"This work 26 is a genealogy and history of the related families of John Van Meter, Thomas Shepherd and John Duke: settlers between 1730 and 1750 of the Norther

This volume covers the 3rd Generation of Descendants, 2nd Generation of Descendants, 1st Generation of Descendants, Generation of Peers, and the 1st Generation

"Like leaves in the wind, the lives of seven generations of the Elwell family were driven by early American history to both progress and peril"--Back cover.