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Video Survival: The Hopkins Family Story in the 1600s
Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644), whose voyage on that Pilgrim ship was not his first trip to the “New World.” To find out how Hopkins’...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 20, 20231 min read


John Howland Pilgrim Mayflower Passenger
my series “Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who” From my series “Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who” Part 32 on the Howland line and column...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 19, 20231 min read


Sea Venture. An Interim Report on an early 17th century Shipwreck Lost in 1609
Map of Bermuda showing approximate position of wreck site on "Sea Venture" Flat PDF file The International Journal of Nautical...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 18, 20231 min read


Article Fight For Votes Won By Quaker Women
PDF Article The patriot., August 27, 1920, Morning, Image 3
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 16, 20231 min read


Some of America's First Settlers On Passenger List of the Sea Adventure
A model of the Sea Venture on display in the National Museum of Bermuda. Photo Credit Judith Elizabeth Pearson of Burke, Virginia....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 13, 20232 min read


Dedication of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold Monument
A seventy-foot stone tower was built on the island in 1902 to commemorate the tercentenary of Gosnold’s landing, and today, those...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 11, 20231 min read


VIideo Genealogy and History First Families of Virginia by Robert Van Ness
First Families of Virginia Series - The Bollings First Families of Virginia - The Fitzhughs First Families of Virginia - The Grymes First...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 8, 20231 min read


William Wynn and Allied Families of America
Sayles, Frank. Tombstone of William Wynn, a Quaker, Who Built a Fort on Locust Hill, Near the Present Location of Campbell & Newlon Law ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 8, 20231 min read


Photo Rachel C Smith Howland Richard Smith Howland William Dillwyn Howland Matthew Morris Howland
Rachel Collins Smith Howland (1816-1902) daughter of Richard Morris Smith and Susanne Budd (Collins) Smith, wife of Matthew Howland...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 4, 20231 min read


Bartholomew Gosnold New World Adventurer
A sketch of the bark the Concord in which Captain Bartholomew Gosnold sailed in 1602 to explore the New England coast by William Avery...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 4, 20231 min read


The Story of the Jones River in Pilgrim Plymouth later Kingston Massachusetts
The mouth of the Jones River in Kingston, MA taken in 1920 by Emily F. Drew PDF File by Sarah Bailey
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 3, 20231 min read


Herbert Clark Hoover Boy Who Entered Business World at 17, Has Fought His Way to Top
Hebert Hoover (1874-1964) son of a Quaker blacksmith, Herbert Clark Hoover brought to the Presidency an unparalleled reputation for...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 2, 20231 min read


Peter Montague Grave Monument in Lancaster Virginia
Peter Montague Monument photo courtesy of Miner Descent Inscription "In Memory of Our Pioneer Ancestor. PETER MONTAGUE. Born in England,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 2, 20231 min read


American Lineage of the Duchess of Windsor Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson
Portrait of Wallis Simpson, 1936 Wikipedia Compiled for Jamestown Descendant Series for GenealogyBank Blog See Part One Jamestown...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 2, 20233 min read


Jamestown Virginia Park Service Archive 1951
From the Archives 1951 Part of the Colonial National Historic Jamestown Park Service
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 28, 20221 min read


Isaac Henion 19 Pound Baby Boy Born in February of 1924 in Ogdehsburg New Jersey
Isaac Henion born February 26, 1924 in Ogdehsburg, New Jersey to William Henry Henion and Charlotte Castimore. From Chronicling America...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 24, 20221 min read


PDF File William Swift Clergymen some of his Ancestors and His Descendants
SWIFT,DUKE, GARRETT, SIMPSON, AND ALLIED FAMILIES IN ENGLAND, VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA Bible Records; Hereditary Applications; Land...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 24, 20221 min read


Notes on Massachusetts Justice Nathan Cushing and Justice William Cushing
Site of the home of Nathan Cushing Judge of Admiralty in the Revolution Judge of Supreme Court of Massachusetts 1789–1810 State Councilor...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 21, 20221 min read


The Plymouth Scrap Book: The Oldest Original Documents Extant in Plymouth Archives, Printed Verbatim
PDF of Book Charles Henry Pope
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 20, 20221 min read


Video and History of the Old North Church in Boston
Recently I published one of "Mayflower Who's Who" series on Harvey Hunter Pratt whose descends from Captain John Pulling, who (with the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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