Ancestors Who Settled Rowley
With the expansion of the colonies in Massachusetts in the 1630’s, there became a need for additional land to accommodate new settlers. ...
Two Interesting Walloon Settlers
Guillaume Vigne (1586-1632) and Adrienne Cuvelier (1586-1655) Guillaume and Adrienne are my 10th great grandparents by the following path:...
Land Grab on Long Island
Betts Homestead, Newtown, Long Island Richard Betts (1613-1713) and Joanna Chamberlain (1630-) Richard and Joanna are our my ninth...
Oh those kids today!
Hingham Old Ship Church built in 1681 The twentieth and twenty-first centuries do not have exclusive rights to inter-generational...
Children out of wedlock
Although churches worked hard to prevent the occurrence of out-of-wedlock births by various sanctions, these still did occur in colonial...
Tryntje Jacobse Jacobs Van Winkle Stoffleszen Tadesen Stynmets (1621-1677)
Tryntje Jacobse Jacobs is my 7th great grandmother by this path: RWA → Vera Esler Abbott → William Esler → Anna Elizabeth van...
Settler of Locke’s Neck, Rye, New Hampshire
Locke's Neck, Rye, New Hampshire as it is today. Captain John Locke (1627-1696) and Elizabeth Berry (1635-aft. 1708) John Locke and...
Andover and the Abbott Family
Andover The native people of the area that became Andover were Penacook, an Algonquin-speaking tribe that lived primarily in the...
“Shipwreck” John Tuttle
“Shipwreck” John Tuttle (ca 1618-1663) Wreck of the Angel Gabriel The Great Colonial Hurricane, 1635 John Tuttle is my 8th great...
Puritan Pumishments
The Puritans had all manner of creative punishments for crimes great and small, ranging from missing church to murder, many of them...
