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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

17TH BLOGIVERSARY: LOOKING BACK

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 I first posted this blog 17 years ago on 23Jan 2007. I'm surprised it's still here, especially after the last few years when my ene...

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 31st

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  Nathaniel Barker was born on Jan.31, married on Jan 31, and his son also married on Jan31. Coincidence? I think not. On This Date: BIRTHS:...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN.30th

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  .One is the ancestor of all the Ellinwoods, Ellingwoods, and Ellenwoods in the USA, the Maritime Provinces and Quebec. The other was one...
Monday, January 29, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 29th

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  Caleb Benson was a twin; his brother was Joshua Benson. There were a number of twins in several of Dad's ancestral families but not ...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 28th

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  On This Date: BAPTISM; 28 Jan 1620 8x great grandfather James Davis was baptized at Thornbury, Gloucester, England   BIRTH: 28 Jan 1765 4x...
Friday, January 26, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 26th

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  On This Day: BIRTHS: 26 Jan 1708 7x great grandfather John Laughton Jr. was born at Reading , Ma. 26 Jan 1654 9x great grandmother Hannah ...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 25th

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  I nteresting date today: two ancestors born on the exact same day & year, and another who was killed by Indians in an attack ne...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 23rd

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  0n This Day: BIRTHS: 23 Jan 1717 5z great grandfather John Hastings was born at Haverhill, Ma. 23 Jan 1676 8x great grandmother Elizabeth ...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

ON THIS DATE : JAN. 21st

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  On This Day: MARRIAGE: 21 Jan 1709 7x great grandparents Mark Haskell & Martha Tuthill were married at Gloucester. Ma. DEATHS: 21 Jan ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 17th

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On This Date: BIRTH: 17 Jan 1730 5x great grandfather Amassa Dow was born at Kingston, NH MARRIAGE: 17 Jan 1725 6x great grandparents Thomas...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 16th

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  BIRTHS: 16 Jan 1640 8x great grandfather Henry Herrick was born at Salem, Ma. 16 Jan 1834 2x great grandfather Jonathan Phelps West was bo...

ON THIS DATE: JAN. 14th

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    Two ancestors named Sarah: one born and one died in the same year on this date: On This Date: BIRTHS: 14 Jan 1755 4x great grandmother E...
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...