This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the founder of Macy''s Department Stores; General George Nelson Macy. Provost Marshall of the Army of the Potomac; Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University; Elizabeth Powell, the first Dean of Women of Swarthmore College and Josiah Macy, for whom the Josiah Macy Foundation honors. Included in this book are the ancestors of Benjamin Franklin. A few of the surnames included are Folger, Starbuck, Pinkham, Wolf, Barnard, Coffin, Worth, Swain, Gardner, Hussey, Jenkins, Walton, Pearson, Stanton, Mendenhall, Davis, Coleman, Chase and Flory.

Volume I contains the first 9 generations and a part of the 10th, Volume II contains the remainder of the 10th generation to generation 15, the endnotes of which there are over 20,000 and the index.