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Saturday, January 13, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 13th

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  On This Date: MARRIAGES: 13 Jan 1703 7x great grandparents Henry Haskell & Ruth York were married at Harvard, Ma 13 Jan 1731 6x great ...

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 12th

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  ON THIS DATE:   DEATHS: 12 Jan 1776 6x great grandmother Edna (Bailey) Hastings died at Bradford, Ma. 12 Jan 1777 6x great grandfather Jos...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 11th

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On This Date: BIRTHS: 11 Jan 1643 8x great grandfather Nathaniel Gay was born at Dedham, Ma 11 Jan 1642 9x great grandfather Seabred Taylor ...
Monday, January 08, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 8th

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  On This Date: MARRIAGE: 8 Jan 1696 8x great grandparents Thomas Stimson & Mary Taylor were married at Reading, Ma.   DEATHS: 8 Jan 166...
Saturday, January 06, 2024

AFTER CHRISTMAS

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  ((originally posted in December 2013)) When I was a kid the day after Christmas was a wonderful day: I knew I had a week or so off from...

ON THIS DATE: JAN 6th

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 On This Date:  MARRIAGE: 6 Jan 1701  6x ggp Joshua Swain & Sara Ingalls were married at Andover, Ma
Friday, January 05, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 5th

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  On This Date: MARRIAGE: 5 Jan 1696 7x great grandparents Abiel Kelley & Rebecca Davis were married at Newbury, Ma. DEATH: 5 Jan 1666 1...
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

ON THIS DATE : JAN.3rd

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On This Date: BIRTH: 3 Jan 1682 8x great grandfather John Laughton Sr. was born in Lynn, Ma.   MARRIAGE: 3 Jan 1692 7x great grandparents Ja...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 2nd

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On This Date: BAPTISM: 2 Jan 1574 10x great grandfather Edmund Greenleaf was baptized at St. Mary's-la-Tour at Ipswich, England. BIRTH: ...
Monday, January 01, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 1ST

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  Today's List has three New Year's babies and a birth and marriage on the same day. On This Date: BIRTHS: 1 Jan 1643 9x great grand...
Friday, December 29, 2023

ON THIS DATE: DEC. 29th

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 ON THIS DATE: MARRIAGES: 29 Dec 1748 5x ggp Moses Barrows Jr. & Deborah Totman were married in Plympton, Ma. 29 Dec 1789 4x ggp John El...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

ON THIS DATE: DEC 28th

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 ON THIS DATE: BIRTH: 28 Dec 1639 9x ggm Sarah Alcock was born in Dedham, Ma. MARRIAGE: 28 Dec 1670 8x ggp Richard Willis Jr & Patience ...
Monday, December 25, 2023

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: CHRISTMAS EVE

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  Christmas Eve was sometimes hectic in our family, especially those years when we lived in Dorchester, because Mom and Dad would drive a...
Friday, December 22, 2023

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES : OH APPLE TREE, OH APPLE TREE!

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    Originally posted in 2007 You know that part of the movie A Christmas Story where the family goes out to buy the tree and the paren...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: I WAS THE GRINCH'S HENCHMAN.

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  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I once worked several years for a New England based toy store chain. At the end of the Christmas Par...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

ON THIS DATE: DEC. 20th

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 ON THIS DATE: BIRTHS: 20 Dec 1640 11x ggm Sarah Maverick was born in Charlestown, Ma. 20 Dec 1661 8x ggm Sarah Chandler was born in Andover...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: A CHRISTMAS CONFESSION

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      Originally published in Dec. 2007. As you can see, I had a very formal relationship with Santa.No laps for me. A simple solemn pos...

ON THIS DATE: DEC. 19th

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 ON THIS DATE: DEATHS: 19 Dec 1707 7x ggf Robert Barrows died in Plymouth. Ma 19 Dec 1886 2x ggf Patrick Kelly died in Edinburgh, Scotland 1...
Monday, December 18, 2023

ON THIS DATE: DEC. 18th

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 ON THIS DATE: BIRTH: 18 Dec 1674 6x ggf John Collins was born at Eastham, Ma. DEATHS: 18 Dec 1620 10x ggf James Chilton died on Mayflower i...
Friday, December 15, 2023

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES: IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR.

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 Every Christmas Mom would break out the Andy Williams Christmas Album to play on the stereo. There was also a Nat King Cole album and a M...