GENEALOGICAL NOTES:
pg. 569

     The aim has been to give the genealogy of the old families down to a date where those now living can by aid of private records easily connect their lineage.  To this end the first four or five generations seemed to be necessary.  In cases where genealogies of certain families have been published I have given a few generations only, with corrections and additions that may be of service.  In many cases I have been assisted by persons who have devoted years of study to their family history.  Some such families have been traced down to the present time.  In most cases I have not tried to trace branches of families that removed out of the limits of old Kittery, but have often told where such branches lived and referred to other authorities for further information.  For sake of clearness it has been thought necessary to introduce something of the genealogy of families living in York and Dover.  Had space permitted, I would have given citations from deeds and authority for every statement.  This has been done in some instances where the reader might otherwise have been inclined to question my statements.  I have not made positive assertions without evidence satisfactory to myself and have often followed a statement with a question mark, although such statement is probably correct.  It is quite certain that genealogists of special families will discover some errors.  I have carefully compared the dates of published genealogies with the town and church records  and this has sometimes caused a disagreement.  It has been an effort to cease investigation and to publish an incomplete work; but what genealogy was ever completed?
     In the preparation of these notes the manuscripts of Hon. Mark Dennett and of William Fogg have been thoroughly considered and compared with the original town records.  This comparison has led to a change of some dates and combinations.  Mr. Fogg's notes were of great value, though made before the publication of Maine Wills and York Deeds.  Because of such recent helps I have been obliged sometimes to differ from Mr. Fogg's conclusions, especially in treatment of the earliest generations.  Mr. Fogg's notes as published in "Old Eliot" contained some typographical errors that are not found in the original especially in dates and surnames.  Much has been contributed to my notes from the private records of many families. 
     Not only the town and church records of old Kittery have been minutely studied, but also the records of Portsmouth, Newcastle, Dover, York, and Wells have been consulted, and the manuscript collections of Mr. Marshall of York have been utilized.  The published records and histories of all towns in Maine and New Hampshire and of many Massachusetts towns have been searched, and weeks of research have been spent at Alfred, Me., Concord, Exeter, and Dover, N. H., Salem and Boston, Mass.  It is hoped that many readers will be helped and encouraged to trace out more fully the genealogy of their families.  Every American should know his lineage in as many lines as possible as far back, at least, as to the first emigrants.  To know well one's self one must know all one's relations.

SHARON WICK'S NOTE:   If you want the details of any of the names below here, please contact me telling what county and state you found the name in.