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Tag: American Revolutionary War

Illustration: shamrocks and stars for St. Patrick’s Day

For St. Patrick’s Day: Honoring Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien

By Melissa Berry on March 17, 2025

In this article, for St. Patrick’s Day, Melissa Davenport Berry describes the exciting exploits of an Irish American hero during the American Revolution... (Read More)

Illustration: patriot to passenger #2. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

‘Patriot to Passenger’: Revolutionary War Vet to Mayflower Passenger (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on November 8, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about more people whose ancestors were Revolutionary War patriots descended from Mayflower passengers... (Read More)

Illustration: patriot to passenger #2. Credit: Melissa Davenport Berry.

‘Patriot to Passenger’: Revolutionary War Vet to Mayflower Passenger (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on November 6, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about people whose ancestors were Revolutionary War patriots descended from Mayflower passengers... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on July 3, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some Revolutionary War Minutemen, with their genealogy... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 28, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry profiles Isaiah Thomas, Revolutionary printer and publisher, with his genealogy... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on June 26, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry profiles Revolutionary War heroes and their descendants, and provides genealogy... (Read More)

Photo: the Pemberton Oak. Courtesy of Tennessee Virtual Archive

Tracing Jamestown Family Lines (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on December 15, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about early Virginia families, especially the Pemberton line... (Read More)

Illustration: this replica of Arbella was built in 1930 for the 300th anniversary of the Winthrop Fleet’s arrival at Salem on 12 June 1630, in conjunction with Pioneer Village, where it is now located. Credit: the Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library, Print Department.

New England’s ‘Winthrop Fleet’: The Avery Family Line (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on September 1, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes another story tied to the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, again focusing on the Avery family line... (Read More)

Illustration: this replica of Arbella was built in 1930 for the 300th anniversary of the Winthrop Fleet’s arrival at Salem on 12 June 1630, in conjunction with Pioneer Village, where it is now located. Credit: the Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library, Print Department.

New England’s ‘Winthrop Fleet’: The Avery Family Line (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 29, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes another story tied to the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, focusing on the Avery family line... (Read More)

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