

A Family of Physicians
Latin School at Nijmegen where Dr. Michael de Mandeville taught Michael Johannis de Mandeville (1578-1635) Dr. Michael Johannis de...

Jacob Walichsen van Winkle (1599-1657)
Jacob Walichsen van Winkle is also known as Jacob Walichsen van Hoorn and was my seventh great-grandfather. The names of those from The...


Letters from Home
Elizabeth Holt was a fifth-generation descendant of George Abbott and Hannah Chandler and a fifth-generation descendant of Nicholas and...

Jesse Frye's Gang Plow
Jesse Frye (1818-1887) was a framer and an inventor noted for the invention of the Jesse Frye Gang Plow. There were several versions of...


Sundry Acts of Witchcraft
Elizabeth Phelps (1646-1692) and Joseph Ballard (1645-1722) Elizabeth and Joseph are my 8th great-grandparents. Elizabeth was born about...


She "married my property but not my self"
Elijah Chandler (1790-1860) left an unhappy marriage in New Hampshire and settled in Pope County, Arkansas.


"You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Sergeant"
Joseph Shattuck served faithfully during the Revolution and received a promotion to the rank of third sergeant during his term of service.


Abbott, Wisconsin
Abbott, Wisconsin was named for the prominent Abbott family in the area. Due to Abbott Confederate sympathies the name was changed to Sherma

Died Capt. Walker, a prisoner taken at Bunker Hill
Captain Benjamin Walker was injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill, taken prisoner, and died of his wounds 15 August 1775.


Who is the widow Elizabeth Damon?
Peter Abbott married the widow Elizabeth Damon, but who was Elizabeth Damon?