Early Settles of NANTUCKET their Associates and Descendants

By: Lydia S. Hinchman, Pub. 1901, 1896, reprinted 2025, 411 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-637-6.  This reprint is from the second or revised printing of the original 1896 printing.  This reprint is double is size and scope of the original and should NOT be confused with it.  This highly sought after history of Nantucket covers the purchase and settlement of the island, the early proprietors, and various events in Nantucket history, such as Nantucket’s role in the Revolution. The balance of the work consists of histories of 30 founding families.  The author has also added 2 appendixes of mini genealogies of another 17 plus person to this copy along with a section dedicated to the names of Ministers of the Society of Friends and their companions who visited Nantucket from 1664 to 1847.  The index mentions approximately 1,500 individuals.