Tristram Dodge was born in about 1607 in England. He married Anne and they had seven children. They immigrated to Rhode Island in about 1660. He died in 1683 in Shoreham, Rhode Island. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Rhode Island New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan and Washington.

This legendary work consists of alphabetically arranged genealogical tables of approximately 500 Rhode Island families, representing thousands of descendants of pre--1690 settlers, all carried to the third generation, and some--about 100 families-- carried to the fourth.

This work contains all of the articles on Rhode Island families that had been published in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" since 1846. Except for articles relating to the immigrant origins of Rhode Island families, which have appeared elsewhere, this has many of the best genealogical articles of the last 140 years, many by leading genealogists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A lengthy Introduction by Gary B. Roberts, Director of Publications at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, gives a picture of the current state of Rhode Island genealogy and has an updating of his Bibliography of 100 Colonial Rhode Island Families.

Detailed genealogical information on the Briggs, Branch, Foster & McGlumphy families from England and Scotland with extensive facts about them since their arrival in America. Joseph Briggs settled mid 1700's on Block Island. Peter Branch arrived at Duxbury, MA in 1638. John Foster came to Salem, MA. in 1640. John McGlumphy was from Northern Ireland even though he was Scotish and settled in Washington County, PA. He arrived in America around 1780. Asa Nichols was born in Mass in 1765, The family having come from England. After a brief time in NY they put down roots in Battle Creek, MI. where they were one of the founders of Nichols-Shepard an early manufacturer of farm equipme

"Mrs. Larkin continued the research after her husband's death in 1979, and had just finished the text at the time of her own unexpected death in April 2003. The book was brought to completion by Jane Fiske with the help of Bruce D. Larkin, John W. Fiske, and others. The genealogy begins with Edward Larkin of Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island , whose origins in England are presently unknown; he was a contemporary of Edward Larkin of Charlestown , Massachusetts, but no link between the two has yet been found. Six generations of Larkins are treated here, and seventh-generation children are listed when known"-- www.genbooks.com/Larkin.htm