Description: 1 page photocopy of history of Herrick name and the Herricks of Mount Desert Island, apparently taken from "Old Hancock County Families" by William DcDuff Pierce.
Description: 5 page photocopy of Herrick genealogy, based on material from the book "Gen. Reg. of Name and Family of Herrick" 1830, by Jedediah Herrick.
Description: Handwritten details of life of Mrs. Fannie M. Brown and a pasted on newspaper obituary of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown was the oldest resident of Mount Desert Island at the time of her death in 1957 at age 99. She was holder of the gold-headed Boston Post Cane since 1954.
Description: Photocopy of letter certifying the birth dates of the children of Ezra Young, Jr., and his wife Sarah. Letter also certifies the death dates of Ezra's father, Ezra Young and his consort, Constant Young.
Description: Photocopy of chart detailing the ancestry of Joanne Lora Hysom, daughter of Edna L. Rumill and Roscoe H. Hysom. Edna Rumill was born in Pretty Marsh, ME, and died in Bar Harbor, ME.
Description: Handwritten note describing relationship of Emerson family to Somes family. (Appears to be incomplete record on a partial sheet.) Accompanying photocopy from "Sprague's Journal of Maine History".
Description: Handwritten genealogical chart, 2pp., of Somes family beginning with Morris Somes of England and including Abraham Somes, first settler on Mount Desert Island.
Description: Photocopy from unknown source documenting the genealogy of the Somes family of Mount Desert, beginning with Morris Somes, English immigrant to Gloucester, Mass.
Description: Photocopy, single page, labeled as "Sheet 2", of genealogical chart beginning in 1673 with Timothy Somes through to 18th C. generation including Abraham Somes, first settler of Mount Desert Island.
Description: Genealogical chart (1 p.) showing descendants of Samuel Solmes who emigrated from Germany to the US in 1728. It is stated that the information is drawn from "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", (MIKA Pub) pp.791-795.
Description: Singe page photocopy of partial article from "Sprague's Journal of Maine History", Vol. 14. Text describes the settlement of Mount Desert Island by Abraham Somes.
Description: Photocopy of 3 pages of text from a source probably titled "History of Gloucester". Text describes family of early Gloucester settler, Morris Somes, and his children. Abraham Somes, first permanent settler of Mount Desert Island, was a son of Morris Somes and his wife, Hannah.
Description: Phocopied pages (3) from "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", MIKA Publishing, pp.791-793. (Pages were roughly cut and p.793 appears to be incomplete.) Text is a history and genealogy of Samuel Somes, who emigrated from Germany to the US in New York State. His son, Nathaniel, who was loyal to the English crown, emigrated to Canada .