A first edition, published in 1869. Now, I do admit I paid a pretty penny for this book. I found this copy for sale on Barnes & Noble online. This book gets 5-stars because my ancestors from my mother's father, Bryant Edward Lawrence Sr. is in this book. It is also signed in fine caligraphy penmanship: "F. P. F. Temple. With the aff. regards of his niece. Nancy T. Lawrence. Reading, Mass. Aug. 8th 1870". (NOTE: Nancy is FAMILY No. 275, p. 201)

My 10th great- grandparents:
John Lawrence, son of Henry and Mary, born at Wisset, England; baptized Oct. 8, 1609. He married Elizabeth ------ in New England and settled in Watertown. They had 15 children. I am descended from the 7th child, Peleg Lawrence, b. 1646-47.

My 9th great-grandparents:
Peleg Lawrence (FAMILY No. 5, p. 31) married Elisabeth Morse. They had 9 children. I am descended from the 3rd child, Eleazer Lawrence, b. 1674.

My 8th great-grandparents:
Eleazer Lawrence (FAMILY No. 9, p. 34) married Mary -----. They had 10 children. I am descended from the 3rd child, Jonathan Lawrence, b. 1703.

My 7th great-grandparents:
Jonathan Lawrence (FAMILY no. 22, p. 42) married Tryphena Powers. They had 11 children. I am descended from the 3rd child, Abel Lawrence, b. 1733.

My 6th great-grandparents:
Abel Lawrence (FAMILY No. 68, p. 70) married Phebe Farr. They had 9 children. I am descended from the 7th child, John Gordon Lawrence, b. 1775.

My 5th great-grandparents:
John Gordon Lawrence married Elisabeth Sanders (FAMILY No. 162, p. 134). They had 10 children, I am descended from the 4th child, Betsy Lawrence, b. Oct. 19, 1800.

My 4th great-grandparents:
Betsy Lawrence m. William W. West (FAMILY No. 301, p. 216), and they had 11 children. I am descended from their oldest child, Silas V. Lawrence, b. May 16, 1822)

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Not in the book is the rest of the descendants, from Silas V. Lawrence, down to me:

(my 3rd great-grandparents) Silas Lawrence m. Nancy Litchfield
Their son (my 2nd great-grandparents) Joseph Washington Lawrence m. Louisa Matilda Taylor
Their son (my great-grandparents) - John Edward Lawrence m. Ethel Pollard Bryant
Their son (my grandparents) - Bryant Edward Lawrence Sr. m. Eunice Lucille Johnson
Their daughter (my parents) - Shirley Ann Lawrence m. Lee Corbett LeBlanc
Their middle child (me) ( )