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Newbury Massachusetts Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Finds
From a PDF posted below the site of the old Quaker cemetery Turkey Hill Rd, West Newbury, MA 01985 Americana Archives has the the list of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 3, 20221 min read
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Dukes County Historical Society Edgartown Massachusetts Archives Tilton, Luce, Mayhew, Pease Lines
Five Generations of Tilton Wills, The Nancy Luce Guardianship Papers, Quaker Ancestors of Sara Joy Mayhew, Jeremiah Pease's Diary File PDF
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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The Statue of Brigadier General David McMurtrie Gregg 1922 Reading Pennsylvania
David McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1917) from Wikipedia Major General David McMurtrie Gregg (1922), by Augustus Lukeman, 4th Street & Centre...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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The Whitall Family of Early America Genealogy Chart and Family Papers
The early Whitall/Whithall family were Quakers in New Jersey. Below is a pdf chart with allied families Cooper, Clark, Jones, Matlack,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Video New England's Killer Hurricane of 1938
Edward Herrmann narrates this gripping documentary originally aired on the History Channel in 2006. It depicts the horrifying,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 30, 20223 min read
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Record Of Orphans’ Court Chester County Pennsylvania 1762-1774
Transcribed by Chester County Archives and a few cats PDF File of Chester County Archives Orphan Records
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Video At the River's Edge Oral History of Berlin New Hampshire
An account from Historic New England---Berlin, New Hampshire, in the heart of the Northern Forest, is a small city of approximately...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 17, 20221 min read
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Salem New Jersey Observes Home Day Fete the Early Founding Family History 1932
The Founding of Salem, New Jersey Link
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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The Lowndes of Maryland and Allied Families Early Colonists to Southern Provinces
Lowndes. Tidemarsh, Panacost, Chapman, Pleasants, Emmery, Donaldson, Steel, Glynn, Dade, Ingills, Ash, Gamble, Phippen, Chase, Sinton....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Listing Sedgwick Maine Marriages and Intentions of Marriage 1759 - 1926 File
Transcribed by Barbara M. Grindle Published: January 2020 To create this summary of marriage intentions and marriages Barbara Grindle,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 15, 20221 min read
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Video Hanna Cranna widow of Captain Joseph Hovey the Wicked Witch of Monroe, CT
Devils Hopyard investigates the infamous legend of Hanna Cranna, a widowed old hag who terrorized the old Monroe, CT until her death in ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 14, 20221 min read
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Nantucket Quakers Try to Steer a Middle Course William Rotch Sr.
William Rotch (1734-1828) Whaling merchant and New England Quaker. From Boston Globe 1925 Links: New Bedford Whaling Museum Rotch Files...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 14, 20221 min read
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Will of Abolitionists Francis Jackson--Leaves Coadjutors in the Anti-slavery Cause Gifts of Money
Recently I published a story on Genealogybank blog Brave Abolitionists on New England’s Underground Railroad Part 1 One abolitionist was...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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A Guide to Newton Massachusetts Historic Homes
A great guide to the old families and their homes in Newton, Massachusetts published by the Friends of the Jackson Homestead in public...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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Photos Prominent Grand Army Post and Officers Article 1902
Photos Featured John L. Manning, Henry McCall, Reuben Peters, Zeb B. Winslow, J. D. Walker, Stephen M Long, and David Nesbitt. From 1902...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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Video Mt. Healthy Ohio Historic Friends Meeting House
A video tour and history of Mt. Healthy's historic Free Meeting House and Tollhouse for Ohio Open Doors 2020. Produced and narrated by...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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1842 Image of Francis Jackson Petition to Boston to Hold Abolition Meeting
1842 Francis Jackson petition a letter to Mayoy & Alderman requesting use of Faneuil Hall January 1, 1862 for immediate abolition of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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Americas Famous Bee Keepers 1921
Famous Bee Keepers at Durham, NH 1921 Farmers and Homemakers Week. L-R Frank C. Pellett of Hamilton, Illinois, A; L. Littletefield of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Edith Perry Estes Story In Ancient Piscataquay
A fun tidbit from the newspaper archives some mentions Gerrish, Sewall, George Washington, Elizabeth Royall, Wentworth, Jewett,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Early Quaker Migration History in Georgia
In 1768 40 Quaker families settled in Georgia. Joseph Maddock was among them. Mentions: William Penn, Chester County Pennsylvania,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 6, 20222 min read
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