"Entertainments of jurors and witnesses"
Gedney House, Salem Running the witch trials was a big production and all the participants who came to Salem for the event needed food...
"Abusive carriages in the meeting house"
Zaccheus Gould House, Topsfield, Massachusetts Zaccheus Gould (1589-1668) and Phebe Deacon (1597-1663) Zaccheus and Phebe are my tenth...
Edward Jewett, Clothier
Edward Jewett (1579-1615) and Mary Taylor (1583-1626) Parents of Joseph Jewett (1609-1660) Edward Jewett was born in 1579 at Bradford,...
Sir Henry Boynton, Beheaded
Sir Henry Boynton (ca 1375 - 1405) Beheaded, Northern Rising against Henry IV Sir Henry Boynton is my 19th great grandfather by this...
Ffyske and Norse Origins
Lord Symond Ffyske (ca1399-1464) and Lady Susannah Smyth Ffyske (ca1404-ca1433) John Fiske (1574-1633) and Anne Lantersee Lawter...
"Nantascott"
Bare Cove, Hingham Hingham While growing up, my family spent many a summer vacation at Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. A grouping...
Huguenots: Protestant Exiles from France
Protestant Synods in 17th Century France Two sets of my ancestors represent the Huguenot migrations from France in the 17th century....
Scudder Falls on the Delaware River
John Scudder (1645-1732) and Joanna Betts (1650-1711) Parents of Richard Betts Scudder (1671-1754) John and Joanna are my 8th...
Slave Insurrection of 1712
Location of the Insurrection On Monday morning, April 7, 1712, New Yorkers gasped at the bodies strewn about town after a night of...
A family decimated by smallpox
Nathaniel Geary (1631-1679) and Anne Douglas (1637-1691) The early colonies were subject to outbreaks of contagious illnesses. Smallpox...
