Lanterna Rally

Author: Charles Burleigh

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781332293995

Excerpt from The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile, and Gile Family About the year 1872 the author became interested in the history of his own ancestry, and commenced making inquiries in regard to it. During the progress of his researches there was awakened in him a desire for more extended information, and he was encouraged to continue his efforts until he had accumulated sufficient material to warrant him in publishing a "Genealogy of the Burleigh Family," and the book was issued in 1880. From the experience thus obtained, he had acquired such a fondness for genealogical research that it became to him an almost irresistible fascination, and in consequence he was impelled to continue the pursuit in the collateral branches of his family, thus procuring considerable material relating to other family names, much of which has been contributed to other genealogists. Having devoted considerable time, without success, in trying to connect his great-grandfather, Samuel Guile, in an unbroken line from Samuel Guile, one of the first settlers of Haverhill, Mass., he was induced to make closer search of the records, and more extended inquiries. He was especially prompted to do this, from the recollections of his dear old grandmother, and the many good things received from her in his childhood; her constant solicitude for the happiness of others which led her to minister to their necessities, and her abiding faith in the Divine Master; all tending to make the desire greater to honor her memory, and to ascertain from whom her noble qualities were inherited, and also to perpetuate the same in some permanent form by publishing the history of her ancestry. In searching the records at Haverhill, the author found the name of Guild applied to Samuel and his sons, in several instances, still it never occurred to him that the names might be identical, until he mentioned his purpose to prepare a genealogy of the Guile family to a friend, who understood the name to be Guild, both being pronounced nearly alike in this country, and the friend mentioned the fact that Mr. Charles H. Guild, of Somerville, Mass., was greatly interested in the history of this family, and would no doubt render valuable assistance. After a long correspondence with Mr. Guild, the result of their combined efforts was to establish the relationship between John, of Dedham, and Samuel, of Haverhill, beyond a reasonable doubt, and by his solicitation the author was induced to include both branches in the work. In 1867, Mr. Calvin Guild, of Dedham, published a duodecimo volume of one hundred twenty pages, containing a partial record of the family of John Guild, but during the period of twenty years which has elapsed since its publication, there has been a large increase in the membership of the family, and many new branches have been discovered. 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.