As I find documentary evidence (wills, birth records, death records, census records, Quaker meeting notes, obituaries, tombstone inscriptions, etc.) I will try to digitize an image of them, or else cite what they are, and link to them under the Primary Sources list. The Secondary Sources list is for published books and other references where Haviland information can be found. The Research list will include places where you can find Primary Sources for the Havilands, such as the locations of cemeteries where Havilands are buried, Quaker Meeting Repositories, etc.

PRIMARY SOURCES

• The will of Benedict Arnold, governor of Newport, RI (Evidence that a William Haviland lived there and owned land.)

SECONDARY SOURCES AND OTHER BOOKS

Frost, Josephine C., The Haviland Genealogy - Ancestors and Descendants of William Haviland of Newport, Rhode Island, and Flushing, Long Island, 1653-1688, with Special Records of the Allied Families of Field, Hull, Torrey, Willett-Willis, 1914. This is the "Mothership" of Haviland secondary sources, a comprehensive 551-page genealogy with many photographs, tracing mostly the American Havilands (descending from William Haviland) but also including information about William's ancestry back to Thomas, Sieur De Haveilland, Jurat of Guernsey. Mrs. Josephine C. Frost was a respected genealogist (ca 1870-1942), daughter of Leon Mayou and Samantha Haughey, who married Dr. Samuel Knapp Frost (as Josephine C. Stillman) 15 Nov 1902. She drafted many important manuscripts, including the Haviland Genealogy, the Frost Genealogy, the Underhill Genealogy, the Strang Genealogy, Quaker Marriages - Jericho Monthly Meeting Long Island NY, Quaker Meeting Records - State of New York: Dutchess County, Quaker Births, Marriages and Deaths from Hartland Monthly Meeting - Niagara County, Cemetery Inscriptions from Riverhead LI, and many others. She was a life member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, a member of the Long Island Historical Society, a member of Daughters of the Revolution, membership chairman of the National Society of New England Women - Brooklyn County, and more.

You can find photocopies of her many works via AbeBooks.com, and some are posted online at Genealogy.com's "Genealogy Library". If you want an original copy of the Haviland Genealogy, it's extremely difficult to find. Only 200 were bound and numbered in cloth, and I believe an additional 25 were bound in half-morocco (meaning the spine and corners were covered by sheep-skin leather). I have never seen the half-morocco editions. Of the cloth-bound editions, they don't all look alike. Each one is unique. I own three.

The Haviland Genealogy Cloth Binding (Blue) with Gold Embossed Spine from the New York Public Library	The Haviland Genealogy Cloth Binding (Green) with Gold Embossed Spine #142 from the personal collection of Christopher Sirmons Haviland Personally autographed by Josephine C. Frost
The Haviland Genealogy Cloth Binding (Red) #58 from the personal collection of Christopher Sirmons Haviland	The Haviland Genealogy Cloth Binding (Red) with Gold Embossed Spine #41 from the personal collection of Christopher Sirmons Haviland

A blue cloth-bound edition can be found in the Genealogy / Humanities room at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street. The pages of that copy are yellow and starting to disintegrate, as if the pages have a higher acid composition than the other copies. The volumes I own seem to have a better quality paper.

Here are my volumes:

1) Number 41, previously owned by Dr. Henry E. Chesebrough of Greenwich, NY (son of Henry Edwin Chesebrough and Mary Jane Haviland);

2) Number 58, previously owned by Robert Alan Haviland, and before him, the Haviland China company.

Number 58 has black marks consistent with smoke damage, indicating that it may have survived a house fire.

Smoke Damage throughout Book #58

3) Number 142, previously owned by an independent antiquated bookseller, originally owned by Elizabeth S. Haviland (not yet identified) and personally autographed to her by Josephine C. Frost.

Josephine C. Frost's signature in Book #142
The identification of Elizabeth S. Haviland is not yet known.

There is another inscription on the next page of Number 142 that reads: "With Love to Aunt Anna from Richard, April 23, 1927."

"With love to Aunt Anna from Richard
April 23, 1927"
The identification of Anna (=Elizabeth?) and Richard is not yet known.

Josephine C. Frost sold the cloth-bound editions for $10.00 each in 1914, and the half-morocco editions for $12.50. If you have any originals, please tell me about them and send photos. (#68 is owned by Irving B. Stanton, Jr., great grandson of Frederick Haviland of the Haviland China business.)

Original Inserts
Found inside book #41

Clipping from a Glens Falls Newspaper
Probably dated 1920
Found inside #41

De Havilland, John Von Sonntag, [writing anonymously as "The Chronicler"], A Chronicle of the Ancient and Noble Norman Family of De Havilland, originally of Haverland, In the Côtentin Normandy, now of Guenrsey: Including the English Branches of Havelland of Dorsetshire, Now Extinct; Haviland of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, Also Extinct; and Haviland of Somersetshire. With the Documentary Evidences. The Mekeel Press, St. Louis, Mo. (1895). 122 pages. Dedicating his book to Colonel Thomas Fiott De Havilland of Havilland Hall, Guernsey, John V.S. De Havilland (originally John V.S. Haviland), son of John Haviland (the famed Philadelphia Architect), possibly based his work on a genealogy on the family that had already been written. However, there is no surviving copy of the original. Chronicle is the earliest surviving genealogy on the family. When Josephine C. Frost set about writing The Haviland Genealogy, Chronicle was her first Secondary Source reference, however she worked with a genealogist in England named Eduardo Haviland Hillman (grandson of Samuel Frost Haviland, U.S. Consul General At Coquimbo, Chile) to verify the Chronicle. Hillman found many errors with the Chronicle book and Frost made notes of them. However, this remains the only published book covering the genealogy of the early Havilands in England. There are documentary evidences, however not enough for sufficient proof for many of the book's claims, leaving its conclusions up for debate by later genealogists and researchers. Many of the wills and other evidences are written in Latin. The New York Public Library only has the book on microfilm. Josephine C. Frost used to own 5 copies of the original, which she was selling for $15.00 each in 1914 along with her Haviland Genealogy book.

The Chronicle De Havilland from the personal collection of Christopher Sirmons Haviland Originally the property of Charles Cobleigh Haviland and his father, Dr. Alfred Haviland (1824-1903)	The Chronicle De Havilland closeup of cover

I own an original volume of the Chronicle, which I acquired from a man in England named Stephen Newman (not a member of the family, but a genealogical researcher). One of its original owners is presumed to be Charles Cobleigh Haviland (1859 - ???), son of Dr. Alfred Haviland (1824-1903) & Amy Anne Paine. Alfred had corresponded with family researcher Frederick Haviland about our genealogy, information which finally was acquired by Josephine C. Frost for her 1914 book, The Haviland Genealogy (see above). Charles Cobleigh Haviland (and perhaps other close relations) used this volume as a scrapbook, with old newspaper clippings, notes, and other memorabilia, making it a treasure-trove of rare information that pre-dates the Josephine C. Frost reference. The volume is in a state of disrepair: the covers are coming off and the pages are disintegrating. My intention is to digitize the entire volume and build a set of web pages dedicated to it, complete with images of all its clippings and hand-written side-notes, and including transcriptions of everything I can interpret, plus annotations if I have anything to add or explain. The volume will then be sealed until such time that I, or one of my descendants, can afford to have it professionally restored and preserved. The digitization project will take some time, but this web site will be linked to that "online museum" when it's ready.

Chapin, F. Eleanor, Canadian Haviland Family Genealogy - Descendants of John Haviland, UE 1751-1839. Hurley Printing Co., Brantford, Ontario. (1991). 395 pages. The author is currently selling copies of this book. If you would like to order one, please contact me and I can pass along an address where you can inquire a price. The book covers many of the huge Canadian population who descended from John Haviland (son of Isaac, son of Benjamin, son of Benjamin Haviland and Abigail Mott). It does not cover the genealogy of Senator Thomas Heath Haviland, a father of the Canadian Confederation from Prince Edward Island, which is a distant branch.

Fenno-Gendrot, Almira Torrey Blake, The Ancestry and Allied Families of Nathan Blake 3rd and Susan (Torrey) Blake - Early Residents of East Corinth, Vermont. Stanhope Press, Boston, MA. (1916). 201 pages. Includes chapters "Haviland Family in France" (pp. 65-66) and "Haviland Family in England" (pp. 66-69). This book refers to the Havilands due to the marriage of Captain William Torrey to Jane Haviland, his second wife. Interestingly, President William H. Taft was a 5th great grandson of William by his third wife, Elizabeth Fry(e). Clearly, no Havilands descent from this couple, but there are a large population that can trace back to Haviland ancestry through Jane, as well as back to Royalty, as Jane's mother, Elizabeth Gyse, was the 11th great granddaughter of King Edward I "Longshanks."

Baird, Charles W., Chronicle of a Border Town - History of Rye - Westchester County, New York 1660-1870 - Including Harrison and The White Plains till 1788. Picton Press, Camden Maine. (1871, 1994). 570 pages. Truthfully, there are only several pages about Haviland families (475-477) but they mention Dr. Ebenezer Haviland, owner of the famous Haviland Inn of Rye. Also, there are some contradictions between this book and Frost's book with regard to John, the son of John Haviland and Sarah Sneathing (written as Sneading). This John is the grandfather of the brothers who started the Haviland China business. I would have to examine the evidence to determine which is more accurate, but it seems there is often confusion and error regarding the "John Havilands" of this time period.

Marr, James, The History of Guernsey - The Bailiwick's Story. The Guernsey Press Limited, Vale, Guernsey. (1982, 2001). 551 pages. I picked this book up for some history of the island where we trace our direct ancestry back to. Our patriarch, Thomas, is mentioned on page 360 as a Jurat in 1470.

Marr, L. James, Guernsey People, Phillimore & Co. LTD, Sussex, England. (1984). 245 pages. This book has a chapter on Sir Peter De Havilland, Bailiff of Guernsey, and includes a photo of him. Other descendants of Thomas from the Saumarez family are listed, including Admiral Lord James De Saumarez, Dr. Richard Saumarez, Sir Havilland Walter De Sausmarez, and Captain Philip De Sausmarez.

Hocart, Richard. Peter de Havilland: Bailiff of Guernsey - A History of his Life, 1747-1821. La Société Guernesiaise, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. (1997). This is a biography of Sir Peter De Havilland, Bailiff of Guernsey, who was the 2nd great grandfather of Olivia De Havilland, Joan Fontaine and Sir Geoffrey De Havilland. It includes many photos.

De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey, Sky Fever - The Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey De Havilland C.B.E.. Hamish Hamilton, London, England. (1961). 240 pages. Clearly this is the autobiography of the man who invented the famous De Havilland aircraft. He is the first cousin of actresses Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine. The book talks a little of his immediate family, and has some pictures, but is mostly preoccupied with his pioneering and success in the aircraft industry.

Ingels, Margaret, Willis Haviland Carrier - Father of Air Conditioning. Country Life Press, Garden City. (1952). 170 pages. A biography of the inventor of air conditioning technology (1904-), presumed to be my 3rd cousin twice removed. Willis Haviland Carrier was the son of Elizabeth Haviland, the presumed daughter of David Jay Haviland (not yet proven), son of David, son of Roger Haviland and Hannah Wing (my 4th great grandparents). My copy of the book is personally autographed by Cloud Wampler, the President of Carrier Corporation in the mid-1900's, who wrote the foreword.

Haviland, Laura S., A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland. Ayer Company, Salem, NH. (1881, 1984). 554 pages. The autobiography of Laura Smith, wife of Charles Haviland, son of Charles, son of James, son of Gilbert, son of Adam, son of Benjamin Haviland and Abigail Mott.

Celebrating 150 Years of Haviland China 1842-1992. Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation. (1992). 84 pages. A book all about the Haviland China dynasty, including a family tree, and a good history of their porcelain industry.

Paul Burty Haviland (1880-1950), photographe. This is a book written in French about the photography of Paul Burty Haviland, son of Charles Edward Haviland, son of David Haviland, son of William Haviland and Anna Griffen. Paul is a member of the Haviland porcelain dynasty. It features many of his photographs, which sell for pretty good money these days.

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