Excerpt from The Genealogical History of Dover, Massachusetts: Tracing All Families Previous to 1850, and Many Families That Have Lived in the Town Since With an Account of the Habits and Customs of the People It has been a pleasure to write the genealogy of Dover fam ilies, to make this contribution of human history, because the inhabitants have been to an unusual degree a broad-minded, patriotic people, free from the pro-vincialisms of towns less favorably situated. From its first settlement the life of this community has been effected by the city only thirteen miles away. The town has felt the effects of the printing press and the railroad, two great civilizing agencies. Dover has had from the first an educated-ministry, goo-d schools, early library facilities and abundant roads. It is a self-evident fact that where a community exists sufficient unto itself and with no contact with the outside world there humanity sours, grows morbid and wrong. By its location Dover has at least been saved from this condition. Here has been exhibited the vir tues o=f patriotism - economy, industry, simplicity, frugal ity, humility and reverence, all of which is best appreciated by those whose family tree has taken deep root in this soil. It would have been a pleasure to have included in this gen ealogical history other families who have made Dover their place Of residence in recent years, but persistent effort failed to gain the necessary data. Acknowledgement should here be made of the substantial gifts that have been received from those who have evidently regarded it as an opportunity to contribute the illustrations which appear in this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.