06/29/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴! July 10, 2026 at 6 p.m. ACHS Museum, Andover, N.Y.
𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲, proudly announces that after three years of research and a year of writing, his newest book, 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗦𝗿. 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗥𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟱-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, will be published by New Dominion Press. This publication will be two volumes numbering 1,523 pages with 153 photographs, 4,721 documented biographies, three appendices, and two indexes.
𝗨.𝗦. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, D-PA wrote the book’s Foreword. This genealogical history is dedicated to Allegany County artist, 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 who designed the book’s cover, to fellow classmates 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, to 𝗥𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿, Executive Director of ACHS, and to the late 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 (1947-2023), Dr. Paquette’s fellow classmate and class coordinator.
𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 was a Sabbatarian Christian who believed that the Lord’s Day was Saturday, not Sunday. He emigrated from England in the 17th century and settled in Massachusetts. His grandson from his second marriage, Bryant Cartwright, Sr., moved to Nantucket Island and later Rhode Island. Bryant Cartwright’s descendants continued to move westward into New York State settling in the Albany area and in Allegany County. Cartwrights settled and farmed the land along East Valley Road in Andover and Alfred Townships, along Highway 19 in Scio and Amity Townships, and along Highways 275 and 17 in Genesee, Bolivar, Wirt, and Friendship Townships. Over time Cartwrights intermarried into local Allegany County families settling in all of the County’s Townships. Cartwright descendants lived in all fifty United States, in five Canadian Provinces, and in Australia. Cartwrights founded Cartwright, Wisconsin, now New Auburn and were among the earliest settlers of Salem, Oregon. The book’s three Appendices pay tribute to the Cartwrights of Allen and Granger Townships, to the Hann Homestead in Andover where Hann family members intermarried with Cartwrights, and to Andover’s Silk Mills where a number of Cartwright families worked. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀, 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵, 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘆, 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗟𝗲𝗲, 𝗟𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗶𝘀, 𝗟𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀, 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸.
Some notable locals in the Cartwright genealogy include: 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻, W𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗝𝗿., and 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀 whose stepmother was Essie Cartwright of Stannard. Other prominent locals include 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 who taught French and was a Guidance Counselor at Wellsville High School, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 of Andover, New York who was an inspector for the Space Shuttle and the Apollo Project and his brother 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 who was the head of Alfred Ag-Tech for 26 years, and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻. Cartwright descendants who achieved a national reputation include Bolivar, New York resident 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗱 who was in Ford’s Theater the night President Lincoln was shot and walked in the President’s funeral procession, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 who President Theodore Roosevelt once considered for the US Supreme Court, 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 who was the late Queen Elizabeth II’s personal physician in the 1960s, and 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 who served in the US House of Representatives from 2013-2025 for Pennsylvania’s 8th District.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 $𝟵𝟬, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲. When the Genealogy becomes available to the general public in September 2026, it will cost $145 plus sales tax and shipping fees. The Nevada Cartwrights: Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe, are unable to attend but send their regards! A second book signing at ACHS will be scheduled for September 2026. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟬!
