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Ancestral Lines: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

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Author: Carl Boyer, 3rd
Published: January 2015

This new book is the result of fifteen more years of research since publication of the third edition in 1998. The 232 families treated, from the northeast and western Europe, include the surnames Abell, Allsop, Andrews, Anthony, Avery, Babcock, Ballard, Bassett, Battin, Baulstone, Bezer, Borden, Boyer, Browne, Buffington, Cadman, Carpenter, Chase, Chickering, and many more.  Includes bibliography and indexes of names, places, and ships.

Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina: 180 Families including Campbell, Plummer, Kyle, Lowell and McNeill, with Medieval and Royal Descents

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Carl Boyer, 3rd

6 x 9 hardcover, 706 pp.

Published: September 2015

This new book covers fifty early "North of Boston" families (Dole, Littlefield, Noyes, etc.) and about seventy-five English families in the ancestry of Percival Lowell, prolific immigrant forebear of Judge John Lowell and many other New Englanders.

Fruits of the Tree of Life: New Discoveries

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Between 1785 and 1825, Americans of European descent began to document their familial rela­tionships, which had been gradually developing in a colonial and post-colonial setting. Some calligraphic and genealogical artists found ways to memorial­ize and celebrate these ties for current and future generations and began to advertise their talents. Decorated watercolor and embroidered registers started to appear in everyday households and were occasionally listed in probate inventories. Many were made by school children.

Four Families of St. Mary’s County

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This ground-breaking work traces 1,500 descendants of four families from St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 800 of whom are progeny of three Georgetown Memory Project slaves sold in 1838 but who remained in Maryland for more than 200 years. After another 150 years, many are still there, but most who migrated after 1900 remain in the greater Chesapeake Bay area.

Early Vermont Settlers to 1771: Vol. 2—Northern Windsor County

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This  second  volume of 180 sketches covers the rest of Windsor County, organized by town and presented in alphabetical order by head of household. These sketches provide a better understanding of the outward migration from southern New England along the northern route to the early westward settlements in New York, Ohio, Michigan, and beyond.  

Early New England Families 1641–1700, Volume 2 (paperback)

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Addressing the lack of compiled information on individuals who immigrated to New England after the Great Migration, the Early New England Families Study Project provides accurate and concise published summaries of seventeenth-century New Englanders. The project uses Clarence Almon Torrey’s bibliographic index of early New England marriages as a guide and focuses on the families of children of Great Migration parents and on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700.

Early New England Families 1641–1700, Volume 2 (hardcover)

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Addressing the lack of compiled information on individuals who immigrated to New England after the Great Migration, the Early New England Families Study Project provides accurate and concise published summaries of seventeenth-century New Englanders. The project uses Clarence Almon Torrey’s bibliographic index of early New England marriages as a guide and focuses on the families of children of Great Migration parents and on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700.

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