The history of an American family
Subtitle: ancestors and descendants of Donald Smith Fenton
By: by Steven Donald Fenton ; edited by Deborah Fenton Martinez & Stacy Dean Fenton.
Contributors: Martinez, Deborah Fenton, 1951-; Fenton, Stacey Dean.
Publisher: Gateway Press; Book orders to S. and S. Fenton
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD; Enumclaw, Wash. (202 Almandon, Enumclaw 98022)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Fenton family.; Fenton, Donald Smith, 1921- -- Family.
Other titles: Ancestors and descendants of Donald Smith Fenton
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-477).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 - The European Origin of the Fentons and Smiths 1; title: Chapter 2 - Family Trees 11; title: Chapter 3 - Coming to America - The Great Migration 27; title: The ships: Mayflower, Fortune, Mary and John, Winthrop Fleet,; title: Lyon, Francis, Elizabeth, Barque Transport, Angel Gabriel,; title: Christian, Kent, Martha, Shield, Amity, and the St Andrew; title: Chapter 4 - Burlington County, New Jersey & Apple Pie Ridge, Virginia; title: - The American Ancestral Homes of the Fenton's 49; title: Eleazer Fenton, Enoch Fenton Sr., Enoch Fenton Jr.,; title: Benjamin Fenton, John Fenton, and Benjamin Franklin Fenton; title: Chapter 5 - Important Collateral Surnames in the Fenton Line 105; title: Fenimore, French, Hollingsworth, Lobaugh, Siberts,; title: and Steer; title: Chapter 6 - The Connecticut River Valley - The American Ancestral; title: Home of the Smith's 139; title: Joseph Smith Sr., Sergeant Joseph Smith, Jr.,; title: John Smith Sr., John Smith Jr., and Edward Smith; title: Chapter 7 - Important Collateral Surnames in the Smith Line 167; title: Alvord, Andrews, Craft, Crow, Dickinson, Foote, Hovey,; title: Lyman, Parsons, Smith, White, and Woodworth; title: Chapter 8 - So Who Was Elder John Strong Anyway? 231; title: Nathan Hale, Caleb Strong, Jedediah Strong Smith,; title: Franklin Roosevelt, William Williams, William Floyd,; title: Abraham Baldwin, Princess Diana, Grover Cleveland,; title: Rutherford Hayes, and Thomas Dewey; title: Chapter 9 - In Defense of Our Nation's Liberty 263; title: Chapter 10 - Religious Influences 303; title: Chapter 11 - Migration to the Heartland 339; title: John Fenton, Benjamin Franklin Fenton, Howard Fenton,; title: and Harry Fenton; title: Edward Smith, Sylvester Smith Sr., Sylvester Smith Jr.,; title: Harry Kirk Smith, and Delilah Smith; title: Chapter 12 - Reflections on the Life and Legacy of 387; title: Donald Smith Fenton; title: Epilogue 428; title: The Journey - In Search of Our Ancestors 431; title: Appendix A - Hereditary Societies and Family Associations 435; title: Appendix B - Historical Documents 443; title: Bibliography 463 <BR><BR>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Fenton family, Fenton, Donald Smith, 1921- Family.