Excerpt from The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, From 1643 to 1903 The following pages, which are now given to the public, are the result of an attempt of the author, more than ten years ago, to gather some information about his own family connections, and to trace his ancestry. Then, and for some years later, the work was only a private matter, with no thought that it would ever be given to the public and to future generations. He would not then have ventured upon the task Of tracing all of the descendants Of such a prolific family as was John Howard's. 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.