Richard Felton Of Early North Carolina And His Descendants PDF Download

Excerpt from A Genealogical History of the Felton Family A Compiler of a Genealogy sometimes gives a few reasons why lie engaged in such an undertaking. Not having as good eyesight as people in general, we participate in but few of the parties for pleasure, but have occupied some of our leisure hours in historical and genealogical researches. We had heard persons remark that they wished for a record of their ancestors, in a continuous line to their first settling in the country. We had a desire tor some knowledge of our ancestors, and felt that the information now collected would gratify, not only those now upon the stage but generations yet to come. Many years ago we commenced to note down facts, such as marriages, deaths, and other items relating to this family, as we found them in newspapers and books. Some 30 years ago we visited Salem, Marblehead and Danvers, where the Feltons first settled on arriving in America, and where most of the first three generations lived and were buried. In 1870, being in failing health, we partly gave up farming, and extended our researches to other parts of the state (even to Philadelphia, at the time of the centennial exhibition, ) and the next year, 1877, we brought out the Felton Family pamphlet of 19 pages, giving some account of 40 to 50 families that lived before this century. Had 70 copies printed and disposed of them in nine months, and not enough to supply the demand. This new and enlarged edition gives some account of upwards of 300 families, and is brought down nearly to the present time, 1886. 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.