The
Descendants of William Hartwell, Concord Settler, 1636,
Through Five Generations
The most noteworthy happening of the past year has to be that
the Genealogy committee wrapped up its labors on Joy Peach’s new five-generation
genealogy of William1’s descendants and got it off to the publisher in
time for it to be available for purchase at this year’s Reunion on June
30th.
At 626 pages, including bibliographic references, illustrations, a number of
interesting appendices, and a complete index, it’s a marvelous piece of
work.
From Joy’s Introduction: “While this genealogy is far from ‘done,’
it does contain my best efforts to date on the families
involved, and I hope it will become the standard work on the family until something
better comes along. In conclusion, I would like to thank the numerous correspondents
who have provided interesting data (most of whom are acknowledged in the text),
the personnel of the many research facilities I have haunted and, most of all,
the members of The Hartwells of America Association for putting their faith
in me. It has been a fascinating and rewarding project, and will continue to
keep me occupied for the foreseeable future.”
Hartwells throughout America and beyond owe a huge debt of gratitude to Joy
for this major contribution to the family’s history.
If you purchase your copy at the Reunion, Joy will gladly autograph it for you,
so, as they say, “come on down”!