. y; to the 49,
ollowing genealogists: Mr.. Julius Gay
# Pennington, DR.. Charles FL. S. Davis l.e
# Meriden author of History of Meri- %
len and Walingford;" Misses Sara and 70
katherine Prichard of Waterbury; Pro- az