Oh those kids today!
There was inter-generational conflict even in 17th century Puritan New England.
From Accuser to Accused
In 1669, Thomas Farrar gave testimony against Ann Burt who was accused of witchcraft. Thomas was accused of witchcraft in 1692 at age 78.
Tanners
Tanning is the process of converting animal skins into leather and was an important occupation in the colonial era. Several of our ancestors
The Hull Party and the Founding of Weymouth
Rev. Joseph Hull led a group of 21 families to Weymouth in 1635. Two of those families are our ancestors.
Sundry Acts of Witchcraft
Two of our ancestors played a role in making accusations of witchcraft.
Huguenots: Protestant Exiles from France
Two sets of our ancestors represent the Huguenot migrations from France in the 17th century.
Slave Insurrection of 1712
On Monday morning, April 7, 1712, New Yorkers gasped at the bodies strewn about town after a night of unprecedented violence. August Grasset
John Hart and Deborah Scudder
John Hart was a farmer, statesman, miller, delegate to the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Land Grab on Long Island
Richard Betts was a settler on Long Island prior to the takeover of New Netherland by the English and a bitter rival of Peter Stuyvesant.
"Abusive carriages in the meeting house"
Zaccheus Gould was a Quaker sympathizer who got himself in trouble for disrupting a Sunday service in Topsfield.
