"Grandmother of Braintree"
Rachel Brackett Saunders (ca 1590-1651) Rachel Brackett Saunders is my 11th great grandmother by this path: RWA → Fred Pemberton Abbott...
Ancestors Who Settled Rowley
With the expansion of the colonies in Massachusetts in the 1630’s, there became a need for additional land to accommodate new settlers. ...
Oh those kids today!
Hingham Old Ship Church built in 1681 The twentieth and twenty-first centuries do not have exclusive rights to inter-generational...
First Fulling Mill
John Pearson (1610-1693) and Dorcas Pickard (1621-1703) John Pearson and Dorcas Pickard are my 9th great-grandparents by this path: RWA →...
First Settlers of Scituate
Nathaniel Tilden (1583-1641) and Lydia Huckstep (1588-aft 1666) Nathaniel and Lydia are my 11th great grandparents by the following path:...
Captain Brocklebank and King Philip's War
Captain Samuel Brocklebank (1628-1676) Captain Samuel Brocklebank is my 9th great grandfather by the following path: RWA → Fred...
The Hull Party and the Founding of Weymouth
In 1635, Reverend Joseph Hull arrived in Wessagusset (later called Weymouth) with twenty-one families totaling approximately one hundred...
"Entertainments of jurors and witnesses"
Gedney House, Salem Running the witch trials was a big production and all the participants who came to Salem for the event needed food...
"Abusive carriages in the meeting house"
Zaccheus Gould House, Topsfield, Massachusetts Zaccheus Gould (1589-1668) and Phebe Deacon (1597-1663) Zaccheus and Phebe are my tenth...
"Nantascott"
Bare Cove, Hingham Hingham While growing up, my family spent many a summer vacation at Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. A grouping...
