The History of Hancock New Hampshire 1764-1889, Vol. II [Genealogical Register] Genealogy & Biography

Title: The History of Hancock New Hampshire 1764-1889, Vol. II [Genealogical Register, continued]

Author: William Willis Hayward

Description: Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A bit worn; lightly shaken; fraying at spine ends. Non-lending society bookplate on front pastedown; previous owner's name on ffep (she's found on p. 967). Some scattered foxing, else interior is generally clean. 23 illustrations on plates (mostly portraits). pp. 553-1070.

Volume II features the bulk of Hancock's Genealogical Register (from surname Emerson to conclusion) of this two-volume set, plus an addendum of late-added names. It also includes the Index to the first volume. The appendix provides notes on the Great Storm of March 1888, a list of taxpayers in 1786, and a list of legal voters in 1889.

The original owner, whose signature appears at the front, was Lizzie Clark Washburn (1868-1941), the granddaughter of Reuben Washburn (b. 1821, Hancock). She is found on page 967, and a small correction is penned on the previous page on Reuben's entry.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Publisher: Orland Eaton, Joshua Stanley Lakin, John Peabody Hills (Town History Committee) / Vox Populi Press: S. W. Huse & Co.
Place: Lowell, Mass.
Year: 1889

Keywords: genealogy, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire,