Genealogy of One Branch of the Webster Family

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Excerpt from Genealogy of One Branch of the Webster Family: 1600 to 1900Hollister says, About the beginning of June, 1636, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone, mr.webster, and about one hundred men, women and children, set out upon the long-contemplated' journey. Over mountains, through swamps, across rivers, fording some, crossing others upon rudely constructed rafts, with the compass to point out their irregular way, slowly they moved westward, driving their ¿ocks and herds before them, the strong supporting the weak, the old caring for the young, with hearts cheerful as the month slowly they m ved ou. Mrs. Hooker was ill and was borne upon a litter. A stately, well ordered journey it was, for gentlemen of fortune and rank were of the company, and ladies who had been delicately bred and who had known little of trial or hardship until now. At the end of about two weeks they reached the land almost fabulous to them - the valley of the Connecticut.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.