I recently purchased the 2-vol series by Charles W. Brewster, "Rambles About Portsmouth." Mr. Brewster, a journalist, wrote a series of articles between 1840 and 1860 which were then consolidated and reprinted in two volumes. A resident of Portsmouth all of his life, he rarely left the city; Mr. Brewster's wonderful anecdotes and descriptions cover much of the city's earliest life but focus primarily on the 18th and 19th centuries. He identifies the streets, homes, landmarks, churches, etc., as well as the historical incidences which took place in Portsmouth during his more than 50 years as a chronicler of life in his town. I have gone through the first of these two volumes and identified the names/families which are most prominently featured. It is impossible to do general lookups because individuals and/or families are generally mentioned only in passing, without any substantive comments. If you have connections to any of the following families, please contact me off-list mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net and I will copy the data for you. Please do not contact me with general inquiries. Names from the 2nd volume will be identified as soon as I can get to it. These two volumes are a wonderful resource about life in Portsmouth from its founding to the mid-19th century. If your family lived there, you should try to obtain the books through ILL just so you will have a better understanding of the lives beyond the names. Atkinson, Theodore Blunt, William Boyd, Col. George Brewster, William Chauncy, Charles Claggett, Wyseman Clarkson, Andrew & James Cutt, John, Robert, Richard (incl wills) Fitzgerald, Richard Gardner, Maj. William (s/o John) Graffort, Bridget Cutt Daniel Hale, Maj. Samuel Haven, Rev. Dr. Samuel Ladd, Eliphalet Langdon, John Lear, Tobias Long, Pierse March, Clement Mason, John Moses, Samuel (s/o Joseph) Moses, Dr. Joseph Odiorne, Jotham Parker, William Pickering, John Pierce, Joshua (s/o of Joshua) Rindge, William H. (s/o John P.) Russell, Eleazer Sullivan, John Treadwell, Charles Webster, Daniel Wentworth - numerous Whipple, William Regards, Ellen Knowles Bisson