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Early Colonial New England, Roots, Uncategorized, Wright

PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH PART 3- BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS

Home of Reverend John Lothropp 9/19 Friday – We visited the home of John Lothropp (1584-1653), an 11th great-grandfather of mine. He was a minister, a religious exile, and a founder of Barnstable Massachusetts. He arrived in New England in September 1634. The name Lothropp is also spelled Lothrop and Lathrop, etc. He left England shortly after his release from London’s notorious Clink Prison where he … Continue reading PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH PART 3- BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS

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Early Colonial New England, Scott, Wright

PROVIDENCE AND BLOCK ISLAND – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH – 2025 PART 2 

9/16- Tuesday –  A recent article in the Wall Street Journal asked readers, do you know your own historical meaning? How do you learn that? Where you come from? Who do you come from? Where do you fit in history? It is not easy. It is time consuming. It requires patience. It may mean learning new skills and visiting faraway places. Nevertheless the impediments are vastly … Continue reading PROVIDENCE AND BLOCK ISLAND – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH – 2025 PART 2 

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Early Colonial New England, Wright, Y-DNA

Y-DNA Solves a 350 Year Old Line of Descent Conundrum

The Question Genealogists and family historians sometimes rely on family and town histories written many years ago. Those histories can contain errors that may or may not be unraveled as time goes by. Y-DNA can sometimes assist in detecting discrepancies in those written histories such as errors and nonpaternal events. Can Y-DNA assist in determining a 350 year old line of descent in an English … Continue reading Y-DNA Solves a 350 Year Old Line of Descent Conundrum

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

Mayflower Passengers Thomas and Joseph Rogers, and some Descendants

This is a story of several genealogical threads of my family entwined with the enlarging tapestry of American history over a period of time from the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock to present day. The Mayflower arrived on Cape Cod North America about 404 years ago, 128 years after the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. From a European point of view, looking … Continue reading Mayflower Passengers Thomas and Joseph Rogers, and some Descendants

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

EARLY RHODE ISLAND SETTLERS

Exploring American history through the lens of personal ancestry is eye opening. When I began my ancestry search I did not expect that the family branches would be intertwined with the earliest settlements of eastern North America. Any family links to the founding of Rhode Island were long lost and obscured by the passage of time. No stories about early Rhode Island were passed down … Continue reading EARLY RHODE ISLAND SETTLERS

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

Revolutionary War Christmas

Disconnect – to sever the connection of or between; to decouple. A ten year old kid: Aw dad, I don’t like history. History is just about a bunch of old dead guys…Yes son, but they are your old dead guys… People are disconnected from their family histories. The person that knows the names of all of their great-grandparents is a rarity. Whatever the reason for … Continue reading Revolutionary War Christmas

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

The Fighting Seeleys

Knowledge of an ancestor’s participation in historical events can be fascinating. It is not a good thing when participation in those historical events is forgotten, lost or obscured. Stories like the sacrifices that the Seeley’s made to meet the challenges that they encountered in the early settlement of America are in jeopardy of being lost and forgotten. Robert Seeley was born in England on 4 … Continue reading The Fighting Seeleys

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

4th of July Musings

As I write this at nightfall on the 4th of July in the harbor at Erie Pennsylvania there is not a second that goes by that is not punctuated with the sound of multiple explosions coming from all directions. The 4th of July is for watermelon and family get-togethers, sparklers, fireworks, flags, parades and comradery. It is for recognizing and remembering those that fought for the establishment … Continue reading 4th of July Musings

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Captain Noah Wiswall’s fight

In 1689 only eleven years after the end of King Philip’s War the French and Indians began a rampage in New York and New England that would be called King William’s War. The year 1690 saw the rampage continue when Schenectady New York was attacked and burned in February. In March 1690 the settlement at Salmon Falls Maine was attacked and decimated. In May 1690 … Continue reading Captain Noah Wiswall’s fight

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Early Colonial New England, Wright

The New England Witch Trials – part 2

1684 – The Suspicious Death of Philip Smith Cotton Mather’s seventh example of witchcraft in New England in his book Magnalia Christi Americana details the death of my ancestor Philip Smith of Hadley Massachusetts in 1684. Philip arrived in the New World as a one year old having been born in England around 1633 to Samuel and Elizabeth Smith, early settlers of Wethersfield CT, and of Hadley MA. Philip … Continue reading The New England Witch Trials – part 2

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