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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 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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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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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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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

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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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