Excerpt from The Newport Historical Magazine, Vol. 4: Juky, 1883 Labrador to meet.' But, later, Mr. Phoenix became noted asagenealogist, as well as for his scholarly attainments. In the Preface to his Genealogy, issued in 1867, of The Descendants of John Phoenix, an early settler of Kittery, Maine, he wrote: I desire to thank the few who have aided me in preparing this genealogy, and to say to the many who have not, that much of its incompleteness is due to their neglect and want of courtesy. Imperfect as the workis, it has cost me considerable time and labor - much more, indeed, than will appear possible to those who merely glance over its pages. No one regrets so much as myself, the meagre results of my efforts to do for other people what-they will not do for themselves. 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.