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Saturday, November 28, 2020

PETER WEST OF DUXBURY AND PLYMPTON, MA.

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 My 7x great grandfather appears to have been a farmer judging by the will and probate file I found at AmericanAncestors.org. I found inform...
Friday, November 27, 2020

EATING AT THE KIDS TABLE

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  ((I first posted these Thanksgiving memories in 2011)) Thanksgiving is approaching and it brings back memories of Thanksgivings when w...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

FRANCIS WEST OF DUXBURY MA. PART 2

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 At one point my ancestor Francis West owned a considerable amount of lnd in Duxbury, Ma. I foumd these transcriptions of land records in th...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

FRANCIS WEST OF DUXBURY MA. PART 1

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 I am going to try to get as far as I can blogging about my West line before the year runs out. So for the moment I'm going to set aside...
Friday, November 20, 2020

OUR HOWLAND MAYFLOWER DESCENT

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About a year ago I discovered my West family may be descended from Mayflower passenger John Howland. But I hadn't had a chance to dig d...
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ANOTHER HOPKINS MAYFLOWER CONNECTION

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 Now that the John Cutter West brickwall has come down, I have new branches of the family to explore. Recently I took advantage of the week...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

MY ALLERTON AND WARREN MAYFLOWER ANCESTRY

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 Whenever I am talking or writing about my Mayflower descent, for some ironic reason I always forget about Remember Allerton. The reason fo...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

MY ELLINGWOOD MAYFLOWER ANCESTRY

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  {( I first posted articles about my Mayflower family descents back in  November 2011 and decided to repost them every year as a Thanksgiv...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

VETERANS DAY 2020

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 On Veterans Day I like to pay tribute to the members of our family who have served our country from its birth. I don't have all the d...
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Saturday, October 31, 2020

"LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE"

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  ((First posted on October, 2011)) When we were small our Mom occasionally would recite this poem and would tickle us when she reache...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

MY WITCH LISTS:THE OPPOSERS

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 ((First posted August 2019)) Here's the list I've made of my ancestors and relatives from Andover, Ma who opposed the witch trials ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

MY WITCH LISTS:THE ACCUSED

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((First posted in August 2019)) Here's the list I've made of my ancestors and relatives from Andover, Ma who were tried for witchcr...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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  ((Oddly enough, both my parents occasionally would quote a line or two from Riley's two most famous poems. This is the one Dad would ...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #10: JOHN: GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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My 9x great grandfather John Giddings was born in England abd became a leading citizen of both Ipswich and the colony. William Richard Cutte...
Sunday, August 09, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #9:GEORGE GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA. PT2

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While I wasn't able to find George Giddinga' will, I was able to find some of the details of his estate in the following transcripti...
Sunday, August 02, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #9:GEORGE GIDDINGS. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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Turning now to the families of the Haskell wives, I'll begin with Elizabeth (Giddings) Haskell. She was the grandaughter of my 10x great...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

MY GREAT MIGRATION ANCESTORS

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Okay, so these are the Great Migration ships my ancestors came over in that I know about so far. The Great Migration books were the source ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #8:MARK HASKELL JR. OF IPSWICH, MA.

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Genealogy has its ups and downs. Sometimes you find information that makes you do a mental Happy Dance. Other times, you end up with scarcel...
Wednesday, July 01, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #7:MARK HASKELL SR. OF GLOUCESTER, MA.

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Mark Haskell Sr is my 8x great grandfather and another ancestor for whom I have found very little information so far. From Ulysses G. Hask...
Monday, June 29, 2020

53 ANCESTORS #6:WILLIAM HASKELL SR. OF GLOUCESTER, MA.

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My 5x great grandparents were 3rd cousins, both descendants of my immigrant ancestor William Haskell Sr. of Gloucester, Ma. I found this art...
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