Thomas Solley and His Descendants, the Story of a Hunt for an Ancestor (Classic Reprint)

Solley family, but because of my intense interest in Thomas and Eunice Solley. They are the first ancestors of our line of Solley family in A merica. The strange story of this British lad, forced from home, and the pathos of his after life, has held a peculiar fascination for me. A more pathetic story can hardly be found in literature. There is even now only a little group of us, descendants of Thomas and Eunice Solley in A merica, since the soldier lad was married to his child wife. But wherever you find a Solley, you are sure to see an individualist, with striking characteristics. The writing of the story has been second in enjoyment only to the discovery of the facts themselves. Libraries at Bridgeport, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Fitchburg, Leominster, Worcester, Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode I sland, have been searched for information concerning the Solley family. The clerical work has been done largely by two of my boys, George N. Des Coteaux and Greydon Elliott, whose interest in its details and whose devotion to me personally, has been a constant inspiration. We are indebted to Dr. John B. Solley, Jr., for data and photographs; and to Miss Abby P. Churchill, nature teacher at the State Normal School at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, for generous help and criticism. Too much credit cannot be given to Edward J. Morgan, the warmth of whose appreciation has fathered this work! whose ability has secured many of its facts, and who has made the printing of this book possible. Tune 1. 1911. GW.
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