Publications

NEW:

William Brewster

The descendants of William Brwester through the lines of Mary, Ruth and Elizabeth Brewster. It begins with William Brewster, born 1666 and ending with Richard Phelps Tuller, died Aug. 10, 1926. This book has 30 pages of valuable genealogical information. Please call for more information about this publication.

Mark Lothrop

Covering his descendants from 1620-1793. This publication consists of 32 pages, with 8 pages of end notes. Please call for more information about this publication.

Updates to the publications on Thomas Hayward and Experience Mitchell, by Diane Badger Moore. See below.

PINE HILL CEMETERY - PART II
This publication is a follow-up to 'PINE HILL CEMETERY - PART I - EARLY RECORDS' by OBHS member Barbara Copeland Birkhimer. Part II covers the portion of the cemetery added early in the 20th century. As with Part I, these records are listed according to site, along with a site plan and alphabetical index. The book contains 176 pages with an alphabetical 58-page index.
$35.00, $5.00 shipping & handling

PINE HILL CEMETERY - PART I - EARLY RECORDS
This book is the result of five years of painstaking effort by OBHS Life Member Barbara Copeland Birkhimer. Mrs. Birkhimer spent years compiling the recors in a format that would be most useful to researchers and genealogists. The result is this new publication which has 150 pages of burial records according to site, along with an alphabetical index that is 47 pages. There is a cemetery map at the beginning of the book showing the old Section, which this book encompasses. PART II will be ready within the year, which will cover the balance of the cemetery records and promises to be equally long.
$35.00, $5.00 shipping & handling

Earliest Known Map of New England
As included in William Hubbard's 1677 "A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England". It is a pictoral map of New England and is accompanied by a two-page description. The map measures 11 5/8" by 15 1/8". We have printed it on 65-pound tea-stained ivory parchment. It is our finest map to date and certainly suitable for framing. The accompanying two-page description is printed on matching ivory stock. maps have been hugely popular with our membership and this artistically rendered map includes oceans, rivers, animals, mountains, trees, Indeans, ships and figural representations of settlements joined with the names of places that have been "affaulted" by the Indians. It is beautiful and OBHS President Maureen Lynn is truly excited and pleased that former president Larry Conant has secured permission for us to print this rare woodcut.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping & handling

Byrams in America
Second edition book by John Arnold Byram. Dedicated to Byram family emigrants, the 570-page text includes at least eight Byram English male emigrants and their succeeding generations.
$35.00, $5.00 shipping

New style Keith House Note Cards
A reproduction of an original watercolor of the Keith House painted by an OBHS member. Each card is printed on ivory stock with the Keith House in color and accompanied by an ivory envelope. Six cards are packaged in highlophane with ribbon and the gold OBHS seal.
$10.00 for 6 cards and envelopes, $2.50 shipping

Thomas Snell the Emigrant (1638-1716)
Written by descendant Oakes Tirrill (1772-1862). This publication includes 16 pages of text, plus a color plate of Thomas Snell and a forward written by Franklin Birdsall, Jr., descendent of Thomas Snell.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping


Descendants of William Brett
21 pages of genealogical information to the 5th generation. Nine pages of end notes and an index of 4 pages.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Jonathan Copeland
29 pages of genealogical information to the 7th generation. 13 pages of end notes and an index of 8 pages.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

The Crane History of Bridgewater
Includes the Bridgewater section from Hurd's history of Plymouth Country, the historical sketch of Joshua E. Crane, his son Joshua E. Crane, Jr., and his granddaughter Clara W. Crane. Biographical Genealogical information, photos and more. 60 pages.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Edward Fobes
18 pages of genealogical information to the 5th generation. 13 pages of end notes, a one-page bibliography, and an index of 6 pages.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Thomas Hayward
83 pages of genealogical information to the 5th generation, including bibliography, 32 pages of end notes and a 13-page index. Completed in 2004 by Diane Badger Moore.
$35.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Thomas Hayward -- End Notes
30 pages of End Note information on each name in the book shown above. Each name in the book listed above is tied by number to a source reference in this bibliography.
$8.00, $4.00 shipping

Descendants of John Howard
27 pages of genealogical information to the 3rd generation. 14 pages of end notes.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of John Keith -- Son of Rev. James Keith and Susanna Edson
18 pages of genealogical information to the 6th generation. 8 pages of end notes, a one-page bibliography, and an index of 4 pages.
$25.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Jonathan Kingman
13 pages of genealogical information to the 6th generation. 7 pages of end notes.
$10.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Experience Mitchell
80 pages of genealogical information to the 5th generation. Including 28 pages of end notes, a 13-page index and a bibliography. Completed in 2004 by Diane Badger Moore.
$35.00, $5.00 shipping

The Geneologies of Samuel Packard of Bridgewater, Mass. and Abel Packard of Cummington, Rhode Island
By Rev. Theophilus Packard of Manteno, Illinois in 1871. This is a reprint of that book with 81 pages of genealogical information to the 6th generation.
$10.00, $5.00 shipping

Descendants of Robert Waterman
11 pages of genealogical information to the 12th generation. 2 pages of end notes, a one-page bibliography, and an index of 3 pages.
$10.00, $5.00 shipping

Town Records of Bridgewater, Ma 1656 to 1683
By John Carey, First Clerk. 82 pages of information and 10 pages of index.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

History of West Bridgewater
Ancient Bridgewater section (5 pages) by Bradford Kingman, History of West Bridgewater section (50 pages) by Francis E. Howard. Includes photos and information on genealogy and manufacturing.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

Index to the History of West Bridgewater
Prepared by Shirley M. Bessinger, 23 pages indexing the book noted above.
$7.00, $5.00 shipping

Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater
This publicatio was first made as a supplement to Wiliam Lathan's work from 1884. It contains information on the graveyards located in Bridgewater, MA and information on the epitaphs through 1976. The document also includes information on The Alden or Vernan Cemetery in Titicut (map included), the Conant St. Cemetery, the First Catholic Cemetery, etc. There is also a map of the locations of the graves and a master index.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Joppa Soldier, the 29th Regiment Mass Volunteers
Joppa is a village in East Bridgewater located in Plymouth County. This 89-page publication is a story told from the letters and journal of Thomas Conant, a soldier show lived in Joppa. This story, edited by L.D. Conant was written during the Civil War and begins in the year 1860.
$10.00, $5.00 shipping

What Time Reveals: Restoration of the Peter Cushing House
By H. G. Conant, edited by L. D. Conant. Documents the restoration of an original house in Hingham. 21 pages, with photos.
$9.00, $5.00 shipping

Massacquoetnecut -- the Original Settlement of Old Bridgewater
16 pages of information and maps of the original proprietor records, noting deed references and results of various wills as they relate to land transfers. Includes maps with size and locations of the lots.
$9.00, $5.00 shipping

New England Village
Compiled from letters to Thomas Conant from teenage friends and family in the years 1855 and 1856. It also contains a map of the Joppa Village, pictures, a map of East Bridgewater, a 2-page bibliography and an appendix that includes excerpts from a letter by Sarah Jane Conant (Thomas Conant's wife). 21 pages.
$9.00, $4.00 shipping

Colonial History of West Bridgewater
By L. D. Conant. 70 pages, including the original purchase, existing records and settlement information. It also contains several maps, including one of the Division of 1724 and one of the early roads from 1720 to 1770. Also included is the Census of 1771, inventories and an index.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

The Bridgewaters Illustrated
Hard-bound pictorial essay of the three Bridgewaters and Brockton about 1900 with original advertising, reprint of two original 1900's historical booklets. Includes information about "Bridgewater in England", the settlement in Bridgewater, MA, James Keith, West Bridgewater, the Howard Seminary, East and North Bridgewater and Brockton.
$20.00, $5.00 shipping

Old Bridgewater Tercentenary 1656-1956
Pictures, Old Advertising, general information. 87 pages of town, church, and school histories of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and North Bridgewater (now Brockton).
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Tales Around the Common
By the Bridgewater Historical Collectors
53 pages, history of Bridgewater including photos, maps, and interesting notes on the Bridgewater Fire Dept., education, landmarks, etc.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Pictorial History, Bridgewater, Mass
By the Bridgewater Historical Collectors. 63 pages of historical photos of early houses, Fire Department, public buildings, athletic teams, churces, etc. with notes of each.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Sermon of the Rev. James Keith
On June 14, 1717, Rev. James Keith preached the sermon "A Case for Prayer" on the occasion of the dedication of a local church. 17 pages, with a preface by Cotton Mather and Increase Mather.
$15.00, $5.00 shipping

Misc:

Rev. Keith House Stationery: 8 notecards and envelopes with a picture of the Rev. James Keith House on the front. Plenty of room for letter writing, excellent quality paper.
$8.00, $4.00 shipping

Map of Old Bridgewater. From 1895, in color, suitable for framing. Shows the town boundaries of Old Bridgewater in 1795, copied from a map filed at the State House in 1866.
$22.00, $3.50 shipping

Pairpoint Cup Plate of OBHS Museum. Limited edition by the Pairpoint Company for the OBHS. Available in the following colors: Cobalt Blue, Canary Yellow or Green.
$12.00, $5.00 shipping

Coloring Book
A 15-page historical coloring book of West Bridgewater, MA. Coloring pictures include the War Memorial Monument, the Keith House, the Willowbrick Farm Estate, the Howard House, and the Yankee Peddler Antique Store.
$5.00

350 Years, the First Church of West Bridgewater, MA
This publication includes information on the formative years (1664-1831) to the reunion (1954-present). Also included are pictures, the names and dates of the settled ministers of the First Chursch and one page of historical sources.
$10.00, $2.00 shipping

The Keith House drawing
A detailed drawing print of the Keith House.
$32.00

1795 Map of Old Bridgewater
Large color map of Old Bridgewater that includes whereabouts of grist mills, saw mills, forges, furnaces, bridges, etc.
$22.00, with frame: $52.00

Photo of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society
A beautiful color photograph of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society.

Map of the Bridgewaters - 1975
A large historical map of Old Bridgewater, MA. It includes a trail of historical sites and a legend of streets, ponds, highways, railroads, etc.
$15.00

Centennial Commemorative Plate -- 1894-1994
This is the 100th Anniversary Plate of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society. The plate contains pictures of West Bridgewater, the Rev. Keith Parsonage House, the East Bridgewater Public Library, the Bridgewater Academy Building, and Brockton City Hall.
$10.00, $2.00 shipping

What Time Reveals? A tour of the Peter Cushing House in Hingham, MA
this publication was written by Harold Sargent Conant between 1735 and 1942. It was first published by Harold Conant's grandson, Laurence D. Conant in 1998. The story is about the restoration of the Peter Cushing House and also contains pictures of the house.

Keith House Notepaper (in color)
Six sheets of high quality note paper, each with a colorful artist's rendering of the Keith House.
$8.00, $2.00 shipping

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