"Sprague's pursuit of genealogy and history began in 1934; involvement with his hometown historical society sparked his interest in families from the original town of Braintree. In 1947 he began work on a major project that would last the rest of his days. He started to abstract vital records, and pre-1792 Suffolk County probate and deeds for Braintree, Massachusetts families. Towns in old Braintree became part of the new Norfolk County in 1732, but Sprague did include some post-1792 information on families in Braintree and the separated towns of Quincy, Randolph, and Holbrook. In all he created over six thousand cards including almost all the pre-1850 population of old Braintree. Some families from nearby Milton and Stoughton (both originally part of the town of Dorchester) were also included" -- Introduction, page 2.

When the early colonists came to America, they were braving a new world, with new wonders and difficulties. Family historians beginning the search for their ancestors from this period run into a similar adventure, as research in the colonial period presents a number of exciting challenges that genealogists may not have experienced before. This book is the key to facing those challenges. This new book, Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors, leads genealogists to a time when their forebears were under the rule of the English crown, blazing their way in that uncharted territory. Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, provides a rich image of the world in which those ancestors lived and details the records they left behind. With this book in hand, family historians will be ready to embark on a journey of their own, into the unexplored lines of their colonial past.

This work, compiled over a period of thirty years from about 2,000 books and manuscripts, is a comprehensive listing of the 37,000 married couples who lived in New England between 1620 and 1700. Listed are the names of virtually every married couple living in New England before 1700, their marriage date or the birth year of a first child, the maiden names of 70% of the wives, the birth and death years of both partners, mention of earlier or later marriages, the residences of every couple and an index of names. The provision of the maiden names make it possible to identify the husbands of sisters, daughters, and many granddaughters of immigrants, and of immigrant sisters or kinswomen.

Dennis Darling maried Hannah Francis in 1662 in Braintree, Massachusetts. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

William Ames was baptized 6 October 1605 in Bruton, Somerset, England. His parents were John Ames and Christian Browne. He emigrated in about 1635. He married Hannah in about 1639. They had six children. He died in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1653. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri.

A collection of letters exchanged by members of the Adams family through three full generations and part of a fourth beginning with the courtship of John Adams and Abigail Smith and ending with the death of Abigail Brooks Adams, wife of the first Charles Francis Adams, United States minister to London during the American Civil War.

Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.

A collection of letters exchanged by members of the Adams family through three full generations and part of a fourth beginning with the courtship of John Adams and Abigail Smith and ending with the death of Abigail Brooks Adams, wife of the first Charles Francis Adams, United States minister to London during the American Civil War.