Excerpt from A Genealogy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America, and of Plumpton in EnglandA desire expressed by my wife, to know more of her ancestry led first, to a perusal of old papers at that time in the house, then to a correspondence, and has finally resulted in the compilation of this volume, and in the work I have everywhere met with kindness and encouragement. These circumstances and the intense interest engendered in its progress, has made it, in the fullest sense, a labor of love.I have tried to be careful and accurate in copying records, yet undoubtedly errors will be found. Of the literary con struction I will only say, in the language of the school-boy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.