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Sunday, March 31, 2013

LOUISA

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My paternal 2x great grandmother Louisa Amata Richardson was born  on 23Jan1837 to Phillip and Esther(Laughton) Richardson at Wilton, Me...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

SHARING STORIES

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I wasn't able to physically attend  Roots Tech last week, but like many others I was able to see some of it thanks to the livestream web...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

ADAM HAWKES AND THE SAUGUS IRON WORKS PT3

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Despite the testimony given about the damage done farmland and the bridge by the overflow from the dam, the jury found in favor of the Iron...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

ADAM HAWKES AND THE SAUGUS IRON WORKS PT2

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For seventeen years, starting in 1643, my ancestor Adam Hawkes had a less than cordial relationship with the operators of the Saugus Iron W...
Monday, March 18, 2013

ADAM HAWKES AND THE SAUGUS IRON WORKS PT1

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When I was much much younger and  my family was living in Malden, Ma., we'd often go over to the nearby town of Saugus. Sometimes it was...
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RALPH & THE RELUCTANT BRIDE

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((Today is my 7x great grandfather Ralph Ellingwood Jr  's 356th  birthday. I wrote about his dubious historical distinction back  in ...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

THE DEATH OF JOHN NUTTING 13MAR 1676

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337 years ago today, my 10x great grandfather John Nutting died. according to family tradition and some historians. The reason there is n...
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Friday, March 08, 2013

AGGIE

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((This was my very first post here back in February, 2007. I'm reposting it  today to mark Womens' History  Month))  I’m a c...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

"SOME SCURVY TRICK"

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I've found a lot of family history in the Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts over in Google Books....
Saturday, March 02, 2013

THE THIRD AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BLOG CHALLENGE

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It's time for this year's edition of the American Civil War Genealogy Blog Challenge. This year, I've picked a submission deadl...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

JONATHAN WEST OF UPTON, MAINE

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((This what my 2x great grandfather Jonathan  Phelps West told William Brewster when they met on Back St. in Upton, Maine. on Thursday, Oc...
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A VISIT TO BACK ST., UPTON, ME. 8OCT 1907

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Earlier this month a gentleman named Steven Smith emailed me this image from The Diaries of William Brewster . Brewster was a noted ornit...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

AMOS HASTINGS: A QUESTION OF RANK

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If you Google "Amos Hastings" and "Bethel, Maine", your search will turn up some variation of the following brief biogra...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PT9

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When John Hastings once more applied for the Revolutionary War pension in 1851 it brought to an end a thirteen year long and ultimat...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PT8

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After John Hastings presented his latest declaration on the matter of his father's Pension, the Court issued the follwing document. App...
Friday, February 22, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PART7

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I don't know whether John Hastings' application for his father's Revolutionary War pension was rejected in 1848 or if he failed...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PART6

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John Hastings didn't have to wait very long for answers from the Massachusetts Secretary of State. He'd written his letter on Decem...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

JONAS PRESCOTT & MARY LOKER

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((This was first posted on 7Jul 2008. It's a nice story with probably a little truth to it, but true or not it makes a good Valentine...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PART5

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My 4x great grandmother Betsey Hastings passed away on 12May 1846. She never collected the widow's pension she'd first applied for ...
Friday, February 08, 2013

THE HASTINGS PENSION FILE PT4

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Many of the settlers of Oxford county in Western Maine were veterans of the Revolution who had originally come from towns in norther...