It is a pleasure to state as a foreword that it is solely because of the interest in and knowledge of matters genealogical of Mr. Francis V. Morrell, a son of one of my former employers, that this work has been produced. To him we are indebted for most all of the documentary information, the arrangement of the book and its complete index, as well as the careful editing of fragmentary family records and the solution of perplexing problems of descent.