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Excerpt from Genealogical Sketch of the Early Descendants of Matthias Button: Who Came to America With Governor John Endicott, Landing at Salem, Mass;, September 6, 1628, Compiled From Authentic Sources To the descendants of Matthias Button, who came to America with Governor John Endicott, landing at Salem, Mas. September 6, 1628, and died at Haverhill, Mass., August 13, 1672, (Gen. Reg., Vol. VI. p.246 and Haverhill T. Rec): The writer, a lineal descendant of said Matthias Button (being a great grandson of Matthias Button the 4th, son of Matthias and Mary (Brown) Button, his second wife, of Westerly, R.I., born there April 22, 1732, was of Canterbury and Groton. Ct., and died at Wells. Vt.. in 1811). has, at intervals, during the past twenty years, been collecting family records - historical and biographical sketches of the aforesaid emigrant. his family and descendants - for the purpose of compiling and eventually publishing a genealogy of the family in America. In 1889 the writer published an outline sketch of this ancestor, his family and early descendants, including also sketches of some of the later branches of the family, for the purpose of directing correspondents in locating their family lines and tracing their descent in aid of said project in co-operation with us in our efforts in compiling a new and enlarged edition to said sketch, and also to establish funds for reimbursement and incidental expenses incurred in carrying out said project preparatory to the publication of the proposed genealogy, by collecting $1 per copy for said sketch. But notwithstanding many who best appreciated our efforts in tins behalf. were liberal in ordering one or more copies of the sketch, there were others, however, who seemed lukewarm and indifferent, or perhaps not realizing the importance or pleasure of possessing such a family history of their antecedents, to be handed down to their posterity. 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.