Broad Bay Pioneers
- Author: Gary T. Horlacher and Wilford W. Whitaker
- SKU: 1550
- ISBN: 0897252101
- Our Price:
$79.95
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Description:
(Waldoboro) Broad Bay Pioneers. By Gary T. Horlacher and Wilford W. Whitaker. 880pp., maps, ship's lists, 20,690 entry Every Name Index. Hard cover. 2002 (1998)
The German settlement on Broad Bay, now Waldoboro, Maine, began in 1742 and extended to 1753. Little known in New England, these sturdy German settlers maintained a separate identity until well into the 19th century. In the first generation quite a number of them moved yet again, further south to North and South Carolina, and probably a few to Pennsylvania, in search of warmer weather, better soil, and perhaps more German-speaking companions.
Of the nearly 1,000 German-speaking settlers who came to New England in the four passenger ships in 1742, 1751, 1752 and 1753, the majority settled in Broad Bay and are the focus of this major work. Others settled in Nova Scotia, and some in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Those who settled in other parts of New England also are included here, but in summary form.
A total of 251 families are reported on in depth, usually with their German ancestry given back 3 or 4 generations into the 17th or even 16th centuries. The families are grouped in the book according to their origins (with descriptions of the areas of origin). The families include 56 from Baden-Durlach; 34 from Hessen-Nassau; 6 from Hessen; 15 from Unterfranken, Bavaria; 8 from the Bavarian-Pflaz; 2 from Alscace-Lorain; 6 from Switzerland; 14 French families which settled at Pownalboro; 37 families whose origins in Germany are unknown; 30 German latecomer families to Broad Bay; coupled with shorter write-ups on 13 German families of Ashburnham, Mass. and 30 German families of Boston.
The book includes sections on emmigration fees and costs, demographic factors in Germany, German naming systems, occupations of the immigrants, and extensive information on the early days of the Broad Bay colonies, including the settlers' participation in the various French and Indian wars. All in all, you will find an enormous amount of historical and genealogical data in the book. Horlacher and Whitaker have created a trail-blazing work similar in scope and arrangement ot Hand Jones' The Palatine Families of New York. It will suprise many researchers to see the sheer volume and detail on German ancestry back into the 17th century, as well as on American descendants, compiled by these authors.
This is a major work on a paart of ethic New England seldom before explored and never in this deptgh. We recommend it highly.
