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PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH PART 4 -THE GREAT SWAMP FIGHT MEMORIAL & RICHARD SMITH’S CASTLE

9/20 – Saturday – North Kingston Rhode Island is home to Richard Smith’s Castle. The Swamp Fight Monument is located in nearby West Kingston. The two places are inextricably linked together in the history of King Philip’s War. First we visited the site of the monument.  BACKGROUND The Great Swamp Fight Monument memorializes the battle that took place early in King Philip’s War 350 years … Continue reading PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH PART 4 -THE GREAT SWAMP FIGHT MEMORIAL & RICHARD SMITH’S CASTLE

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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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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 PENNSYLVANIA, Scott

PART 1 – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH 2025 – WIND GAP PA

The Boating Genealogists stepped back in history again to the colonies of Rhode Island and Massachusetts and to Wind Gap in early colonial Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.  First Stop – Site of Dietz Blockhouse – Wind Gap Pennsylvania 9/12  Friday– The first place on our itinerary was Wind Gap Pennsylvania, once called Dietz Gap. The town of Wind Gap is situated on the Appalachian Trail at a gap in … Continue reading PART 1 – PILGRIMAGE TO PLYMOUTH 2025 – WIND GAP PA

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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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A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

This is a story about genealogy research breakthroughs using FamilySearch.com’s recently released Artificial Intelligence (AI) program. A recent search with AI located two deeds with high value information. Background – A Missing Birth Record I first applied to the lineage society SAR (Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) through descent from my third-great-grandfather Thompson J. Wright, a son of Solomon Wright, a Revolutionary … Continue reading A Triumphant AI Genealogy Discovery

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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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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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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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