Photo: group portrait of (left to right) Helen Bourne Joy Lee, Helen Hall Newberry, and Edith Stanton Newberry at the 30th wedding anniversary dinner of Helen Hall Newberry Joy and Henry Bourne Joy, Sr. Edith wears the wedding dress of her mother-in-law Helen P. Newberry. Courtesy of the Detroit Historical Society.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 22

By Melissa Berry on August 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on some more Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Photo of Mrs. Charles Horton Metcalf (1864-1961). Courtesy of the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder, Colorado, from the Charles H. Jones Studio Collection.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 21

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Photo: Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and his wife Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889). The couple are sitting on the porch of their home "Peacefield" in Quincy, Massachusetts. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 20

By Melissa Berry on July 11, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Charles Francis Adams, 6th great grandson of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins... (Read More)

Photo: Myles Standish Monument, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Pete Forsyth; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19

By Melissa Berry on July 1, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Winslow Brewster Standish, a descendant of Myles Standish... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 18

By Melissa Berry on June 16, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Dr. Robert Henry Bradford... (Read More)

Photo: Pilgrim meal at Plimoth Plantation. Courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Boston Digital Commonwealth. Permission to publish.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 17

By Melissa Berry on May 6, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about Henry Hornblower II, who was instrumental in establishing the living museum “Plimoth Plantation.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Plimoth Plantation living museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Credit: Nancy; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 16

By Melissa Berry on April 29, 2022

Melissa Berry writes about Henry Hornblower II, who established the “Plimoth Plantation” living museum and helped bring the “Mayflower II” to America... (Read More)

Boston American (Boston, Massachusetts), 11 June 1957, page 18

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 15

By Melissa Berry on April 21, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the excitement when the replica “Mayflower II” sailed into Plymouth Harbor on 22 June 1957... (Read More)

Photo: Mayflower 1970 commemorative stamp. Permission to publish courtesy of: Nigel Montgomery of the Philatelic Heritage, 35a High Street, Hungerford, RG17 0NF, United Kingdom.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 14 (conclusion)

By Melissa Berry on March 30, 2022

Melissa Berry profiles descendants of Mayflower settlers, concluding her focus on former president of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society Dr. Bartlett... (Read More)