Excerpt from Tryphena Ely White's Journal, 1805-1905: Being a Record, Written One Hundred Years Ago, of the Daily Life of a Young Lady of Puritan Heritage Joseph White, who served in the War of the Revolution, was Sixth in descent from Elder John White Of England. Elder John came to America in 1632 with Captain John Pierce Of the good ship Lyon. His home in the new country was first in Cambridge, Mass, then in Hartford, Conn. Later he was one of the founders of Hadley, Mass. Our 't'ryphena bore the name Of her father's mother, who was T'ryphena' Ely, fourth in the line from Nathaniel Ely Of England, whose first home in America was also in Cambridge, Mass. This was in 1635. Nathaniel removed to Connecticut with the Rev. Tho-mas Hooker. His name, as well as that Of Elder John White, is placed upon the monument In Hartford erected to the memory Of the first settlers Of that city. In 1654 Nathaniel Ely lived in Norwalk, Conn., but later he, too, returned to Massachusetts, set tling at Springfield. At West Springfield lived his son, Samuel, and grandson, Samuel, whose daughter, Tryphena Ely, was the wife Of Deacon Jonathan White, the father of Joseph, mentioned above as the husband Of Sarah Leonard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.