"Part I, containing a history of the town of East Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Also an account of its boundaries, iron works and mills, division of lands, controversies with New Haven and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastical affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natural history and curiosities, roads and public lands. Part II, containing an account of the names, marriages, and births, of the families which first settled, or which have resided in East-Haven, from its settlement in 1644 to 1800. Part III, containing an account of the deaths in the families named in the second part, from the year 1647 to the end of the year 1823." The marriages and births section (Part II), is arranged alphabetically by family name.