The Sixth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge

October 3, 2014, 3:00 am

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Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah

This poetry post is submitted for Bill West's "Sixth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge"
You can read all about it at this link:
http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-sixth-annual-great-genealogy-poetry.html

I've submitted a few poems by my grandmother to this challenge in previous years. Bertha Louise (Roberts) Wilkinson (1897 - 1990) was the poet in our family. Usually she wrote about nature, or New England (she was born in Yorkshire, England) or members of the family. In this poem she wrote about her first trip to Utah, and to Salt Lake City. I thought the LDS members of the genealogy community would enjoy this poem. My grandparents changed churches many times during their lives, and after retiring to California in the 1970s they joined the LDS church. The landscape in Utah must have been rather exciting to my grandmother, after living in Yorkshire and in Massachusetts for the previous part of her life.

Our Trip to Utah by Bertha Wilkinson

The trip we took with our friends the Browns

Riding through many country towns

Then through the mountain canyons pass

Now the valley green with grass.

Farmers with their stacks of hay

Sunny skies, a pleasant day

Mountains rising high and grand

Many shades of rock and sand.

Manti Temple of oolite stone

Standing in dignity all alone

The third to be built in Utah state

Dedicated in eighteen eighty eight.

Bryce Canyon was the next view to see

Its grandeur appearing quite suddenly

Spectacular red rock of many formations

Grander than anyone’s expectations.

The North rim of Grand Canyon we next went to see

And we all stood and admired it silently

Forms, figures, had shaped through eons of time

Mostly red rock, some upper part lime.

On our way down and back an over night stay

At Cedar Breaks where another display

Of the canyon there, with snow on the ground

Nic showed us pictures of plant life there found.

A visit with them at this high altitude

Enjoying their friendship and also good food

Then we went to Springville where we stayed two days

To chapel on Sunday to sing songs of praise.

The next day cherry picking and had lots to do

Went to Provo to see Wilkinson Center BYU

A beautiful building for recreation

Other floors for study and meditation.

Mary with her children four

Took us back to Salt Lake City once more.

Then the Dunconson family we visited.

Now we found our time getting limited.

A tour to Visitor’s Center, Temple Square

Where the restored Gospel was explained to us there

From the beginning of time to these latter days

Where God’s plan was revealed, how to walk in his ways.

Before we left on the train for home

Going past the Capitol dome

Taking pictures of Monument Square

Many tourists gathered there.

That night we went to Bingham town

To see a copper mine of world renown.

Now good byes were said to our wonderful friends

And our trip to Utah finally ends.

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Surname Saturday ~ HITCHINGS of Lynn, Massachusetts

October 4, 2014, 3:00 am

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The Arthur Hitchings family, about 1905, Beverly, Massachusetts

HITCHINS/HITCHINGS/HITCHENS

Daniel Hitchings was born about 1632 according to a deposition he gave in 1722 when he swore his age was 90 years. He lived to be almost 100 years old and died on 15 April 1731 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Zaccheus Collins wrote about the death of Daniel Hitchings at nearly 100 years in his diary.

Daniel came to the New World with his brother Joseph. You can find Joseph’s family listed in the Lynn vital records, too. The fact that they were brothers was proven by the will of Samuel Hitchings of London, England in 1676 (see the highlighted portion).

“SAMUEL HITCHINS, citizen and draper of London, 16th of March, 1676, with a codicil made July 27, 1679; proved December 3, 1679. To my dear and loving wife, SARAH, my two messuages, &c., in the parish of St. Lawrence, Old Jewry, London, which I hold by lease from the Co. of Clothworkers, and if she die before the expiration of the term, &c., then to my son, GILES HITCHINS, or to my grandson, ROBERT HITCHINS, which of them my said wife shall think fit to give or bequeath the same. To wife my freehold messuages in Robin Hood, Ct., St. Mary, Aldermary, London, and the rents, &c., for her life, and then to my grandson, ROBERT HITCHINS, remainder to son, GILES, and next to my two nephews, DANIEL and JOSEPH HITCHINS (sons of my brother, DANIEL HITCHINS), who are now living in New England, near Boston. To my loving brother DANIEL HITCHINS, one annuity of 10 [pounds] for life, payable quarterly. To my nephew, NATHANIEL HITCHINS, one shilling in full discharge for all claims, &c. To my son, GILES HITCHINS, my freehold messuages, &c., in All Hallows Barking--Reference to stock and credits abroad--The said messuages to be chargeable with the 10 per annum given to my brother, DANIEL, and also with the payment of one and thirty pounds per annum unto my loving cousin, ROBERT HITCHINS, for and during the time of his natural life, according to certain writings between the said ROBERT and me. To my said brother, DANIEL, and my said cousin, ROBERT, to each of them four yards of black cloth to make them mourning. To my said cousin, ROBERT, and to my loving friends, Mr. Daniel Morse and Nicholas Morse, son of the said DANIEL, twenty shillings apiece to buy them rings. The residue to wife, SARAH, with five pounds to buy her mourning. My said cousin, ROBERT, and my friends, Daniel and Nicholas Morse, to be executors.” [from Genealogical Gleanings in England, by Henry F. Waters, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969, Volume 2, page 285]

The first record for Daniel Hitchings in Massachusetts is in a deed from 1660, in land that was Lynn but is now Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are fourteen deeds in the Essex County records with land transactions naming Daniel Hitchings. He also held an Indian deed to land on the Saugus River by the Iron Work’s pond he bought from James Quonopihik and David Kunkshamooshaw, descendants of Nanpahemet [Essex Deeds 7:88].

Daniel also served in King Phillip’s War in 1675, and can also be found in Essex County records on juries, as a fence viewer, and on the committee “to prosecute any who breach preservation of wood timber in 1706. In 1707 “the chimney of Daniel Huchins” was the boundary between Lynn and Boston. He died intestate, but his son, Daniel, Jr., settled his estate with this probate record:

“Daniel Hitchings Sr. yeoman, in consideration that my sisters: viz Elizabeth Haven, widow and Mary Hitchings, singlewoman, both of Lynn, and my sister Hannah How, wife of John How of Hopkinstown in Middlesex County, and my sister Sarah Giddings, wife of William Giddings of Ipswich; all of them have acquitted unto me all their rights and interest unto that...real estate...in Lynn which our father, Mr. Daniel Hitchings, Sr., late of Lynn, deceased, which had been settled on me by my father in his lifetime...consisting of a dwelling house, orchard, pasture, tillage, meadow, marsh and woodlands...that my father died seized of...such Real Estate as my father had settled on me in his life time. I also discharge them of any debts my father may have had... and I hereby convey to my said sisters Elizabeth Haven, Mary Hitchings, Hannah How and William Giddings and Sarah his wife, my rights in aforementioned premises, except that before mentioned. Signed by Daniel and Susannah Hitchings. Witnesses, Thomas and Jonathan Hawkes. Recorded 26 December 1732” [Essex Deeds 58:236]

Two of my ancestors are named in this deed, Daniel junior and Sarah (Hitchings) Giddings. I descend from both brother and sister (see below). Daniel junior lived in the land in Lynn which is now Saugus. He was a selectman and served on juries in the Lynn town records. He left this will in 1735:

“The Last Will and Testament of Daniel Hitchens of Lynn... yeoman, being somewhat sick and infirm in Body but of sound mind and memory, in consideration of the uncertainty of life and the circumstance of my family and being desirous that peace and unity may be continued among them when it sall please God to remove me from hence have therefore thought it to make and publish this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking, making null and void any...other will... In the first place I resign my immortal soul to God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be decently interred at the diescretion of my Executor hereafter named and for the temporaral estate wherewith God hath blessed me with I will and bestow the same as followeth: I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and discharged by my Executor out of that part of my Estate which I shall bequeath unto my son Daniel Hichens... I will and bequeath unto Susannah, my well beloved wife, in room of her Dower or thirds of my estate, she to have the improvement of my Westerly lower room and privilege in the Westerly chamber and the cellar, with six bushels of Indian corn, two bushels of ??, two bushels of malt, two barrels of cider, four cord of wood, one hundred weight of pork, one hundred weight of beef, one cow to be kept summer and winter, one quarter part of my indoor moveables and 40 shillings yearly; all the above mentioned articles to be brought to the house by my three sons... Daniel Hitchins on half of the above mentioned articles, Elkanah Hitchins, one quarter part... and Timothy Hitchens one quarter part...which my three sons are to pay unto her annually.

I give and bequeath unto my son Elkanah Hitchins, one half of a tract of land containing about sixty acres, bounded southerly upon the Town Road, westerly upon the land of Joseph Haven, northerly upon the land of Jacob Burrill, and two acres of salt marsh, which is one half of a lot of mine near Birch Island in Rumney marsh... and one feather bed and furniture.

I give... unto my son Timothy Hitchins, the other half of that tract of land containing about sixty acres, bounded southerly on the Town Road, westerly upon the land of Joseph Haven, northerly upon the Six Hundred acres so called, easterly upon the land of Jacob Burill; two acres of Salt Marsh, which is one half of a lot of mine near Birch island in Rumney marsh...one feather bed and furniture; one pair of steers, one iron crow.

I give... unto my daughter Susanna Hawkes, the wife of Moses Hawkes, one hundred pounds currant payable money of New England to be paid by my son Daniel Hitchins within five years after my decease with what I have already given her is her full part of my estate.

I give... to my son Daniel Hitchins, my eldest son all the remaining part of my estate, both real and personal, he paying all my funeral charges and just debts.

I do nominate and appoint my son Daniel Hitchins to be my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. Lastly, I revoke and make null and void any other will by me heretofore made.

In Witness and for confirmation that the foregoing will, consisting of two pages, is my last Will and Testament, I the said Daniel Hitchins have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of March 1734/5 in the eighth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King George the second. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the within daniel Hitchins to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who subscribe as a witness in the said testators presence. Signed Daniel Hitchins. Witnesses: Joseph Haven, William Taylor, Thomas Hawkes. Recorded: 7 April 1735”

My HITCHINGS genealogy:

Generation 1: Gyles Hitchings, born about 1562; married on 12 May 1592 in Cam, Gloucestershire, England to Alice Trotman.

Generation 2: Daniel Hitchins, born about 1597 in England. Two children, the brothers Joseph and Daniel who came to the New World and settled in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Generation 3: Daniel Hitchins, born about 1632 in England, died 15 April 1731 in Lynn; married about 1654 to Eleanor Unknown. She died 10 September 1694 in Lynn. Five children and I descend from two of them. He married second to Sarah Cushman on 7 November 1695 in Lynn. She was the daughter of Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton (Mayflower Passenger). I descend from Mary’s sister, Remember (Allerton) Maverick (abt 1614 – 1656), also a Mayflower Passenger).

Lineage A:

Generation 4: Daniel Hitchings, born about 1660 in Lynn and died 15 January 1735 in Lynn; married first on 16 February 1697 in Lynn to Sarah Boardman (no children); married second on 19 October 1708 in Lynn to Susannah Townsend, daughter of Thomas Townsend and Mary Davis. She was born on 5 November 1672 in Boston and died 12 May 1737 in Lynn. Five children.

Generation 5: Daniel Hitchings, born 19 October 1709 in Lynn and died 25 April 1760 in Lynn; married in June 1735 in Lynn to Hannah Ingalls, daughter of Nathaniel Ingalls and Anne Collins. She was born about 1713 and died before 15 April 1798. Twelve children

Generation 6: Abijah Hitchings, born 18 January 1753 in Lynn, and died 27 March 1826 in Salem, Massachusetts; married first on 24 June 1775 in Lynn to Mary Gardner, daughter of Benjamin Gardner and Sarah Randall. She was born in Boston and died before 1792 and had four children with Benjamin. He married second to Sarah Gardner (possibly the sister of Mary Gardner?) about 1792. She died 23 May 1807 in Lynn. Two children.

Generation 7: Abijah Hitchings, son of Abijah Hitchings and Mary Gardner, born about 1775 in Lynn and died 26 July 1868 in Salem; married on 21 December 1795 in Salem to Mary Cloutman, daughter of Joseph Cloutman and Hannah Becket. She was born about 1775 in Salem and died 28 November 1853 in Salem. Eleven children.

Generation 8: Abijah Hitchings, born 8 January 1809 in Salem, died 18 January 1864 in Salem; married on 4 December 1836 in Salem to Eliza Ann Treadwell, daughter of Jabez Treadwell and Betsey Jillings Homan. She was born 27 August 1812 in Salem and died 31 January 1896 in Salem. Four children.

Generation 9: Abijah Franklin Hitchings, born 28 October 1841 in Salem, died 19 May 1910 in Salem; married on 22 September 1864 in Salem to Hannah Eliza Lewis, daughter of Thomas Russell Lewis and Hannah Phillips. She was born about 1844 and died on 15 February 1921 in the Danvers State Hospital, Danvers, Massachusetts. Two children.

Generation 10: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings, born 10 May 1868 in Salem, died 7 March 1937 in Hamilton, Massachusetts; married on 25 December 1890 in Beverly, Massachusetts to Florence Etta Hoogerzeil, daughter of Peter Hoogerzeil and Mary Etta Healey. She was born 20 August 1871 in Beverly, and died 10 February 1941 in Hamilton. Eight children.

Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings, born 1 August 1905 in Beverly, died 3 November 2001 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 14 February 1925 in Hamilton to Stanley Elmer Allen, son of Joseph Elmer Allen and Carrie Maude Batchelder. He was born 14 January 1904 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died 6 March 1982 in Beverly. Seven children. (my maternal grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 4: Sarah Hitchings, born 11 July 1664 in Lynn, died 21 January 1766 in Ipswich; married on 19 September 1698 to William Giddings, son of Thomas Giddings and Mary Goodhue. Three children.

Generation 5: Thomas Giddings m. Martha Smith

Generation 6: Sarah Giddings m. Amos Burnham

Generation 7: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents, see above)

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Would You like to contribute to the Honor Roll Project for Veteran's Day, 2015?

October 6, 2014, 5:21 am

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The World War II Memorial, Railroad Square, Nashua, NH

Please join me in the Honor Roll Project. Volunteers are taking photos of war memorials and honor rolls, posting them on their blogs and websites, and transcribing the names of all the people listed. These transcriptions make the names available for search engines, and the names will be available for people searching for family, ancestors and friends.

I started this project in 2010 with the photos of the Londonderry Civil War monument, and then followed with the other war monuments on the town common, Derry’s MacGregor Park and other local honor rolls. Other bloggers and photographers were invited to participate. The email and comments I have read are truly inspiring, and it makes it well worth the effort to transcribe names when you read how family members found their fathers and grandfathers online, or how families searching their family trees find ancestors who served in the Civil War or World War I.

"I never knew my ancestor was in the Civil War until I Googled his name and found it on your blog! Thanks so much for your project - Charles Chase" 13 Dec 2011

" Thank you! Aina Bernier- daughter of Ernest Albert Bernier, Jr." 27 Jan 2011

If you would like to participate this year, I will be posting a compilation post of all the participating bloggers on Veteran's Day, Tuesday, November 11th. I will also make those posts permanently available on the page link “Honor Roll Project” above at the top of my blog home page (scroll up to the top of this page to see the link) http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-project.html Every November for Veteran’s / Armistice Day I publicize this project, and again in May I publicize the project for Memorial Day . Eventually I would like to see project evolve into its own website. (Any volunteers who would like to help with that?)

To participate, leave me a comment below or an email at vrojomit@gmail.com All you need to do is photograph a local honor roll or war monument, and transcribe the names. If you have a blog, post the story, photos and transcriptions and send me the permanent link for the Honor Roll Project. If you don’t have a blog, I can post the photo and names for you and add it to the Honor Roll Project, giving you full credit for the photography and transcription.

This is a simple way of saying “Thank You” to all the veterans in our communities- past and present.

The Honor Roll Project Page (see the page link at the top of this blog)

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-project.html

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ My great grandparents John Roberts and Emma Warren from Leeds, England

October 7, 2014, 3:00 am

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JOHN P. B. ROBERTS

1863 - 1925

EMMA FRANCES WIFE

1865 - 1927

This gravestone was photographed at the North Beverly Cemetery, located at 685 Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. It is located beside the Second Congregational Church at 35 Conant Street (on the corner of Cabot Street). This is a municipal cemetery run by the City of Beverly.

Just as I described in last week's "Tombstone Tuesday" post, where we wandered around Central Cemetery in Beverly and couldn't find our ancestor's gravesites, this also happened to us at the North Beverly Cemetery. I underestimated the size of the cemetery, and we couldn't find our great grandparents John Peter Bowden Roberts and Emma Frances Warren. I contacted the Cemetery Department and Kerrin Cotter sent me these maps to find the gravesite. This is absolutely essential in large urban cemeteries, especially for flat stones like this one.

Ms. Cotter marked the grave with #5 and purple highlighter

When I was a child, this grave was marked with a simple, wooden cross painted white, with the names painted on in black paint. When I was about ten or twelve years old my Dad and his brother replaced the wooden marker with this gravestone. I remember going to visit the new gravestone, and my Dad removed the cross and put it in the back seat with my little sister and me for the ride home. We were a little scared to be riding with a grave marker!

John Peter Bowden Roberts, son of Samuel Roberts and Mary Anne Stott, was born in August 1865 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He married on 24 May 1890 in St. Clement's church, Sheepscar, Leeds, to Emma Frances Warren, the daughter of Obed Warren and Betsey Hannah Stinson. She was born about 1865 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire. They had four children, one died young. Their daughter Hilda, my great aunt, married a first cousin, Herbert Pogson, and came to Beverly, Massachusetts to live. She encouraged the rest of the family to join her in the United States.

In 1915 John, Emma, and their two other children, Horace, aged 20, and Bertha, aged 18 (my grandmother), left Liverpool on board the Orduna for New York. They came through Ellis Island and took the train to Beverly, Massachusetts. John worked in the United Shoe Corporation factory, and they bought a house at 7 Dearborn Avenue. This is the same house where my father and his brothers grew up, and where I lived until I was about seven years old.

John Peter Bowden Roberts died on 23 August 1925, at home, of colon cancer. My grandmother was married at the house on Dearborn Avenue on Thanksgiving Day, 26 November 1926, to my grandfather, Donald Munroe Wilkinson. The following year, 1927, my great grandmother, Emma Frances (Warren) Roberts, died in Lynn, Massachusetts. John and Emma were buried in this double plot at the North Beverly Cemetery.

Beverly, Massachusetts Cemetery Department:
http://www.beverlyma.gov/departments/cemetery-department/

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Horse vane owned by two famous US Generals

October 8, 2014, 3:00 am

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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly. I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all across New England. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too! If you know an interesting or historical weathervane, please let me know. Today's weather vane is from Massachusetts.

Do you know the location of weather vane #177? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!

This running horse weather vane used to be installed above the horse barn at the Patton Homestead in Hamilton, Massachusetts. This estate was was owned by the Patton family from 1928 to 2012, and was then sold to the Town of Hamilton. The Patton family archives are in this building, as well as rooms full of Patton family memorabilia and military artifacts.

In this photo the archivist Carol Mori was telling the visitors a funny story about the weather vane. In the old days General George S. Patton (who became the famous Four Star General during World War II) would sit on the back veranda with his son, George S. Patton (who became the Major General George S. Patton of the Vietnam War). They would take turns shooting at the weather vane with pistols, and would know who hit it when the horse spun around. The caretaker would climb up, remove the horse, repair it, and re-install it above the horse barn. The two Georges would repeat their target shooting all summer at the estate.

When the estate was turned over to the town and the archivist was taking inventory, she heard this story and thought that this valuable weather vane should be brought inside the museum. The family agreed, and the weather vane was brought in to be photographed, cataloged and displayed. When they shook the horse, it rattled because it was still full of bullets!

Stay tuned! There was a second weather vane on display in General Patton's office. I'll feature that weather vane next week right here on this blog.

Click here for a blog post about the Patton Homestead in Hamilton, Massachusetts:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-project.html

Click here to see the entire series of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Hooksett, New Hampshire ~ 20th Century Americana

October 9, 2014, 3:00 am

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Old Gulf gas station, Route 28, Hooksett, New Hampshire

Eyesores or historical buildings?

This question has been posed in several of my "20th Century Americana" blog posts. It's my belief that since the recent past history is not treasured like the buildings of the 1600s and 1700s, we let some of these landmarks become eyesores. The 1800s mill buildings of New England are left to decay, and their industrial history becomes a despised part of local lore. Do we loathe these buildings because of the pollution and immigrant hardship associated with them? Or do we restore them to their former glory and celebrate the history of labor, technology, and the interesting architecture?

These empty buildings in Hooksett, New Hampshire can be seen along Route 3A and Route 28. Both roads were busy north-south routes from Massachusetts to the great north woods and lakes regions before Interstate Highway 93 was built in the 1960s. After the highway, some of these businesses languished and closed when the tourists no longer came through town, but drove around it without stopping.

Lately I've noticed that TV shows like "American Pickers" and PBS's "Antique Roadshow" have featured items from old gas stations and service stations. Oil cans, signs, advertising art and automobile parts in their original boxes are selling for big money to collectors and to decorators. I wonder if any of these collectors would like an original building to house their stuff?

This old Gulf gas station (also see above at the top of this post) has a porcelain enamel tile exterior and a curved front, which help establish it's date of origins to the 1940s or 1950s. The National Park Service has a wonderful webpage HERE that describes how some of these old gas stations can be re-purposed for office space, coffee or ice cream shops, and small retail stores.

This old Quonset hut is next door to the old Gulf gas station. I might have been used by the same business as a service bay or for storage. Quonset huts have a legendary history from World War II, when they were used as quickly assembled pre-fabricated buildings. The first place of their manufacture was Quonset Point, Rhode Island. According to Wikipedia, between 150,000 to 170,000 Quonset huts were manufactured and sent all around the globe to U.S. military installations to be used as housing, storage, administration buildings, latrines, hospitals and many other uses. These corrugated galvanized steel buildings have been adapted to many other uses since World War II. However, we are losing these structures at a fast pace as they are demolished for more modern buildings.

Old Texaco gas station, Route 3A, Hooksett, New Hampshire

For the truly curious:

Wikipedia - Quonset Huts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut

Preservation Brief 46 "The Preservation and Re-use of Historic Gas Stations"
http://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/46-gas-stations.htm

Texas Department of Transportation
PDF of "The Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas"
includes how to examine old gas stations to determine their age and style
http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/env/toolkit/420-05-gui.pdf

A Flickr album of photographs of old gas stations, by "citizenkerr"
https://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenkerr/sets/72157623308569800/detail/?page=14

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1790 Milestone, Hooksett, New Hampshire

October 10, 2014, 3:00 am

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I spotted this historic marker along the side of Route 28 in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

1790

16M

Ch X M

32 M to H

1790 MILESTONE

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Erected by towns or businesses to aid unfamiliar

travelers, milestones typically stood up to 5' tall,

were crudely carved out of roughly hewn granite,

and often referred to towns by first initial only.

They could be both difficult to read and

inaccurate.

In 1790 this area of Hooksett was

part of Chester. This milestone

told travelers it was 16 miles to

Chester Meeting House and 32

miles to Haverhill, Mass., a regional

industrial center.

Erected in 2008 by Manchester Sand. Gravel & Cement Co., Inc.

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Surname Saturday ~ DANE of Roxbury and Andover, Massachusetts

October 11, 2014, 3:00 am

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North Parish Church, Andover, Massachusetts
Founded in 1645, and where the
Reverend Francis Dane was the 2nd minister

DANE

The first DANE in this lineage to come to the New World was John Dane (about 1587 – 1658) who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts from Essex, England. He arrived about 1636 with his children Elizabeth and John, and later married the widow of William Chandler. He was a chirurgeon (surgeon) in Roxbury and Ipswich. His son John was also a surgeon in Roxbury. You can read John Dane’s diary at this link: http://genealogysurnames.net/JOHNDANE.HTML

I descend from the younger son, Reverend Francis Dane (1615 – 1697). He matriculated at King’s College in Cambridge, England in 1633. He was ordained in 1648 and was the second minister of the church in Andover, Massachusetts. He began a school and was minister for 44 years when the Salem witch hysteria began in 1692. He and Thomas Barnard wrote a letter signed by 24 Andover residents condemning the trials. This caused Dane and half a dozen of his relatives to be accused as witches. Included in those arrested were his daughters Elizabeth Dane Johnson and Abigail Dane Faulkner, and daughter-in-law, Deliverance Haseltine Dane. His two granddaughters, Abigail and Dorothy Faulkner were also arrested. (His daughter, Hannh, my ancestress, seems to have escaped suspicion). He bravely continued to preach against the witch hunt, and fortunately none of his kin were hung. He died a few years later in 1697.

“May the Lord direct and guide those that are in place, and give us all submissive wills, and let the Lord do with me and mine what seems good in his own eyes.” Rev. Francis Dane, 1692.

There has been much published about this family, Rev. Dane and the Salem Witch Trials, but if you are truly curious about more information on the DANE family, here are a few suggestions:

Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of farmers register, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, Volume II, page 6 and 7.

History of Andover from its Settlement to 1829, by Abiel Abbott, 1829

The Annals of Salem, by Joseph B. Felt, 1827

Salem Witchcraft by Enders A. Robinson, 1992

“Early Records of the Dane Family of Andover” compiled by Charlotte Helen Abbott, a manuscript at the Memorial Hall Library (Andover Public Library) also available online at http://www.mhl.org/andover/Abbott/Dane%20Family.pdf

“A Declaration of Remarkable Providences in the Course of my Life” by John Dane, The New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register, Volume VIII (1854), pages 149-156. The original manuscript is kept at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.

My DANE genealogy:

Generation 1: John Dane was from Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts on 14 September 1658; married first to Frances Bowyer about 1606 in England and had four children. She died about 1641 in Roxbury and John married second to Annis Bayford, the widow of William Chandler, on 2 July 1643 in Roxbury. No children by the second marriage.

Generation 2: Reverend Francis Dane, born about 1615 in England, died 17 February 1697 in Andover, Massachusetts. He married first to Elizabeth Ingalls, daughter of Edmund Ingalls and Ann Tripp about 1639 and had nine children. She died on 9 June 1676 in Andover and he married second to Mary Thomas on 21 September 1677. She died on 18 February 1689 and he married third to Hannah Chandler, his step sister, daughter of William Chandler and Annis Bayford about 1690.

Generation 3: Hannah Dane, born about 1648 in Andover; married on 14 November 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to William Goodhue, son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson. He was born about 1645 and died 12 October 1712. Eleven children.

Generation 4: Bethiah Goodhue m. Benjamin Marshall

Generation 5: Elizabeth Marshall m. David Burnham

Generation 6: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings

Generation 7: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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A Rogers Group Poem by Robert Frost

October 13, 2014, 3:00 am

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A Rogers Group

by Robert Frost

How young and unassuming

They waited in the street,

With babies in their arms

And baggage at their feet.

A trolley car they hailed

Went by with clanging gong,

Before they guessed the corner

They waited on was wrong.

And no one told them so

By way of traveler's aid,

No one was so far touched

By the Rogers Group they made.

I last blogged about Rogers Groups and the sculptor John Rogers more than a year ago at this link: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/09/have-you-ever-seen-rogers-group.html These large statuettes were popular during the Victorian period, and were very sentimental and patriotic. They were immensely popular not just in New England, where they were designed and manufactured, but all over the United States. Each figurine featured groups of several people posed in scenes from American history, literature or popular culture.

As you read this poem by Robert Frost, can't you just imagine the street scene? A young family, or perhaps a group of immigrants, waiting on a street corner with all their trunks and children. After looking at photos of many, many Rogers Groups I'm surprised it wasn't the subject of one of his statuettes. This Rogers Group sculpture was actually found in the Robert Frost house, and is now on display in the museum in the barn at the Robert Frost farm in Derry, New Hampshire. The figurine is called "Coming to the Parson", dates from 1870, and it shows a young couple approaching a minister to discuss their upcoming wedding plans.

Robert Frost Farm
122 Rockingham Road
Derry, New Hampshire
603-432-3091
website: http://www.robertfrostfarm.org/

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Four Small Children

October 14, 2014, 3:52 am

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These tombstones were photographed at Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, New Hampshire.

memory of two

Children, a son & dau. of

Lieut. Benjamin & Mrs. Mary

Farley

Sarah died Sept Noah died Sept

11th 1798 in the 7th 16th 1798 in the 5th

Year of her age. Year of his age.

In memory of

Leonard Farley

Son of Lieut. Benjamin

& Mrs. Mary Farley

who died Sept. 27th

1796 Aged 4 days.

(To me this little carving looks like a child in a coffin)

[the stone on the right side]

memory of

Caleb, Son of Lieut.

Benj & Mrs. Mary

Farley, who died

July 26, 1825

AEt. 14.

These four children of Benjamin and Mary Farley all died young. Two died within five days of each other. Benjamin Farley was born 27 June 1763 and married Mary Blodgett of Dunstable on 15 February 1787 in Hollis, New Hampshire. They had nine children, and only four lived to adulthood and married. Another child, also named Sarah, lived only from 1807 - 1822.

Benjamin and Mary Farley lived at the Four Corners on the house property that is now the Country Kitchen restaurant in Hollis. It is located at the intersection of Routes 130 and 122 (Proctor Hill Road and Silver Lake Road). You can read all about their house at this link: http://www.hollisnh.org/windowsonhollispast/historicSites/sitesAcrossHollis/sites/052-022.htm

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Ship with full Rigging

October 15, 2014, 3:00 am

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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly. I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all across New England. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too! Today's weather vane is from a historic home in Massachusetts.

Do you know the location of weather vane #178? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!

Today's weather vane is on display in Four Star General George S. Patton's personal office at the Patton Homestead in Hamilton, Massachusetts. This office wing, including a library and master bedroom, was built just before World War II. General Patton intended to retire to this country estate after World War II, but he was killed in a jeep accident in 1945 and never came home to this office or house.

This weather vane used to be on top of the main estate house. The house was built in the 1790s, and was owned by the Patton family from 1928 until 2012. The Patton family donated the main house and 27 acres of land to the Town of Hamilton. The Patton Archive is located here in the former master bedroom, just barely visible through the door in the bottom photograph. The archivist here had no further information on this weather vane, although it was known to be on the house before the Patton family owned the building.

For another blog post about another weather vane on display at the Patton Homestead, click here:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/10/weathervane-wednesday-horse-vane-owned.html

For a blog post about the Patton Estate, click here:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-patton-homestead-and-archives-home.html

Click here to see the entire series of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Thank You to the County Clerks website!

October 16, 2014, 3:00 am

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In the past I have visited the County Clerks website www.county-clerks.org, but not often since in New England most vital records are not kept at the county level (except for Connecticut, where I have very few ancestors). There was a contest at this website last month to vote for genealogy blogs, and Nutfield Genealogy came in second place! Woot! Woot! Thank you very much Adam Murphy, the author of this website!

The first place winner at this contest is The Memoir Writing Blog at www.womensmemoirs.com with 437 votes. At second place, Nutfield Genealogy received 196 votes, and in third place Genealogy: Beyond the BMD, www.genealogybeyondthebmd.blogspot.cahad 167 votes. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Visit the other blogs on this list. There are some good ones I didn’t know about, including The Memoir Writing Blog which is new to me. Visit this page to see all the votes: http://www.county-clerks.com/genealogy-blog/

And don’t forget to visit the County Clerks website http://www.county-clerks.com/ It was founded by Adam Murphy of New York. Last year he visited Salt Lake City for a ski trip and had an unexpected layover. He spent the day exploring and visited the LDS Family History Library. Adam had no idea that such a place existed. He also found that genealogy was a fascinating pastime. Upon returning to New York he continued to research his family, and the idea for the County Clerks website was born.

In order to obtain original records, a genealogist must contact a county clerk. But it can be difficult to google which clerk, and how to contact them properly for certificates. Adam realized that there was no one website which consolidated all this information.

Adam also told me that he will be switching domain names to CountyOffice.org soon, so stay posted at www.county-clerks.orgfor more information on the move to the new website. He also plans to expand to more data useful for genealogy such as district attorneys, sheriffs, treasurers, jails and other local county research contact information.

Thank you to all my readers who voted for me, and thank you Adam!

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Photo Friday ~ Two Cousins in Spain

October 17, 2014, 3:00 am

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The photograph above is my mother-in-law, María Josefa, and her first cousin, José Manuel in Spain about 1935. The photograph below was taken of the same two children a few years later,

during the Spanish Civil War.

These two cousins had an especially close relationship. Their parents were two brothers who married two sisters, so they are considered double first cousins. My mother-in-law was an only child, so her playmates were her cousins. You can see in the photographs below, that although they are both now in their 80s, they are still very close.

Click here to see another blog post with a photo of the same two cousins:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-spanish-civil-war.html

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Surname Saturday ~ SPARKS of Ipswich, Massachusetts

October 18, 2014, 3:00 am

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SPARKS

The first record about John Sparks dates from 24 July 1650 when “John Sparke” was apprenticed to Obadiah Wood “bisquit maker” (baker) in Ipswich, Massachusetts. [“Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts”, 1911, 1:200] Obadiah Wood was married to Margaret Spark, John’s sister. In 1664 John was a renter in half of a house owned by Thomas Bishop, an Ipswich merchant. In this house he had a bake shop and a tavern. When Bishop died, John had to leave this house and he bought a lot in 1671 where he set up another bakery and “ordinary” (tavern). He received his first license to “sell beere at a penny a quart, provided he entertain no Town inhabitants in the night, nor suffer any to bring wine or liquors to be drunk in his house.” He kept this tavern for 20 years until he sold this property to Colonel John Wainwright. [The Early Homes of the Puritans: And Some Old Ipswich Houses, by Thomas Franklin Waters, 1997, page 49]

There is no mention of John Sparks of Ipswich in either The Great Migration series, or in the book New Englanders in the 1600sby Martin Hollick.

My SPARKS lineage:

Generation 1: John Sparks, born about 1630 probably in England, died before March 1704 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; probably married first on 26 November 1661 in Boston to Mary Sinnet, daughter of Walter Sinnett; married second about 1666 to Mary Roper, daughter of Walter Roper and Susan Unknown.

Generation 2: Elizabeth Sparks, born about 1666 in Ipswich, died 10 April 1692 in Ipswich; married on 25 December 1684 in Ipswich to Jacob Perkins, son of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Whipple, as his first wife.

Generation 3: Elizabeth Perkins, born 18 March 1691 in Ipswich, married David Burnham

Lineage A:

Generation 4: David Burnham m. Elizabeth Marshall

Generation 5: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings

Generation 6: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears

Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 4: Westley Burnham m. Deborah Story

Lineage B1:

Generation 5: Westley Burnham m. Molly Woodbury

Generation 6: Henry Burnham m. Sally Poland

Generation 7: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 8: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage B2:

Generation 5: Sarah Burnham m. Abner Poland

Generation 6: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham (see above)

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2014 New England Geneablogger Bash

October 19, 2014, 6:45 am

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The New England Genealogy Bloggers assembled in Farley, Massachusetts for another bash! We had a wonderful time and Sarah Campbell was again a terrific hostess. Her home was quite historical, and she led tours from the attic to the basement. Quite a few bloggers attended this year, along with some other local genealogists and historians that Sara had invited.

Besides eating and chatting (and chatting, and chatting, and more chatting), we heard a delightful tale from Shari Strahan about the genealogist Joe Manning and his genealogy projects on the child laborers seen in the famous photographs of Lewis Hine. It turns out that Joe’s genealogy mentor was Sara! It’s a long story and I'm so glad she put it into a blog post at this link: http://rememberingancestors.blogspot.com/2014/10/in-which-i-am-speechless.html . We also had a long discussion about NERGC 2015 in Providence, Rhode Island (Midge smuggled in an early copy of the schedule and conference brochure). No keynote speakers at NERGC 2015? Hmmmm….

The fall foliage was spectacular, there was a little rain but it didn’t dampen spirits, and a pumpkin took a nose dive off Sara’s front porch… In other words, we had a terrific time!

These New England Genealogy Bloggers attended the bash:

June Stearns Butka “Dame Gussie’s Genealogy Rants” http://damegussie.wordpress.com/

Sara Campbell (our hostess again!) “Remembering Those who Came Before Us” http://rememberingancestors.blogspot.com/

Midge Frazel “Granite in my Blood” http://granite-in-my-blood.blogspot.com/

Tim Firkowski “Sherlock's Genealogical Adventures” http://www.thegenealogyassistant.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=latest&Itemid=103

Barbara Matthews, blogger for the Mass. Genealogical Council “The MCG Sentinel” http://massgencouncil.org/index.php/easyblog

Elizabeth Pyle Handler “From Maine to Kentucky”

http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/

And she also writes “A Jewish Genealogy Journey” http://jewishgenealogyjourney.blogspot.com/

Lori Lyn Price “Bridging the Past” http://bridgingthepast.com/blog/

Barbara Proko “Basia’s Polish Family: From Wilno to Worcester” http://wilnoworcester.blogspot.com/

Heather and Vincent Rojo “Nutfield Genealogy” www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com

Pam Seavey Schafner “Digging Downeast” http://www.diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/

Sheri Strahan

Bill West “West in New England” http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/index.html

To see a complete list of New England genealogy bloggers, go to the Facebook Group “New England GeneaBloggers” and click on the “about” button to see a long list of wonderful blogs. If you are a blogger who lives in New England or blogs about mostly New England topics, please join the group and introduce yourself!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-GeneaBloggers/137159396360343

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An Autumn Visit to Dunbarton, New Hampshire

October 20, 2014, 3:00 am

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We recently moved to Manchester, New Hampshire. Nearby, almost next door except for a sliver of Goffstown, is the small town of Dunbarton. We had never been there, and enjoyed our visit very much. It was a lovely fall day, and just barely warm enough for a ride in the little red convertible with the top down. We found this statue on the common next to the town hall (the white building in the background).

MAJOR CALEB STARK

In 1759 Major Caleb Stark, the first child of General John and

Molly Stark, was born in Dunbarton at the home of his

grandfather now known as the Molly Stark House. At age 15,

he left this house and his grandfather, Capt. Caleb Page, on

the eve of the battle of Bunker Hill to join in the American

Revolution. He represents Dunbarton's own minuteman and

his likeness is embossed on the Town Seal. He was wounded

at the Battle of Saratoga and, during the closing stages of the

conflict, served as an adjutant to his famous father. After the

war, he married Sarah McKinstry and built the Satrk Mansion

where he entertained General Lafayette in 1825. He was tireless

in his pursuit to arrange for payments for service of Revolutionary

War officers and his efforts suceeded when lands in Ohio were

granted as compensation. He died in Ohio in 1838 and is buried

at the Stark Cemetery on Mansion Road in Dunbarton.

Statue donated by Laraine and Herbert Allen

Pedestal donated by Marion Crosby from land formerly

part of the estate of Capt. Caleb Page

Memorial Day 2002

This is the Dunbarton, New Hampshire town seal mentioned on the plaque above.

The Molly Stark House is located just a few miles away from the center of Dunbarton, where the statue and town hall are found.

MOLLY STARK HOUSE

Built by her father, Capt. Caleb Page, c. 1759,

this was Molly Page's home in her youth and

as the wife of Gen. John Stark. Their first

son, Caleb, who served with his illustrious

father during the Revolution, was born here,

as was Molly's brother, Jeremiah Page, later

a Superior Court Justice and delgate to

the first Constitutional Convention (1778).

This structure also housed the first Dunbarton

Post office (1834).

This sign is on the corner across from the Molly Stark House, on the intersection of the Stark Highway (which leads to the center of Dunbarton and the statue) and the road to Concord, New Hampshire.

General John Stark was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and he was a member of Roger's Rangers. He became an officer in 1757, just before the French and Indian War. He married Molly Page and had eleven children. He joined the Revolutionary War right after the Battle of Lexington, and saw action at Bunker Hill, the Battle of Trenton, the Battle of Bennington, all the way to the end of the war when he returned to Manchester, New Hampshire. General Stark is famous for the phrase "Live Free or Die", which now the New Hampshire State motto. He lived to the age of 94, and was the last surviving Revolutionary War general.

Click here to read a previous blog post about General John Stark:

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ WYMAN in Hollis, New Hampshire

October 21, 2014, 3:00 am

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This tombstone was photographed at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Hollis, New Hampshire

In Memory In Memory

of Lieut. Mrs. Abigail

Jesse Wyman his wife

who died who died

April 16, 1801 Oct. 29, 1808

AE. 64 AE 62

What through our in bred sins require

Our flesh to see the dust

Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose

So all his followers must.

the inscription is still very legible on this slate stone

Jesse Wyman, son of Zebadiah Wyman and Abigail Pierce, was born on 18 March 1736/7 in Woburn, Massachusetts (in what is now the town of Billerica). He married Abigail Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson and Priscilla Emery, on 18 September 1764 in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Zebadiah Wyman was the son of Benjamin Wyman and Elizabeth Hancock. Benjamin's brother Nathaniel (1665 - 1717) was my 8th great grandfather. That makes Jesse Wyman my second cousin 9 generations removed.

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ Seen at a Highway Rest Area

October 22, 2014, 3:00 am

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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly. I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all across New England. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too!

Today's weather vane is from New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #179? Scroll down to see the answer!

This is a photograph of the Hooksett Rest area on the northbound side of Route 93. It was photographed at the end of September when the new liquor store and the shop just opened. The Common Man restaurant is scheduled to be open sometime soon. The weather vane shaped like the state of New Hampshire over the state liquor store was made by the Common Man founder Alex Ray.

This new rest area will feature New Hampshire themed exhibits, New Hampshire made products, and expanded visitor services. The project is running about eight weeks ahead of schedule. The southbound side of the highway will have identical services and will be completed after the northbound side.

The rest area on the southbound side of Rt. 93 has a similar weathervane

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STOLEN Dolphin Weathervane, $1,000 reward

October 22, 2014, 12:47 pm

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The Chatham, Massachusetts police need the help of the public in locating a stolen dolphin weathervane. It was stolen from a private home in Chatham this month. The weathervane is a three dimensional copper dolphin plated in 24K gold, worth about $1000. It is about 40 inches long.

Please contact the Chatham Police Department with any information at the following numbers:

508-945-1217 or leave an anonymous tip at 508-945-TTIP (8847)

You may also call the homeowner, Tamara Bazzle, at 404-231-5953 or email tbazzle@comcast.net

This dolphin weathervane has been on the roof of this private home in Chatham for more than 50 years. The homeowner contacted me directly because of the Weathervane Wednesday post of this very same weathervane here on December 4, 2013. One of my readers from the Windham, New Hampshire Historical Society sent me the original photo you see above. I was glad to post it on my blog, and I immediately replied to the email by the homeowner to spread the news of the theft.

Please share this via social media. I hope she can recover this very special weathervane.

According to the homeowner, their home was built in 1916 by Joseph Lincoln, the author of many novels, stories and poems set on Cape Cod. The architect Howard Rich designed the weathervane for the house in 1969. It was considered a local Chatham landmark.

Related stories on the stolen weathervane:

Cape Cod Online

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20141022/NEWS/410210344/0/SEARCH

Cape Cod Times

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20141021/NEWS11/141029946

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Treasure Chest Thursday ~ Four Generations in one photograph

October 23, 2014, 3:00 am

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Thanksgiving 1987, Londonderry, New Hampshire

4 generations of females

Yours Truly, my Mom, my daughter, my grandmother

Last week the New England Historic Genealogical Society's online "Weekly Genealogist" featured a survey asking the largest number of generations of your family were pictured in a single photograph. The largest number of participants (59%) reported that four generations were pictured in a single photograph. I could only find four generations, not a single one with five generations, in my family photos, although I know some of my cousins have photos with five generations with grandmother. However, I was able to find many examples of four generations of women featuring my grandmother, too. Here are some of them.

1990, Hamilton, Massachusetts

Yours Truly, my grandmother, my daughter, my sister and my Mom

1994, 4 generations again, in Hamilton, Massachusetts

My daughter, grandmother, Mom and Yours Truly

After this my grandmother went in to a nursing home and I don't remember taking anymore group photos like this. She died in 2001 when she was over 96 years old.

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