Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton

GUIDE
TO THE
ARTHUR W. H. EATON
PAPERS
AT THE
NEW ENGLAND
HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY



Repository:    R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Compiler/Creator:    Eaton, Arthur Wentworth H., 1849-1937.

Content:    Genealogies, history, vital records, notes and correspondence pertaining to Planters and United Empire Loyalists in Nova Scotia; as well as material from Eaton’s activities as a churchman and educator.

Volume:    linear ft.

Call Number:    SG EAT 1



HISTORICAL NOTE

The Rev. Arthur W. H. Eaton (1849-1937) was a resident of Kentville, Nova Scotia, who moved to Boston in 1873 to complete his education. He served as an Episcopal deacon and priest in Indiana, New York and Massachusetts, as well as teaching English literature at the Cutler School in New York. Popular with his students, Eaton’s former pupils often addressed him as “Pa” or “Father”. He was also an amateur historian who successfully addressed himself to a wide range of topics. These included theology, genealogy, biography, local history and poetry.


SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection was compiled during the period 1871-1927. Much of it concerns Nova Scotia and its settlers, particularly those referred to as Planters and Loyalists. Genealogical notes, correspondence and exhaustive vital record transcripts make up most of the collection, particularly on the subjects of Kings and Hants counties. Judge Alfred W. Savary (1831-     ) was a favorite correspondent in these researches, supplying Eaton with information and suggestions. In addition to his genealogical and biographical papers, the collection holds material from Eaton’s successful works on the Anglican Church in Nova Scotia and the country’s heritage of verse and lyrics.

Eaton’s church activities appear through correspondence with Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), Richard H. Newton (1840-1914), and William W. Newton (1843-1914). Eaton’s tenture as an educator at the Cutler School is marked by numerous letters from former students, describing their successes or failures with university examinations. Representing New York’s best families of the 1890’s, the students included Gallatins, Grants, Livermores, and Bullards. Equally interesting are the scattering of letters and evaluations provided by the schools to which the boys allied.

In general, the private Eaton papers consist of social correspondence between 1880 and 1891 while Eaton was in New York. Parts are disappointingly lacking in substance, such as that from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer (d. 1933). Others hold greater promise of historical interest, particularly the poet William O. Partridge (1861-1930). In addition, there is a small collection of papers relating to Wyatt Eaton, the portraitist (1849-1896). Of special interest is his diary for 1867, the year he gave up carriage painting to study portraiture.



ORGANIZATION



Administrative Information

Restrictions:    None

Provenance:    Gift; 1903-1937, Eaton, Arthur W. H.

Processing Information:    March 4, 1983; Michele L. M. Austin, Nathaniel N. Shipton

Preferred Citation:    Arthur W. H. Eaton Papers (SG EAT 1). R Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.



FOLDER LIST

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note the collection name and call number along with the box and folder numbers shown below on a manuscript request form.


Sub-group I.    Genealogy

Series A.    Families

Box 1

Item 1.    Albro, 1664-1886
Folder 1.  Correspondence, notes

Item 2.    Allen, 1720-1811
Folder 1.  Genealogy

Item 3.    Almon, 1755-1916
Folder 1.  Genealogy
Folder 2.  Clippings
Folder 3.  Vital records
Folder 4.  Vital records
Folder 5.  Correspondence, notes

Item 4.    Archibald [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Item 5.    Beamish, 1861-1891
Folder 1.  Clipping

Item 6.    Belcher, 1710-1912
Folder 1.  Genealogy
Folder 2.  Clippings
Folder 3.  Vital records
Folder 4.  Vital records
Folder 5.  Notes
Folder 6.  Notes
Folder 7.  Notes

Item 7.     Best, 1707-1918
Folder 1.  Correspondence
Folder 2.  Correspondence
Folder 3.  Correspondence
Folder 4.  Vital records, will

Item 8.    Binney, 1724-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records

Item 9.    Bishop, 1692-1917
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes, vital records

Item 10.   Blake, 1788-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Correspondence
Folder 3. Notes
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes

Item 11.   Blanchard, 1811-1909
Folder 1. Correspondence

Item 12.   Blowers, 1640-1860
Folder 1. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 2. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 3. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 3. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 4. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 5. Biographical sketch of Sampson S. Blowers
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Kent family
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Notes
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Notes

Item 13. Boggs, 1740-1903
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes

Item 14. Bradish, 1635-1892
Folder 1. Chart
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records

Item 15. Brenton, 1634-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Correspondence

Item 16. Breynton, 1742-1913
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Notes
Folder 4. Correspondence

Item 17. Brinley, 1632-1861
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Copies of documents
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes

Item 18. Bristed, 1778-1855
Folder 1. Vital records

Item 19. Brown, Abbie F. [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Item 20. Bulkley, 1719-1800
Folder 1. Notes, vital records

Item 21. Bullock, 1827-1916
Folder 1. Clippings, vital records

Box 2

Item 22. Burbidge, 1716-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Clippings, notes
Folder 4. Correspondence
Folder 5. Correspondence
Folder 6. Correspondence

Item 23. Byles, 1734-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes
Folder 2. M.H.S. Bulletin, 1913
Folder 3. M.H.S. Bulletin, 1914

Item 24. Calkin, 1829-1918
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 25. Campbell, 1715-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Correspondence
Folder 5. Correspondence
Folder 6. Correspondence
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes

Item. 26 Chipman, 1847-1917
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 27. Clark, 1731-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes
Folder 2. Vital records, correspondence

Item 28. Cochran, 1702-1917
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Correspondence
Folder 5. Correspondence

Item 29. Coffin, 1844-1928
Folder 1. Biographical sketch of Sara T. Coffin
Folder 2. Biographical sketch of Sara T. Coffin
Folder 3. Biographical sketch of Sara T. Coffin

Item 30. Cornwallis, 1655-1782
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes, vital records

Item 31. Cossitt, 1819-1907
Folder 1. Note, vital records

Item 32. Crawley, 1749-1842
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records

Item 33. Creighton, 1721-1875
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Clippings

Item 34. Cunard, 1683-1917
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Notes, clippings

Item 35. Cunningham, 1756-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records, documents
Folder 3. Correspondence

Item 36. Cutler, 1606-1917
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records, notes
Folder 5. Correspondence

Item 37. De Bois, 1695-1913
Folder 1. notes
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Correspondence
Folder 9. Correspondence

Item 38. D’Entremont, 1860-1920
Folder 1. Clippings

Box 3

Item 39. Des Baues, 1722-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes, clippings

Item 40. Des Brisay, 1685-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Clipping, correspondence

Item 41. Despard, 1751-1803
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 42. Dickie, 1765-1911
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Article Genealogical Quarterly, 1911

Item 43. Dickson, 1600-1915
Folder 1. Notes
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Correspondence

Item 44. Dimock, 1631-1917
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 45. Dodd, 1741-1831
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 46. Duffus, 1762-1802
Folder 1. Genealogy

Item 47. Eaton, 1604-1921
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Document copies
Folder 3. Vital records

Item 48. Eaton, Wyatt, 1867-1890
Folder 1. Diary, 1867. 1 vol., 357 p.
Folder 2. Correspondence, 1885-1890, 4 items

Item 49. Eaton, Ward and Deborah, 1639-1917
Volume 1. Genealogy, 1639-1917. 123 p.

Box 4

Item 49a (156) Eaton related families
Folder 1. Introduction, alphabetical list of families
Folder 2. Athern-Atwood
Folder 3. Bachiler-Bliss
Folder 4. Burpee-Chadbourne
Folder 6. Cobb
Folder 7. Converse-De Wolf
Folder 8. Eaton
Folder 9. Eddender-Fish
Folder 10. Foss
Folder 11. Frost-Gorham
Folder 12. Gowen-Grant
Folder 13. Hallett
Folder 14. Hallett (cont.)
Folder 15. Hamilton-Harding
Folder 16. Hazeltine-Kelley
Folder 17. Kettle-Kimball
Folder 18. Kitcherell-Long
Folder 19. Lord
Folder 20. Lord (cont.)
Folder 21. Lord (cont.)
Folder 22. Maroin-Potter
Folder 23. Rand-Saunders
Folder 24. Shepard-Shofford
Folder 25. Sprague
Folder 26. Starr
Folder 27. Tenney-Tozier
Folder 28. White-Wright

Item 49b (165) Notes, etc. for an Eaton genealogy
Folder 1. Easton family branches
Folder 2. White family
Folder 3. Misc. notes
Folder 4. Correspondence

Item 50. Elder, 1784-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Correspondence
Folder 4. Poem for Acadia Seminary alumnae

Item 51. Fairbanks, 1758-1842
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Notes

Item 52. Fillis, 1724-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes

Item 53. Fleiger, 1754-1916
Folder 1. Vital records, clipping

Item 54. Foye, 1701-1771
Folder 1. Vital records

Item 55. Fraser, 1800-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, clippings

Item 56. Gerrish, 1617-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Vital records
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Notes
Folder 15. Notes
Folder 16. Correspondence

Box 5

Item 57. Gilpin, 1517-1908
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Correspondence
Folder 10. Correspondence

Item 58. Godfrey, 1814-1881
Folder 1. Genealogy

Item 59. Goose, 1690-19-
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 60. Gore, 1709-1908
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records, correspondence

Item 61. Gorham, 1512-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records

Item 62. Goudge, 1829-1920
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 63. Graham, 1848-1917
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 64. Grant, 1913
Folder 1. Correspondence, note

Item 65. Gray, 1729-1868
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Notes

Item 66. Green, 1713-1897
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Notes

Item 67. Halliburton, 1591-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Genealogy
Folder 8. Genealogy
Folder 9. Genealogy
Folder 10. Genealogy
Folder 11. Genealogy
Folder 12. Genealogy
Folder 13. Genealogy
Folder 14. Genealogy
Folder 15. Genealogy
Folder 16. Genealogy
Folder 17. Charts
Folder 18. Vital records
Folder 19. Vital records
Folder 20. Vital records
Folder 21. Vital records
Folder 22. Vital records
Folder 23. Vital records
Folder 24. Notes
Folder 25. Notes
Folder 26. Notes
Folder 27. Notes
Folder 28. Notes
Folder 29. Notes
Folder 30. Notes
Folder 31 Notes
Folder 32. Notes
Folder 33. Notes
Folder 34. Notes
Folder 35. Notes
Folder 36. Notes
Folder 37. Notes
Folder 38. Notes
Folder 39. Notes
Folder 40. Correspondence
Folder 41. Correspondence
Folder 42. Correspondence

Box 6

Item 68. Hamilton, 1587-1901
Folder 1. Genealogy of David Hamilton
Folder 2. Genealogy of Henry Hamilton
Folder 3. Genealogy of Henry Hamilton
Folder 4. Genealogy of Henry Hamilton
Folder 5. Genealogy of Henry Hamilton
Folder 6. Genealogy Frost
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Notes
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Correspondence
Folder 14. Correspondence
Folder 15. Correspondence
Folder 16. Willard bible record, 1796-1832, 8 p.

Item 69. Hamilton of Olivestob, 1294-1902
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Charts
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Vital records
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Notes
Folder 15. Notes
Folder 16. Notes
Folder 17. Notes
Folder 18. Notes
Folder 19. Notes
Folder 20. Notes
Folder 21. Notes
Folder 22. Notes

Box 7

Item 69 continued. Hamilton of Olivestob, 1294-1902
Folder 23. Notes
Folder 24. Notes
Folder 25. Notes
Folder 26. Notes
Folder 27. Notes
Folder 28. Notes
Folder 29. Correspondence
Folder 30. Correspondence
Folder 31. Correspondence
Folder 32. Correspondence
Folder 33. Correspondence
Folder 34. Correspondence
Folder 35. Correspondence
Folder 36. Correspondence
Folder 37. Correspondence

Item 70. Hace, -1907
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy

Item 71. Harrington, 1731-1914
Folder 1. Correspondence

Item 72. Harris, 1738-1807
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records, clippings
Folder 3. Notes, correspondence

Item 73. Hart [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Item 74. Hill, 1719-1917
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Notes
Folder 4. Notes

Item 75. How, 1713-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records, notes

Item 76. Hurd, 1676-1827
Folder 1. Vital records, correspondence
Folder 2. Notes

Item 77. Inglis, 1686-1917
Folder 1. Biography, genealogy
Folder 2. Biography, genealogy
Folder 3. Biography, genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Correspondence
Folder 9. Correspondence
Folder 10. Correspondence

Item 78. Irish, 1678-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Notes
Folder 7. Correspondence
Folder 8. Correspondence
Folder 9. Correspondence
Folder 10. Correspondence
Folder 11. Correspondence

Item 79. James [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Box 8

Item 80. Johnstone, 1717-1908
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Correspondence

Item 81. Kaulback, 1758-1859
Folder 1. Notes, clippings

Item 82. Kenny, 1800-1908
Folder 1. Vital records, clippings

Item 83. Kidston, 1744-1796
Folder 1. Vital records, notes

Item 84. King, 1350-1910
Folder 1. King heraldry

Item 85. Laurie [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Item 86. Lawlor, 1688-1892
Folder 1. Vital records
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes

Item 87. Lawson, 1645-1828
Folder 1. Notes
Folder 2. Vital records

Item 88. Livingston, 1741-1911
Folder 1. Notes

Item 89. Longley, 1849-1922
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 89a (162) Lord, 1621-1897
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Vital records
Folder 10. Clippings
Folder 11. Clippings
Folder 12. Clippings
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Notes
Folder 15. Notes
Folder 16. Correspondence
Folder 17. Correspondence
Folder 18. Correspondence
Folder 19. Correspondence
Folder 20. Correspondence
Folder 21. Correspondence
Folder 22. Correspondence
Folder 23. Correspondence
Folder 24. Correspondence
Folder 25. Correspondence
Folder 26. Correspondence

Item 90. Lovell, 1677-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, notes

Item 91. Lovett, 1646-1768
Folder 1. Vital records
Folder 2. Notes

Item 92. Lyde, 1653-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Vital records
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Correspondences

Box 9

Item 93. Macdonald, 1776-1920
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 94. Mc Nutt, 1776-1912
Folder 1. Vital records, correspondence

Item 95. Manning, 1613-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9.Notes

Item 96. Mascarene, 1645-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, correspondence

Item 97. Moore, 1582-1890
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital record

Item 98. Morris, 1665-1903
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Notes

Item 99. Mullony, 1876-1917
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 100. Newton, 1660-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Chart
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Vital records
Folder 10. Vital records
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes
Folder 13. Notes
Folder 14. Notes
Folder 15. Clippings
Folder 16. Correspondence

Item 101. O’dell, 162-1892
Folder 1. Clippings
Folder 2. Memoir, notes, correspondence

Item 102. Payzant, 1712-1894
Folder 1. Clipping, notes

Item 103. Pearson, 1683-1820
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes

Item 104. Pepperrell, 1775-1816
Folder 1. Genealogy

Item 105. Prescott, 1725-1816
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records, notes, correspondence

Item 106. Pyke, 1743-1899
Folder 1. Vital records
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Correspondence
Folder 6. Correspondence

Item 107. Pryor, 1664-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Notes

Item 108. Ramage, 1735-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, correspondence

Item 109. Reid, 1801-1910
Folder 1. Notes, correspondence

Item 110. Rickey, 1753-1918
Folder 1. Clippings, notes, correspondence

Item 111. Rogers, 1766-1909
Folder 1. Document copies, correspondence

Item 112. Ruggles, 1840-1917
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 113. Salter, 1635-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes
Folder 7. Notes

Item 114. Sargent, 1749-1784
Folder 1. Notes

Item 115. Savary, 1831-1920
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 116. Sawyer, 1779-1920
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy

Box 10

Item 117. Schuman, 1854-1920
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 118. Seaman, 1640-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes and correspondence

Item 119. Sharp, 1789-1908
Folder 1. Genealogy

Item 120. Smelling, 1684-1915
Folder 1. Genealogy, notes, correspondence
Folder 2. Vital records

Item 121. Stairs, 1863-1917
Folder 1. Clippings

Item 122. Starr, 1589-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Clippings, correspondence

Item 123. Stauser, 1798-1799
Folder 1. Vital records

Item 124. Stearns, 1770-1798
Folder 1. Vital records, notes

Item 125. Steward, 1738-1907
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, correspondence
Folder 2. Eulogy to Lt. Col. H.K. Steward

Item 126. Stuart, 1746-1912
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes, clipping

Item 127. Thomson, 1750-1908
Folder 1. Vital records, notes, clipping

Item 128. Thorn, 1641-1920
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Notes
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes
Folder 6. Notes
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Correspondence

Item 129. Throckmorton, 1722-1878
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, notes

Item 130. Tilley, 1818-1910
Folder 1. Clipping

Item 131. Tobin, 1758-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Notes, clippings, correspondence
Folder 7. Irish family notes

Item 132. Tremain, 1742-1872
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records, notes

Item 133. Tupper, 1821-1914
Folder 1. Genealogy, clippings

Item 134. Twining, 1689-1909
Folder 1. Genealogy, correspondence
Folder 2. Notes

Item 135. Umiacke, 1649-1911
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Notes
Folder 5. Notes

Item 136. Vassel, 1590-1911
Folder 1. Genealogy, chart
Folder 2. Vital records
Folder 3. Notes

Item 137. Wallace, 1719-1861
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Vital records, notes

Item 138. Wentworth, 1708-1809
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Genealogy
Folder 6. Genealogy
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Vital records
Folder 9. Notes
Folder 10. Notes
Folder 11. Notes
Folder 12. Notes

Box 11

Item 139. Whidden, 1681-1919
Folder 1. Clippings, notes, correspondence

Item 140. Wickwire [discarded newsprint - illegible]

Item 141. Wire, 1668-1890
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Vital records
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Vital records
Folder 8. Notes

Item 142. Wilkins, 1672-1911
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Genealogy
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Notes

Item 143. Willet, 1917
Folder 1. Correspondence

Item 144. Williams, 1717-1911
Folder 1. Genealogy

Item 145. Willoughby, 1619-1910
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Genealogy
Folder 3. Genealogy
Folder 4. Vital records
Folder 5. Vital records
Folder 6. Vital records
Folder 7. Notes
Folder 8. Notes
Folder 9. Notes
Folder 10. Correspondence
Folder 11. Correspondence

Item 146. Wingate, 1718-1916
Folder 1. Genealogy, vital records, correspondence

Item 147. Winnett, 1710-1918
Folder 1. Genealogy
Folder 2. Notes
Folder 3. Notes, correspondence

Item 148. Winslow, 1620-1910
Folder 1. Notes
Folder 2. Notes

Series B. General research notes

Box 11 continued

Item 148a(158) Halifax families
Folder 1. Index
Folder 2. A
Folder 3. B
Folder 4. C-D
Folder 5. E-G
Folder 6. H
Folder 7. I-L
Folder 8. M
Folder 9. N-O
Folder 10. P
Folder 11. R-S
Folder 12. T-U
Folder 13. W-Y
Folder 14. Unindexed families

Item 148b(161) Notes for Nova Scotia biographies
Folder 1. A
Folder 2. B
Folder 3. Ca-Cn
Folder 4. Cochran
Folder 5. Cochran
Folder 6. Coster
Folder 7. D.
Folder 8. E-G
Folder 9. H
Folder 10. I-L
Folder 11. M-N
Folder 12. P
Folder 13. R-S
Folder 14. T, W, Y
Folder 15. Lt. Governors of Nova Scotia
Folder 16. Misc. notes
Folder 17. Misc. notes
Folder 18. Misc. notes
Folder 19. Misc. notes

Sub-group II. Vital records

Series A. town and church records

Box 12

Item 149. Horton vital records, 1777-1884. Tr., 206 p.

Item 150. Falmouth vital records, 1752-1825. Tr., 102 p.


Item 151. Windsor vital records, 1738-1821. Tr., 32 p.


Item 152. Cornwallis (Wolfville) marriages, 1760-1857. Tr., 65 p.


Item 153. Cornwallis (Wolfville) births, 1752-1857. Tr., 92 p.


Item 154. Newport vital records, 1753-1857. Tr., 61 p.


Item 154a (157) Baptismal records

Folder 1. St. Matthews, Halifax, 1789-1903
Folder 2. St. Paul’s, Halifax, 1754-1846
Folder 3. St. Paul’s, Halifax, 1754-1846
Folder 4. St. Paul’s, Halifax, 1754-1846


Sub-group III. History

Series A. Church of England in Nova Scotia

Box 13

Item 155. Church of England
Folder 1. History of the Parish of St. Johns, p. 1-9
Folder 2. History of the Parish of St. Johns, p. 10-19
Folder 3. History of the Parish of St. Johns, p. 20-29
Folder 4. History of the Church in Nova Scotia, p. 1-10
Folder 5. History of the Church in Nova Scotia, p. 11-18
Folder 6. History of St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Folder 7. Parish history questionnaires, Annapolis-Cumberland Counties
Folder 8. Parish history questionnaires, Digby-Guisboro Counties
Folder 9. Parish history questionnaires, Halifax County
Folder 10. Parish history questionnaires, Halifax County
Folder 11. Parish history questionnaires, Hants County
Folder 12. Parish history questionnaires, Lunenburg-Pictou Counties
Folder 13. Parish history questionnaires, Queen’s-St. Patrick Counties
Folder 14. Address by the Rev. Rederick Courtney to the Dioscean Synod of Nova Scotia, 1888, 1892
Folder 15. Perry, William S., sermon on the Rev. Charles Inglis, 1887
Folder 16. St. Margaret’s Parish, Halifax, Co., pamphlet, Church Work, 1886
Folder 17. Historical sketch of Alline’s Church, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Folder 18. Historical sketch of Alline’s Church, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Folder 19. Notes
Folder 20. Notes
Folder 21. Notes
Folder 22. Notes
Folder 23. Correspondence, A-C
Folder 24. Correspondence, D-G
Folder 25. Correspondence, H-L
Folder 26. Correspondence, M-P
Folder 27. Correspondence, Q-R
Folder 28. Correspondence, S-W
Folder 29. Correspondence, Unidentified

Series B. Kings County

Box 13 continued

Item 155a (168). Kings County history and genealogy
Folder 1. General source notes
Folder 2. Adams
Folder 3. Angus
Folder 5. Avery
Folder 6. Baker, Barnaby, Baxter
Folder 7. Beach, Beckworth
Folder 8. Belcher
Folder 9. Biglow, Bill
Folder 10. Bishop, Blanchard
Folder 11. Bliss
Folder 12. Borden
Folder 13. Brewster
Folder 14. Brown
Folder 15. Brown
Folder 16. Burpee, Calkin, Campbell
Folder 17. Chase
Folder 18. Chipman
Folder 19. Clark, Cleveland
Folder 20. Coffin, Coggswell
Folder 21. Coldwell, Cornstock, Cornwallis
Folder 22. Cox
Folder 23. Crane
Folder 24. Davidson, De Blois, Denison

Box 14

Item 155a (168) continued. Kings County history and genealogy
Folder 25. De Wolf
Folder 26. Dickie
Folder 27. Dickson
Folder 28. Dickson
Folder 29. Digby, Dodge
Folder 30. Eaton
Folder 31. Eaton
Folder 32. Ells
Folder 33. Elderking, English
Folder 34. Faulkner, Fitch
Folder 35. Forsyth-Fuller
Folder 36. Fox
Folder 37. Gesner, Gillmore, Gore, Graves
Folder 38. Hamilton
Folder 39. Harding
Folder 40. Harrington
Folder 41. Harris, Hill
Folder 42. Huntington, Huston
Folder 43. Johnston
Folder 44. Kidston
Folder 45. Lockhart
Folder 46. Lockhart
Folder 47. Lowdens, Lyons
Folder 48. Masters
Folder 49. Miner
Folder 50. Moore, Morton
Folder 51. Murdock, Newcomb
Folder 52. Orpin, Osborne, Palmer, Parker
Folder 53. Peck
Folder 54. Pierson, Pines
Folder 55. Phelps, Prescott, Pyles
Folder 56. Rand, Randall
Folder 57. Rathbone, Redden
Folder 58. Reid, Rockwell, Roscoe
Folder 59. Sanford, Seaman
Folder 60. Shreve, Skinner
Folder 61. Somerville, Spinney
Folder 62. Starr
Folder 63. Starr
Folder 64. Starr
Folder 65. Steadman
Folder 66. Steffins, Steward
Folder 67. Strong
Folder 68. Terry, Thorpe
Folder 69. Tupper, Turner
Folder 70. Twining, Vickery
Folder 71. Ward, Wells, West
Folder 72. Webster
Folder 73. Webster
Folder 74. Wickwire
Folder 75. Williams, Witter
Folder 76. Woodworth

Box 15

Item 155a (168) continued. Kings County history and genealogy
Folder 77. Notes
Folder 78. Notes
Folder 79. Notes
Folder 80. Notes
Folder 81. Notes
Folder 82. Notes
Folder 83. Notes
Folder 84. Notes
Folder 85. Notes
Folder 86. Notes
Folder 87. Notes
Folder 88. Notes
Folder 89. Notes
Folder 90. Correspondence, A
Folder 91. Correspondence, B
Folder 92. Correspondence, B
Folder 93. Correspondence, C
Folder 94. Correspondence, C
Folder 95. Correspondence, D
Folder 96. Correspondence, E
Folder 97. Correspondence, F
Folder 98. Correspondence, G
Folder 99. Correspondence, H
Folder 100. Correspondence, I, K, L
Folder 101. Correspondence, M
Folder 102. Correspondence, M
Folder 103. Correspondence, N-P
Folder 104. Correspondence, R
Folder 105. Correspondence, R
Folder 106. Correspondence, S
Folder 107. Correspondence, S
Folder 108. Correspondence, S
Folder 109. Correspondence, S
Folder 110. Correspondence, T-V
Folder 111. Correspondence, W
Folder 112. Correspondence, W
Folder 113. Correspondence, W

Item 155b (169) Clippings
Folder 1. Early loyalist immigration
Folder 2. Early history, first Parliament
Folder 3. Families-Adams, Huntington
Folder 4. Families- Howe, Johnston, Seton, Starr
Folder 5. Kentville, Nova Scotia
Folder 6. Church of England
Folder 7. Nova Scotia churches
Folder 8. Misc.

Series C. Acadian Legends and Lyrics

Box 15 continued

Item 155c (163) Verse, notes, correspondence, etc.
Folder 1. Verse
Folder 2. Verse
Folder 3. Verse
Folder 4. Verse
Folder 5. Verse
Folder 6. Verse
Folder 7. Verse
Folder 8. Verse
Folder 9. Correspondence, A-D
Folder 10. Correspondence, E-G
Folder 11. Correspondence, H-K
Folder 12. Correspondence, L
Folder 13. Correspondence, M-R
Folder 14. Correspondence, S
Folder 15. Correspondence, T-W
Folder 16. Correspondence, Unidentified

Series D. Colonial Days

Box 16

Item 164. Correspondence, clippings, and notes
Folder 1. British North America
Folder 2. Boston, Massachusetts
Folder 3. New York
Folder 4. Virginia and the South
Folder 5. Blessington, Howell and Mackey families
Folder 6. Misc. notes, correspondence

Sub-group IV. Church papers

Series A. Correspondence and notes

Box 16 continued

Item 170 (160). Bible leaflet, notes
Folder 1. Draft copy
Folder 2. Draft copy
Folder 3. Notes

Item 171. The Heart of the Creeds
Folder 1. Correspondence, A-C
Folder 2. Correspondence, D-E
Folder 3. Correspondence, F-M
Folder 4. Correspondence, N-P
Folder 5. Correspondence, Q-W
Folder 6. Correspondence, Unidentified
Folder 7. Reviews

Item 172. Church affairs, activities
Folder 1. Correspondence, A
Folder 2. Correspondence, B
Folder 3. Correspondence, C-D
Folder 4. Correspondence, E-F
Folder 5. Correspondence, G-H
Folder 6. Correspondence, I-L
Folder 7. Correspondence, M
Folder 8. Correspondence, N
Folder 9. Correspondence, O-P
Folder 10. Correspondence, Q-R
Folder 11. Correspondence, S-W
Folder 12. Correspondence, Unidentified

Sub-group V. Business papers

Series A. Publishers

Box 16 continued

Item 173. Correspondence
Folder 1. A-C
Folder 2. D-G
Folder 3. H
Folder 4. I
Folder 5. J-M
Folder 6. N
Folder 7. O-P
Folder 8. Q-R
Folder 9. S
Folder 10. U-W
Folder 11. Y

Box 17

Series B. Educational papers

Item 174. Cutler School
Folder 1. Student evaluations, etc., 1897-1900
Folder 2. Student correspondence, 1893-1896
Folder 3. Student correspondence, 1897, A-D
Folder 4. Student correspondence, 1897, C-L
Folder 5. Student correspondence, 1897, P-S
Folder 6. Student correspondence, 1897, T-W
Folder 7. Student correspondence, 1897, Unidentified
Folder 8. Student correspondence, 1898, A-B
Folder 9. Student correspondence, 1898, C-D
Folder 10. Student correspondence, 1898, E-F
Folder 11. Student correspondence, 1898, G
Folder 12. Student correspondence, 1898, H-I
Folder 13. Student correspondence, 1898, J
Folder 14. Student correspondence, 1898, K
Folder 15. Student correspondence, 1898, L
Folder 16. Student correspondence, 1898, M-R
Folder 17. Student correspondence, 1898, S
Folder 18. Student correspondence, 1898, T-W
Folder 19. Student correspondence, 1898, Unidentified
Folder 20. Student correspondence, 1898, Unidentified
Folder 21. Student correspondence, 1899, A
Folder 22. Student correspondence, 1899, B
Folder 23. Student correspondence, 1899, C
Folder 24. Student correspondence, 1899, D-F
Folder 25. Student correspondence, 1899, G
Folder 26. Student correspondence, 1899, H-I
Folder 27. Student correspondence, 1899, J-K
Folder 28. Student correspondence, 1899, L
Folder 29. Student correspondence, 1899, M-R
Folder 30. Student correspondence, 1899, T-W
Folder 31. Student correspondence, 1899, Unidentified
Folder 32. Student correspondence, 1900
Folder 33. Student correspondence, n.d., A-C
Folder 34. Student correspondence, n.d., D-L
Folder 35. Student correspondence, n.d., M-W
Folder 36. Sketches
Folder 37. School programs
Folder 38. Fortnightly
Folder 39. Photos

Box 18

Sub-group VI. Private and family papers

Series A. Social correspondence, etc.

Item 174. Social correspondence, etc.
Folder 1. Adams-Atkins
Folder 2. Bangs-Burrage
Folder 3. Chapman-Custer
Folder 4. Dayly-Durfee
Folder 5. Faulkner-Fouler
Folder 6. Germain-Gray
Folder 7. Hamilton-Huntington
Folder 8. Knox
Folder 9. Lawrence-Loring
Folder 10. MacFarland-Metzinger
Folder 11. Norton
Folder 12. Odell
Folder 13. Partridge
Folder 14. Richards-Rogers
Folder 15. Sabin-Stockton
Folder 16. Thomas-Tupper
Folder 17. Wasson-Whit
Folder 18. Young
Folder 19. Unid.

Series B. Diary of a trip to Fayal

Folder 1. [Eaton, Arthur W.H.] Diary, 1874 May 27-August 7, Fayal, Azores. Ms., 20 p.




ACCESS POINTS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in Millennium, the on-line public access catalog (OPAC) of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.


Personal Name(s) [Tag 600]

Eaton, Wyatt, 1849-1896 - Diaries.
Hamilton, Sarah, 1782-


Corporate Name(s) [Tag 610]

Cutler School (New York)


Subject Term(s) [Tag 650]

Bible records.
Carriage and wagon painting.
Diaries - Azores - Faial Island.
Diaries - Quebec - Phillipsburg.
Episcopal Church - Clergy.
Portrait painters.
Private schools - New York.
Registers of births, etc. - Nova Scotia - Falmouth.
Registers of births, etc. - Nova Scotia - Horton.
Registers of births, etc. - Nova Scotia - Newport.
Registers of births, etc. - Nova Scotia - Windsor.
Registers of births, etc. - Nova Scotia - Wolfville.
Teachers - New York.


Geographic Term(s) [Tag 651]

Faial Island (Azores) - Description and travel.
Nova Scotia - Genealogy
Nova Scotia -- History


Index Term(s) - Genre/Form [Tag 655]

Diaries.


Additional Author(s) [Tag 700]

Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893.
Newton, R. Heber (Richard Heber), 1840-1914.
Newton, William Wilberforce, 1843-1914.
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930.
Savary, A. W. (Alfred William), 1831-1920.



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