Photo: cradle that belonged to Susannah (North) Martin, given to Anthony Colby family and now located in the Communion Room at the Macy-Colby historic house site. With all these intermarriages and paternity cases, I have no doubt this cradle rocked many babes! Courtesy of the Macy-Colby House, Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on May 4, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides yet more stories about out-of-wedlock births in some of the earliest colonial settlements in America... (Read More)

Photo: the Golgotha Monument, located next to 52 Macy Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts, which was the burial ground of Amesbury’s first settlers. Courtesy of Pam Carter of My Maine History.

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on April 18, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides more stories about out-of-wedlock births in some of the earliest colonial settlements in America... (Read More)

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on March 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about out-of-wedlock births in some of the earliest colonial settlements in America... (Read More)

Photo: Annie Esther Webster. Courtesy of Amesbury Public Library Archival Center, Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Recalling the Spirited Annie E. Webster

By Melissa Berry on February 7, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the successful, independent maverick Annie Webster of Amesbury, Massachusetts... (Read More)

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