Excerpt from History of Hadley: Including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts With not a little reluctance, at the earnest desire of his family, shortly after Mr. Judd's decease, did I consent to complete the work commenced by one, who has well been styled, the distinguished antiquary of North ampton. To this task, amid a pressure of other duties, have I devoted my leisure moments; and having brought together the scattered fragments Of family history left by Mr. Judd, and added to the same from my own collections, I am able at length to lay before the public, the result Of my labors, having pursued the work with interest heightened by being able to trace my own descent from no less than five Of those noble men, who more than two hundred years ago, in prayer and faith, laid such goodly foundations in this garden Of New England. 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.