Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.






















The Severance Genealogy


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John Severance (ca. 1609/1615-1682) was born at Ipswich, England, and married Abigail Kimball (d. 1658), daughter of Richard and Ursula Kimball, in 1635 at Ipswich. They had eleven children, 1637-1658. The family immigrated to America in 1637, settled first at Boston, and moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1639. He died at Salisbury. Descendants of his sons, John Severans (b. 1647); Joseph Severance (1649-before 1725); and Ephraim Severance (1656-1734), lived in Massachusetts, New Hamsphire, Maine, Connecticut, and elsewhere. Record chiefly follows male lines.




Matthew James of New Hampshire and His Known Descendants


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Matthew James was born in about 1690. He married Catherine Clark 20 November 1712 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They had one known son, John. Three other possible children have been identified. John was born in about 1717 in Portsmouth. He married Anne Lord in about 1740, probably in Berwick, Maine. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, Iowa and Kansas.