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Category Archives: 17th Century
Let’s Play Ancestral Name Detective!
First names, like eye color, tend to run in families. In my (ex) brother-in-law’s family, every first son is James, every second son is John. It has been like that for generations. He broke the tradition by a hair, naming … Continue reading
Least Popular Baby Names for 2014
My seventh great grandmother was Fear Brewster, daughter of Elder William Brewster of Mayflower fame. Fear’s siblings were named Love, Wrestling, Patience, and Jonathan. Jonathan was apparently named before the Brewsters got their hands on the Geneva Bible, which became … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, About a Woman, Funny names, Strange Facts
Tagged Biblical names, Brewster, Fear Brewster, Geneva Bible, Pilgrim, Puritan
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I’m Thinking About the Children
Searching for your ancestors teaches you a lot. When you start to see past the organizational structures of genealogy, past the dates and towns and who begat whoms, you find small truths that touch your heart, or hidden stories that … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Childhood, Old Photos
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America: Conceived on a Beer Bender?
It’s time for a break from our John Fitch series. File this under strange facts…. The Mayflower wasn’t heading for Plymouth Rock back in 1620. It was heading for Jamestown, Virginia. It might never have landed at Plymouth at all … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, Great-Greats, Strange Facts
Tagged Allerton, beer, Continental Army, Isaac Allerton, Mayflower, New Amsterdam, Phymouth, Pilgrims, Revolutionary War, Roanoke, William Bradford
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