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A Timeline for Structures at Jamestown Related to the Chiles Family
NPS archeologist Empy Jones' sketch of Structure 44 at Jamestown, created in the 1930s. Colonial NHP Collection STAGE ONE: In 1638-9,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Photo: Herman S Coffin
Herbert S. Coffin 1849-1908 born in Barnstable to Joseph Homer Coffin and Elizabeth Gorham. He never married, no known children died...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20211 min read


Photo: Bates and Coffin Line
A group photo with both Bates and Coffins. The back L to R. Ellen Bates 1855-1919 wife of Alba Smith mother to Esther Smith Coffin,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20211 min read


Photo: Alfred Hartwell Ellsworth
Alfred Hartwell Ellsworth (1868-1932) son of Thomas Foulds Ellsworth (1840-1911) and Harriet Taylor Colby (1841-1933) In 1900 census...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20211 min read


John William Rand and Ella Robens Golden Anniversary 1928
Boston Globe September 12 1928 Dr John William Rand (1853-1932) and Ella Robens (1857-1935) daughter of Moses Robens and Maria Smith....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20211 min read


Book Review of Mayflower Live Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
Mayflower Live Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience by Martyn Whittock at Amazon This is a book review from New York...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20214 min read


Gilman Ancestors of America
Recently I covered the paternity suit filed in the Essex County Court against Joseph Mayo of Newbury Massachusetts by Sarah Short...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Mar 4, 20211 min read


William Gould's Mad Bull Raises Hell in Lynnfield MA 1906
A 2000 pound “maddened” bull escaped the slaughterhouse of William H Gould in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. The great bull hunt was made up...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Madame Bridges House of Ill-fame Drama 1822 Massachusetts
According to Boston newspapers Captain J H Berry of Newbury, Massachusetts pressed charges of assault against Mary Bridges, aka the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Photo George Thomas Chapman
George Thomas Chapman (1786-1872) son of Thomas Chapman (1746-1819) and Charlotte Conzu (1760-1843) Married Alice Buck (1794-1870). He...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Photo Georgina Chapman of Massachusetts
Georgina Chapman (1815-1910) daughter of George Thomas Chapman (1786-1872) and Alice Buck (1794-1870) In 1900 census living at 102...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Cassius D Phelps Finds Rare Coin 1652 Pine Tree Shilling in Williamstown
From American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 44 The newspaper reporters have given us the following interesting item, under date of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20212 min read


Portrait of Mary McClellan by Winthrop Chandler 1776
Provenance: Formerly owned by Carlo May of Woodstock (his wife was the great, great granddaughter of Mrs. Jemima Chandler) and was...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Photo and Obit Charlotte Augusta Chapman Mosley
Charlotte Augusta Chapman (1812-1893) daughter of George Thomas Chapman (1786-1872) and Alice Buck (1794-1870) wife of Edward Strong...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 20, 20211 min read


Portrait of John Dixon Printer of Virginia painted by Cosmo John Alexander
John Dixon married Rosanna Hunter Royle Artist: Cosmo John Alexander (1724-1772) was a Scottish artist who came to the colonies in 1765....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20211 min read


Video: Homesteading in America
Blends interviews with historians, the stories told by descendants of homesteaders, and dramatic readings from pioneer diaries & letters ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20211 min read


The Shop of John Emery Furniture Maker Newbury MA
Emery Cupboard at the Winterthur Museum Museum Object Number: 1966.1261 Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont Bibliography and Bibliographic...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20212 min read


Account Book of John Head Joiner Philadelphia Cabinetmaking and Commerce, 1718-1753
Concealed from public view for most of its existence, the account book had descended through seven generations of Quaker relations. It...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20211 min read


Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20210 min read


Snow Shoe Men Band of Massachusetts 1705-1709
In researching Joseph Mayo of Newbury I discovered he was in Captain Thomas Noyes North Regiment a company aka the “Snowshoe men” formed...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Feb 7, 20212 min read
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