1. Descendent Tree of Godfrey Nims - Twelve Generations
2. Preface
3. Introduction
4. Godfrey's Origins
5. Privacy in New England
6. The Concept of Nudity
7. Crime and Punishment
8. Methods of Travel
9. Climate of New England
10. Patterns of Speech - How Godfrey, Mary and Mehitable Spoke
11. Pocumtuck or Early Deerfield
12. King Philip's War
13. Marriage Customs in Massachusetts
14. The Covenanted Family
15. Mary Miller, Godfrey's first Wife
16. The Role of the Constable
17. The Town Meeting
18. Funerals and Death
19. Clothing in New England
20. Hygiene and Cleanliness
21. Cordwaining
22. Godfrey's Second Marriage and Mehitable Smead
23. Onomastics - Naming Practices
24. Mehitable's Family Origins
25. Childbirth in the Colonies
26. The "Weaker" Sex - The Gender Gap in New England
27. Love and Harmony in the Puritan Marriage
28. The Flesh and the Spirit - Attitudes Towards Sex in the Colonies
29. Homes in Colonial New England
30. Lighting the Home
31. The Colonial Kitchen and Bedroom
32. Serving Meals
33. Colonial Foods
34. Flax and Wood Spinning
35. Learning and Literacy
36. Devils and Witches
37. Worship - Meetings and Lectures
38. Time and Holidays
39. Deerfield, 1700-1704
40. New France Prepares to Attack
41. The Attack on Deerfield, February 29th 1704
42. The Aftermath of the Attack
43. Godfrey's Final Days
44. Godfrey's Legacy
45. Deerfield Timeline
46. The Battle of Bloody Brook
47. Selected Bibliography
48. Index
49. Endnotes

The back section of the book also contains a completely indexed list of 13 generations of Godfrey's Nims descendents throughout North America (620 separate families are listed!)

Richly illustrated (33 illustrations, 2 maps and 6 tables and charts), this is a beautiful book for anyone related to the Nims family or simply researching early Colonial America.