Massachusetts Biography

The American Genealogical-Biographical Index (described in Massachusetts Genealogy) cites many references to biographies of Massachusetts residents. In addition, two comprehensive biographical encyclopedias are:

The American Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical-Genealogical. 13 vols. New York, NY: The American Historical Society, ca. 1916. and The Family History Library has volumes 1–4, 6, and 10–13 only.}}

Eliot, Samuel Atkins. Biographical History of Massachusetts. 10 vols. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society, 1911-18.

Biographical sketches of many Plymouth Colony residents, including those who came on the Mayflower, are in:

Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1986.

See Massachusetts Genealogy for additional references to biographies and genealogies for Massachusetts ancestors.

Online Resources

 * County and Town Histories, Massachusetts, with biography
 * American Biographical Library for Massachusetts ($)
 * A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692
 * Massachusetts Biographies, Access Genealogy's Biography Center
 * Massachusetts U.S. Biographies Project by GenWeb, index
 * Biographical history of Massachussetts Volume 1, 1911, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, e-book, Vol. 4, Vol.5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7, Vol. 9
 * Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 2
 * The Rich Men of Massachusetts, index
 * Old Colony Ancestors database, Genealogy Today, index
 * Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical Vol. 4, Vol. 6
 * Men of Massachusetts : a collection of portraits of representative men in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, e-book
 * Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3,Vol. 4
 * Biographical encyclopedia of Massachusetts of the nineteenth century. v.2
 * Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol.3
 * One of a thousand, a series of biographical sketches of one thousand representative men resident in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, e-book
 * Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago, e-book.
 * Biographical sketches of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, e-book
 * Men of progress; one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, e-book
 * Register of members and records of their revolutionary ancestors / Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. (1907), e-book
 * Historical collections, : being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &amp;c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions, e-book
 * Sons of the Puritans; a group of brief biographies, e-book.
 * A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692
 * GeneaSearch - http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/massachusetts.htm
 * Access Genealogy: Massachusetts Biographies
 * U.S. Biographies Project: Massachusetts
 * Biographies and information on Mayflower passengers can be found at http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/passengers.php