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Flora White
Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity draws on a collection of personal papers (only recently made available to scholars) to present the life of a colorful New England educator who lived from the Civil War to the Cold War. Throughout her career, White worked to promote the physical and intellectual growth of girls and young women beyond the narrow gender stereotypes of the day. Although White’s name is not a household word, this book represents a newer form of biography in which the life of a lesser-known individual serves as a lens for understanding larger social and cultural developments. In Flora White’s case, this newer biographical approach produced findings to inform resear...
Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts
John White (ca. 1602-1673) was baptized in South Petherton, Somerset, England. He married Joan (1606-1654), daughter of Richard and Maudlin Staple-Cooke West, 1627 in Drayton Parish, Somerset. They lived in Drayton for awhile with their two oldest sons before immigrating to Salem, Mass. in 1639. They later moved to Wenham and to Lancaster. They were the parents of nine known children. Five children were born in England, the rest in Massachusetts. One son, Thomas, settled in Wenham, and another son, Josiah, in his estate in Lancaster. Descendants live in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, Illinois, Maine, Vermont, Canada and elsewhere.
The Antivaccine Heresy
We celebrate vaccination today as a great achievement, yet many nineteenth-century Americans regarded it uneasily, accepting it as a necessary evil forced upon them by their employers or the law. States had to make vaccination compulsory because of great popular distaste for it. Why? How did such a promising innovation come to induce such anxiety? This book explores the history of vaccine development, revealing that, at the end of the nineteenth century, many Americans had good reason to fear vaccination. A century of tinkering had created vaccines that did not live up to claims made for their safety and effectiveness. They induced pain, disability, and grim or even fatal infections. Parents...
Clifton William Scott and Mildred Evelyn Bradford Scott of Ashfield, Mass
Volume 1 of Clifton William Scott...is the rich heritage of a New England family. Fond remembrances of the author's parents are provided by family and friends. Brief family histories of eight branches of the family tree--Scott, Bradford, Taylor, Robinson, Williams, Porter, Shaw, and Ranney--are followed from the immigration of each patron ancestor during the great migration of 1620-1643 from England to either the Pilgrim's Plymouth Colony or the Puritan's Massachusetts Bay Colony, then to the Connecticut Valley towns, and finally to the Berkshire Hills towns of Buckland and Ashfield. Scott and Bradford descendants to the present time are documented, as are the numerous Pilgrim connections to the 1620 Mayflower passengers.
Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts
"Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, Volume 2" meticulously traces the lineage of the descendants of John White. This volume serves as an invaluable resource for genealogists, historians, and anyone interested in the intricate tapestry of early American families. Almira Larkin White's work provides detailed records and historical context, offering a rich understanding of the lives and contributions of the White family and their connections to the broader historical narrative of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. This book is an essential addition to genealogical collections, preserving a vital part of American history for future generations. T...
A Genealogy of Sherwin-Shedd and Allied Families in America
John Sherwin settled in Ispwich, Massachusetts, as a single man, probably in 1666. He married twice and was the father of thirteen children. He died at Ipswich in 1726. His descendant in the seventh generation, Sidney Orville Sherwin, was born in Buckland, Massachusetts, in 1848. He married Mary Adelaide Shedd, daughter of Charles and Eliza Rowell Shedd, at Denmark, Iowa, in 1871. They had nine children, 1872-1895. The family lived in Minnesota, migrated to South Dakota in 1880, and to Stockton, Missouri, in 1894. Mary Adelaide Sherwin died at Stockton in 1916. Sidney Sherwin lived with a son for awhile in Elk City, Oklahoma. He moved to a daughter's home in Iola, Kansas, in 1918. He died at Iola in 1923. Descendants lived in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, California, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
