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Monday, November 12, 2012

JOHN EMERY OF NEWBURY PT5

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To recap the story so far:  Before leaving on a trip, John Rolfe asked my ancestor to watch over his wife,Mary Rofe, while he was away. Joh...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

ON VETERANS' DAY 2012

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On Veteran's Day I'd like to pay tribute to the members of our family who have served our country from it's birth. I don't ...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

FLYBOYS 2012

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((I'm reposting this today in hopes that perhaps the relatives of the men in the photograph might one day find this picture of thei...
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JOHN EMERY OF NEWBURY PT4

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The first records I found were from the March 31, 1663 court session held at Ipswich , Massachusetts. The spelling and grammar are those us...
Friday, November 09, 2012

JOHN EMERY OF NEWBURY PT3: AN INTERLUDE

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Before I launch into the story of John Emery and his neighbors the Rolfes, I thought I'd mention how I'd found it. I am very grat...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

ELECTION DAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2012

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Yesterday was Election Day. The weather was sunny and cool here in Southeastern Ma. and the polling place was at the high school just down t...
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Monday, November 05, 2012

THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY

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I thought on this election eve a poem from cousin John Greenleaf Whittier might remind us of why every man and woman's vote is importan...
Sunday, November 04, 2012

JOHN EMERY OF NEWBURY PT2

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My 9x great grandfather John Emery was an innkeeper  in Ipswich, Ma and seemed not to care what the towns people thought about what sort ...
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JOHN EMERY OF NEWBURY PT1

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My 9x great grandfather John Emery Sr arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 on-board the ship James with his brother Anthony Eme...
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Friday, November 02, 2012

IN RELATION TO HISTORY

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We're in November now and moving towards Thanksgiving. I've done posts on my Mayflower ancestry but I was thinking of writing some ...
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"SALEM WITCHCRAFT" BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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Last week while I was posting about my ancestors who'd been among the accused or accusers during the Salem Witch trials I had a sudden i...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

THE HELL HOUNDS OF BREWSTER

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((It's Halloween, so I thought I'd repost how I created  a campfire ghost story. First posted in October, 2007)) Back in my colle...
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SUPERSTORM SANDY

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Last year it was Hurricane Irene; this year, Hurricane Sandy. Since we lost power here for several days after Irene I took a bit more pre...
Monday, October 29, 2012

FOURTH ANNUAL GREAT GENEALOGY POETRY CHALLENGE REMINDER.

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There's still a few weeks left before the November 18th deadline for submissions to Fourth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge On...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

THE AMES MURDER PT4

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In the list of witnesses called during the trial of Jonathan Eames and his mother Elizabeth there is listed “Elizabeth, wife of Richard Ki...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

THE AMES MURDER PT3

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((Originally published in March 2007)) So, just how are suspected murderers Jonathan Ames Jr. and his mother related to me? I checked ...
Friday, October 26, 2012

THE AMES MURDER PT2

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((Originally published in March 2007)) Jonathan Ames Jr. married Ruth Perley on Dec 19th, 1768 and took his new bride home to live in hi...

THE AMES MURDER PT1

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((I originally posted this series back in March 2007. Since there was an echo of  the witchcraft hysteria in it, I thought I'd revisit...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

THE DEVIL IN THE SHAPE OF A HORSE

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There's always some new surprise waiting for me in my genealogy research. My previous post detailed the testimony my ancestors Benjamin ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

'EXKSEDINGLY TORMENTED''... BENJAMIN ABBOTT VS. MARTHA CARRIER

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I have some ancestors involved in 17th century witchcraft hysteria in Massachusetts. Two of them, Rebecca (Blake)Eames and Mary (Towne)East...
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