Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 2, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, again focusing on Katie Crocker and her family line... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on July 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Katie Crocker and her family line... (Read More)

Photo: river mining for gold on the North Fork of the American River, California, ca.1853. Credit: George H. Johnson; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Our Ancestors & the California Gold Rush (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about the California Gold Rush, focusing on John Sutter... (Read More)

Photo: prospectors working gold placer deposits on 9 July 1850 during the California Gold Rush. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Our Ancestors & the California Gold Rush (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on July 21, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the California Gold Rush and one man in particular: Sam Brannan... (Read More)

Photo: exterior of the Parson Capen House, 1 Howlett Street, Topsfield, Massachusetts. Courtesy of the Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Samuel Chamberlain Collection.

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 6)

By Melissa Berry on July 14, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides more stories about out-of-wedlock births in colonial America, focusing on Topsfield, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Illustration: George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1796. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 21

By Melissa Berry on July 11, 2023

In this article, Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the family line of George Washington,.. (Read More)

Photo: Fourth of July fireworks over the East Village of New York City. Credit: David Shankbone; Wikimedia Commons.

Revolutionary War Vets Celebrated July Fourth

By Melissa Berry on July 5, 2023

In this article, to continue yesterday’s Fourth of July celebration, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Revolutionary War vets celebrating in 1826... (Read More)

Photo: Real Daughters Committee members (left and right) Helen Coe Hammond and Grace A. Coe, and (middle) Real Daughter Caroline Phoebe Hassam Randall, taken 19 June 1938. Courtesy of the D.A.R., Washington, D. C.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 30, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Berry continues writing about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

Photo: the D.A.R. in the 1922 July 4th parade. From the left to the right, the participants standing in front are: Mrs. Frank Corwith, Miss Betsy Bush, Mrs. C. E. Foster, Mrs. Lewis E. Downs, Mrs. Eli Fordham, Mrs. J. M. Jagger, Mrs. H. H. Hildreth, and Mrs. Raymond Corwith. From left to right onboard the float, the participants are: Mrs. R. Kendrick, Mrs. A. W. Tunnell, John M. Nugent as a child, Helen C. Bishop as a child, a young Edward. H. Foster, a young E. Halsey Howell, Adelaide Corwith, and a young Mercator Cooper Kendrick. Courtesy of the South Hampton Museum, South Hampton, New York.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on June 27, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

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