. The Goodridge genealogy : a history of the descendants of William Goodridge who came to America from Bury St. Edmunds, England, in 1636 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts with some inquiry into the history of the family in England and the origin of the same . ly treasure. Hundreds of genealo-gies have been compiled here in America, and consecrated onthe altar of family ailection, none of are complete—the great obstacle to their completion being chiefly the de-stroyers withering hand. In many instances no attemj)t hasbeen made to do more than assemble the record of onebranch of th
. The Goodridge genealogy : a history of the descendants of William Goodridge who came to America from Bury St. Edmunds, England, in 1636 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts with some inquiry into the history of the family in England and the origin of the same . ly treasure. Hundreds of genealo-gies have been compiled here in America, and consecrated onthe altar of family ailection, none of are complete—the great obstacle to their completion being chiefly the de-stroyers withering hand. In many instances no attemj)t hasbeen made to do more than assemble the record of onebranch of the family. Had some member of each familybegun the compilation of his genealogy- at the beginning ofthe seventeenth century and bequeathed the lalx)r to suc-ceeding generations do^vn to the present time, how differ-ent would have l>een the result! But, in spite of all embar-rassments, the approval which this work has met has beengratifying, and it is hoped that those who stand at the door-way of later information may be stimulated to continue toassemble it for the generations still to come. In undertaking the labor of collecting and publishingwhat it is hoj>ed may be a fairly definite and authenticgenealogy of the descendants of William Goodridge. who. Coat ov Arms Goolridj(c of Charlew,Count V Gloucester THE ANGLO-SAXOxN? THE GOODRIDGE NAME THE ANGLO-SAXON ^|LLL\ one-thinl of the entire jiopiilation of the !^^^^ world is under Ani^lo-Saxon dominion, which,Si5iv^4$^l iiotwithstanchn^ all mi])erfections, still standsfs*^^^*^^ ^^jj- i]^^. jiigl^est tyi)e of sovereij:j;^nty yet reached. while its ideals constanth- beckon on to even loftier attain-ment. It is not yet senile. Decay has not begun its attackthough twenty centuries have elapsed. There is no othersuch instance, or one approximating it, among civilized na-tions. Such a record be interesting to us were ourown history not identified with that of the race; doubly sosince it is. That we are thus a part of
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