Suffield Historical Society

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REFERENCE:        1

TITLE:                    Richard Sikes and His Descendants, the First Seven Generations

AUTHOR:              Compiled by Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DATE:                    2000

DESCRIPTION:     All known Sikes / Sykes descendants of Richard Sikes

 

REFERENCE:        2

TITLE:                    Springfield Families

AUTHOR:              Thomas B. Warren

DATE:                    Copied 1935

DESCRIPTION:     Complete list of all early Springfield, MA families.

LOCATION:          Springfield Historical Library, Springfield, MA

 

REFERENCE:        3

TITLE:                    Sikes/Sykes genealogy notebook

AUTHOR:              John Henshaw

DATE:                    Over most of his life, to about 1948

DESCRIPTION:     Notes on Sikes's in and around Suffield, Ct.  Including many stories of Sikes's.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct., Historical section

 

REFERENCE:        4

TITLE:                    Sikes Family notes

AUTHOR:              Talulah (Sikes) Creelman

DESCRIPTION:     Most of the note book is a typed copy of John Henshaw notes, but with updated data, and other interesting information.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        5

TITLE:                    The story of the Sikes Burial Plot

AUTHOR:              John Henshaw

DATE:                    1941

DESCRIPTION:     A story of the people and the reasons for the Sikes Burial Plot.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct., Historical section

 

REFERENCE:        8

TITLE:                    Barbour Collection ‑ Suffield  1674‑1850

DATE:                    1928

DESCRIPTION:     Connecticut Vital Records ‑ Suffield, Ct

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT & Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        9

TITLE:                    Records of the Congregational Church in Suffield, CT

AUTHOR:              Connecticut Historical Society

DATE:                    1941

DESCRIPTION:     All records except for Church votes, 1710‑1836.

LOCATION:          Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        10

TITLE:                    Sikes/Sykes Papers

AUTHOR:              George Dimmock

DATE:                    Life time collection, to about 1920.

DESCRIPTION:     George Dimmock collected genealogy information on many families including Sikes's.  Includes a unpublished Sikes genealogy, about 1,200 sheets.

LOCATION:          NEHGS Library, Boston, Mass.

 

REFERENCE:        11

TITLE:                    Sykes/Sikes Papers

AUTHOR:              William Sykes

DATE:                    Last entry about 1960

DESCRIPTION:     William Sykes from East Cleveland, OH collected 40 notebooks of data on the Sykes/Sikes family before he died, Vol 32 is missing.

LOCATION:          NEHGS Library, Boston, MA

 

REFERENCE:        12

TITLE:                    Suffield Vital Records

AUTHOR:              Compilation by Judge William L. Loomis

DESCRIPTION:     Town, Cemetery, Family and Miscellaneous Records.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT & Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        13

TITLE:                    Documentary History of Suffield

AUTHOR:              Hezekiah Spencer Sheldon

DATE:                    1879

DESCRIPTION:     Mostly town records of all town meeting and town business.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct., 974.42

 

REFERENCE:        14

TITLE:                    Suffield, A Quarter Millennial

DATE:                    1921

DESCRIPTION:     Published for the 250th anniversary of the town of Suffield.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        15

TITLE:                    The Biography of a town, Suffield, Ct

AUTHOR:              Robert Hayden Alcorn

DATE:                    1970

DESCRIPTION:     A History of the town of Suffield, Ct

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        16

TITLE:                    History of Springfield

AUTHOR:              Henry M. Burt

DATE:                    1898

DESCRIPTION:     History of Springfield, MA

LOCATION:          Springfield Historical Library, Springfield, MA

 

REFERENCE:        18

TITLE:                    The Descendants of Richard Austin of Charlestown, Massachusetts ‑ 1638

AUTHOR:              Edith Austin Moore

DATE:                    1969

DESCRIPTION:     Austin descendants of Richard Austin through his two sons Richard & Anthony.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT

 

REFERENCE:        19

TITLE:                    Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts

AUTHOR:              Joseph H. Smith

DESCRIPTION:     Court records as recorded by John Pynchon from 1685‑1711

LOCATION:          Springfield Historical Library, Springfield, MA

 

REFERENCE:        20

TITLE:                    Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Suffield, Ct.

DATE:                    Dec 1937

DESCRIPTION:     A list of all Headstone readings in town.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        26

TITLE:                    History of Enfield from Public Documents

AUTHOR:              Francis Olcott Allen

DATE:                    1900

DESCRIPTION:     Deeds, Probate records, Court records, Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Gravestone readings of Enfield, CT

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        28

TITLE:                    Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America

AUTHOR:              Elisha S. Loomis Ph.D.

DATE:                    1908

DESCRIPTION:     Loomis Family in and around Westfield, Mass and Suffield, Ct

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        29

TITLE:                    The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut and it's English Ancestry

AUTHOR:              Cameron Haight King

DATE:                    1908

DESCRIPTION:     King Family in Suffield, Ct

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        31

TITLE:                    Sykes Family Papers of Augustus Kent Sykes

AUTHOR:              Augustus K. Sykes

DATE:                    6/1/1970

DESCRIPTION:     Sikes/Sykes line from Richard to Augustus Sykes Grandchildren.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        33

TITLE:                    Dana Papers

AUTHOR:              Mrs. Millard H. Dana (Beatrice Cushman Dana)

DATE:                    1970‑1990

DESCRIPTION:     Letters and papers from Mrs. Millard H. Dana and her daughter Dorothy Dana McEnancy.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        39

TITLE:                    Connecticut Bible & Family Record's

DESCRIPTION:     Copies of Bible and Family Papers at the Connecticut State Library

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        41

TITLE:                    Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution

AUTHOR:              Brig.‑Gen. Lucius A. Barbour

DATE:                    1889

DESCRIPTION:     War records of Connecticut men.

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        44

TITLE:                    The story of Dorset

AUTHOR:              Zephine Humphrey

DATE:                    1928

DESCRIPTION:     A history of Dorset, Vt written by a direct Sykes descendant of Titus Sikes, a founder of Dorset.

LOCATION:          Dorset Public Library

 

REFERENCE:        45

TITLE:                    A history of the Dorset Village Public Library

DATE:                    1965

DESCRIPTION:     A description of how the Sykes Memorial building was given by Bernard G. Sykes.

LOCATION:          Dorset Public Library

 

REFERENCE:        46

TITLE:                    Dorset

AUTHOR:              Tyler Resch

DATE:                    1988

DESCRIPTION:     A history of Dorset, Vt.

LOCATION:          Dorset Public Library

 

REFERENCE:        50

TITLE:                    Gravestone readings, Suffield, Ct

AUTHOR:              Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DESCRIPTION:     Reading taken in Suffield's five different cemetery's.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        53

TITLE:                    GravesStone readings, Dorset, VT

AUTHOR:              Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DESCRIPTION:     Readings taken in Dorset, Vt.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        54

TITLE:                    Gravestone readings, Pawlet, VT

AUTHOR:              Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DESCRIPTION:     Readings taken in Pawlet, Vt.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        55

TITLE:                    Gravestone readings, Rupert, VT

AUTHOR:              Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DESCRIPTION:     Readings taken in Rupert, VT

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        57

TITLE:                    Gravestone readings, Agawam, MA

AUTHOR:              Arthur M. Sikes Jr.

DESCRIPTION:     Readings taken in Agawam, MA

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        58

TITLE:                    Sykes Family Homes

AUTHOR:              Miss Anna Gilbert

DATE:                    Sept 1964

DESCRIPTION:     A narration of a slide show put on by the Dorset, Vt Historical Society of old Sykes homes in Dorset.

LOCATION:          Dorset Historical Society Library

 

REFERENCE:        60

TITLE:                    History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family

AUTHOR:              Albert A. Pomeroy

DATE:                    1912

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        63

TITLE:                    The Stiles Family of America

AUTHOR:              Henry Reed Stiles, A.M.; M.D.

DATE:                    1895

DESCRIPTION:     Stiles Genealogy of the Connecticut Family, Descendants of John Stiles & Francis Stiles.

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        70

TITLE:                    Dorset Genealogy

AUTHOR:              Rev. Parson Pratt

DATE:                    1850‑1907

DESCRIPTION:     Handwritten family information collected by Rev. Pratt on Dorset families.

LOCATION:          Dorset Historical Society, Dorset, VT

 

REFERENCE:        71

TITLE:                    Connecticut Society of Genealogists ‑ Ancestry charts

DATE:                    1968 ‑

DESCRIPTION:     Members Ancestry chart on file at the CSG library.

LOCATION:          Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, East Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        84

TITLE:                    Mildred Meyer Papers

AUTHOR:              Mildred K. Meyer

DATE:                    1990's

DESCRIPTION:     A collection of Sykes related papers, includes family sheets on Harry, Ellsworth F., & Mary A. Sykes.  Includes Historical and Genealogical information from Pawlet, Rupert, & Wells, VT.

LOCATION:          Sikes/Sykes Families Association Library

 

REFERENCE:        86

TITLE:                    Rising Genealogy ‑ Descendants of John Rising of Suffield

AUTHOR:              Justus Rising & Gale J. Bunner

DATE:                    1983

DESCRIPTION:     John was a third generation Rising in America, see Rising of America for more information.

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        91

TITLE:                    Barbour Collection ‑ Salisbury  1741‑1846

DATE:                    1927

DESCRIPTION:     Connecticut Vital Records ‑ Salisbury, Ct

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        95

TITLE:                    The History of Ancient Windsor

AUTHOR:              Henry R. Stiles

DATE:                    1892

DESCRIPTION:     Two volume history of Windsor, Ct.

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        101

TITLE:                    A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of John Pease

AUTHOR:              Rev. David Pease & Austin S. Pease

DATE:                    1869

DESCRIPTION:     Descendant of John Pease, last of Enfield, Conn.

LOCATION:          NEHGS Library, Boston, Mass.

 

REFERENCE:        110

TITLE:                    The Sykes Genealogy, Descendants of Richard and Phebe Sykes

AUTHOR:              Henry M. Sykes

DATE:                    Collected data up to his death in 1911.

DESCRIPTION:     A handwritten Sykes Genealogy in three parts: Richard (male lines only), Increase, & Victory

LOCATION:          Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        111

TITLE:                    The Genealogy of the Booth Families of Conn.

AUTHOR:              Donald L. Jacobus

DATE:                    1952

LOCATION:          Conn. State Historical Society Library, Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        112

TITLE:                    The Connecticut Barbers

AUTHOR:              Donald S. Barber, MD

DATE:                    1992

DESCRIPTION:     A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn.

LOCATION:          CSG Library, East Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        113

TITLE:                    The Harmon Genealogy, comprising all Branches in New England

AUTHOR:              Artemas C. Harmon

DATE:                    1920

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        114

TITLE:                    Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Massachusetts and Suffield, Connecticut; a Genealogy History

AUTHOR:              James N. Granger

DATE:                    1893

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT

 

REFERENCE:        115

TITLE:                    Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America

AUTHOR:              Alexander Winchell, LL.D.

DATE:                    1869

LOCATION:          Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        117

TITLE:                    Lane Genealogies, VOL. 1, William Lane of Boston, Massachusetts, 1648

AUTHOR:              Rev. Jacob Chapman & Rev. James H. Fitts

DATE:                    1891

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        126

TITLE:                    A Genealogy History of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass and his Descendants, 1635=1900

AUTHOR:              Andrew N. Adams

DATE:                    1900

LOCATION:          Rhode Island Historical Society Library, Providence, RI

 

REFERENCE:        128

TITLE:                    The Warriner Family of New England Origin

AUTHOR:              Rev. Edwin Warriner

DATE:                    1899

DESCRIPTION:     History and Genealogy of William Warriner

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        129

TITLE:                    The History of the Seymour Family

AUTHOR:              by Donald Lines Jacobus

DATE:                    1938

DESCRIPTION:     Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut for six generations.

LOCATION:          Conn. State Library, Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        130

TITLE:                    The Joseph‑Gillet‑Gillett‑Gillette Family of Connecticut, Ohio and Kansas

AUTHOR:              Wilma Gillet Thomas

DATE:                    1970

LOCATION:          Conn. State Library, Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        137

TITLE:                    The History of Ancient Wethersfield

AUTHOR:              Henry R. Stiles

DATE:                    1904

DESCRIPTION:     Two Volume set of history and genealogies of early Wethersfield, Conn. Families.

LOCATION:          Conn. State Library, Hartford, Ct.

 

REFERENCE:        140

TITLE:                    The Denslow Genealogy

AUTHOR:              George McKenzie Roberts

DATE:                    1931

DESCRIPTION:     Genealogy of several Denslow families including the one in Windsor, Conn.

LOCATION:          NEHGS Library, Boston, Mass

 

REFERENCE:        142

TITLE:                    The Holcomb Nation Builders

AUTHOR:              Hannah Elizabeth Weir

DATE:                    1947

DESCRIPTION:     Holcomb Genealogy

LOCATION:          NEHGS Library, Boston, Ma

 

REFERENCE:        143

TITLE:                    Hathaways of America, 1970 Edition

AUTHOR:              Elizabeth Starr Versaillies

DATE:                    1970

LOCATION:          Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

 

REFERENCE:        147

TITLE:                    A Genealogical & Historical Record of the Descendants of John & Robert Pease

AUTHOR:              Phillip J. Rice

DATE:                    1983

LOCATION:          Conn. State Library, Hartford, Ct

 

REFERENCE:        155

TITLE:                    Thomas Remington of Suffield, Conn., and some of his Descendants, NEHGS Register, Vol 63, 1909

AUTHOR:              Louis Marinus Dewey

 

REFERENCE:        156

TITLE:                    John Burbank of Suffield, Conn. and some of his Descendants, NEHGS Register, Vol. 61, 1907

AUTHOR:              Louis Marinus Dewey

 

REFERENCE:        157

TITLE:                    Copley ‑ Copely ‑ Copeley Families in America, 1650 ‑ 1950

AUTHOR:              William N. Copley