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Excerpt from Family History and Genealogy: Of the Descendants of Robert Augur of New Haven Colony About forty years ago, Phineas M. Augur traced his ancestry back to Robert Augur, our first ancestor in this country, and in so doing became much interested in the history of the Augur family. His father had died before he was born, and his grandfather when he was only ten years old. In early life he knew little of his Augur ancestry, or of his cousins in other branches of the family, being an only child, and having grown up at a distance from the place of his birth. After his death, in 1891, among his effects were found several papers containing facts relating to his own branch and other branches of the family. In looking over these papers, the compiler of this history became greatly interested in the subject and decided to try to pursue the investigation more thoroughly with the hope of being able to put such information as could be thus obtained in printed form, or in manuscript which might be preserved in some Historical Library for future reference and use. This work was begun in 1894, and has been continued, with much aid from others, during such periods of leisure as have occurred in the course of an active business career. What information has thus been gathered appears in this book, of which a limited edition has been published, somewhat larger however than the number of copies already subscribed for. That the history is incomplete in many respects is frankly admitted. It has seemed impractical to include the descendants of female Augurs farther than their children, though in some cases grandchildren are also given. The difficulty of getting names and dates for descendants having other surnames, and the limit as to the size and cost of the book, has made that restriction necessary. 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.