Source:Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass

Full Title

The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass.

Description

A privately printed book in two volumes documenting the nine generations of the Dwight family in America, starting from John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. The author, Benjamin W. Dwight, is a descendant.

Contents

The book includes the following contents:

• Introduction. includes discussion of Slafter surname possible origins and variants.
• General Summary of Results. lists of notable descendants, organized by profession and/or college attended
• Recent History of English Dwights (32pp)
• History of Timothy Dwight of Medfield (5pp)
• History of John Dwight of Dedham (11pp)
• History of Timothy Dwight of Dedham (7pp)
• Descendants of Justice Nathaniel Dwight (82pp)
• Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwight (227pp)
• Descendants of Capt. Henry Dwight (326pp)
• Descendants of Michael Dwight (61pp)
• Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families
• Indexes (at end of vol. 2)

Usage Tips

The book was privately printed for the family. Today it is available from a variety of sources:

• Via Family History Center:
  • Book: 929.273 D962d, 929.273 D962d v.2
  • On microfilm: FHL film number 186107.
• Online searchable images: on Google book search (entire contents of book)
• Online searchable images: on ancestry.com (may require paid subscription)
• Spiral-bound photo-reproduction or CD: printed on demand, for purchase from Quintin Publications, item# D142

Note that the ancestry.com online images were from a different scan than the Google online images, so if one page has quality problems in one of those, it may be more legible in the other.