The Vinton Memorial: Comprising a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648: Also, Genealogical Sketches of Several Allied Families ... With an Appendix Containing a History of the Braintree Iron Works, and Other Historical Matter

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S.K. Whipple, 1858 - 534 páginas
John Vinton was born in approximately 1620 perhaps in France and emigrated to the United States probably sometime before 1643. His descendents lived in Braintree, Massachusetts for many years. This volume gives the history of the Vinton and many other allied families into the 19th century.
 

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