GORTON-HALE FAMILY
HISTORY BOOK
by
Carolyn C. Volpe
The Ancestors and Descendants
of
Minnie Hale Gorton
with chapters on
Alcott, Barrett, Beckwith, Day, Gorton, Hale, Norton Scott
Since five heads of the ancestoral families came on the Mayflower and others on the next two ships, three chapters are devoted to general colonial history:
I - Historical Background
II - Plymouth and Massachusettes Bay Colonies
III - The Early Towns
These are followed by eight chapters on the ancestry of her great grandparents:
1.  Thomas Gorton (Samuel, John, John, William, Benjamin) &
Lucretia Beckwith (Matthew, John, John, Elisha)

2.  Eliphalet Hale (Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, John) &
Rachel Scott
(Benjamin, William, William, William, Nathan)

3.  Benjamin Alcott
(Thomas, Philip, John, John, Daniel) &
Chloe Norton
(Thomas, John, John, John, Abraham)

4.  Benjamin Barrett (Humphrey, Humphrey, Joseph, John, Joseph) &
Dorothy Day
(Robert, John, John, Abraham, Ephraim)
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