This work provides the researcher with the names of approximately 1,000 early settlers to Maine and New Hampshire, and, in some cases, information about them provided by records, both private and public. Records referenced include County Records, Wills and Probate, State Archives, Deeds, Private Collections, Ships Passenger Lists, and more.

This work contains the names of all persons found in the journals and lists of the colonies, towns, churches and counties of Massachusetts in the period of 1620-1650, inclusive, as well as those perpetuated in the passenger-lists of that time which have survived to the year 1900. The names have been arranged alphabetically, and information on the individual, when available and known, include dates of arrival in America, marriages, births, deaths, children, etc. This volume is a genealogical goldmine for those researching Massachusetts and its early arrivals