Tanners
Tanning is the process of converting animal skins into leather. This was an important occupation in the colonial era. Leather had many...
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...
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...
Jonathan Singletary Dunham (1640-1724) and My Cousin Barack Obama
Jonathan Dunham House, Woodbridge, New Jersey I share a common ancestor with Barack Obama. Jonathan Singletary Dunham is my 8th great...
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...
Let's Go to the New World for Our Honeymoon!
Catherine Jeronimus Trico (1605-1689) and Joris Jansen Rapelje (1604-1663) Catherine Trico and Joris Rapelje are my eighth great...
