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Friday, May 31, 2013

JONATHAN BARNES PT2: "SUNDRY BARRELLS OF LIQUORS"

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In one of my posts about John Barnes I wrote about how the Plymouth Colony government struggled to deal with his drinking problem. At one po...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

JONATHAN BARNES: "...COMITTED TO PRISON,,,"

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John Barnes' son Jonathan  was born 3Jun 1643 and as I'll show later was involved in his father's merchant business. But this po...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

THE QUESTION OF LIZZIE ELLINGWOOD BLANCHARD REVISITED

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About a year ago I wrote a post concerning the mystery of my distant Ellingwood cousin Lizzie (Ellingwood). It began when I was contacted b...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

FLYBOYS 2013

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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...

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT7: "A TRUE INVENTORY"

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The estate of John Barnes was submitted to the Court five months after his death by the four men appointed to take the inventory. (One of t...
Friday, May 24, 2013

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT6: "LEGACYS BE PAYD"

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My ancestor John Barnes must have had an intimation of his own mortality four years before his death, because his will was drawn up and pre...
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JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT5: DEATH BY BULL

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I think the Plymouth authorities had become resigned to my ancestor John Barnes' drinking bouts towards the end of his life.Either that...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT4: THE RUNAGATE SERVANT

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Being a fairly successful merchant, John Barnes had several indentured servants in his household and apparently at least one slave. He seem...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT3: BARNES VS. POPE.

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Besides being a successful merchant my ancestor John Barnes did a lot of wheeling and dealing in real estate. His name appears in the Plymo...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT2: "...ABOMINABLE DRUNKENES"

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My ancestor John Barnes must have really perplexed the leaders of Plymouth Colony. He apparently drank to excess often and in such a way th...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

JOHN BARNES OF PLYMOUTH PT1 : "DRANKE SOE MUCH..."

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As I wrote in an earlier post, my 9x great grandfather John Barnes was known as a drunk in Plymouth Colony. It was such a problem that the a...
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

MOTHER'S DAY PART2

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In honor of Mother's day, here are pictures of some of our Dad's female ancestors. First, on his mother's side: Amos H Bar...

MOTHER'S DAY PT1

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For Mother's Day this year I thought I'd share some pictures of the mothers from both sides of our family. For our Mom's side w...
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STEPHEN HOPKINS OF THE MAYFLOWER PT2

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Among the entries in the Plymouth Court Records Volume 1 1633-1640, there is this entry for a trial on Sept.3 1638 that would have conseque...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

STEPHEN HOPKINS OF THE MAYFLOWER PT1

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I've always had a soft spot for my Mayflower ancestor Stephen Hopkins. He was the only man known to have been both at the Jamestown Colo...
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Thursday, May 09, 2013

MY BAD BOY PLYMOUTH COLONY ANCESTORS

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One of the best sources I've found of family stories since I began working on my genealogy has been the Google Books editions of the  Es...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

THE THIRD AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE BLOGPOSTS ROUNDUP

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Welcome to the Third American Civil War Blog Challenge roundup. This year I decided to post the Challenge entries today on May 6 in commem...
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Saturday, May 04, 2013

JONATHAN PHELPS AMES (1781-1863) OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE.

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My 4x great grandfather  Jonathan Phelps  Ames was born on 20Apr 1781 in Groton Ma., the second of the five children of John Ames and Lydia...
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