Posted by Robert Anthony Stoddard on 3/18/2005, 1:57 pm
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I have written a new book on the line of Anthony Stoddard, who came to Boston in 1638 and built a large fortune as well as a large family in the New World. The book is a collection of short biographies of sixteen Stoddard men and their wives and children, beginning in the 1500s in England and stretching to the present day. There are charts showing every child born to each of these sixteen Stoddard men, who are: William, James, Anthony of London, Anthony of Boston, Solomon, Rev. Anthony, Gideon, Gideon II, Rev. John, Chauncy, John, Hobart Arnold, Edward Cross, Edward Irland, and myself. These charts were the work of Charles Stoddard of Littleton, NH, who spent his life cataloging more than 80,000 Stoddard names and connecting them to four lines. I used more than fifty sources in researching the work, and although the book reads more like a collection of stories than a true genealogy, I believe the data is sound and will stand close examination. The data on each of the principal Stoddard men is extensive, but the collateral data in the text and in the invaluable charts is also of excellent quality. Each man's wives and children are listed, and in most cases there is information about who they married and whether there were children. I have donated copies to the Woodbury Public Library, to Historic Northampton, to the Old Woodbury Historical Association, and to the Stoddard Family Association, publishers of The Tribeloid and owners of this site. I will try to answer queries about how your own family may connect to this line, either on this forum, or through direct contact through the email listed. You might also see www.anthonystoddard,com.