Language English Originally published 1957 Page count 52 Subject Genealogy | Pages 52 Genre History Country United States of America | |
Preceded by The Descent of John Prescott, Founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1645, from Alfred the Great, King of England, 871-901 Similar The Magna Charta sureties, Ancestral roots of certain A, The colonial clergy of t | ||
Eight lines of descent of John Prescott, founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1645, from Alfred the Great, King of England, 871-901 is a book written by genealogist Frederick Lewis Weis showing, as the title suggests, eight different genealogical lines from Alfred the Great to John Prescott.
Contents
Weis wrote this book as an expansion on his 1948 book The Descent of John Prescott, Founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1645, from Alfred the Great, King of England, 871-901. The 1948 book was only 8 pages when published.
The Eight Lines of Descent, published nine years later in 1957, is 52 pages long.
Sections
Part I
Line 1. The First Haryngton Line
Line 2. The Second Haryngton Line
Line 3. The Third Haryngton Line
Line 4. The First Radcliffe Line
Line 5. The Second Radcliffe Line
Line 6. The Third Radcliffe Line
Line 7. The First Standish Line
Line 8. The Second Standish Line
Part II
Some Descendants of John Prescott
Line I. The First Prescott Line
Line II. The Second Prescott Line
Line III. The Third Prescott Line
Line IV. The Fourth Prescott Line
Line V. The Fifth Prescott Line
Appendix
Descent from Alfred the Great Through Governor Thomas Dudley
Line VI. The First Dudley Line
Line VII. The Second Dudley Line
Line VIII. The Third Dudley Line
Line IX. Bulkeley
Line X. Welby
Line XI. Palgrave
Line XII. James Prescott of Hampton, N.H.
In Literature
Weis' many works have been widely cited in genealogy books, including Eight Lines of Descent. Some of these books referencing Eight lines of Descent include: