Illustration: James Leonard Plimpton and his wife Harriet Amelia Adams. Courtesy of the Society of Plimpton Descendants.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part IV

By Melissa Berry on October 14, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on the Plimpton family line... (Read More)

Photo: two images of Clara Endicott Sears. Courtesy of the Fruitland Museum Archives, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part III

By Melissa Berry on October 12, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on Clara Endicott Sears... (Read More)

Photo: a close-up of the “SparrowHawk” on exhibit, Boston Common, 1865. Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part II

By Melissa Berry on October 7, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

Photo: Souther Barnes (second from left) and his sister Mercie Barnes (third from left) greet guests to the Harlow Old Fort House for the Pilgrim Breakfast on 6 July 1941. The cost was only 50 cents. Courtesy of Plymouth Antiquarian Society Archives, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part I

By Melissa Berry on October 5, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series, profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

Photo: a close-up of Susannah Belcher Crossley (1802-1903), from “American Monthly Magazine,” Volume 17, 1900. Credit: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Edward Rawson Descendant, Susannah Crossley, Celebrates 100th Birthday

By Melissa Berry on September 30, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about Susannah Crossley, whose father fought in the American Revolution, and her connections to the Edward Rawson family line... (Read More)

Photo: William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, by Harris & Ewing. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

U.S. President William Taft’s Mayflower and Edward Rawson Family Line

By Melissa Berry on September 28, 2021

In this article, Melissa Berry writes about U.S. President William Howard Taft’s family connections to the Mayflower and the Edward Rawson family line... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of a portrait of Rebecca Rawson, by the Freake Painter, c. 1670. Courtesy of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Rebecca Rawson: Rogue Romance in Colonial America

By Melissa Berry on September 24, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the misfortune that befell Rebecca Rawson in 17th century Colonial America... (Read More)

Illustration: close-up of a portrait of Edward Rawson, by the Freake Painter, c. 1670. Credit: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Puritan Edward Rawson’s Family Bible

By Melissa Berry on September 21, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the family Bible of Edward Rawson (1615-1693), chosen the first secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650... (Read More)

Illustration: the Hart sisters, painted by Lee Lufkin Kaula in Essex, 1904. Courtesy of Carolyn Hart Wood private collection.

Descendant of Old MA Family Line Treasures Portraits

By Melissa Berry on September 15, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about Carolyn Hart Wood, from one of the oldest families in MA, and two charming portraits she has from her family’s past... (Read More)

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