Richard Shute of Boston Massachusetts 1631-1703 and Selected Progeny

<p>Supplementing its 'standard' genealogical data with narrative text this book documents the family and descendants of Richard Shute an English mariner who arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime prior to 1659 and began a New World family line full of ambition daring and initiative. The book focuses on Richard and his progeny but also investigates the descendants of Richard's brother William himself a mariner of Boston. It covers twelve generations of Richard's line (to the time of original publication in 1995) and five generations of William's (to the early 19th century). Basic facts such as birth dates death dates and marriage dates and names of associated people and places are included as well as tidbits and anecdotes gleaned from wills diaries and public records. Over 1000 descendants of Richard and William are supplied; families mentioned include Belcher Boardman Buckley Coffin Cushing Dudley Emerson French Greenland Grover Hitchings Jewett Knower<br />Mountfort Nichols Pearson Pillsbury Rainsford Rust Sargeant Soley Sprague Waite Watts and Wiggins. Chapters include: Descendants of Richard and Elizabeth Shute Index to Descendants of Richard Shute Descendants of William and Hopestill Shute and Index to Descendants of William Shute. Appendices include: The Will of Richard Shute Sr. (1631-1703); The Will of Richard Shute Jr. (1666-c1742/43); The Will of Michael Shute (1707-1784); and The Will of Benjamin Shute (1759-1847). A bibliography adds to the value of this work.</p>