Includes general background information on genealogical research and a directory of people with Coleman surnames.

This genealogy book traces the lineage of the Coleman family from their arrival in America in 1630 through to the late 19th century. Using detailed family records and historical documents, authors Edwin Stearns and Lyman Coleman provide a comprehensive look at the lives of the Coleman family and their descendants. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in genealogy or family history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Coleman Family: Descendants of Thomas Coleman, of Nantucket, in Line of the Oldest Son, 10 Geneartions, 1602 to 1898 296 Years Example. - Ruth Coleman. By reference to the Index it appears that she is the daughter of Oliver Allen Coleman, page There will be found her father's record. He is the son of William B. Coleman, grandson of George Coleman, and so on, and his pedigree is given back to the founder. She learns that she is of the the 10th generation from Thomas. By turning to her grandfather's record she learns that he had four sons, William B., Jr., George S., Charles S. and her father Oliver Allen, so that she has three uncles on her father's side. Turning to great grandfather's page she finds that he had six children, four sons, Wm. B., (her grandfather), Ferdinand, James and Silas, and two daughters, Almira and Anna, so she has three great uncles and two great aunts. As her fathers brother George S. whose page is has a daughter Gertrude, she is the possessor of one live cousin. If her curiosity is aroused to learn what relation the Ingrahams are to her, she turns to the index of families connected by marriage, and finds that under the title of Ingraham, reference is made to page ( Turning to that page she finds that her great grandfather George Coleman's daughter Anna, her great aunt, married Dr. T. M. Ingraham, and had 10 children, and that she is a cousin several times removed, to them all. If she is curious to learn the habitat of her ancestors she will find by consulting their respective pages, that her ancestors, up to the beginning of the Revolutionary War, were residents of Nantucket, and that about that time her great great great grandfather Elihu removed to Columbia County, N. Y., where her great grandfather was born. She will also learn that her grandfather was born in New York City, that her father was born at Flatlands, N. Y. and that she herself was born in Americus, Georgia. If her curiosity is further aroused to learn what blood is allied with hers, she will find by referring to the index of families, that 18 Macys, 11 Bunkers, a like number of Coffins, 8 Folgers, and representative of the families of Barnard, Star-buck, Paddock, Husseys, and over a hundred others, have at different times in the last three hundred years, married into the family; and following up her father's record, learns that she is a conglomerate of Coleman, Macys, Bunker, Coffin, Folger, Barnard, Starbuck and others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.