Have you checked Pope’s Pioneers? In talking about early settlers of New England, you may hear this question. It refers to two books by genealogist Charles Henry Pope:

. “The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts and other Contemporary Sources.” Available at Bangor Public Library, Special Collections at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library in Orono, Maine State Library in Augusta, UM at Presque Isle, UM at Farmington, UM at Machias.

. “The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List.” Available at Bangor Public Library, Maine State Library, Reference Room at Fogler Library, UM at Presque Isle, University of Southern Maine at Portland.

For example, under the name “Haskell, Hascall, Hoskell,” a name that appears throughout Maine, we find “Roger, planter, Salem, 1636. He deposed in 1664, ae. about 50 year. His wife Elizabeth was a daughter of John Hardy, who bequeathed to her and her four children, John, William, Mark and Elizabeth in 1652.” It lists his children, and his brothers William and Mark.

William, my ancestor, is named as a “husbandman, Gloucester, proprietor 1645. He married Nov. 6, 1643, Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot.” His children are listed also.

If you didn’t know where the Haskells came from – one group came to the New Gloucester area, Nathaniel settled what became Greenville, another line was plentiful on Deer Isle – this book could lead you to check histories and vital records books for Salem and Gloucester in Maine libraries.

Pope lists Walter Tybbot under Tibbetts, stating he “came with Rev. Richard Blinman and others to Marshfield; and was proprietor from 2 March 1640-1, but did not remain.” He later was a selectman and constable in Gloucester. Pope also references Tybbot’s will, which mentions grandson Richard Dicke, daughter Mary and husband William Haskell, son-in-law Edward Clarke, Elizabeth Dick, Elnor Bapsone wife of James Bapsome (note spellings), and Zebulon. There we have several clues to follow up.

Charles Henry Pope was the author, co-author, compiler or editor of a number of other books, as well, among them:

. “Ballard Genealogy: William Ballard (1603-1639) of Lynn, Massachusetts and William Ballard (1617-1689) of Andover, Massachusetts and Their Descendants,” available at Bangor Public Library and Maine State Library.

. “The Cheney Genealogy,” BPL and MSL.

. “The Haverhill Emersons,” “Hooper Genealogy,” “Loring Genealogy,” “A History of the Dorchester Pope Family, 1634-1688,” “Prouty (Proute) Genealogy,” and “Some of the Ancestors of Oliver Hazard Perry of Lowell, Mass.,” All at MSL.

. “Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines,” MSL.

. “A Pettingell Genealogy: Notes Concerning Those of the Name,” BPL and MSL.

. “The Plymouth Scrapbook: The Oldest Original Documents Extant in Plymouth Archives, Printed Verbatim,” BPL and MSL.

. “Tobey (Tobie, Toby) Genealogy: Thomas of Sandwich, and James of Kittery, and Their Descendants,” Special Collections, Fogler Library.

. “Willard Genealogy: Sequel to Willard Memoir: Materials Gathered Chiefly by Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker,” MSL.

This listing comes from URSUS, the online catalog of BPL, MSL and the University of Maine libraries, at http://130

111.64.3/.

Sally Jacobs and Nancy Smith – women with strong links to Orono’s history – are the featured speakers in the third installment of Orono’s Bicentennial Lecture Series. The lecture is at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, in the Orono Town Council Chambers on Main Street.

Jacobs and her husband live in the William Colburn house. Built in 1780, it is the oldest home in town. William Colburn was the son of Jeremiah Colburn, one of the first settlers in what is now Orono.

Smith is a descendant of another Orono settler – John Marsh. He, like Jeremiah Colburn, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Marsh participated in Benedict Arnold’s march to Quebec City.

The lecture series is part of a yearlong celebration of Orono’s bicentennial and is funded by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council. For a full schedule of bicentennial events, visit www.orono2006.com.

The Washington County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport. Election of officers will be held. For information, contact Frances Raye, 853-6630; Valdine Atwood, 255-4432; or Connie Ferguson, 726-9690.

The Penobscot County Genealogical Society will hold an open research night at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at Bangor Public Library.

Send genealogy queries to Family Ties, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or send e-mail,

familyti@bangordailynews.net.