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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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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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Law, Lewton, Scott

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

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Uncovering Lee Scott’s Lineage

Lee Scott’s obituary states he was born 2 August 1822 in St. John, St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada.  There are multiple Ancestry.com family trees connecting Lee Scott with parents Walter C. Robert Scott Esq and Elizabeth Lee and grandparents Robert Scott Esq and Mary Merrill.  Nice, but where is the source material that establishes or refutes this lineage? The confirming evidence is hardly a … Continue reading Uncovering Lee Scott’s Lineage

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The Big Picture, a Family Tree View

The Boating Genealogists dig into genealogy, family history and history so much that one can forget that others don’t have the background to connect who we are writing about and where they fit in the family tree and history.   However, replicating an ever developing family tree on this blog would be silly, if not just plain time-consuming without obvious gain.   And human history is an … Continue reading The Big Picture, a Family Tree View

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Barzillai Ansley Scott, Self-made Millionaire

What circumstances result in a self-made individual?  In effect, a life journey that is markedly different than one’s parents and even one’s siblings, like inertia did not apply.  Is it the mashing together of the right innate capabilities wonderfully matched to a generation’s challenges and opportunities?  Or is it piss and vinegar driven by tough life lessons that make many fall but others strengthen? The … Continue reading Barzillai Ansley Scott, Self-made Millionaire

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