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If your ancestors trace back to New England frontier towns - in the Bay colony - Marlboro, Lancaster, Chelmsford, Dunstable, Andover, Haverhill, Billerica, Amesbury; in New Hampshire and Maine - in Hampton, Exeter, Dover, Portsmouth, Kittery, York, and Wells; or along the Connecticut River, in settlements at Springfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Northampton, and Deerfield;
you may be interested in this book. |
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Lists, from the 1690s and early 1700s, name families that were assigned to frontier garrisons. (These are listed in the Appendix of this book.) By looking at one of these, led by Jonas Prescott in Groton, this book tells the stories of a group of neighbors - including a minister’s daughter alongside an adulterer and a woman thought to have been possessed by the Devil - and a situation that was shared in other towns. And, by examining events and letters, we see their hopes and fears and trust in God as they struggled to survive and get along. For those with roots or an interest in this area, this book gives a glimpse at what those who lived in frontier settlements were doing, thinking, and feeling at that time. |
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