Source:Muskett, Joseph James. Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton Co. Suffolk, England

From the Prefatory Note: This volume comprises the first four parts of an exhaustive work now being issued to subscribers, in serial form, entitled Suffolk Manorial Families, and edited by Joseph James Muskett, Esq., an accomplished Suffolk antiquary. These four parts relate exclusively to the Winthrops of Groton and families allied to them, and in their preparation Mr. Muskett has had the assistance of all the material I could furnish from the Winthrop Papers. Previous accounts of the Suffolk Winthrops and their connections have contained errors both of omission and commission, the result either of imperfect information or of placing too much reliance upon exploded family traditions. The present publication is largely composed of new matter, nowhere else to be found in print, and pains have been taken to state nothing in it as fact which cannot be proved. I have had fifty sets of these four parts bound in volumes, in order to deposit them in suitable libraries for permanent reference, and I have provided for them a separate titlepage and table of contents. No request to purchase any of these volumes will be considered...