"The descendants of Epes Sargent ... are indebted to ... Winthrop Sargent, of Haverford, Pa, for this volume. At his request Dr. Samuel Worcester ... began in 1912 to gather information which is the basis of this genealogy. He ... died in 1918 before his work was completed ... Mrs. Paul Dana ... took up the work in 1920 and occupied herself in gathering and arranging additional information. Mrs. Dana died in 1922 ... Mr. Winthrop Sargent at once assumed the ... work of gathering the additional information needed for the book, and his wife ... arranged the different family groups and prepared the manuscript in its final form for the printer"--Pref.

"A list of the publications of the descendants of Epes Sargent, compiled by Julia Mehitable Johnson": p. [1]-68, at end.

Includes bibliographical references and index.