Illustration: portrait of Pocahontas engraved by Simon van de Passe in 1616. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. Credit: National Portrait Gallery; Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 3)

By Melissa Berry on September 2, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry concludes the bizarre story of an American who dug up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 31, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues the bizarre story of an American who dug up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 26, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry tells the bizarre story of an American who began digging up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Photo: Franklin R. Cushman, taken at a studio in 1900 located in the Shepard & Company department store, originally at the corner of Clemence and Westminster Streets in Providence, Rhode Island. Courtesy of the University of Rhode Island.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 23

By Melissa Berry on August 23, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Rhode Island former educator and preservationist Franklin R. Cushman... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 9

By Melissa Berry on August 12, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, turning again to a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Photo: group portrait of (left to right) Helen Bourne Joy Lee, Helen Hall Newberry, and Edith Stanton Newberry at the 30th wedding anniversary dinner of Helen Hall Newberry Joy and Henry Bourne Joy, Sr. Edith wears the wedding dress of her mother-in-law Helen P. Newberry. Courtesy of the Detroit Historical Society.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 22

By Melissa Berry on August 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on some more Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 8

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Photo of Mrs. Charles Horton Metcalf (1864-1961). Courtesy of the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder, Colorado, from the Charles H. Jones Studio Collection.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 21

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Illustration: Colonel George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. Credit: Washington and Lee University; Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 7

By Melissa Berry on July 14, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, wrapping up a story of the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

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