Revolutionary War Patriots
Although I am sure I have not located all our ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War, I have information on many of them. These...
An Irish Immigrant
Margaret Alice Heaney Sutton (1870-1918) Margaret Alice is our great grandmother. She was born in Galway, Ireland to parents Michael...
Queen of the Franks
Bertha Broadfoot of Laon (Bertrada of Laon), Queen of the Franks (c727-783) Bertha Broadfoot (Bertrada of Laon) is best known as the...
Battle of Bunker Hill
Captain Benjamin Ames (1724-1809) Benjamin Ames is our 6th great grandfather by the following path: RWA → Fred Pemberton Abbott → Arthur...
An Early Settler in New Amsterdam
Philippe Anton Du Trieux (1586-1650) and Susanna du Chesne (1601-1670) Philippe and Susannah are our 9th great grandparents by this path:...
William W. Knowles (1833-1863)
Photo: “Bayou Plaquemines” by Joseph Rusling Meeker, as seen in 1863. The 38th Massachusetts and Capt. Charles Doten (along with our 2nd...
CPL Justin Edwards Abbott (1820-1901)
Justin Edwards Abbott is our second great grandfather by this path: you (Abbott sibling) → RWA → Fred Pemberton Abbott →Arthur Merrill...
Cornelis Melyn (1600-c1663)
Cornelis Melyn is our 10th great grandfather through this path: You (the Abbott sibling) → RWA→ Vera Esler Abbott → Martha Tappan Esler...
A Death at Sea
Anne Lantersee Lawter Fiske (1582-1637) Anne Lawter Fiske is our 10th great grandmother by the following path: RWA → Fred Pemberton...
Two Young Orphans from the Mayflower: Mary Chilton (1607-1678) and Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
Photo: Elizabeth Tilley, Mayflower Maiden Elizabeth Tilley is our 9th great grandmother and Mary Chilton is our 11th great grandmother. ...