Alice Hildreth Prichard

Richard Hildreth, the ancestor of the New England family was born in 1605 in the north of England, the year of the Gunpowder Plot, and this was inscribed on his gravestone in Chelmsford, Mass. His first wife was Sarah. They had two children Jane and James. Between the births of these two children around 1628 and 1631 the Colony of Massachusetts Bay had been founded. After about 16-20 years of marriage Sarah died and Richard, age 40, married Elizabeth who was twenty years old. During the next several years they had nine children. Boston and other towns were established (1630) and a tide of emigrants poured in and settled. The Long Island Hildreths are recorded descendants of Thomas Hildreth, who died in 1657. Included is an index of surnames of those who married Hildreths.

(120p., Illus, Index, 1925)