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by Ebenezer Burgess (Author)
An intimate, authoritative memorial of one early New England family - tracing the Burgess line from Sandwich to the wider Plymouth Colony. A remarkable family history unfolds. Ebenezer Burgess compiled a disciplined genealogy reference book that balances names, dates and kinship with narrative detail, presenting careful cross-references and contextual notes that bring private records into dialogue with public life. Rooted in Sandwich, Massachusetts records, the memorial maps the burgess family lineage across generations of seventeenth century settlers and situates Thomas and Dorothy Burgess within the broader sweep of plymouth colony genealogy and massachusetts colonial history. The tone is measured yet humane, and the work serves both as a working resource for family tree enthusiasts and as an elegiac account suited to readers drawn to early American family history. For anyone conducting pilgrim descendants research or tracing colonial new england ancestors, this volume offers a firm, well-indexed foundation within the wider corpus of new england genealogies. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As a document of local memory and wider significance, it enriches understandings of settlement, kinship and civic life in colonial New England. Historians, genealogists and family tree enthusiasts find primary evidence and reliable cross-references for pilgrim descendants research; classic-literature collectors and casual readers alike are drawn to its measured prose, archival worth and quiet authority. Whether pursued for curiosity, inheritance claims, or scholarly reference, the memorial rewards careful reading; its balance of documentary precision and humane observation sets it apart in the field of new england genealogies. The Burgess family lineage is presented with clarity and care, making the volume both a practical genealogy reference book and a quietly moving memorial.
