West in New England: January 2023

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

16TH BLOGIVERSARY!

Well, despite a decline in posts in 2022 I've now made it to the 16th anniversary of this blog! I will admit that there times this past year when I considered "blog retiring" but I decided to keep on going despite my frustration with Windows 11 and trying to master my newest laptop. Not to mention this latest version of Blogger.

The 2022 all time statswere:

284 followers

2812 posts

3326 comments

I only had 27 posts for the year, which is my all time low.

Hopefully this year will be much better. Thanks to all those who've read this blog over the years.

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 31ST

Nathaniel Barker was born on Jan.31, married on Jan 31, and his son also married on Jan31. Coincidence? I think not.

On This Date:

BIRTHS:

31 Jan 1685 7x great grandfather John Walton was born at Reading, Ma.

31 Jan 1794 3x great grandfather Nathaniel Barker was born in Newry, Me.

MARRIAGES:

31 Jan 1681 8x great grandparents Joshua Lazell & Mary Trott were married at Hingham, Ma.

31 Jan 1819 3x great grandparents Nathaniel Barker & Huldah Hastings were married at Bethel, Me.

31 Jan 1858 2x great grandparents Nathaniel S. Barker and Lucy Coburn were married at Albany, Me.

31 Jan 1865 2x great grandparents Jonathan P West and Louisa Richardson were married at Upton, Me.

Monday, January 30, 2023

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 30TH

.One is the ancestor of all the Ellinwoods, Ellingwoods, and Ellenwoods in the USA, the Maritime Provinces and Quebec. The other was one of the founding fathers of Andover, Ma.

On This Date:

DEATHS:

30 Jan 1673 8x great grandfather Ralph Ellinwood died at Beverly, Ma.

30 Jan 1685 9x great grandfather Nicholas Holt died at Andover,Ma.