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Tag: Massachusetts Bay Colony

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part II

By Melissa Berry on September 13, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry presents part 2 of her story about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part I

By Melissa Berry on September 8, 2021

Melissa Berry explores Colonial America by writing about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Joshua Buffum’s account book in a glass case. Credit: Peabody Essex Museum.

17th Century Quaker Joshua Buffum’s Account Book

By Melissa Berry on June 21, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about Quaker Joshua Buffum’s account book (1672-1705), which gives insight into life in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Illustration: “Endicott and the Red Cross,” by William Allen Wall, 1853. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Colonial Massachusetts Paternity Cases: The Endicott Story, Part II

By Melissa Berry on March 12, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues showing how paternity cases affected life in Colonial Massachusetts, concluding her story of the Endicott family... (Read More)

Illustration: “Endicott and the Red Cross,” by William Allen Wall, 1853. Credit: New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Colonial Massachusetts Paternity Cases: The Endicott Story

By Melissa Berry on March 9, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues showing how paternity cases affected life in Colonial Massachusetts, describing the case of the Endicott family... (Read More)

Photo: the Founders' Monument in Newbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Wayne Chase.

More 17th Century Newbury Paternity Stories: The Coker Family Line, Part II

By Melissa Berry on March 2, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes the continuation of the Coker family line... (Read More)

Photo: the Founders' Monument in Newbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Wayne Chase.

More 17th Century Newbury Paternity Stories: The Coker Family Line

By Melissa Berry on February 25, 2021

Melissa Berry continues describing paternity cases in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony – and, in particular, describes the Coker family line... (Read More)

Photo: Barbara Anne Waite’s daughter Carin Waite Roylance, a 9th lineal direct descendant of Ephraim Gilman. Credit: Barbara Anne Waite.

Genealogy Exploration: The Gilman Family Line, Part II

By Melissa Berry on February 19, 2021

Melissa Berry continues describing how paternity cases affected life in 17th century Massachusetts – in particular, the Gilman family line... (Read More)

Photo: Barbara Anne Waite’s daughter Carin Waite Roylance, a 9th lineal direct descendant of Ephraim Gilman. Credit: Barbara Anne Waite.

Genealogy Exploration: The Gilman Family Line

By Melissa Berry on February 17, 2021

Melissa Berry describes how paternity cases affected life in 17th century Massachusetts – and, in particular, describes the Gilman family line... (Read More)

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