"Part I. Containing a history of the town of East-Haven from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800; also, an account of its boundaries, iron-works and mills, division of lands, controversies with New Haven and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastical affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natura history and curiosities, roads and public lands, Part II. Containing an account of the names, marriages, and births, of the families which first settled, or which have resided in East Haven from its settlement in 1644 to the year 1800, Part III. Containing an account of the deaths in the families names in the second part from the year 1647 to the end of the year 1823."