Daughters of the American Revolution Gaspee Chapter Rhode Island 1892 Photo
1892 Providence, Rhode Island, the Gaspee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Revolutionary Relics Mrs William R Talbot Honorary Regent 1892According to...
View ArticleToppan Family Reserch
Taken April 27 2017 Oak Hill Burial Ground East Kingston, Rockingham County, New HampshireI took several photos in Oak Hill Burial Ground in East Kingston, New Hampshire. Researching John Toppan...
View ArticleElizabeth "Lizzie" Florence Briggs Webster
In the window, Hannah Elizabeth Stetson (1828-1881) wife of Harrison Otis Briggs, with her children: Ella Stetson Briggs (1849-1939) married George Andrew Thayer, Franklin Harrison Briggs (1860-1930)...
View ArticleCharlotte Augusta Chapman Moseley
Charlotte Augusta Chapman (1812-1893) daughter of George Thomas Chapman (1786-1872) and Alice Buck (1794-1870) wife of Edward Strong Moseley (1813-1900)son of Ebenezer Moseley (1781-1854) and Mary Ann...
View ArticlePhoto Collection of Ellsworth and Colby Connected Lines
Under Construction and Ongoing Ellsworth House Ipswich MassachusettsTimothy Jewett Ellsworth (1805-1834) son of William Ellsworth JR (1778-1856) and Ester Stanwood Noyes (1779-1860) of Salem,...
View ArticleCarr and Todd Family Reunion Photo
Samuel Street Todd (1824-1921) sitting front Left, his ancestors founded Toddsville, New York where this Todd-Carr family reunion was held about 1912. His grandfather, Jehiel Todd brought the family in...
View ArticleKezia Folger Coffin Nantucket She Merchant
A "Mary Starbuck with an attitude," says Nathaniel Philbrook in his book Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890 Chapter 12 is a great read!These families are part of my direct line...
View ArticleJohn Albert Macy and Anne Sullivan Macy
John Albert Macy (1877-1932) son of Powell Macy (1844-19?) and Janet Foster Patten (1846-1930) born in Detroit, Michigan. Anne Sullivan with Helen KellerPowell Macy son of Oliver Macy(1819-1867) and...
View ArticleJoseph Asa Colby & Family
Mr Joseph Asa Colby Photo from Fins A Grave Illustrated Album of Biography of the Famous Valley of the Red River of the North and the Park Regions of Minnesota and North Dakota: Containing Biographical...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Boston’s Tide Mills
The small West End Museum in Boston just opened a small exhibit about “Tide Power in Colonial Boston.” On Tuesday, 21 July, at 6:00 P.M. the museum will host a reception for that show. Both exhibit and...
View ArticleEdward Payson Shaw of Newburyport
A little info for my Face Book Page New England Family Genealogy & History and Wolfe Tavern Edward Payson Shaw was responsible for restoring Newburyport's Merrimac House (former Wolfe Tavern) A...
View ArticleBillionaire Cortland Field Bishop comes to the rescue in 1923 Snow Storm...
Cortlandt Field Bishop (1870-1935) son of David Wolfe Bishop (1833–1900) and and Florence Van Corltandt Field (1851–1922) was an collector, art dealer, author, aviator, balloonist, autoist, traveler,...
View ArticleThe Early Quaker Lines of Biddle and Wardwell Family
A few years ago I published two articles with Genealogy Magazine: Pious Pilgrims and Mayflower Misbehavior and Seventeenth-Century Quaker Sought Redress by Undressing. After more research I found a...
View ArticleQuaker Merchant Jonathan Dickinson
God's Protecting Providence written by Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722) wealthy Quaker merchant and first published by the Society of Friends in Philadelphia in 1699 recounts the experiences of...
View ArticleQuaker Teacher Esther Biddle Rhoads
1978 Detroit Free Press A year before her death. A follow up post from The Early Quaker LinesFrom the Wardwell and Biddle line Esther Biddle Rhoads (1896-1979) daughter of Edward Garrett Rhoads...
View ArticlePhoto Archives Bolling Field Washington Mail Inspectors 1922
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View ArticleNewburyport and Salisbury MA Photographs from Getty Archives
D.T. Reed (American, active 1870s) Salisbury Point 1870s, Albumen silver print The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesSelwin C. Reed (American, active 1870s - 1890s)[Drum Corps, Newburyport, Mass.],...
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