Cleveland & the Taylors: Early Settlement to Industrial Powerhouse
For sometime now I ignored researching my Taylor ancestors because many of the Taylors already seemed well documented with nice biographical summaries in multiple publications. However, this past summer we sailed from the Lake Erie Islands (Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island) and due to heavy weather docked at the 55th East Street Marina along Cleveland’s downtown shoreline for five days. Stuck in Cleveland with only … Continue reading Cleveland & the Taylors: Early Settlement to Industrial Powerhouse
Excursion from Port Erie to Put-in-Bay, July – August, 2024
Monday July 29, 2024. We departed Port Erie at 10:30 arriving in Ashtabula at 5:00. Winding our way up river and through one drawbridge that opens on the half-hour, we docked at the wall at Ashtabula Yacht Club. The club has recently renovated part of their facility and the wall is renovated. Their new electric hookups had a glitch that was quickly repaired by their … Continue reading Excursion from Port Erie to Put-in-Bay, July – August, 2024
The Time Machine
Time and tide wait for no man. What can take you back in time? A machine like the one in the H.G. Wells story? An old familiar song? An old ticket stub? A program from a theatre performance? A photograph of a long lost loved one? Or could it be an actual time machine mechanism? Several Years ago, we picked up our boat at the … Continue reading The Time Machine
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
Port Erie to Lake Ontario
We left Port Erie in Pennsylvania August 2nd 2023 and thought that we had ample time to make our way to Sodus Bay near Wolcott NY. Keeping in mind that we needed to report to Canadian or U.S. Customs when we dropped anchor after being in either country, we started our trip from Port Erie into Canada. Reporting to Canadian Customs we were given three ports … Continue reading Port Erie to Lake Ontario
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
Discovering the Wright Family in the Civil War
Thompson J. Wright, his wife Jane and their family moved from Wolcott N.Y. to Michigan around 1838. Thompson Wright was 44 years old at the time. He probably moved along with his brothers Frederick and Solomon.[1] The 1840 Michigan census notes that Frederick Wright lived in Parma Michigan and Thompson Wright lived in Concord Michigan, contiguous to and south of Parma. The 1840 census locates the … Continue reading Discovering the Wright Family in the Civil War
FORT NECESSITY
Alongside the National Highway, also known as Highway 40, in Fayette County Pennsylvania stands a monument marking the grave of General Edward Braddock. Braddock was a British General killed fighting the French and their Indian allies July 9th 1755 at the battle of the Monongahela. Braddock died trying to wrest control of what is now the Pittsburgh area from the French in the first major battle of … Continue reading FORT NECESSITY
A Genealogy Trip to Wolcott and Cato New York
The Boating Genealogists made a summer genealogical trip to Huron, Wolcott, and Cato New York in August 2023. After the American Revolution Wolcott New York, then known as Sterling, was part of the Military Bounty Tract. That tract contained lands awarded to veterans of the victorious American forces, lands that were previously held by Britain’s Indian allies. Several of my ancestral families settled there for some … Continue reading A Genealogy Trip to Wolcott and Cato New York
The New England Witch Trials – part 3
1692 – Susannah Roots and the Salem Witch Trials Josiah Root was born in 1612. His wife Susannah and he lived in Beverly MA on the outskirts of Salem MA. Josiah died in 1683. After his death his widow Susannah was caught up in the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Cotton Mather wrote a defense of the Salem Witch Hunt of 1692 called Wonders of the … Continue reading The New England Witch Trials – part 3
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