Illustration: portrait of Deacon Benjamin Titcomb (1726-1798). Signed, dated and inscribed “Painted by John Brewster 1798.” Courtesy of Skinner Auction House. Read more history at Trio Of Americana Collections Drives $1.3 Million Sale At Skinner.

Relics of Our Ancestors (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 25, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about relics from America’s past, focusing on family heirlooms from the Quinby family of Massachusetts... (Read More)

Photo: the Stroudwater Light Infantry Company banner, 1805. Painted silk. Courtesy of the Maine Historical Society, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.

Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 13, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story 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 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)

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