Excerpt from Upton Family Records: Being Genealogical Collections for an Upton Family History By this time the writer's collection of Upton data had become so extensive and valuable that the thought of its possible destruction, by fire or other casualty, afforded him considerable uneasiness, it being evident that much of it, once lost, could never be duplicated. This feeling increased when, upon the death of Colonel Chester in 1882, America forgot her pride, and England her gratitude, and permitted his incomparable collections to be scattered to the four winds of heaven; Colonel Chester's contribution constitutes about thirty-six pages of the most valuable matter in this volume. 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.