Family Genealogies and Memoirs

Listed below are published and unpublished genealogies of Southampton families, as well as books and periodicals with broader information pertaining to families in the local area and Massachusetts. All may be viewed in the Library. Reminiscences and family lore are listed elsewhere.  They may also be viewed in the library.  Please ask a librarian to help you find what you need.  Links are provided to help locate family names mentioned in “A History of Old Houses” by Atherton Parsons, and also to locate them in the CWMARS catalog. 

 

Title Author Date Volume Notes Call No.
Oliver P. Pomeroy*  Burt*, Sr. 1787-1864 His letters and his family Compiled by Viola Ashman Swanson 1985   Unpublished Includes information about family in IL and NY HISTORICAL 974.44 Burt LOCAL
Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families : an attempt to track, in both the male and the female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland Compiled by Edmund Janes Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland 1899 v.1-3   HISTORICAL 929 Pierce
Remembering Dr. Douglas:  Archibald John Douglas MD February 5, 1879- August 30, 1971       unpublished biography HISTORICAL 974.44 Miller LOCAL
Genealogy of the Edwards* Family Elizabeth Edwards Maselli Circ.1900     HISTORICAL 974.44 Maselli LOCAL
Emerson* Genealogy Robert Sullivan Emerson 1999   unpublished HISTORICAL 974.44 Emerson LOCAL
Field Genealogy being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Frederick Clifton Pierce 1901 v.1-2   HISTORICAL 929 Pierce
The Frary* Family in America 1637-1980 Margaret Murphy Frary and Anne Frary Liptak 1981     HISTORICAL 974.44 Frary LOCAL
The Frary* Family in America : A Continuation Margaret Murphy Frary and Anne Frary Liptak 1981     HISTORICAL 974.44 Frary LOCAL
Genealogy of the Edwards* Family Alexander to Samuel F. Elizabeth Edwards Maselli Circ. 1900 v.1 Information on Adaline Fidelia and Josiah Gridley HISTORICAL 974.44 Maselli LOCAL
Life and Character of Sylvester Judd* Atherton W. Parsons       974.44
Selected Papers from the Sylvester Judd Manuscript Hall       HISTORICAL 974.423 Judd LOCAL
Jonathan Judd, Jr. Diary Jonathan Judd, Jr. 1768-1803 v.1 &2 unpublished diary HISTORICAL 974.44 Judd V. 1 & 2 LOCAL
Jonathan Judd, Jr. Diary Jonathan Judd, Jr. 1768-1803 v.3 & 4 unpublished diary HISTORICAL 974.44 Judd v.3 & 4 LOCAL
Selected Papers from the Sylvester Judd Manuscript Sylvester Judd Compiled 1976   Typewritten copy. Original may be found in Forbes Library, Northampton, MA HISTORICAL 974.42 Judd LOCAL
Genealogy of the Lyman* Family in Great Britain and America Lyman Coleman 1872     HISTORICAL 929.2 Coleman
Genealogy of the Parsons* Family of Southampton, Massachusetts Compiled by Atherton Parsons     unpublished in folder HISTORICAL 974.44 Parsons LOCAL
Cornet Joseph Parsons: One of the Founders of Springfield and Northampton, Mass. Albert Ross Parsons 1898   Photostatic copy of book HISTORICAL974.42 Parsons LOCAL
History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family Albert A. Pomeroy 1912   #345 of 400 copies HISTORICAL 974.44 Pomeroy LOCAL
Searle Record Copied, indexed, and typed by Mrs. Max Lederer, Jr.  1938-9 Photostatic copy Presented by Submit Clark Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Easthampton, MA January -1939 Mrs. Kenneth R. Hutchinson, Regent Southampton, Ma.  
           
Toogood and allied families of Wellington, Somersettshire Eng., Chester, Mass. Pleasant Grove, Minn, Rochester, Minn compiled by Betty Brown Sheehan and her husband Robert Sheehan 1997 v.1-2   HISTORICAL 929 Toogood
Representative Families of Northampton Charles F. Warner 1917 v.1   HISTORICAL 974.49 Warner LOCAL
Sixty-seventh Report of Birth, Marriages and Deaths in Massachusetts, … William M. Olin 1909   Public Document #1 HISTORICAL 929.3 Olin
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register N. E. Historic Genealogical Soc. 1964 v.118 January 1964   HISTORICAL 929 Register
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register N. E, Historic Genealogical Soc. 1964 v.118 April 1964   HISTORICAL 929 Register
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register N. E. Historic Genealogical Soc. 1964 v.118 July 1964   HISTORICAL 929 Register
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register N. E. Historic Genealogical Soc. 1964 v.118 October 1964   HISTORICAL 929 Register
Wright Family Walter and Susannah Wright*: Nine generations and allied families for one line of descent and their lives, loves, labors, and travels in New England, New York, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois: includes a Boes Family Supplement Clara Jo “Rebecca” Wright 2008     HISTORICAL 929.2 Wright

*See “A History of Old Houses” Guide to Names Mentioned

 

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