Rachel Brackett Saunders (ca 1590-1651) Rachel Brackett Saunders is my 11th great grandmother by this path:  RWA → Fred Pemberton Abbott...

William Bassett (1600-1667) Ephraim Hunt (1610-1686) Thomas Chandler (1628-1703) Oliver Holt (1671-1747) Blacksmiths made tools, weapons,...

Tanning is the process of converting animal skins into leather. This was an important occupation in the colonial era. Leather had many...

With the expansion of the colonies in Massachusetts in the 1630’s, there became a need for additional land to accommodate new settlers. ...

Hingham Old Ship Church built in 1681 The twentieth and twenty-first centuries do not have exclusive rights to inter-generational...

Andover The native people of the area that became Andover were Penacook, an Algonquin-speaking tribe that lived primarily in the...

“Shipwreck” John Tuttle (ca 1618-1663) Wreck of the Angel Gabriel The Great Colonial Hurricane, 1635 John Tuttle is my 8th great...

The Puritans had all manner of creative punishments for crimes great and small, ranging from missing church to murder, many of them...

South Parish Burying Yard, Andover Robert Russell and Mary Marshall are my 8th great-grandparents by the following path:  RWA → Fred...

Benjamin Abbott (1661-1703) and Sarah Farnum (1661-) Benjamin Abbott (or Abbot) is my 7th great grandfather with this path: RWA → Fred...