This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

John Bridge (d.1665), a widower with two sons, emigrated in 1631 from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1658 he married widow Eliza- beth Saunders, widow of Martin Saunders and earlier widow of Roger Bancroft; they had no children, and she married again after John's death. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and elsewhere. Includes some ancestry and relatives in England.

Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.

This book discusses the history of genealogy in the United States, and tries to not only bring genealogy into the main stream of historical sources, but also demonstrate the serviceability of genealogy to historians.