Land Grab on Long Island
Betts Homestead, Newtown, Long Island Richard Betts (1613-1713) and Joanna Chamberlain (1630-) Richard and Joanna are our my ninth...
Huguenots: Protestant Exiles from France
Protestant Synods in 17th Century France Two sets of my ancestors represent the Huguenot migrations from France in the 17th century....
Scudder Falls on the Delaware River
John Scudder (1645-1732) and Joanna Betts (1650-1711) Parents of Richard Betts Scudder (1671-1754) John and Joanna are my 8th...
Slave Insurrection of 1712
Location of the Insurrection On Monday morning, April 7, 1712, New Yorkers gasped at the bodies strewn about town after a night of...
Who is Durgin?
Sally Blanchard daughter of Stevens Blanchard and Sarah Hall married "a Durgin." But who was Durgin?
Prosperity from Humble Beginnings
Calvin Abbott was from humble beginnings but worked to become a successful farmer in Ogden with prosperous children.
