GENEALOGIES

Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the Descendants of Colonel Richard Lee - Edmund Jennings Lee. With Brief Notices of the Related Families of Allerton, Armistead, Ashton, Aylett, Bedinger, Beverley, Bland, Bolling, Carroll, Carter, Chambers, Corbin, Custis, Digges, Fairfax, Fitzhugh, Gardner, Grymes, Hanson, Jenings, Jones, Ludwell, Marshall, Mason, Page, Randolph, Shepherd, Shippen, Tabb, Taylor, Turberville, Washington, and Others. The Lee family is composed of perhaps the most distinguished ancestry on record, having provided, for example, greater numbers of Revolutionary and Civil War generals and officers, politicians, and statesmen than any family of comparable size and standing. Colonel Richard Lee, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia and presumably a Counsellor to King Charles, was the progenitor of the Virginia Lees and was himself descended from the Coton branch of the Lees of Shropshire. The purpose of this volume is to collect and preserve in permanent form the history of Colonel Lee's posterity, believing that such a record will add something of interest to American history. (1895), 2002, 5½x8½, paper, index, 586 pp.   $46.50  L2103  ISBN: 0788421034

Colonel John Mann, Jr., His Kith, His Kin, His Ancestors, His Descendants  - Timothy A. Mann. This family register commences in Germany, with Hans Mann's son, George Bernard Mann (1701-1769), who journeyed to the New World in 1732, and eventually settled in VA. The patriarch of the Miami Valley (OH) Mann family was Colonel John Mann Jr. He and his brother Jacob settled in the valley in the 1790's. Genealogical information is grouped by Mann family heads: Hans, George Bernard, Jacob-with 4 generations, George Adam-with 6 generations, George Carl, George Cunradt, Catrina, and John Sr.-with 10 generations. 2000, 8½x11, paper, index, illus., 272 pp.   $33.50  M1629  ISBN: 0788416294

Our Maryland Heritage, Book 21: Fisher and Beckwith Families of Montgomery County, Maryland  - William Neal Hurley, Jr. . This text is intended to present the ancestry and descendants of William Thomas Fisher (born c.1819) and his wife, Eliza Ellen Beckwith (born c.1820). The Fishers discussed here can be traced back to Martin Fisher, a carpenter who died in Anne Arundel Co., c.1740. His line of descent is traced through his son, Martin, Jr. (1738-1815), the progenitor of the Montgomery Co. Fishers. The Beckwiths discussed are descended from Sir Thomas Beckwith, of Acton (1565-1615), and his son George Beckwith (1606-1667), who immigrated to the Maryland Colony c.1648. 2000, 5½x8½, paper, index, 182 pp.   $19.00  H1677  ISBN: 0788416774

Our Maryland Heritage, Book 25: Ricketts Families, Primarily of Montgomery & Frederick Counties - William Neal Hurley, Jr. . Most of the individuals recorded are presumed to descend from Thomas Ricketts, Jr. (born c.1685 in Anne Arundel Co.) Chapters are also included on the descendants of Jeremiah and Verlinda, through whom the Ricketts are connected to the Trail families of Montgomery County. 2001, 5½x8½, paper, index, 179 pp.  $19.00 H1754  ISBN: 0788417541

Ancestors and Descendants of Ira Johnson and Abigail (Furbush) Johnson From 1590-2003  - William A. Blandin and Gerald G. Johnson. The original book on the ancestors and descendants of Ira Johnson and Abigail Furbush Johnson was accomplished by Gerald Garth Johnson in 1984. The format used at that time to report the names and dates of family members was modeled after the Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts by Paul Franklin Johnson (1951) so that the two books could be used together by the thousands and thousands of descendants of Captain John Johnson. Additional information and revisions have been based upon marriage, birth and death records compiled by Karlene M. Johnson Messer as well as from personal information from many other relatives. Additionally, William Blandin inserted census and other documented information when found. Information from the earlier books that is now believed to be in error has been eliminated from this volume. 2004, 5½x8½, paper, index, xii+665 pp.   $48.00  J2493  ISBN: 0788424938

**At Printer**   The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families: A Genealogical History of Marmaduke Semme(s), Gent., and His Descendants, Including the Allied Families of Greene, Simpson, Boarman, Matthews, Thompson, Middleton, and Neale - Harry Wright Newman. More than half a century ago, Raphael Thomas Semmes of Georgia bequeathed his collection of genealogical data concerning Semmes and related families to the Maryland Historical Society. This voluminous collection of genealogical data relates to some of the earliest and most prominent of Maryland’s settlers. The service of Harry Wright, a noted American genealogist and author of numerous Maryland genealogical publications, was secured to compile this interesting history of several of Maryland’s early and distinguished families. The Semmes family of Maryland is considered to be of Norman origin, with variations of the name, such as Sim, Sims, Simms, Syms, Simme, appearing in England after the Conquest. Marmaduke Semme, the progenitor of the Semmes family of Southern Maryland, was in the Province as early as 1662. He married the widow, Fortuna Mitford, and they had four children—Anthony, James, John and Marmaduke. Individual chapters are devoted to: Marmaduke Semme (16__-1693)—the emigrant, Anthony Semmes, James Semmes, John Semmes, Marmaduke Semmes, Governor Thomas Greene, Thomas Simpson, Major Willam Boarman, Thomas Matthews, William Thompson, Robert Middleton, and Captain James Neale. Each chapter is complete with genealogical sketches of descendants that contain varying amount of biographical information. (1956), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 362 pp.   $29.50   N2308  ISBN: 0788423088

**At Printer**   Pierson Millennium  - Richard E. Pierson and Jennifer Pierson. This book “covers the approximate period 850 AD to 1850 AD, …though some data earlier than 850 and later than 1850 is presented.” Three distinct spellings of the name Pierson (Pierson/Pearson/Peirson), all derived from “the surname’s place-name origin about 1100 AD in Yorkshire, England, at the vill of Pericne alias Persene,” are included. Two major sources used in compiling this work are books written by Lizzie B. Pierson and George Rogers Howell, originally published in the 19th century. These two books consist almost entirely of primary sources gleaned from personal interviews, family records, bible records, wills, probate records, burial records and other official state records. All information included, from these as well as other sources, has been examined for accuracy; errors, where found, have been corrected. Among the topics investigated are the English ancestry of six American immigrants of the 1600s, with “family inter-relationships provided.” These six individuals are Rev. Abraham Pierson, Bartholomew Pierson, Henry Peirson, John Pearson of Lynn, Stephen Pierson and Thomas Pierson Sr., who variously settled in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Although Deacon John Pearson and Samuel Peirson have been investigated, “their English ancestors were not discovered”; however, the results of the research are included in Appendix B. Another major topic addressed is 34 Pearson/Peirson/Pierson coats of arms which are provided for England, Scotland and the Netherlands. Ten Pierson legends have also been examined, discussed, and in most cases verified. One example of such deals with the origins of the Pierson name. It has been determined that “the Pierson line descended from Vikings” and the name originated “in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.” Two legends indicate that three of the earliest immigrants (Henry Peirson, Rev. Abraham Pierson and Bartholomew Pierson) arrived in America as passengers on the (2nd) Mayflower. Various other legends deal with topics such as family inter-relationships and details of their immigration. Separate from these legends is a chapter dedicated to “Pearson/Peirson/Pierson men in the Revolutionary War.” Sources are cited alongside the data, making both more accessible to researchers. A number of theories which cannot be verified are presented, along with the rationale to explain them, so that the readers can arrive at their own conclusions. An everyname index and detailed table of contents make this well organized text a convenient as well as a reliable research tool. (1997), 2007, 8½x11, paper, index, 340 pp.  $49.50  P0742  ISBN: 0788407422

**At Printer**   Wilson Families in Colonial Virginia and related Mason, Seawell, Goodrich, Boush Families: Ancestors and Kin of Benjamin Wilson (1733-1814)  - Patti Sue McCrary. This work documents the Wilson, Mason, Seawell, Goodrich and Boush families in Colonial Virginia from their arrival in the 1600’s until the Revolutionary War era. They immigrated to the Norfolk/Elizabeth City areas. Some later moved up the James River and others to the Rappahannock River. Many served as officers in the county government and/or as burgesses in the General Assembly. Military titles are used as they appeared in public records; text describes the Goodrich and Mason involvement in Bacon’s Rebellion. Each of the five surnames is treated in a separate chapter. A detailed table of contents shows the structure of each family. Documentation is provided in the footnotes, appendix, and bibliography. Up to five generations are shown with over 400 descendants. Cross-references show the marriages between members of these families. Additional surnames with numerous entries in the index include Butt, Cary, Curle, Langley, Lightfoot, Newton, and Thelaball. The index gives birth and death dates (when known) as well as maiden name and marriage name for women. 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 298 pp.   $28.00  M4391  ISBN: 0788443917

**At Printer**   Dunten/Dunton and Allied Families 2003 update - Joseph F. Dunten. Both Robert and Samuel Dunton are on the town list in Reading in 1644 and drew their land allotment in 1652. Both Robert and Samuel are said to have come from Lynn prior to settling in Reading. Some authorities state, “they were father and son or perhaps brothers,” but no evidence has been found to support these claims. Due to the uncertainty of Robert Dunton’s family status, this text opens with Samuel Dunton as number one. Samuel Dunton was born about 1620 in England and died 9 June 1685 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. This two-volume set spans fifteen generations, listing 4,178 descendants. Researchers will appreciate the familiar Modified Register System used in this straight forward genealogy outline. The source notes are numbered and are listed at the end of each chapter, generally following the outline of the Silicon Valley PAF Users Group. The index is arranged alphabetically by surname. The given name is followed by the year of birth and death. A married woman will appear under both her maiden name and under her married name with her maiden name in parentheses. 2007, 8½x11, paper, index, 2 vols. $72.00 D3749  ISBN: 0788437496

**At Printer**   Meet My Waterloo: A Midwestern American Boyhood - Lloyd R Engelbrecht. —What happened after the young boy told his teacher-minister that “Sinning is fun!”?
—Can you imagine a German Prisoner of War camp placed nearly in your backyard during World War II?
—How about getting a sooty ride in a train’s steam engine, or
—Seizing an opportunity to snatch chips of ice from the iceman’s truck on a hot summer day, or
—Rescuing your desk while the school is on fire?
These events, and many more, all happened to the author as a youngster in the town of Waterloo, Illinois. Meet My Waterloo is his memoir of those times, more than a half century ago as seen through the eyes of that boy growing up in that Midwestern town, comprised of mostly immigrant German descendants. At the same time, the book documents the creative ability of children to make delightful experiences out of any event or circumstance during that difficult era of the Great Depression and World War II. It presents a realistic and sometimes humorous view of the town’s environment, its influential tradespeople, the author’s family and teachers, his treasured refuge called home, the family rituals, his ideas of fun and adventure, and the growth of his character. And while you read this book, you will not be the first to say, “My town was just like that! I remember….” (2005), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, 186 pp.   $25.50  E2559  ISBN: 0788425595

**At Printer**   The Descendants of Rev. Joseph Rhea of Ireland  - Edward F. Foley. The Rhea family in America is descended from Matthew Rhea of the Campbell Clan of Scotland. His grandson, the Rev. Joseph Rhea, emigrated from Ireland to America in the mid-eighteenth century. This book tracks nine generations of Rheas from Joseph to the present day, and identifies over 1,600 descendants and their nearly 800 spouses. Rev. Rhea settled in Maryland but later preached in Tennessee, where he bought land. After his untimely death in 1777, his family removed to eastern Tennessee. His descendants have now spread across Tennessee and to all corners of the United States. With an easy-to-follow format and numbering system, and information gleaned from many sources, this book is a must for Rhea family libraries. A full name index completes the text. The author is a well-traveled businessman living in Singapore, an amateur historian and a member of genealogical societies in South Carolina and Tennessee. He married into the Rhea clan. (1996), 2007, 5½x8½ paper, index, 280 pp.   $25.50   F0526 ISBN: 0788405268

**At Printer**   Descendants of Jacob Amidown, (1720-1790) of Woodstock, Connecticut, and Dudley, Massachusetts (to 1930) - Christopher D. Amaden and Nancy K. Ameden Mullen. This well-documented genealogy includes seven generations of Jacob Amidown’s descendants, and incorporates enough social history to provide a sense of who the Amidowns/Amadens/Amedens/Amidons were as individuals. Entries contain a wealth of valuable information gleaned from census, vital, church, court, and military records—sources for every fact are cited. Vintage photographs, maps and illustrations enliven the text. Appendices, a glossary, a bibliography and an index add to the value of this work. 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 456 pp.  $37.00  A4192  ISBN: 0788441922

**At Printer**   Our Maryland Heritage, Book 38: Shaw Families - William Neal Hurley, Jr. . This study began with the goal of providing information about the Shaw families generally found in Montgomery County, as listed in the various census returns from 1850 to 1900, and expanded to include information from a number of other sources. The Shaw family has been in Maryland since the early days of the colony. They participated in the Revolution, and members of the family have served in many capacities, contributing to the growth of the state and nation. In his search of Montgomery County records (principally), Mr. Hurley found references to four members of the family who were contemporaries and may have been brothers. They were Levi Shaw, born c1780; Rezin Shaw, born c1775; John Shaw, born c1773; and Lemuel Shaw, born c1770. These men and the descendants of their children are the main focus of the book. Chapters 12, 13 and 14 discuss miscellaneous Shaw Family members of Montgomery, Prince George's and Frederick Counties. Common allied names include Baker, Beall, Brown, Cary, Cashell, Clagett, Davis, Funk, Gittings, Green, Harris/Harriss, Higgins, Hobbs, Johnson, King, Lewis, Plummer, Pope, Proles, Purdum, Stiles, Suddath, Sullivan, Thompson, Ward, Warfield, Waters, Watkins, Wilson, Young and others. Bibliography and fullname index are included. (2002), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 156 pp.   $17.50  H2188  ISBN: 0788421883

**At Printer**   A Genealogy Of The Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family From Civil, Military, Church and Family Records and Documents  - Samuel Gordon Smyth. This work is a genealogy and history of the related families of John Van Meter, Thomas Shepherd and John Duke, all of whom settled in the Northern Neck of Virginia between 1730 and 1750. The descendents of each played a prominent role in the settlement of Frederick and Berkeley counties in the western part of Virginia. This work is subdivided into four parts. Part One looks at eleven generations of the Van Metre family in PA, MD and VA. Part Two looks at ten generations of the Shepherd family, including Shepherdstown, Washington County, Maryland, and Ohio branches. Part Three discusses five generations of the Dukes' in Frederick County, VA, Harper's Ferry, and elsewhere throughout the MD, VA, WV and NC region. Part Four covers the Van Meters' of Ohio and Kentucky, with extracts from Shepherd Manuscripts, and looks at the Hedges family, Morgan Van Metre, Rezin D. Shepherd and Henry Shepherd. This work also contains a large selection of illustrations including the coat of arms for the Van Meterens' of Holland, and two original fullname indices: one for those with the surnames Duke, Shepherd and Van Metre and one for all other surnames. (1909), 2002, 5½x8½, paper, indices, 502 pp.  $37.50 S2201  ISBN: 0788422014

**At Printer**   Henry Rice, (1717-1818), The Pioneer Tennessee Gristmiller and His Twelve Children - Melvin Weaver Little. Henry Rice was born in 1717(?) in Hanover County, Virginia, lived in Virginia, South Carolina, and East Tennessee; he died in 1818 at Lost Creek, Tennessee (Campbell County, now Union). Name(s) of wife or wives unknown. He had at least six sons and six daughters, some born in Virginia and some in South Carolina. Near the middle of the century the family moved to the “96 District” of South Carolina and settled on land known as Indian territory. After several years at Rices Creek of Twelve Mile River in South Carolina, Henry traveled with some of his older children to Watauga Settlement, East Tennessee, where he built and fortified a large grist mill. He spent the rest of his 101 years here and at Lost Creek. Also featuring the surnames Bailey, Brim, Miller, Morrow, Spence, Smith, Tuttle, Watson, Wilson and others. (1983), 2007, 8½x11, paper, index, 328 pp.  $27.00  L3654  ISBN: 0788436546

**At Printer**   Some Descendants of John Ratliff & Charlotte White 1765-1997 - Larry Ratliff, Jack Hockett, Gerald Ratliff, and Grace Addison Ratliff. Follows some of the descendants of John Ratliff and Charlotte White, listing 4975 descendants for nine generations. John Ratliff is first mentioned in Russell County, Virginia tax records of 1787, although he was born in Augusta County, Virginia. The family soon branched out to Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Indiana, Colorado and Oregon, to name a few places. Appendices contain the Ratliff chronology and Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina records, among other items. (1998), 2007, 8½x11, cloth, index, 726 pp.   $75.00 R0864  ISBN: 078840864X

**At Printer**   Biographical Dictionary of The Youngs (Born circa 1625-1870) From Towns Under the Jurisdiction of York County, Maine  - Louise Rider Young. This third volume on the Youngs from the northeastern coastal area represents the closure of a trilogy begun in 1977. It is a listing of all proprietors, pioneers, land owners, heads of family, soldiers and sailors, brides, widows and orphans with the family name of Young in York County. The introduction explains in detail the methodology and the format used. Included is an alphabetical listing of the county's cities and towns which details the topography and history of each. Individual entries include 1,547 Youngs and 1,144 allied family names. The entries are alphabetically arranged and include as much information as was available and verifiable, such as: dates of birth, marriage and death; occupation; parents; residence; property and value; names of spouses and children. Dates of birth and parentage are fully cross-indexed. A + beside the name of a married child under the parent's entry indicates the existence of a main entry for that child. Two maps show York County before and after 1872. The extensive bibliography is broken down into geographical regions: national, state, county and town. Sources include military records, censuses, vital records, court records, gazetteers, church records, cemetery inscriptions and local histories. There are two everyname indices, one for allied families and one for the Youngs. Finding an individual is easy because each index entry includes the person's date of birth. (1996), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, indices, 226 pp.   $22.50  Y9565  ISBN: 0788405659

**At Printer**   Revolutionary War Veteran William Keeble of Blount County, Tennessee and His Heirs  - Albert W. Dockter, Jr. William Keeble, Sr. (1755-1834) enlisted as a Revolutionary War soldier in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was the first owner of the soil that now covers his remains in Blount County, Tennessee. The majority of this extensively researched book is devoted to six generations of William and Mary Keeble’s descendants. The background of William Keeble and an examination of Mary Keeble’s Bible precede the genealogical sketches of their heirs. The background of William Keeble includes: wartime records, his first family, his life from 1782 to 1799, marriage records, his will, and declarations to the government. The examination of Mary Keeble’s Bible includes: her family and her life; declarations to the government, her will, the settlement of her estate, and the disposition of Keeble land. In 1945, Albert Dockter married Dorothy Kathryn Gredig. He found it remarkable that his wife’s ancestors in the Keeble line had been residents of Blount County, Tennessee, for several generations. After the birth of their first child in 1948, he decided to “secure the baby’s lineage.” For over half a century, Mr. Dockter gathered vital statistics on the Keeble family from the Maryland Hall of Records; the New York, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia state libraries; the McClung collection in Knoxville; all the surrounding county courthouses; and numerous cemeteries. He also conducted personal interviews and “some of the first folks interviewed remembered the children of William Keeble, Revolutionary War veteran.” A full name index adds to the value of this work. 2007, 8½x11, paper, index, 272 pp.   $32.50 D4175  ISBN: 0788441752

**At Printer**   William Keeble of Blount County, Tennessee - Albert W. Dockter, Jr. William Keeble, Sr. (1755-1834) enlisted as a Revolutionary War soldier in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was the first owner of the soil that now covers his remains in Blount County, Tennessee. This volume includes genealogies for eight generations of the descendants of William Keeble. There are 433 numbered entries which typically include: full name of the descendant, date of birth, date of death, date of marriage, name of spouse, and names of children complete with the child’s date of birth, date of death, and name of spouse. Many entries also contain the date of birth and/or death of spouse, and/or the name of the spouse’s parents. A full name index adds to the value of this work. 2007, 8½x11, paper, index, 118 pp.   $21.50  D4176  ISBN: 0788441760

**At Printer**  Ancestors and Descendants of William Whitt, (1775-1850), Portrait of an American Family  - David F. Whitt. The goal of this book is to prove the origin and history of the Whitt family from Etowah County, Alabama. Research by William Whitt's descendants determined William had lived in South Carolina as early as 1798, migrated to Franklin County, Tennessee, as early as 1811, and pioneered into Alabama some time before 1824. William Whitt was a great-grandson of the emigrant, John Witt-Whitt, who emigrated from England to Virginia circa 1666. The four consensus sons of John Witt-Whitt have been identified as John Witt II, William Witt, Edward Whitt, and Richard Whitt Sr.-the Witt-Whitt family of old Virginia. In 2002, a DNA study confirmed that the four consensus sons of John Witt-Whitt were related. This book presents a thorough, complete, and accurate history of the ancestors and descendants of William Whitt from 1621 to the present day. A look at the origin of the surname Whitt precedes the history of the first Whitt in America, followed by an examination of John Witt-Whitt and the four foundational Witt-Whitt families of old Virginia. Individual chapters are devoted to the descendants of Edward Whitt, William Whitt, Shadrach M. Whitt, William P. Whitt, William Middleton Whitt, and David Harvey Whitt. Many of John Witt-Whitt's descendants patriotically and honorably served their country in all of America's wars from the Revolutionary War up to and including the Persian Gulf War, and are identified here. An abundance of photographs, facsimile reprints of original documents, and maps; along with appendices, a bibliography, and a full name index add to the value of this extensive work. 2004, 8½x11, paper, index, 624 pp.   $71.00  W3352  ISBN: 0788433520

Lynchburg, Virginia’s Aunt Berta; A Half-Breed’s Story of a Few Golden Years, 1857-1964  - Vera M. White and Kenneth Downing. This true story recounts the trials, tribulations and the times of the authors’ ancestor, Roberta Reed Edwards, better known as Aunt Berta. In her time, people in the Lynchburg, Virginia area called a charismatic and well-respected person Aunt. She earned that title, as she was warm-hearted and so skillful at midwifing and doctoring people and animals in that area. Born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1857, she lived to be 106, experiencing much Americana (horse and buggy, farming, weaving baskets, winning blue ribbons), seeing multifaceted U.S. history from Lincoln to Kennedy, witnessing social upheavals and changes, and observing the advent of the technological age. Braving Virginia’s ethnicity system, which designated her as a mixed blood person (part Cherokee and part Irish), she judged that system as inconsequential, not allowing it to humiliate or demean her. Her choice of husband further exemplifies her courage. The extraordinary Aunt Berta used her abundant inner strength and wisdom to cope with and overcome many tragedies pelting her life. They included removal of her Cherokee father from his family when she was seven, family deaths, and more. Remarkably, she studied and received her midwife license in her fifties and she finger-knitted while blind. Also, the book gives data on genealogical sources, Cherokee/Colored/Irish history, Colored and Indian Medal of Honor winners, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Soldiers, Lynchburg in the Civil War, Indian code talkers, Pearl Harbor, Nuremberg trials, Rough Riders, and more. 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 226 pp.   $20.00  W4332  ISBN: 0788443321

**At Printer**  The English Ancestral Family and American Descendants of William and Deborah Hewes of Ouldman’s Creek Plantation, Salem County, New Jersey and of Marcus Hook, Chester County, Pennsylvania  - Joy L. Hughes-Jacoby. This work takes the family right up to the present day, covering 37 generations in 2,346 genealogical entries. A variety of spellings have been documented for the Hewes family, including de la Huese, Hyeys, Hywis, Hisis, Hewis, Hewish, Huish, Hughish, Huese, Hues, Hughs, and Hughes. Includes illustrations, maps, and a bibliography. (2000), 2005, 5½x8½, paper, index, 348 pp.   $40.00  H1659  ISBN: 0788416596

**At Printer**  The Robertses of Northern New England - Thomas A. Jacobsen. The Robertses first appeared in New England in 1614, six years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. This book focuses on all of the known Roberts-surnamed descendants of Thomas and Rebecca Roberts of early Dover, N.H, and George and Mary Roberts of early Exeter, N.H. (1995), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, index, 464 pp.   $37.00  J0242  ISBN: 0788402420

Laws, Customs and Rights: Charles Hatfield and His Family, A Louisiana History - Evelyn L. Wilson. Laws, Customs and Rights tells a story of Charles Hatfield, Jr., his family, and the segregation laws he sought to change. The story begins with Hatfield's maternal great-grandfather, George Douse, a free mulatto, who settled in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in the early 1820s. It includes Thomas and Mary Purnell, one white and one black, who raised children and grew old together, though they could not marry because of their race. Their daughter, Ann Maria Purnell, married George Douse's son, Richard Douse, a Civil War veteran and a member of Louisiana's 2nd regiment, Native Guards, a U.S. Army unit formed of black soldiers without Presidential approval. Richard and Ann's grandchild, Charles Hatfield, Jr., sued Louisiana's only state-supported law school in 1946 to force it to desegregate. In response to Hatfield's suit, the state of Louisiana established a law school at Southern University, the state's separate school for its black citizens. The book documents these events using minutes of meetings and related correspondence. It provides histories of the black and white state universities and compares their law schools. The book tracks Hatfield's genealogy, but also examines the Louisiana in which the Purnells, Douses, and Hatfields lived, discussing those events most relevant to their lives. Using original and secondary sources, it tells a history of how slavery and segregation shaped the choices available to and selected by family members, and traces the family's history against the background of Louisiana's history from 1817 to 2002. Pictures of Hatfields and Douses; and quotes from original sources, including acts of emancipation, correspondence, army enrollment and discharge papers, and court documents enhance this well documented work. (2004), 2006, 5½x8½, paper, biblio., 226 pp.   $27.50  W0942  ISBN: 1585499420