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"But for the Bread", an Historical Poem by Jeff Southwick

May 12, 2014, 3:00 am
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Shelter Island

Jeff Southwick wrote this poem about our mutual ancestors, the Southwicks.  Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick were persecuted Quakers in Salem, Massachusetts.  In 1659 they were banished, and fled to Shelter Island off Long Island, New York where they died of exposure.  Their minor children, Daniel and Provided, were sold into slavery by the Massachusetts General Court.  

I met Jeff via Google+ when he wrote to me in reply to my post about Shelter Island.  He shared his Southwick ancestry and this poem.  His lineage is 1. Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, Daniel, Daniel, Jonathan, George, Jonathan, Stephen Wilbur, Jesse, Jesse, Donald and then himself. 

Jeff Southwick wrote " I was wondering what my ancestors where like as people, and so how much different might be the temperament of a person from generation to generation.  With my parents, grandparents and my children I share a basic respect for others and outlook on life, and so I assume that provided that my ancestors married others of similar temperament, then maybe my outlook on life is not that much different from that of L&C, though how would I know.  As I pondered that thought this past week I wrote the following." He also wrote " My branch came from Daniel, and headed west from NY to Iowa in the mid 1800s. I am in the 11th." 

But for the Bread
by Jeff Southwick
May 2014

But for the bread I might not be here had Daniel’s emptiness not been sated
But for the bread Endicott said a heretic possessing papers would not be fed
But for the bread slipped between jail bars I might be someone else instead
But for the bread Provided at risk we may have gone to darkness convicted
But for the bread the captain contemplated the morality of humanity traded
But for the bread never by Josiah was an unforgiving stone tossed in hatred 
But for the bread in a corner establish family tradition of love demonstrated
But for the bread within privation to hold vision of justice Cassandra waited
But for the bread when Lawrence sought shelter he willed to a nation ahead

For more information on the Southwick family:

A post about a poem by Whittier about the Southwick children being sold into slavery:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/11/ballad-of-cassandra-southwick.html

A post about Shelter Island (the one that inspired Jeff Southwick to contact me)
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-visit-to-shelter-island.html

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http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/jeff-southwick-wrote-this-poem-about.html

Copyright 2014, Jeff Southwick and Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Sally Peasley Wilkinson

May 13, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts


IN LOVING MEMORY

SALLY R. WILKINSON
1831 - 1914
HELEN A. POTTER
1859 - 1946
1886  GEORGE O. POTTER    1974

Sally Richardson Peasley was the daughter of John Peasley and Dorcas Osborn, born in South Danvers (now the city of Peabody), Massachusetts on 25 January 1832, and she died on 24 December 1914 in Peabody.  She married my 2nd great grand uncle, George Washington Wilkinson, on 28 September 1856 in Danvers, Massachusetts.

George was born 10 February 1832 in Salem, Massachusetts.  He was the son of my 3rd great grandparents, Aaron Wilkinson and Mercy F. Wilson  I descend from his older brother, Robert Wilson Wilkinson (1830 - 1874).  George Washington Wilkinson died in 1865, but I don't know where he is buried. 

Sally and George had two children, Frank Augustus Wilkinson (1856 - 1941) and Helen Augusta Wilkinson. Helen is listed on this stone, too, under her married name.  She was born 22 November 1857 in South Danvers and died 13 March 1945 in Danvers.  Helen married Stephen Franklin Potter on 14 November 1880 in Salem.  I don't know where he is buried either!

Helen and Stephen had three sons, Frank Taggard Potter (1882 - 1966), George Osborn Potter (1886 - 1974) listed on this stone, and Chester Wilkinson Potter (1890 - after 1930).   It appears that George O. never married and died a bachelor.  

Where are the men in this family buried?  These would be 2nd cousins once removed to my father, John Warren Wilkinson (1934 - 2002).  

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The URL for this post is
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/tombstone-tuesday-sally-peasley.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Wise Library Owl

May 14, 2014, 3:00 am
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Every Wednesday for more than two and a half years Vincent and I have been posting photographs of weather vanes located in or near the Nutfield area (the former name for the land where Londonderry, Derry and Windham, New Hampshire are now located). Most of them are historically interesting or just whimsical and fun weather vanes. If you know an interesting weather vane that could be photographed for this series, please send me an email or leave a comment below.

Today's weather vane was found somewhere in Massachusetts.

Do you know the location of weather vane #155? Scroll down to see the answer....




Today's weather vane is located on the cupola above the Hart Free Library building in Townsend, Massachusetts.  When the library closed in 2009 the people of Townsend formed a relay to transfer the library books to the new library building.  The same thing happened back in 1929 when the Hart Free library opened, and the books were moved by a "bucket brigade" of townspeople from the old town hall at Memorial Hall.   This building is now closed, and is located on Route 119, at 276 Main Street. 

According to the book Townsend, by The Townsend Historical Society, published by Acadia Publishing in 2006, page 64:  "In 1923, Charles Hart, a local philanthropist, left $35,000 for a library to be known as the Hart Free Library Building.  Amanda Dwight also left a bequest for the building of a library.  Her disgruntled heirs filed a lawsuit contesting the will, stalling the construction plans.  Ultimately the building would be named after Hart, and the main reading room after Dwight's father, Walter Fessenden." 

In 2007 the Sterilite Corporation gave the town of Townsend a generous gift of a new Highway Department facility, a Senior Center, a Community Meeting Room, and the new Collette Library.  The town was very fortunate to be blessed by so many donors who supported a free public library for Townsend.  The new Townsend Public Library was opened on 31 October 2009 and dedicated to longtime town volunteers Richard and Irene Collette. 

You can read about the Townsend Library Relocation Relay at this article by Nashoba Publishing
http://www.nashobapublishing.com/townsend_news/ci_13469930 

Townsend Public Library   http://www.townsendlibrary.org
 
Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!

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Copyright 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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The PUKSTA family, Polish immigrants to Claremont, New Hampshire

May 15, 2014, 3:00 am
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Stephen Puksta works with my husband, Vincent.  He told him the story of the Puksta family wall in Claremont, New Hampshire, as well as the ususual gravestone to his parents in the St. Mary Cemetery.  Stephen's grandparents immigrated to Claremont from Poland, worked hard to build businesses in New Hampshire, and supported the local St. Joseph Catholic church.

Stephen's father was Charles Peter Puksta, born in Windsor, Vermont.  He was the son of Charles Michael Puksta, of Polish ancestry, and Benedicta Siemesz Puksta Gdan, of Lithuanian ancestry. He graduated Kimball Union Academy in 1942, Middlebury College in 1949, and MIT in 1950. He served in the US Air Force in World War II, and retired from the Air Force reserves in 1983 with the rank of Lt. Colonel.  He was on the Claremont city council for 26 years, and mayor for 16 years, as well as serving in many other civic and charitable organizations.  In 1984 the Claremont City Council named the Broad Street Bridge after Charles Puksta.

This photo is taken from the 
Kearsarge Magazine, "What's in a Name? Memorial bridges celebrate local heroes"
by Laura Jean Whitcomb, photos by Gary Summerton,  Fall issue 2012, page 16


Charles's wife was Lorraine Leocha Puksta, the daughter of  Alexander and Jadwiga Leocha, owners of Leocha's Market on Elm Street in Claremont.  She was born in Claremont, and graduated from Stevens High School.  Lorraine and Charles were married for 58 years, and both died in 2005. Her parents were founding members of St. Joseph Catholic church, built in 1922 by the Polish community.  They donated the stained glass window in the church, which is replicated in ceramic on the gravestone bench seen below.

Claremont is situated at the confluence of of the Sugar River with the larger Connecticut River.  There were many waterpowered mills and businesses here over the years.  On the banks of the Sugar River there is a stone wall built by generations of the Leocha and Puksta families, right behind the Leocha Market.   Alexander Leocha started the wall to prevent the river from eroding the banking.  His son-in-law, Charlie Puksta continued the project with his sons using river rocks, rocks from the Joy quarrry, and other building projects around Claremont. It was completed in 1983.  The story of this project was featured in the Summer 2011 issue of SooNipi Magazine (pages 34 and 35), a local free publications distributed in South Western New Hampshire.

Steve emailed me a great story about the wall and his father's funeral:

"Since the wall was constructed by hand, with many members of our extended family participating over the years.   To this day, we still talk about the way at family reunions between the cousins, aunts and uncles.    My parents were the “soul” of a large extended Polish family, and leaders of a community.    In my father’s later years, he was forced to amputate one of his legs due to illness.    On the day of his funeral, Fred visited the wall, reached into the “heart” of the wall, and pulled out a stone.   We 7 children all signed the stone, and placed it in the coffin where Dad’s leg was missing.    It was a small tribute to the man who was the leader and soul of a large Polish family, as well as a community.

Claremont has paid tribute to my father by naming the town bridge after him.   Because of his volunteer work for the Community College system in NH, the state named the library after him at the community college in Claremont.   I tell my sons that it is rare to have a public bridge and library named after someone who didn’t donate millions of dollars.   He only donated his love for the community." 


This photo of Puksta's Wall was taken soon after the wall was finished in 1983.
The tenements on Spring Street that you see in this photo have since been demolished.

Steve's brother, Fred, designed the gravestone bench at St. Mary's Cemetery in Claremont. He is the owner of Puksta Design Studio, and he has photos of his projects at his website, including the memorial bench to his parents.

According to Steve Puksta, his father wanted a tall gravestone and a bench at the family plot in Claremont.  His mother wanted a ceramic insert on the front.  The town would not approve a tall gravestone and a separate bench, so Fred Puksta combined the bench into the design.  He sent the plans to China, where the black granite is quarried and they cut the pieces.  The ceramic tile that matches the stained glass window of the church was painted in Florida.  The ceramic insert of the Virgin Mary was painted in Massachusetts.  The entire bench was assembled in Claremont.






SooNipi Magazine   http://www.soonipi.com/

Kearsarge Magazine  http://www.kearsargemagazine.com/

Puksta Design Studio  www.fredpuksta.com


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http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-puksta-family-polish-immigrants-to.html

Copyright 2014, Stephen Puksta and Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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See an Error? Speak up!

May 16, 2014, 7:33 am
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Genealogy blogging is a two way street.  Putting genealogical information out into cyberspace is an invitation for comments, corrections, cousin connections and additional information.  I love meeting up online with other genealogists who have also studied the same ancestors, whether or not they are distant kin of mine.  It proves that genealogy is not an exact science, since new information is published all the time.  Also, new documents are being found every year, and made available to the public in archives and on line.  All this new data creates new connections or causes limbs to be trimmed off existing family trees.  Sometimes siblings are found to be from separate families, and sometimes two separate families are found to be kin.  Blog posts can help readers keep up with this explosion of information.

Overnight I received a message from a Facebook friend.  She also has a Facebook friend who has researched the EATON family I posted about last week with a “Surname Saturday” post.  This friend of a friend did not want to comment on my blog, but passed on information about a 1993 article about the John EATON family published in The American Genealogist by Douglas Richardson.   Apparently he “did not want to dispute your Eaton article”.   This makes me feel sad, because unlike a scholarly article, a blog post is a completely different kind of document.  I don’t feel as if blogs are to be “disputed” as much as they supposed are to be discussed, debated and updated.  The comments are as important as the information presented in the body of the blog post. 

Don’t feel shy about posting a comment!  You won’t offend a genealogy blogger by presenting new information about their ancestor.  I can’t think of a blogger I know who would take offense.  If there are bloggers out there who are thin skinned about corrections, they probably should trade in blogging for writing traditional articles in genealogy journals.  However, even those are peer reviewed and edited.  The give and take of ideas and information is part of the whole blogger format.  

By the way, I had several comments on the original EATON “Surname Saturday” blog post, and many Facebook comments, from other genealogy bloggers and genealogists.  Not one other genealogist caught this error!

Every comment and additional bit of information I receive online helps me to create not only an accurate family tree for my own relatives, but these tidbits of information help me to create accurate blog posts to share with the world.  Inaccurate links, dates, or information doesn’t help anyone.  Inaccuracies spread like wildfire on line.  If you have been online for any length of time, you will soon notice how inaccuracies are not only perpetuated on places like Ancestry.com, they actually take on a life of their own that is difficult to remedy.

But it is easy to remedy corrections here on my blog.  Every time a reader sends me a comment with new information, I immediately flag that blog post with a big red UPDATEnotice.  In the case of the “Facebook friend of a Facebook friend”, I quickly found the new EATON information online at the data base of journals at the New England Historic Genealogical Society website www.americanancestors.org   It was in The American Genealogist, Volume 68, page 48.   The name of the article by Douglas Richardson is “The English Origin of John1 Eaton (1590 – 1668) of Salisbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts”.   John EATON was from Warwickshire, England, and not kin to William EATON at all.  They are two separate families.  This article ancestry has been traced back to his great-grandfather John ETON born about 1500 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England, and died between 4 January 1547/8 and 22 November 1548. 

The lineage of Ruth EATON, my 8th great grandmother, can be traced back through John EATON in Warwickshire and  can be seen online at this link:
  http://nseaton.org/Eaton/ahnentafel.php?personID=I27806&tree=nseaton&generations=

Posting an update with additional data is important for beginning genealogy readers, too.  Here is a short list of reasons (of course, since this is a blog, feel free to post comments with your own reasons):

1.  To learn that a family tree is flexible- growing as well as needing pruning once in a while.  It’s OK to lop off entire branches and toss them in the compost heap, or sometimes graft them onto another limb. In this case, it was just separating two brothers and creating two separate families. 

2. To know that new information is being published all the time in journals.  You can check on several websites for the latest genealogy journals, subscribe to journals, or use lists.  My favorite is Martin Hollick’s New Englanders in the 1600s, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.  (Yes, this article was mentioned in this book!  How did I miss it!

3.  To realize that it is important to check for the latest in compiled genealogies in books.  My favorite for New England research is the Great Migration series by Robert W. Anderson.  There are similar books for other regions of the United States and for other countries. This series gives sketches for immigrants to New England in certain time periods, such as 1620 -1633.  Pay attention to the sources in each sketch for ideas on expanding your own research.

4. To search the genealogy blogs.  Use the search engines provided at the Geneabloggers website www.geneabloggers.comor the Genealogy Blog Finder at http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/  to see if anyone else is researching your particular ancestor or area of interest.  Blogs provide the most up-to-date information, and can connect you with other genealogists.  Feel free to comment!

See my original UPDATED post about the EATON family at this link:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/surname-saturday-eaton-of-england-and.html

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Copyright ©2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo


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Surname Saturday ~ BURNHAM of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich (now Essex), Massachusetts

May 17, 2014, 3:00 am
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BURNHAM

I have a plethora of BURNHAM ancestors.  In order to write this Surname Saturday post I had to review my BURNHAM lineages and count them up.  I had estimated that I had half dozen lines from the BURNHAM brothers who immigrated to America in the 1630s.  I was wrong.  After combing through the family tree I counted up eight Burnham lineages from just two of the three brothers (supposedly brothers - see the note below)!

If you are interested in tangled colonial lines then this post is for you.  The tiny town of Essex, Massachusetts (formerly known as the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich) has very few surnames in its lists of vital records.  In the 1820 census, there were 43 different surnames in Essex, but the six most common were BURNHAM, ANDREWS, LOW, STORY, CHOATE and COGSWELL, which account for half of the 1820 census.  You will see all six of these surnames often in my family tree.   This lineage starts in the 1630s and stays in Ipswich and Essex right down to my mother, who was born in Ipswich.

Last Christmas I met David H. Burnham, a trustee of the New England Historic Genealogical society, and also a descendant of the Chebacco Parish (Essex) BURNHAMs.  He told me that he was one of a half dozen BURNHAMs in his Essex kindergarten class, and that there was a saying in Essex “If you aren’t a BURNHAM or an ANDREWS, there must be a STORY!”     
         
My Burnham genealogy:

Hold onto your hat!  There are eight lineages of BURNHAMS here, all ancestors of my maternal grandfather, Stanley Elmer Allen (1904 - 1982):

According to the book The Burnham Family: Or Genealogical Records of the Descendants of the Four Emigrants of the Name, Three Burnham brothers arrived on the ship Angel Gabriel with the other passengers, and made their way to Ipswich (Chebacco Parish) in Massachusetts.  Their kinship is not clear.

Generation 1:   Speculation:  Robert Burnham, born about 1581 in Norwich, England; married Mary Andrews.  She was born about 1585 and died about 1635 in Norwich.   The three sons who came on the ship Angel Gabriel are John, Thomas and Robert.  The captain of the ship was supposed to be their maternal uncle, Captain Robert Andrews.  The kinship of the three Burnham men has not been proven to be brothers, but it is clear they were close kin.

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Deacon John Burnham, born about 1616 in England, died 5 November 1694 in the Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts; married Mary Unknown.

Generation 3: John Burnham, born about 1650 in Ipswich, died 11 January 1708 in Ipswich; married about 1677 to Sarah (Graves?). 

Generation 4: John Burnham, born about 1685, died 24 November 1749 in Ipswich; married as his third wife to Anne Choate on 21 October 1710 in Ipswich.  She was the daughter of Thomas Choate and Mary Varney, born 22 May 1691 in Ipswich, died 15 August 1739 in Ipswich.

Generation 5: Jeremiah Burnham, born about 1716 in Ipswich, died 1760; married on 2 December 1736 to Abigail Andrews, daughter of John Andrews and Elizabeth Story.

Generation 6:  Abigail Burnham, born 12 April 1741 in Ipswich; married 24 November 1763 in Ipswich to Isaac Allen, son of William Allen and Mary Ingalls. He was baptized 3 August 1740 in Ipswich.

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
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)

Lineage B:

Generation 2:  Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, born 1623 in Norwich, England, died 19 June 1694 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich; married about 1643 to Mary Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobus.  She was baptized on 10 April 1625 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and died 27 March 1715 in Ipswich.

Generation 3: John Burnham, born 1648 and died 12 January 1704 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 6 June 1668 to  Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Thomas Wells and Abigail Warner.  She was born 31 July 1646 in Ipswich and died 9 June 1731. I descend from three of John’s children: John, Thomas and David.

Lineage B1:

Generation 4: John Burnham, born 8 April 1671 in Ipswich, died October 1706 in Ipswich; married on 13 April 1693 in Ipswich to Sarah Choate, daughter of John Choate and Ann Unknown.

Generation 5: John Burnham, born 8 April 1693, his father’s birthday, in Ipswich; married on 20 October 1722 in Ipswich to Rachel Smith.

Generation 6: Dorothy Burnham, born about 1737 in the Chebacco Parish, died 7 April 1789 in Ipswich; married on 3 April 1761 to Abner Poland.

Generation 7:  Abner Poland, jr. m. Sarah Burnham
Generation 8: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham
Generation 9: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage B2:

Generation 4: Thomas Burnham born 30 September 1673 in Ipswich, died 16 December 1748; married on 30 September 1700 in Ipswich to Susannah Boardman.  She was born 5 April 1681 and died 1748.

Generation 5: Stephen Burnham, born about 1715 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 1790 probably in Milford, New Hampshire; married on 16 August 1735 in Ipswich to Mary Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews and Mary Smith.

Generation 6: Colonel Joshua Burnham, born 26 January 1754 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, died 7 June 1835 in Milford, New Hampshire; married on 21 January 1779 to Jemima Wyman, daughter of Increase Wyman and Catherine Unknown.

Generation 7: Jemima Burnham, born 9 May 1793 (twin to Thomas Burnham) in Milford, New Hampshire, died 5 August 1868 in South Boston, Massachusetts; married on 22 November 1810 in Boston to Romanus Emerson, son of John Emerson and Katherine Eaton.  He was born 1 September 1782 in Townsend, Massachusetts, died 10 October 1852 in South Boston.

Generation 8: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
Generation 9: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen (see above)

Lineage B3:

Generation 4: David Burnham, born 20 October 1688, died 2 February 1770; married on 2 July 1711 to Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Sparks. She was born 18 March 1691 in Ipswich.  I descend from two of their sons, David and Westley.

Lineage B3a:

Generation 5: David Burnham, born 17 June 1714 in Ipswich, died 27 December 1802 in Ipswich; married on 25 September 1734 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Benjamin Marshall and Bethiah Goodhue.  She was born in 1715 and died 15 November 1801 in Ipswich.

Generation 6: Amos Burnham, born 13 July 1735 in Ipswich, died 28 November 1788 when he drowned in Chebacco Pond; married on 27 January 1757 in Ipswich to Sarah Giddings, daughter of Thomas Giddings and Martha Smith.

Generation 7: Judith Burnham, born 14 January 1782 in Essex, died 26 October 1848 in Essex; married on 5 April 1799 in Ipswich to Joseph Allen, son of Isaac Allen and Abigail Burnham (see above)

Lineage B3b:

Generation 5: Westley Burnham, born October 1719, died 28 June 1797; married on 10 November 1743 to Deborah Story, daughter of Zachariah Story and Rachel Andrews.  She was born in 1723 and died 24 November 1821.  I descend from two of their children: Westley and Sarah Burnham.

Generation 6: Westley Burnham, born 27 August 1747 in Chebacco Parish, died 1 September 1835; married Molly Woodbury, daughter of Robert Woodbury and Hannah Preston/Presson.  She was born 29 July 1749 in Beverly, Massachusetts, died 27 April 1830 in Essex.  I descend from two of their sons, Asa and Henry.

Lineage B3bi:

Generation 7:  Asa Burnham, born 9 September 1778, died 23 May 1850; married on 24 December 1801 in Ipswich to Polly Bray, daughter of Humphrey Bray and Molly Herrick.  She was born about October 1779 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

Generation 8: Lydia W. Burnham, born 19 September 1802 in Essex, died 5 September 1864 in Essex; married on 29 March 1823 in Essex to Samuel Mears, son of Alexander Mears and Martha Poland.  He was born about 1798 in Essex and died 28 August 1879 in Essex.

Generation 9: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham, daughter of Henry Burnham and Sally Poland (see below)

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage B3bii:

Generation 8:  Henry Burnham born 23 June 1783 in Essex, died 1 July 1867 in Essex; married on 2 May 1805 in Essex to Sally Poland, daughter of Abner Poland and Sarah Burnham (1stcousins) (see above)

Generation 9: Sarah Ann Burnham, born 23 October 1821, died 23 January 1848 in Hamilton, Massachusetts; married on 20 April 1844 in Essex to Samuel Mears (see above)

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For more information on the BURNHAM family:

The Burnham Family: Or the Genealogical Records of the Descendants of the Four Emigrants of the Name, who were among the early settlers in America, by Roderick Henry Burnham, Hartford, Connecticut, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869. (available to read online at Google books)

There are many articles on the Connecticut BURNHAM family (no known relation) in The American Genealogist and The Connecticut Nutmegger, but no one has written about the Essex County BURNHAMs.  There are many articles and books on some of the allied families (CHOATE, WALLIS, MARSHALL, COGSWELL, etc.which mention BURNHAM marriages and list the BURNHAM children of these marriages, which is very helpful.  The vital records of Ipswich, Essex, Gloucester and Hamilton are very good, but the tendency of the BURNHAMS to recycle first names such as John, Thomas and David make it very confusing. 

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http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/surname-saturday-burnham-of-chebacco.html


Copyright 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Would you like to contribute to the Honor Roll Project for Memorial Day?

May 19, 2014, 3:00 am
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Nashua, New Hampshire World War II Honor Roll

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 Memorial Day, and I will also make those posts permanently available on the page link “HonorRoll 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 May I publicize the project for Memorial Day, and again every November for Veteran’s / Armistice Day.   Eventually I would like to see project evolve into its own website.

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. 

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


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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mary Munroe and Jonathan Clough, Peabody, Massachusetts

May 20, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts.


MARY MUNROE
wife of
Jonathan C. Clough
Died
Feb. 4, 1888
AEt. 78 yrs.


JONATHAN C. CLOUGH
DIED
Mar. 2, 1877
AEt, 66 years

Mary Munroe is my first cousin four generations removed.  Her father, Isaac Munroe (1785 - 1822) was the brother to my 3rd great grandfather, Luther Simonds Munroe (1805 - 1851).  Mary was born 30 November 1808 in Danvers, Massachusetts and died 4 February 1888 in Peabody.  She married Jonathan C. Clough on 5 June 1836 in Danvers.

Jonathan C. Clough was the son of Stephen Clough and Betsey Carr.  He was born 16 December 1810 in Weare, New Hampshire and died 2 March 1877 in Peabody.  He was listed as a tanner in the 1850 census and as working in a morocco factory in the 1870 census.  Peabody was known as the "Leather City", and morocco is a fine leather used in book binding.  

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ The Cat Doctor

May 21, 2014, 3:00 am
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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly, usually of weather vanes in the Nutfield, New Hampshire area, but sometimes they can be from anywhere. Occasionally they are elsewhere in New England, or very historical weather vanes from anywhere else. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weathervanes, too!  Today's weathervane was photographed in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #156? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!



Today's weather vane was photographed on the Merritt Parkway in Nashua, New Hampshire.  I was driving to my dentist, and this building was right next door.  I've been by here many, many times, but never noticed this unusual white weather vane.  This is only the second cat weather vane I've seen.  It seems that dogs and horses are much more popular pets for weather vanes than cats, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for more!

The Cat Doctor of Nashua - http://www.catdoctors.com/

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

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The Manchester Millyard ... the Biggest Permanent Lego Installation in the World!

May 22, 2014, 2:55 am
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The basement of 200 Bedford Street in Manchester, New Hampshire houses the Millyard Museum operated by the Manchester Historic Association.  If you are a local history buff there is another sight in the same building you don't want to miss.  The SEE Science Center is located on the fourth floor, a family space for exploring science and engineering.  Inside the SEE is the world's largest permanent Lego installation representing a huge version of Manchester's Amoskeag Millyard.  This Lego project was made out of over three million Lego bricks by a force of volunteers over several years, 2004 to 2006.  All the bricks are regular Legos that are available to anyone, none were specially made for the project.

Workers leaving the Amoskeag main gate

The Lego Millyard Project portrays the year 1900, complete with buildings, bridges and canals that no longer exist.  The mini Manchester also has over 8,000 mini figures, all in appropriate costume representing millworkers, towns people, construction crews, pedestrians and other characters. If you look carefully you will see many little stories being played out in the scene.  I found robbers breaking into a bank, a politician paying off two cops in an alleyway, a mill worker with a broom chasing a rat in the weaving room, and a barbershop quartet.  If you go to visit, tell me what other little jokes and stories you see in the Lego Millyard.

Manchester City Hall

I was told that if all the Lego bricks in this project were lined up, they would reach from Manchester to Boston and all the way back!  That is a distance of about 55 miles each way.

This historic bridge must have taken a lot of engineering to replicate in Lego bricks!
At its peak the Amoskeag Millyard in Manchester employed over 17,000 people and was the largest millyard in the world.  The millyard started in 1826 with the Bell Mill producing textiles, and was expanded with more manufacturing, boarding houses, stores and canals.  The Merrimack River supplied the power for everything, as trains brought in the raw cotton and wool and left with finished cloth and textiles.  The water power ran the looms, foundries and machine shops. On Christmas Eve 1935 the Amoskeag Manufacturing company declared bankruptcy and closed its doors, plunging the city into the darkest days of the depression.

Rows of boarding houses behind the manufacturing mills

Today the millyard is used by local businesses, universities, radio and television stations, restaurants, offices and even luxury condominiums and apartments. One of the entrepreneurs who based his business here was Dean Kamen.  The SEE museum was founded by Kamen, and his additional connections with the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) organization, the Lego company and with hundreds of volunteers led to the creation of the Lego Millyard Project.  You may know Dean Kamen as the inventor of the Segway, and the creator of many medical devices and water purification units that have changed the lives of people around the world.


These coalyards, smokestacks and train station are no longer standing in Manchester. 

Pine Island Park is no longer an amusement park on the trolley line,
but it exists today as city parkland on the banks of the Merrimack River.
Tiny Lego millworkers and their families enjoy the parks
and open air markets in this miniature version of Manchester. 

This mill has open sides so you can see the millworkers at work in the weaving and spinning rooms

If you look closely you might see a familiar scene replicated here in Lego bricks.
This famous photo shows the largest American Flag ever made
at the Amoskeag Mills in 1914


This book is available in the giftshop
of the SEE museum, and it describes the 
entire Lego Millyard Project with stories
and photographs. 



The Lego Millyard Project   http://www.see-sciencecenter.org/visitors/millyard-project.aspx

A video tour of the Lego Millyard Project   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6PXpRY7VcA

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Surname Saturday ~ ANDREWS of Essex, Massachusetts (Ipswich’s Chebacco Parish)

May 24, 2014, 3:00 am
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Ipswich, Massachusetts town seal
(see the story below for an explanation)

ANDREWS

Here is another ancestor from whom I descend from three sons.  It is a tangled lineage (scroll to the bottom for genealogy information.

Lieutenant John Andrews was born about 1620 in England.  His parentage is unknown.  Also, there are many Andrews families in Ipswich in the 1600s, and it is unknown if Lt. John was related to Captain Robert Andrews.   He was granted 8 acres of land for his service during the Pequot War in 1637.  He lived “in the part of Ipswich which in 1679 was organized as Chebacco Parish and in 1819 incorporated as the town of Essex, Mass.” [NEHGS Register, Volume 70 (1916) page 103]

Lt. John Andrews was a house carpenter and farmer by trade, and also served in several town offices.  He also participated in the unusual Ipswich tax rebellion of 1687.  “…the inhabitants of Ipswich in 1687 resisted the order of Sir Edmund Andros [no relation] and his council for levying a tax on the King’s subjects… John Andrews was at that time chairman of the selectmen of Ipswich, and John Appleton was town clerk.  They, with John Wise, the minister, and others, called a meeting, at which the command of the Governor to choose a commissioner to assist in assessing the tax was discussed; and at the town meeting the next day (23 Aug.) the town considered that by the laws of England it was enacted “that no Taxes should be Levied upon the Subjects without consent of an Assembly chosen by the Freeholders.”  For this act of the town Mr. Wise, John Andrews, John Appleton, William Goodhue, Robert Kinsman, and Thomas French were arrested, brought before the court at Boston, and tried.. [and found guilty]  This act of resistance has been called “the foundation of American Democracy” and was the beginning of those events which eighty-eight years later culminated in the Revolutionary War.  It is commemorated in the seal of the town of Ipswich, which bears the motto “The Birthplace of American Independence 1687” [NEGHS Register, Volume 70 (1916), page 103]

Of all the men mentioned above, I descend from Lt. John Andrews, William Goodhue and Robert Kinsman.  I also descend from John Proctor of Ipswich, who was hung as a witch in 1692.  Lt. John Andrews and his four sons, along with many Ipswich men, signed a petition in support of John Proctor and his wife during their trials in Salem.  The petition was unsuccessful, and John Proctor was hung, although his wife escaped execution because she was pregnant.

Of John Andrews’ four sons, I descend from William, Thomas and Joseph.

Generation 1:  John Andrews, born about 1620 in England, died 20 April 1708 in the Chebacco Parish; married about 1645 to Jane Jordan, daughter of Stephen Jordan and Susannah Unknown.  She was born about 1622 in England and died after 1705 in the Chebacco Parish.  Five children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: William Andrews, born 1649 in the Chebacco Parish, died 7 February 1716/7 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 20 October 1672 in Ipswich to Margaret Woodward, daughter of Ezekiel Woodward and Anne Beamsley.  She was born 24 February 1655 in Boston and died 22 May 1716 in Scarborough, Maine.  Twelve children.

Generation 3: John Andrews, born 2 February 1676 in Ipswich, died 25 March 1753 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 11 January 1706 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Story, daughter of Seth Story and Elizabeth Cross.

Generation 4: Abigail Andrews married 2 December 1736 in Ipswich to Jeremiah Burnham, son of John Burnham and Ann Choate.

Generation 5: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen
Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews (see below)
Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears
Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maud Batchelder
Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Thomas Andrews, born about 1654 in the Chebacco Parish, died 22 March 1718/9 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 9 February 1681 to March Belcher, daughter of Jeremiah Belcher and Mary Lockwood.  She was born 21 July 1660 and died on 31 March 1731 in Ipswich.

Generation 3: Thomas Andrews, born 1682 in Ipswich, died 13 February 1746 in Ipswich; married on 8 April 1711 in Ipswich to Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Unknown.  She was born 27 September 1685 in Ipswich, and died 31 March 1731 in Ipswich.  Thomas Andrews married second to Rebecca Cole.

Generation 4: Mary Andrews, born about 1712 in Ipswich; married on 16 August 1735 in Ipswich to Stephen Burnham, son of Thomas Burnham and Susannah Boardman.  He was born about 1715 and died 1790 in Milford, New Hampshire. Thirteen children.

Generation 5: Colonel Joshua Burnham m. Jemima Wyman
Generation 6: Jemima Burnham m. Romanus Emerson
Generation 7: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
Generation 8: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder
Generation 9: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage C:

Generation 2: Joseph Andrews, born 1657 in the Chebacco Parish, died between 13 February and 5 March 1724/5 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 16 February 1680/1 in the Chebacco Parish to Sarah Ring, daughter of Daniel Ring/Rindge and Mary Kinsman.  She was born 17 August 1659 in Ipswich and died after 1714.

Generation 3: John Andrews, born 1 June 1691 in the Chebacco Parish, died October 1762 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 6 December 1716 in Gloucester to Elizabeth Wallis, daughter of James Wallis and Martha Stanford.  She was born about 25 February 1694 in Beverly, died before 7 November 1757 in Ipswich.  John married second to Margaret Crafts on 7 November 1757.

Generation 4: John Andrews, born 1717, died 3 May 1779 in Ipswich; married on 1 March 1747/8 in Ipswich to Martha Cogswell, daughter of John Cogswell and Sarah Brown.  She was born 1 January 1719 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 23 December 1809 in Ipswich.  John had been previously married to Mary Burnham on 5 January 1741/2.

Generation 5: James Andrews, born 13 November 1763 in the Chebacco Parish, died 19 October 1857; married on 15 July 1788 in Ipswich to Lucy Presson, daughter of William Presson and Abigail Sargent.  She was born in May 1763 in Gloucester and died 5 September 1852 in Essex, Massachusetts. Ten chlldren.

Generation 6:  Orpha Andrews, born 3 February 1804 in the Chebacco Parish, died 20 April 1869 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 28 October 1824 in Essex to Joseph Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Judith Burnham.  He was born 31 July 1801 in the Chebacco Parish, and died 2 August 1894 in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Generation 7: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears (see above)

For more information on Lt. John Andrews:

The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts by Betty Andrews Storey, 2009 on CD ROM

New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 70 (1916), page 102-103

also
The Will of Lieut. John Andrews
" In the name of God, Amen, in the thirteenth Day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred adn five, I John Androse, Senior of Sebacco in Ipswich of ye Countie of Essex within ye province of Massachusetts being in New england yeoman being at this time of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god; But calling unto mind ye mortallity of my body and knowing yt it is appointe for men once to Dye. Do make and ordine This my Last will and Testament-that is to say principally and first of all. I give and Recommend My Soul is not yet in the handes of god yet give it and my body I Recommend to ye Earth, to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Descression of my Executors; nothing Doubting but At ye Genneral Resserection I shall receive ye same againe by ye mighty power of god, and As touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this Life. I give Demise and Dispose of ye same in the following manner and forme.
Imprimis. I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jn Androse ye sum of five shillings to be levied out of my Estate adn paid by my executor unto him after my Desease allso Confirming to him what I have alred given him by Deed of Gifte. -
Item. I give adn bequeath to my second son William Androuse one fourthe part of my whole esstate both land or march which I have not allred given away by Deed of gift and allso al my moveable Estate according to a true Inventory threof taken. What shall Remaine to be clear Estate after my funeral Expenses and just Debts are paid, I freely give my Son William androse one fourth part there of only I do herebyu oblige him to pay one fourth part of ye charges of maintaning my Wife So long as Shje shall live after my Decease and when it shall please god to take her Away by Death I do hereby oblige him to pay one fourth part of ye charges of a decent funerall unto her.
Item I give adn bequeathe to my Son Thomas androse one fourth part of my whole Estate both lands or marsh and al other Estate which shall be cleare according to inventory after my funerqall expenses and just Debts are paid onely I do Here by oblige him to Pay one fourth part of ye charges in maintaining my wife so long as she shall live after my Decease and to pay one fourth part of ye charges of Her funerall when God shall please to take her away by Death.
Item. I given and bequeth unto Elizabeth my Daughter wife of James Giddinge one fourth part of my whole Estate both Real and personal as landes marsh or any other Estate according to inventory as shal appear to be clear after my funerall expenses and just Debts Are paid onely I oblige her to pay one fourth part of ye charges for maintaining my funerall expenses and just Debts Are paid onely I oblige her to pay one fourth part of ye charges fo maintaining my Wife So long as she shall live after my Decese and to pay one fourth part of ye charges of her funerall when god shall please to Deprive her of her Naturall lifed allso, I do hereby order and Desire yt my Wife shall Dwell with my Daughter Elizabeth giddinge after my Decease so long as she lives; (further more I do hereby order ordaine and appoint my Trusty friend William Gidding of Sebacco Cordwinder to be my soule executor of this my Last Will and Tesstamernt. ) and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revok and Disanull all and Everry other former testaments Willes legacyes and bequestes adn executors by me in any wayes before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other be my last Will and testaments in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale by Day and year above written."
John Andrews "Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared byye same Jn Androsuse Seniour as his Last Will and testament in ye presentes of us subscribers.
Witnesses: Nathaniel Goodhue, Job Giddings, Solomon Giddings
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Concord, New Hampshire Military Honor Roll- World War II, Korea and Vietnam

May 26, 2014, 3:00 am
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This military honor roll is located on the lawn of the New Hampshire State Capitol Building in Concord, New Hampshire.  The names have been transcribed to make it easier for descendants, family and friends to find them on the internet.  Twice a year, for Memorial Day and for Veteran's Day, genealogy bloggers photograph and transcribe these honor rolls and publish them on the internet.




THESE OUR HEROIC DEAD
WORLD WAR II

Everett P. Abar
Earl K. Allen
John W. Angwin
William P. Anton
Stanley W. Ash
Bradley L. Baker, Jr.
Robert R. Bean
Arthur E. Beauchaine, Jr.
Evert C. Benson
Lawrence E. Blodgett
Alvin E. Boggis
Clyde Bolton
John D. Boudreau
Edward H. Brook, Jr.
Frank R. Browning, Jr.
Lawrence S. Cailler
Albert W. Chase
Arvin B. Colby
Alston P. Couch
Leo J. Cournoyer
Alphonse P. DiCicco
Kenneth B. Drew
Marcel DuPont
Nelson J. Dyer
Stanley E. Ekstrom
Royal G. Ford
Joseph E. Forest
Guy W. Gowen
Robert B. Griffith
Gerald M. Hall
Leigh S. Hall, Jr.
Winthrop L. Hartshorn
Daniel F. Hayes
Francis X. Keane
F. Hamilton Kibbee
Daniel F. King
John W. Madden
Charles A. Manchester, Jr.


IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS CITY
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY
TO PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS OF HUMANITY
1941  WORLD WAR II  1945
1950  KOREA  1953
1958  VIETNAM  1975

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF CONCORD
NOVEMBER 11, 1953

VIETNAM
Ronald D. Roach
Everett P. Runnells
Thomas J. Saltmarsh
Michael J. Saunders
Gerald C. Seybold
Douglas E. Stover
Allan F. Sullivan
Gary C. Towle
Arthur E. Demers, Jr.
Philip G. Desmarais
William R. Douilllette, Jr.
Edward F. Eratus
Ronald E. Olson
Kenneth W. Orton, Jr.
Ernest G. Path
Wayne T. Provencher



IN ETERNAL GLORY REST

[World War II Continued]

John R. McCauley
Russell B. McGirr
Arhtur R. McKay
John A. Minichiello
Cylde L. Morrill
Robert M. Mullen
Arnold B. Murphy
Raymond A. Nantelle
Robert A. Ouellette
Leighton G. Paige
Raymond J. Paveglio
Leonard W. Peirce
Thomas M. Pitts
Leroy H. Pratz
Arhtur L. Racine
Robert W. Reed
Robert F. Rogers
Libero V. Rufo
Edward J. Ryan
Walter H. Sargent
Joseph F. Shepard
Raymond H. Stevens
William K. Stevens
J. Byron Stewart
James E. Taylor
Chester E. Tippett
Benjamin R. Toland
Maurice A. Venne
Carol E. Whittier
William Wong

KOREA
Kenneth M. Brown
Gordon R. LeMay
Leon H. Lapointe
Earney A. Mayo, Jr.
Norman A. Riddle
Joseph W. Troy
Leigh M. Wentworth, Jr.



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2014 Memorial Day Honor Roll Project Contributions

May 26, 2014, 6:13 pm
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World War II Honor Roll, Concord, NH

The Honor Roll project collects transcriptions of the names of the veterans on military honor rolls seen in parks, schools, public buildings, books and other places all over the USA and abroad.  You can read the complete list at this link:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/honor-roll-project.html

Or you can see them at this Pinterest board

http://www.pinterest.com/geneabloggers/military-honor-rolls/

Twice a year, for Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day, genealogy bloggers photograph and transcribe these honor rolls, and publish them on the internet.   The act of transcribing these names makes them available to be found by search engines such as Google, Mocavo and others.  Family members searching for genealogical or military information on relatives, ancestors or friends will be able to see the honor rolls, read the names, and learn about their family’s military history.

It is a simple, easy project.  However, it brings unexpected joy to searchers who did not know their ancestors were in the military, or did not know the specific military history, or sometimes they did not even know the town where their ancestors lived.  Seeing their family member’s name on an honor roll can be the beginning of finding more genealogy data, military records and historical information.

Eventually I would like to see this list of honor roll transcriptions on a new website.  Any volunteers for this project?

Here are this year’s contributions  (in no particular order):

Rodney Cemetery Cenotaph, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bgwiehle/can-usa/cemeteries/rodney-cenotaph.htm

Abington, Rockland and Whitman, Massachusetts at the Dyer Memorial Library Honor Roll, French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, contributed by librarian Merlyn Liberty
http://www.dyerlibrary.org/honorroll.html

Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon, Korean War, contributed by Theresa Keough
http://keoughcorner.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-oregon-korean-war-veterans-memorial.html

Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Vietnam, contributed by Charlie Purvis
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2014/05/honor-roll-project-chesterfield-county.html

Lowell, Massachusetts ~ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors mustered out of Lowell, a transcription project by the Lowell Genealogy Club (thanks for the heads up from Barbara Poole)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/lowell.civil.war.soldiers.htm

Pocahontas, Virginia, World War II, Vietnam and Korea, contributed by Paula Williams
http://cousinsintheshadows.blogspot.com/2014/05/memorial-day-honor-roll-project.html

Horry County, South Carolina, Vietnam Honor Roll, contributed by Cheri Hudson Passey
http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/honor-roll-project-horry-countysc.html 

Polk County, Nebraska, Vietnam Honor Roll, contributed by Beth Sparrow
http://geniebeth.blogspot.com/2014/05/polk-county-nebraska-veterans-honor-roll.html

Military Honor Roll, Mercer County, Ohio, contributed by Karen Miller Bennett
http://www.karenmillerbennett.com/mercer-county-ohio/military-honor-roll-mercer-county-ohio/

Person County, North Carolina, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam, contributed by Judith Richards Shubert (she was VERY busy transcribing all these names!)
http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com/2014/05/for-honor-roll-project-at-nutfield.html  

Kittery, Maine, Civil War, contributed by Steve Dow
http://www.the27thmaine.com/blog/civil-war-monument-of-kittery-maine 

Wallingford, Connecticut, Civil War, contributed by John Tew
http://filiopietismprism.blogspot.com/2014/05/military-monday-heathers-honor-roll.html

Memorial Park, Frederick, Maryland, World War I contributed by Denise Coughlin
http://dencemeteryjourneys.blogspot.com/2014/05/military-week-2014-tuesday-memorial.html

Concord, New Hampshire, World War II, Korea and Vietnam, contributed by Heather Rojo
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/05/concord-new-hampshire-military-honor.html

Lime Creek Cemetery Civil War Memorial, Lime Creek, Lenawee County, Michigan, contributed by Carol A. Bowen Stevens
http://reflectionsfromthefence.blogspot.com/2014/05/remembering-lime-creek-cemetery.html

Center Moriches, Suffolk County (Long Island), New York, World War I and World War II, contributed by Jane E. Wilcox
http://www.4getmenotancestry.com/roll-of-honor-in-center-moriches-suffolk-county-long-island-new-york/

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Civil War, contributed by Polly Kimmett
http://pk-pollyblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-few-civil-war-dead-from-shrewsbury.html
also see this link
http://pk-pollyblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/civil-war-memorial-town-common.html

Woodbridge, New Jersey, World War II, contributed by Judy Russell
http://legalgenealogist.com/blog/2014/05/26/our-honored-dead/

Oakridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, Korean War Memorial contributed by Julie Cahill Tarr
http://genealogy.julietarr.com/blog/illinois-korean-war-memorial-oak-ridge-cemetery-springfield/

Bisbee, Arizona, World War II, contributed by Julie Cahill Tarr
http://genealogy.julietarr.com/blog/bisbee-arizona-wwii-memorial/


A supreme effort of transcription!
Brockton, Massachusetts, City Hall Honor Rolls of the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Firemen, Volunteers, and more, contributed by David McRae
http://genealogy-assistance.blogspot.com/2014/05/honor-roll-project-brockton-city-hall.html

Another wonderful blogger! Barbara Poole has 21 different blog posts with Honor Roll transcriptions.
Here are all her blog post links:

Westford, Massachusetts- Colonial Wars, 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/04/war-memorial-westford-massachusetts.html  

Westford, Massachusetts, Korea and Vietnam
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/02/westford-massachusetts-memorial.html

Westford, Massachusetts, World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/02/westford-massachusetts-world-war-ii.html

Concord, Massachusetts, Civil War
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/03/concord-massachusetts-civil-war-memorial.html  

Concord, Massachusetts, World War I
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/02/concord-massachusetts-memorial-world.html

Watertown, Massachusetts, World War I and World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/02/watertown-massachusetts-war-memorial.html

Watertown, Massachusetts, World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/01/watertown-massachusetts-world-war-ii.html

Amherst, New Hampshire, World War I
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2014/01/war-memorial-amherst-new-hampshire.html

Acton, Massachusetts, Spanish American War
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/10/acton-massachusetts-men-in-spanish.html

Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, World War I and World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/09/shelburne-falls-ma-town-monuments-and.html

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Revolutionary War
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/01/chelmsford-ma-war-memorial.html

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, World War I
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/05/world-war-i-monument-chelmsford-ma.html

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vietnam
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/05/chelmsford-ma-vietnam-memorial-and-park.html

Rockport, Massachusetts, World War I and World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2012/12/rockport-massachusetts.html

Bedford, Massachusetts, World War I
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2012/12/bedford-massachusetts-memorial.html

Simsbury, Connecticut, Revolutionary War
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2012/12/revolutionary-war-memorial-simsbury.html 

Sunapee, New Hampshire, World War II
http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2011/11/memorial-at-lake-sunapee-new-hampshire.html 




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Tombstone Tuesday ~ William Frederick Munroe, 1912, Peabody, Massachusetts

May 27, 2014, 3:00 am
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This tombstone was photographed at the Monumental Cemetery, Peabody, Massachusetts


WILLIAM FRED'K MUNROE
1864 - 1912
CLARA BAILEY, HIS WIFE
1868 - 1939

William Frederick Munroe is my first cousin three generations removed.  His father, William Calvin Munroe (1833 - 1891) is the brother of my 2nd great grandmother, Phebe Cross (Munroe) Wilkinson.  William Frederick was born 31 March 1864 in Peabody, and died 10 June 1912 in Peabody.  He married Clara Bailey Mansfield on 2 June 1892 in Salem, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of Edward Gelen Mansfield and Rebecca Stacey Breed, born 14 September 1868 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, died 25 March 1939 in Peabody.  William and Clara had nine children.

from Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts by Benjamin F. Arrington, Volume III, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922, page 137-138:

"William Frederick Munroe, son of William Calvin Munroe and his first wife, Adeline B. (Jones) Munroe, was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, March 31, 1864, there spent his life in honorable usefulness and died June 10, 1912.  He was educated in Peabody schools, and the Bryant and Stratton Business College, then began his business career with his father, founder of the express business which was son long known as the Munroe and Arnold Express Company.  At the death of his father, William C. Munroe, he succeeded him as head of the business and conducted it for the benefit of the Arnold estate.  In 1904 the Munroe and Arnold Express Company bought the old established express business of David Merritt, and in 1905 acquired the J. H.  Moulton Express Company of Salem, and both those companies were merged with the Munroe and Arnold Express company.  On September 1, 1905, the business was incorporated under the Massachusetts laws as the Munroe-Arnold-Merritt Express Company, William F. Munroe president, a position he held until his passing seven years later.
In civic affairs Mr. Munroe was the interested patriotic citizen.  In politics a Republican, he served as member of the party town committee for ten years; in 1896 was elected a trustee of Peabody Institute; member of the School Committee and chairman of the board until his death; and in 1910 represented Peabody in the Massachusetts Legislature.  He was held in the highest esteem by his townsmen, and at the spring election preceding his death he was re-elected to the School Committee to serve threee years.  He was a director of the Warren Five Cents Savings Bank, a member of the Investment Committee, and deeply interested in these duties as he was in all the business and other organizations with which he was connected.  He was a Master Mason of Jordan Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; a companion of Washington chapter, Royal Arch Masons; a sir kight of Winslow Lewis Commandery, Knights Templar, all of Salem; past noble grand of Holten Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a member of Abbott council, Order of United American Mechanics; Peabody Board of Trade; Danvers Gold Club; Colonial Club of Salem; and was active in the affairs of the Universalist church.
Mr. Munroe married, June 2, 1892, Clara Bailey Mansfield, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, September 14, 1869, daughter of Edward Galen and Rebecca Stacey (Breed) Mansfield, born January 15, 1841, died June 8, 1889, was a daughter of Captain Hubbard Breed an old time deep water master of ships.  Edward Mansfield was born April 14, 1813.  Clara (Bailey) Mansfield was born September 15, 1868.  Nine children were born to William F. and Clara Bailey (Mansfield) Munroe, sevn in Peabody and two in Salem.  1. Eleanor Vinton, born March 26, 1893, died October 18, 1897.  2. Ruth, born June 15, 1894, a graduate of the Massachusetts State Normal School at Framingham, 1915; married January 15, 1916, Charles H. Wentworh, and has two daughters Clara Munroe, born January 15, 1917, and Viginia Alan, born June 23, 1920.  3.  Alice Hubbard, born November 11, 1895, a graduate of Burdett College, class of 1915; married June 26, 1920, Samuel Oliver King.  4. Marjorie, born November 27, 1898, married February 9, 1915, Ralph K. Raymond, and has two children; John Munroe, born 19 July 1916, and Eleanor Wilson, born November 11, 1918.  5. Allen Breed, born March 11, 1900; he entered the United States service in March 1918, and was honorably discharged in September 1919.  he was in training at the United States Radio Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, prior to entering the service, being in teh navy.  He crossed the ocean three times and saw active service.  Since the war he attended Eastern Radio Institute at Boston, Massachusetts, as a student, is now a radio operator, first class, and has again crossed the ocean three times.  6. William Calvin, born May 20 , 1902, a  student at Brown University, class of 1923.  7.  Edward Mansfield, born March 9, 1904, a student at high school.  8. John Vinton, born August 6, 1905, a student at high school.   9. Frederick Galen, born July 4, 1910.  The family home was in Peabody, but a summer home was maintained in Salem many years.  Mrs. Clara Bailey (Mansfield) survives her husband, and continues her residence in Peabody, Massachusetts at No. 25 Orchard Street."

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Elegant Horse

May 28, 2014, 3:00 am
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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly, usually of weather vanes in the Nutfield, New Hampshire area, but sometimes they can be from anywhere. Occasionally they are elsewhere in New England, or very historical weather vanes from far away. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weathervanes, too!  Today's weathervane was photographed in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #157? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!





Today's weather vane was photographed at the Frye's Measure Mill in Wilton, New Hampshire.  This is one of my favorite, hidden spots in the Granite State.  It is a step back in time to the days when we measured things in bushels, pecks and gills.  A "measure" was a wooden container used to dole out, or collect, or store grains, foodstuffs, or other items.  The "measure mill" was a water powered building where pulleys and gears worked mechanical saws, lathes and equipment that made the wooden measures. You can tour the working measure mill here and visit the gift shop where the wooden measures, shaker boxes and other wooden items are still sold.  

The weather vane is a two dimensional running horse.  It's a very traditional vane for a very old fashioned and historic building.  The measure mill dates from about 1858.  

A previous blog post about this measure mill....
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/john-cragin-scots-prisoner-of-war-1651.html

Frye's Measure Mill website http://www.fryesmeasuremill.com/   

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

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On Hiatus (Sort of!)

May 29, 2014, 6:03 am
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This is my desktop computer.
Sad, isn't it?
It is living in the corner of my bedroom,
disassembled, tangled, abandoned
until my new office is ready.

For the next week or two there will be no posts from me except for updates live from the Southern California Genealogy Society 2014 Jamboree next weekend, and a few pre-published Tombstone Tuesday and Surname Saturday posts.  We had to take the desktop computer apart (again!  after moving it twice!) while my new office is being constructed.  Please be patient! Nutfield Genealogy will be up and running again soon, and I'll post a photo of my new office!

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Surname Saturday ~ CHOATE of Chebacco Parish (now Essex, Massachusetts)

May 31, 2014, 3:00 am
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CHOATE

My 9th great grandfather, John Choate, came to Massachusetts as an apprentice of Thomas Low at age 19 years old.  He settled at the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich about 1643.  He bought land from John Andrews on 27 September 1660 paid for “in cattle not over eight years old, in grain English and Indian, and partly in West India goods.”  After this transaction there were many land transactions in the Essex County deeds mentioning John Choate as a buyer, witness or seller.  It was all this land that caused his will to be contested by his heirs after his death. 

Estate of John Choate of Ipswich
Essex Probate Docket # 5348

Know all ye Christian people that I, Sargeant John Choat, of Ipswich in ye County of Essex in New England, being sick in body but of sound mind, do now make my last Will and Testament.
IMPRIMIS. I bequeath my soul to God by the merits of Christ and my body unto decent burial, and then dispose of my worldly estate, which God of his bounty hath given unto me in manner following, viz:
First. I give unto John Choate my eldest son. Half of my pasture where his new dwelling-house stands being about fifteen acres, viz. The said half with all the houses upon it with all stock I formerly possessed him of. Also give him the ploughing field commonly called "White's Field" containing about ten acres. Also I give him one half of my salt marsh at a place called "Thompson's Island" in Ipswich to him and his heirs forever.
Item . I give unto my son Samuel Choate, all that housing and land I bought of Mr. Bishop, where he the said Samuel Choate now lives, reserving only three acres of land within the field of said land for my son Benjamin, and the said Benjamin dying before he comes of age, the said three acres shall revert to Samuel or his heirs.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph all my own living lands and ploughing grounds, and half of the salt marsh I have at "Thompson's Island" only reserving four acres of said half for my son Benjamin and said Benjamin dying before he is of age, said four acres shall revert unto Joseph to him and his heirs. And if the said Benjamin and Joseph shall die before they are of age, then said land and meadow shall be equally divided between the male heirs of my family then surviving.
Item. I have given my daughter Margaret Fitts upwards of three score pounds in current pay of merchants, which I have given her and I do now give and ratify unto her and her heirs as her portion.
Item. I do give and bequeath unto my daughter, Sarah Choate three score pounds in current pay of the merchants and I constitute my dear and beloved wife, Ann Choate, and she shall be my sole executrix and I do give and bequeath unto her all the rest of my estate of money chattels, debts and demands.

In witness whereof I have set my hand set my hand and seal this seventh day of December 1691.

John Choate, Sen.
Signed and sealed before us,
John Wise
Andrew Browne


Objection to the Will
1696-7, March 15, John Chote enters cossion to ye Honoured Judg of probate of wills that whereas I having matter of waight to offer that my fathers Will may not be approbated while I have opportunity to alleadg against it as witness my hand.

John Chote
The heirs of John Choate, Sr., in setting aside his last will, state themselves as follows:
Whereas by the Will of John Choate deceased there are several parcels of lands & estate settled upon John his eldest son & Samuel & Joseph & Benjamin, yet, Thomas notwithstanding what has been given him in a deed of gift is not mentioned, nor confirmed in said will. John accounting his part short of a double portion, the rest not being well satisfied especially Anne, the relict of John Choate. Therefore it is mutually agreed by all said parties, namely Anne the said mother of said children & John, Thomas & Samuel for themselves and said Anne in behalf of herself & Benjamin & Thomas in behalf of himself and as guardian to said Joseph with the said Anne & Joseph & Benjamin consenting for themselves, that the estate given to any of them per deed of said children shall be as follows viz:

The Agreement
Imprimis. That said Anne during her natural life shall have and enjoy all the moveables & estate given her by Will, also the half of all housing her late husband died seized and possessed of, and half the orchard & one third of all tillage land and pasture and meadow ground her said husband died seized and possessed of, and until her son Benjamin come to commence Bachelor of Arts said Anne shall receive of Joseph, after he comes of age, one half of the income or produce of the other two thirds for to help bring up said Benjamin to and at the said College to the time prefixed, but if he die before then the said widow to have only the use of her half of the house and half of the barn and half the orchard and one third part of said tillage land, pasture and meadow ground & the said widow shall have the use of the whole, that is to say, the other two thirds till Joseph comes of age, that said estate shall be paid to Benjamin's guardian, that he shall choose for bringing him up as aforesaid, and if Anne die before Benjamin comes of age, the said Joseph shall pay six pounds current money yearly, until said Benjamin commence Bachelor of Arts or might have done, if he had remained at the University as before to his guardian.
Item. It is agreed that what said Anne hath in her hands undisposed of: her son John shall have a double part and all the rest of her sons equal parts, and it is agreed if any land be sold for the bringing up of Benjamin, it shall be the ten acres, or part of it, that is the pasture land lying betwixt Capt. Goodhues land and John Choate's land said John Choate shall have it giving as much as another will give, and if the said land be sold as aforesaid then Joseph shall have Benjamin's land given him by will except the three acres reserved for Samuel as his deed mentions.
Further it is mutually agreed that the said John Choate, the eldest son of John Choate, deceased, shall have all the housing and lands and stock given by deed of gift and confirmed by will without any right of dowry.
Further, it is mutually agreed that Samuel Choate shall have all the housing and lands & stock given him by deed of gift & (note) without any right of dowry.
Further, it is mutually agreed that Thomas Choate shall have all the housing and lands given him by deed of gift and not confirmed by Will without any right of dowry.
Further is mutually agreed that Joseph during his brother's life, and his brother Benjamin's education, as before mentioned, when he comes of age and after he comes of age during his mother's life & during his brother's education, as before inserted, shall have and enjoy all the housing lands and meadows as by his father's Will and afterwards forever.
Further - it is mutually agreed that Benjamin shall receive the yearly income of his brother Joseph's land till he comes of age, and other payments as before inserted until he Commences Bachelor of Arts or might have done it, if he remained at his learning, and the land given him by his father's will may be sold for the bringing to and at the College if need be, and if Joseph or Benjamin or both decease before they come of age of twenty one years, and land that shall then remain unsold shall be divided to the brothers viz: To John a double, and to each other male heir of said Choate's children a single share and if sold to have it forever.
It is further agreed and each doth for themselves and in behalf forever a quit claim make each other, and their respective heirs and assigns of all the estate real and personal of said John Choate, deceased estate, giving and granting to each the respective share inserted to have and to hold to them as it is prefixed to them without let or hindrance, molestation or interruption, suit or demand of us ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators or assigns.
In Testimony hereof we have affixed our hands and seals this 14th day of May Anno Domino 1697.

(Signed)
Anne Choate (seal)
John Choate (seal)
Samuel Choate (seal)
Thomas Choate (seal)
Anne Choate (seal)
as guardian for Joseph & Benjamin Choate


For more information:
The Choates in America: John Choate and His Descendants, 1643-1896, by E.O. Jameson, Boston, 1896.

My Choate genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Choate, born about 1624 in Groton, Boxford, Colchester, England, died 4 December 1695 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married about 1660 to Ann Unknown.  She died 16 February 1727 in Ipswich.  Eight children.

Lineage A:

Generation 2: Thomas Choate, born about 1671, died 31 March 1745 in Ipswich; married about 1690 in Ipswich to Mary Varney, daughter of Thomas Varney and Abigail Proctor.  She was born in 1669 and died 19 November 1733 in Ipswich.  Thomas Choate married second to Mary Ayer and third to Hannah Burnham. 

Generation 3:  Anne Choate, born 22 May 1691 in Ipswich, died 15 August 1739 in Ipswich; married on 21 October 1710 in Ipswich to John Burnham, son of John Burnham and Sarah Graves.  He was born about 1685 and died 24 November 1749 in Ipswich.  He was also married to Elizabeth Porter.

Generation 4: Jeremiah Burnham m. Abigail Andrews.
Generation 5: Abigail Burnham m.  Isaac Allen
Generation 6: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
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)

Linage B:

Generation 1: Sarah Choate, born about 1672, died June 1746; married on 13 April 1693 in Ipswich to John Burnham, son of John Burnham and Elizabeth Wells.  He was born 8 April 1671 in Ipswich and died in October 1706 in Ipswich.  Eleven children.

Generation 2: John Burnham m. Rachel Smith
Generation 3: Dorothy Burnham m. Abner Poland
Generation 4: Abner Poland m. Sarah Burnham
Generation 5: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham
Generation 6: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 7: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen
Generation 8: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder
Generation 9: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Rev. William Homes and wife, Katherine Craighead, Chilmark, Massachusetts

June 3, 2014, 3:00 am
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These gravestones were photographed at the Abel's Hill Cemetery, Chilmark, Massachusetts, pn the island of Martha's Vineyard by my sister Laurel Wilkinson, and her friend Kate Fournier.  They used an iPad to get these photos, which came out terrific considering the great age of the tombstones.  Genealogy blogger Barbara Poole, at "Life from the Roots"uses an iPad for her fantastic photography, too.  I was able to very clearly read the epitaphs on these photos so I could transcribe them below.  Someday I'd like to visit this cemetery, which my sister reports is full of names from our family tree, like MAYHEW and DAGGETT.




In MEMORY of
the Reverend learned
emenently prudent &
pious Mr.  William Homes
the pastor of the Church
of Christ in Chilmark
who departed this life
June ye 27th 1746 in ye
83rd year of his age.



HERE LIES
BURIED THE BODY OF
KATHERINE HOMES
THE VERY PIOUS RELICT OF THE
REVEREND MR WILLIAM HOMES 
LATE DECEASED WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE TO A BETTER. 
APRIL YE 10TH 1754
IN YE 82ND YEAR OF
HER AGE.

William Homes and Katherine Craighead are my 9th great grandparents.  The Reverend Homes was born in 1663 in Donaghmore, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.  He was pastor of the church at Chilmark, on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.  His wife, Katherine Craighead, was the daugher of another Ulster Presbyterian minister from Northern Ireland, the Reverend Robert Craighead.

Don't you love the great use of adjectives on these two tombstones?  The Homes family, or perhaps their congregation, must have been quite wealthy to pay for all the extra adjectives carved onto Rev. William Homes's epitaph.

Click here to read my "Surname Saturday" blog posts on these families:

Homes:    http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/02/surname-saturday-homes-of-northern.html

Craighead:   http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/02/surname-saturday-craighead-family-of.html

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Painted Red Rooster

June 4, 2014, 3:00 am
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Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly, usually of weather vanes in the Nutfield, New Hampshire area, but sometimes they can be from anywhere. Occasionally they are elsewhere in New England, or very historical weather vanes from far away. Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too!  Today's weather vane was photographed in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #158? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!






Today's weather vane was photographed at the Clydesdale Hamlet at the Anhueser Busch Brewery in Merrimack, New Hampshire.  This lovely location is full of lovely gardens, fun German architecture, and barns for the famous Clydesdale hitch seen in beer commercials on television.  If you are lucky, you may even see baby draft horses.  Most of the time some of the adult horses are here, even if the full hitch is on the road for parades and advertising shoots.

There are no weather vanes on the main horse barns, but this little weather vane was spotted in the field on an outbuilding.  It looks like painted wood, but it was hard to tell at a distance.

You can visit the Budweiser Brewery in Merrimack and see the Clydesdales, take a brewery tour, visit the gardens and the gift shop.  Or just stop by to do only one of these choices.  And all are free to the public.

Budweiser Tours of Merrimack, New Hampshire.
http://www.budweisertours.com/z01/index.php/merrimack/overview/

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A New Hampshire Yankee at Jamboree ~ Day One

June 5, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Jo-Anne Mountain, Bennett Greenspan, Diahan Southard,
and Jake Byrnes, with moderator Blaine Bettinger

I'm in Burbank, California at the DNA Day preceding the Southern California Genealogy Society's annual Jamboree.  Last night Ancestry.com made a timely announcement, which is on everyone's mind today.  They announced that they are discontinuing their MtDNA and Y-DNA tests, to focus on the autosomal DNA testing.

I was with CeCe Moore and Judy Russell after the luncheon today for a minutes or two as they discussed their conversation during a group conference call with some bloggers and Ancestry.  One was under the impression that the samples would not be kept, and the other thought that Ancestry stated that they were still considering what would happen to samples.  Until there is public clarification from Ancestry, no one is sure what will happen to those samples.  What is sure, is that you have only until September 5th, 2014 to download your test results before they are deleted from the Ancestry website.

But the controversy remains that no-one is clear on the fate of the samples already submitted to Ancestry.  Bennett Greenspan repeated his company's guarantee twice today- that samples submitted to Family Tree DNA are kept for 20 years.  This is important for people who submitted their grandparent's samples, and now their grandparent's have passed away.  As new tests become available, they would like their grandparent's DNA tested again.  Greenspan also gave the caveat that although the samples are kept, they are not always viable, or they do not always work with some of the newer testing.  At least you can try with FTDNA, which is impossible if Ancestry destroys samples.

Now because of this new information from Ancestry, the classes today have been full of questions.  Everyone wants to know if their parents and relatives can "bank" their DNA.  According to Greenspan, his company is looking into this possibility. I have no idea about the other companies such as National Geographic, 23 and Me, Britain's DNA, African Ancestry, etc.  Perhaps their representatives are discussing this right now in the other sessions still going on at this conference today?

In March we visited Spain.  My father-in-law living in Madrid is elderly and suffers from Parkinsons, so we had him give a sample for the Ancestry Autosomal test.  Now I'm wondering when we will be returning to Spain so I can bring an FTDNA test, or some other test because of this controversy.  I don't know how long he will live, or if he will even live until we can get back to Spain.  It is sad to thing this way, but it is important to consider.

I'm very glad I decided to participate in the DNA Day today as part of Jamboree!

"Ancestry.com Pulls the Plug on Several Sites" from Geneabloggers
http://geneabloggers.com/ancestrycom-pulls-plug-sites/

"Ancestry.com Officially Retires Y-DNA and mtDNA Testing" from Your Genetic Genealogist
http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2014/06/ancestrycom-officially-retires-y-dna.html

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