tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69764522980106732522024-03-13T13:45:33.917-04:00Journeys of a Constant GenealogistCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-16060313439529815462015-09-23T08:04:00.001-04:002015-09-23T08:04:44.325-04:00Summer of 2015 RetrospectiveFrom my perspective, the summer of 2015 differed from recent years for a variety of reasons. Increasing demands at work have placed limits on my leisure time, and as a result I have had less opportunities for local walking tours. In addition, there were fewer summer genealogy seminars or workshops offered in the Greater Boston area. In many ways I utilized my available time with genealogy this summer as I do in the winter, researching at home and at local repositories. My husband and I took DNA tests with Family Tree DNA and Ancestry.com, and I spent many fascinating hours at home analyzing the results of our autosomal and mitochondrial DNA tests and my husband's Y-DNA test. In late June my husband and I visited locales in Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota for a marvelous ten days of vacation, relaxation, and discovery. As summer closes and autumn begins I have some wonderful memories of our Western adventure and reflections upon recent genealogical discoveries as I look forward to a new slate of genealogy seminars and meetings for the fall and winter.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-2377611727633473502015-09-16T08:00:00.001-04:002015-09-16T08:04:42.792-04:0025th Anniversary of Ken Burns' Civil WarLast week PBS aired Ken Burns' epic documentary <i>The Civil War</i> to mark the 25th anniversary of the film's debut in 1990. I can hardly believe that it has been twenty-five years since I first viewed this monumental tribute to a defining era of American history. The first time I watched the nine-episode, eleven hour film, I thought it was overly long and I did not find the documentary format appealing. Yet, something about the film intrigued me, and I found that I couldn't stop watching it. Several years later I had a similar experience with the 1993 movie <i>Gettysburg</i>, based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning book, <i>The Killer Angels</i>. These presentations of Civil War history were so profound that they sparked within me a desire to research the war and to visit the battlefields where the war unfolded. <br/><br/>For the last fifteen years I have visited Gettysburg National Battlefield in Pennsylvania, Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, and numerous battlefields, cemeteries, and theaters of the Civil War in Virginia. To walk on the land where terrible battles occurred is an intensely spiritual experience and I have been deeply moved at every location I have visited. I have been honored to stand on the ground at Gettysburg where my 2nd great granduncle Oliver Bates fought valiantly with the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on July 3, 1863 to repel the massive infantry assault known as Pickett's Charge. I have also walked along the route where my 2nd great granduncle Augustus Fairchild advanced with the 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment on December 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg and was tragically killed in a doomed assault on Marye's Heights. I have visited the gravesite of my great granduncle Nathaniel Caverly of the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment who was killed at Suffolk, Virginia on May 5, 1863 and buried in a place of honor far away from his home in Barrington, New Hampshire. I have visited cemeteries in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to honor the fallen on both sides of the war.
<br/><br/>The feeling of experiencing the past through a personal journey in the present is beyond compare. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, spoke of the spiritual nature of battlefields during the dedication of the 20th Maine Monument at Gettysburg in 1889: <blockquote> In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.<a href="#091615_1"><sup>1</sup></a></blockquote>
Thank you, Ken Burns, for your wonderful gift of filmmaking; in the <i>Civil War</i> you propelled me on a personal odyssey into the past and instilled in me a lifelong appreciation for Civil War history and for the sacrifices of the participants on both sides of the war.
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<a name="091615_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Joshua L. Chamberlain, Speech at Gettysburg to dedicate the monument to the 20th Maine Regiment, October 3, 1889.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-4712362910404323092015-05-13T08:00:00.000-04:002015-05-13T08:00:19.456-04:00Publishing Workshop with Michael Tougias and Alison O'LearyOn Saturday I attended an engaging "Getting Published" workshop with author Michael Tougias and publicist Alison O'Leary. I recently had the pleasure of attending Michael's presentation, "King Philip's War in New England," at the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) Conference in Providence where I learned of the upcoming workshop. Michael and Alison presented and discussed various approaches to publishing one's written work and offered their own years of experience to assist and guide those who are new to the publishing arena. Michael Tougias is a successful author who has published over twenty books. His recent book, <i>The Finest Hours</i>, co-authored with Casey Sherman, has been produced by Disney Corporation into a movie version which is scheduled for release to theaters in January 2016. Alison O'Leary is a successful freelance editor, writer and publicist. I wish to thank Michael and Alison for a fantastic workshop and for sharing so much of their knowledge. I also wish to thank all of the participants of the workshop who shared their experiences and insights with the group. For additional information about Michael Tougias, including his presentation schedule, please visit <a href="http://www.michaeltougias.com/" target="_blank">http://www.michaeltougias.com</a>. For additional information about Alison O'Leary please visit <a href="https://about.me/alison.3.oleary" target="_blank">https://about.me/alison.3.oleary</a>. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-30559316988241750822015-04-24T07:59:00.000-04:002015-05-12T07:39:26.226-04:00NERGC 2015The New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) 2015 conference was held in Providence, Rhode Island from Wednesday, April 15 through Sunday, April 19. I attended five seminars on both Friday and Saturday, and all were fantastic.<br/><br/>
On Friday morning I attended Donna Moughty's excellent presentation, "Navigating the Best Online Sources for Irish Research" and Cheryll Toney Holley's absorbing lecture, "Navigating New England Waters via Native American Thoroughfares." A delicious lunch with table discussions, hosted by the New England Chapter of Professional Genealogists, followed the morning presentations. I was delighted to host a table discussion on Italian Research with an engaging and convivial group. The handout for the table discussion is available from the sidebar to the right or by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gyS0JiSWVnUVd6MVE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. In the afternoon I attended Dwight Fitch's informative presentation, "Western Frontier Settlements of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1650-1710", Edwin Strickland's scholarly "Westmoreland - Connecticut's Lost Colony" and Michael Tougias' excellent presentation and discussion of "King Philip's War in New England." <br/><br/>
On Saturday morning I attended Michael Brophy's excellent talk on "Descendancy Research", followed by Pauline Cusson's informative lecture, "Navigating Brick Wall Research in French-Canadian Records." A delicious lunch accompanied by an engaging talk with legal genealogist Judy Russell followed the morning presentations. In the afternoon I attended Bruce Frail's instructive presentation on "Sailing through Paperwork to Order a VA Headstone" and two fascinating back-to-back lectures on DNA research led by Blaine Bettinger, "The Science Fiction Future of Genetic Genealogy" and "Using Free Third-Party Tools to Analyze Your Autosomal DNA."<br/><br/>
The conference was a well-attended and energizing experience. It was a great deal of fun to acquire new information and tips for my genealogical research toolkit and to reconnect with my colleagues and friends. In addition, this was my first visit to Providence and I thoroughly enjoyed the city and its delights, especially the superb culinary experience. I greatly anticipate the next NERGC conference in 2017 at Springfield, Massachusetts.<br/><br/>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-68946512037426887492015-03-26T07:17:00.000-04:002015-04-01T13:34:00.695-04:00Reburial of King Richard III in LeicesterToday Richard III of England, the last of the Plantagenet kings, is being laid to rest in a solemn ceremony in Leicester, England, 530 years after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, where Richard was slain by the forces of Henry Tudor who succeeded him on the British throne as Henry VII. The Battle of Bosworth marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic conquests for the throne of England between the House of Lancaster, led by Henry Tudor, and the House of York, led by Richard III.<br/><br/>
Richard III ascended to the British throne upon the death of his brother, King Edward IV, in April 1483. Richard, however, was not first in line to the throne. Edward IV’s sons, Edward and Richard, were in the direct line of succession. On his deathbed Edward IV named his brother Richard Lord Protector of the Realm until his son and heir Edward, only twelve years old, reached adulthood. After Edward IV’s death Richard imprisoned his nephews Edward and Richard in the Tower of London, presumably under protection from the influence of Edward’s mother, Elizabeth Woodville, and her family until Edward’s coronation. Richard subsequently had his nephews declared illegitimate and took the throne in June 1483. The two princes were never seen alive again after Richard’s coronation.<br/><br/>
Two years later, on August 22, 1485, Richard met the forces of Henry Tudor at Bosworth. Richard’s forces outnumbered those of Henry Tudor but at the last moment Lord Thomas Stanley, the third husband of Henry’s mother Margaret Beaufort, changed sides and fought for his stepson. Richard was surrounded by Henry’s forces and was brutally cut down. His body was stripped of his armor and he received a hasty burial at Greyfriars Chapel in Leicester. His burial spot was thought lost until 2012, when a skeleton was discovered in an excavation of a parking lot in Leicester. The skeleton was analyzed and discovered to bear wounds similar to those of Richard III at Bosworth. In 2013 analysis of mitochondrial DNA from the skeleton and from a living descendant of Richard III’s sister Anne of York proved that the skeleton was indeed Richard III.<br/><br/>
Richard III has a dark and dubious legacy in history. His greatest crime may have been the murder of his nephews in order to ascend the throne of England. There is no concrete evidence to the fate of the two princes; it is not certain that the boys were murdered, and it is not clear who may have murdered them. Much of Richard’s negative legacy was written during the reign of his successor Henry Tudor. Since 1924 the Richard III Society has been reviewing historical documents to uncover the truth about Richard and to restore his legacy in history.<br/><br/>
For more information about Richard III, the archeological excavation, and the burial proceedings this week, please visit <a href="http://kingrichardinleicester.com" target="_blank">http://kingrichardinleicester.com</a>. For additional information about the research that led to the discovery of Richard III’s remains, please read <i>The King's Grave: The Discovery of Richard III's Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds</i>, by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones. For information about the Richard III society please visit <a href="http://www.richardIII.net" target="_blank">http://www.richardIII.net</a>. <br/><br/>
I have always been fascinated by the dynastic clashes over the battles for the throne, and particularly so for the period known as the Wars of the Roses. There is a personal element involved for me, as I may be a lineal descendant of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of Edward IV, through her first husband Sir John Grey. Elizabeth Woodville may have been the 4th great-grandmother of my ancestor Anne Dudley Bradstreet through her only surviving son, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset. In the 1990's genealogist Marshall Kirk constructed an indirect proof to determine the likely descent of Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts from the Sutton-Dudley baronial lines. Gary Boyd Roberts of the New England Historic Genealogical Society included Marshall's theory in his study of royal descents of early American settlers, <i>The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States</i>. Although not proven with direct evidence Marshall's theory seems plausible. To view Anne Dudley Bradstreet's proposed descent from Elizabeth Woodville please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gyeVVCbmlBalc5d3c/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-20723910302885557342015-03-11T07:55:00.000-04:002015-03-11T08:03:48.109-04:00Winter's WaningThe winter of 2015 has been one of the most severe and challenging of winters in New England history. During the month of February we experienced a long period of heavy snow and bitterly cold temperatures, shattering all-time regional records for snowfall and intense cold. Fortunately, with the advent of March, we have seen a lessening of the severe cold and snow that incapacitated the Northeast and are looking forward to milder temperatures and a melting of snow.<br/><br/>
Reading is my antidote to winter weather, and I have been engrossed in several excellent reads in recent months. I have been reading Hugh Dorian's <i>The Outer Side of Ulster</i>, a fascinating memoir of social life in Donegal in the 1800's, edited by Dr. Breandan MacSuibhne and David Dickson. This excellent volume provides context into the lives of my Donegal ancestors in the early 1800's before they emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1837. I am also reading James Donovan's <i>A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - The Last Great Battle of the American West</i>, a well-researched and thrilling account of the events leading up to and including General George Armstrong Custer's fateful encounter at Little Bighorn in 1876. On the lighter side I am enjoying several works of historical fiction, including Diana Gabaldon's <i>Outlander</i> and <i>Dragonfly in Amber</i> from the Outlander series, Philippa Gregory's <i>The White Princess</i>, <i>The Kingmaker's Daughter</i>, and <i>The Lady of the Rivers</i> from the Cousins' War series, and Ralph Peters' <i>Cain at Gettysburg</i>.<br/><br/>
As a genealogist and historian I anticipate the approach of spring with a return to outdoor activities and travel, as well as attending upcoming genealogical events. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and the Ulster Historical Foundation collaborate in an all-day program of lectures and discussion of <i>Researching Your Irish Ancestors: Strategies for Success</i> on March 21. NEHGS is also offering an online course led by Marie Daly entitled <i>Irish Genealogical Research: Sources and Methods</i>, offered on March 18, March 25, and April 1. The New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC) will be holding their biennial conference in Providence, Rhode Island from April 15 through April 18. As I plan my activities for warmer weather I am delighted that spring through autumn in the Boston area offers many opportunities and experiences for walking tours and historical explorations.<br/><br/>
For additional information about educational events at NEHGS please visit <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/education/" target="_blank">http://www.americanancestors.org/education/</a>. For additional information about the NERGC conference in Providence please visit <a href="http://www.nergc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.nergc.org/</a>.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-54303034255088640442014-12-08T07:39:00.001-05:002014-12-20T11:04:16.751-05:00Boston University Genealogy Alumni Meeting Schedule for 2015The schedule for Boston University Genealogy Program alumni meetings for 2015 is listed below. All meetings are held at the New England Historic and Genealogical Society beginning at 9:15 A.M. except where otherwise noted. Special thanks to Liz Loveland, coordinator of the in-person meeting group, for arranging and scheduling the meeting times and for sharing with the group.<br/><br/>
January 17 <br/>
February 28 <b>at 1:15 P.M.</b><br/>
March 28 <b>at 1:15 P.M.</b><br/>
No dates worked for both us & NEHGS for April: Those that are going to NERGC and/or the Mass. Historical Society Conference can have meetups at one or both instead.<br/>
May 30<br/>
June 20<br/>
July 18<br/>
August 22<br/>
September 26 <b>at 1:15 P.M.</b><br/>
No dates worked for both us & NEHGS for October. Liz will work on organizing a day trip for us in lieu of a meeting.<br/>
November 21<br/>
December 19<br/>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-43353432699697429992014-11-21T07:42:00.000-05:002014-12-08T07:54:25.972-05:00TIARA Annual Holiday BanquetLast Saturday I attended the 2014 Holiday Banquet hosted by the Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) with my genealogy friend and colleague Sharon Daly. The banquet was held at the Historic Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. A traditional New England holiday meal was served, including a cheese and fruit tray, hot mulled apple cider, bread, New England clam chowder, a main course selection of boneless chicken breast with cranberry stuffing or baked salmon, mashed potato, squash, and chocolate cake. I wish to thank all of the officers and organizers of TIARA for a truly marvelous and special event.<br/><br/>
TIARA hosts frequent Irish genealogy events and trips throughout the year. For additional information about TIARA please visit their website at <a href=" http://www.tiara.ie" target="_blank">http://www.tiara.ie</a>. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-36937090184635118782014-11-14T07:50:00.000-05:002014-12-08T07:51:17.191-05:00NEAPG Annual MeetingLast Saturday I attended the Annual Meeting of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG), held at the Tisch Library at Tufts University in Medford. Dave Robison, president of NEAPG, led the business meeting with election of officers for 2015. Two presentations followed after lunch. Brent Chadwick led an informative session entitled "Learn the Elements to Create a Family Sketch Template in Microsoft Word", and Margaret Fortier gave an illustrative lecture on "Visualizing Information for Genealogists." The well-attended meeting was an excellent opportunity to learn, connect, and share with fellow genealogists.
The New England Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG) is a satellite chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). NEAPG holds frequent meetings throughout the year. For additional information about NEAPG please visit their website at <a href="http://www.neapg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.neapg.org/</a>. For additional information about APG please visit their website at <a href="http://www.apgen.org" target="_blank">https://www.apgen.org/</a>.<br/><br/>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-1240171226985692592014-10-24T07:41:00.000-04:002014-12-08T07:41:45.663-05:00Connecticut Society of Genealogists Annual Family History SeminarLast Saturday I attended the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Family History Seminar, held annually at the Best Western Hotel in North Haven, Connecticut. The seminar highlighted four excellent presentations tailored for Connecticut genealogical researchers. Mel Smith, Reference Services Librarian at the Connecticut State Library, led an excellent lecture entitled "Beyond the Barbour Collection, Finding your Connecticut Ancestor in Governmental Records," focusing on the depth and breadth of government record collections at the Connecticut State Library. Diana McCain and Carol Whitmer of the Connecticut Historical Society presented "How Object Collections Complement Paper Records Research" with a fascinating discussion and display of ephemera from the Connecticut Historical Society special collections. Nora Galvin presented a methodical approach to genealogical research incorporating evidence analysis and the Genealogical Proof Standard in her lecture, "How to Create a Research Plan from One Documental Source." Jennifer Zinck concluded the sessions with a timely and fascinating talk on "DNA and Genealogical Research." All the presentations were superb. I have attended four of the last five CSG Family History Seminars and every seminar has made me wish that I lived in closer proximity to the libraries and archives in Connecticut.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Connecticut Society of Genealogists please visit their website at <a href="http://www.csginc.org" target="_blank>http://www.csginc.org</a>.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-45109325323928748612014-10-22T07:48:00.001-04:002019-06-15T09:32:38.494-04:00Salem Witchcraft Hysteria Sites in DanversOn the North Shore of Boston, crowds of tourists visit Salem to attend the "Haunted Happenings" held annually in October. Yet the foundations of the original "Haunted Happenings," the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria, occurred in 1692 in Danvers, known at that time as Salem Village. The original boundaries of the Salem community encompassed many of the towns that are adjacent to Salem, including Danvers, Peabody, and Middleton.<br/><br/>
The center of the Salem Village community was located in and around the First Church of Danvers and the site of the Meeting House. The site of the original First Church in Danvers is located on the corner of Centre and Hobart Streets and is now the location of the Congregational First Church of Danvers.<br/><br/>
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Directly across from the First Church is innkeeper Nathaniel Ingersoll's Ordinary, a tavern, where many of those accused of witchcraft during the Hysteria were examined.<br/><br/>
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One block away along Hobart Street from these sites is the original site of the Salem Village Meeting House and the memorial to victims of the Witchcraft Hysteria. The Meeting House is the location where many of the accused were questioned and examined. The Meeting House was dismantled in 1702. Directly across Hobart Street from the Meeting House site is the Witchcraft Victims Memorial, dedicated to the victims of the Witchcraft Hysteria in 1992 on the Tricentennial anniversary of the tragic events.<br/><br/>
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Inscribed on the center sections of the monument are the names of twenty-five victims who died during the Hysteria, including twenty who were executed and five who died while imprisoned.
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The names of those who died during the Hysteria are inscribed as follows:<br/><br/>
Died in jail May 10, 1692<br/>
SARAH OSBURN of Salem Village<br/><br/>
Hanged June 10, 1692<br/>
BRIDGET BISHOP of Salem<br/><br/>
Died in jail June 16, 1692<br/>
ROGER TOOTHAKER of Billerica<br/><br/>
Died in jail previous to July 19, 1692<br/>
INFANT DAUGHTER to Sarah Good of Salem Village<br/><br/>
Hanged July 19, 1692<br/>
SARAH GOOD of Salem Village<br/>
ELIZABETH HOW of Topsfield<br/>
SUSANNAH MARTIN of Amesbury<br/>
REBECCA NURSE of Salem Village<br/>
SARAH WILDS of Topsfield<br/><br/>
Hanged August 19, 1692<br/>
REV. GEORGE BURROUGHS of Wells, Maine formerly of Salem Village<br/>
MARTHA CARRIER of Andover<br/>
GEORGE JACOBS, SR. of Salem<br/>
JOHN PROCTER, SR. of Salem Farmes<br/>
JOHN WILLARD OF Salem Village<br/><br/>
Died under torture September 19, 1692<br/>
GILES CORY of Salem Farmes<br/><br/>
Hanged September 22, 1692<br/>
MARTHA CORY of Salem Farmes<br/>
MARY ESTY of Topsfield<br/>
ALICE PARKER of Salem<br/>
MARY PARKER of Andover<br/>
ANN PUDEATOR of Salem<br/>
WILMOT REDD of Marblehead<br/>
MARGARET SCOTT of Rowley<br/>
SAMUEL WARDWELL of Andover<br/><br/>
Died in jail December 3, 1692<br/>
ANN FOSTER of Andover<br/><br/>
Died in jail March 10, 1693<br/>
LYDIA DASTIN of Reading<br/><br/>
On the outer leaves of the monument are quotations from some of the Witchcraft Hysteria victims.<br/><br/>
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The inscribed quotations read as follows:<br/><br/>
"I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gosple woman." MARTHA CORY<br/><br/>
"The Lord above knows my Innocencye as att the great day will be known to men and Angells. I Petition to your honours not for my own life for I know I must die and my appointed time is sett but the Lord he knows it is that if it be possible no more Innocent blood be shed." MARY ESTY<br/><br/>
"If it was the last moment I was to live. God knows I am innocent." ELIZABETH HOW<br/><br/>
"Well! Burn me, or hang me, I will stand in the truth of Christ." GEORGE JACOBS, SR.<br/><br/>
"Amen. Amen. A false tongue will never make a guilty person." SUSANNAH MARTIN<br/><br/>
"I CAN SAY BEFORE MY Eternal father I am innocent & God will clear my innocency." REBECCA NURSE<br/><br/>
"The Magistrates, Ministers, Jewries, and all the People in general being so much inraged and incensed against us by the Delusion of the Devil, which we can term no other, by reason we know in our own Consciences, we are all Innocent Persons." JOHN PROCTER SR.<br/><br/>
"I fear not but the Lord in his due time will make me as white as snow." JOHN WILLARD<br/><br/>
Located a short distance away, behind 67 Centre Street, is the archaelogical site of the parish house of Reverend Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem Village during the Hysteria. The foundations of the original parish buildings are still visible. It was in his house that the Hysteria reportedly began, as Parris' servant Tituba told tales to several young girls, including Parris' daughter Betty, followed by strange behavior in the girls attributed to bewitchment.<br/><br/>
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Along Centre Street in Danvers are many homes that date to the time at or before the Witchcraft Hysteria, including the house of innkeeper Thomas Haines at 35 Centre Street, which was built around 1681, and the house of yeoman Joseph Houlton at 19 Centre Street, which was built around 1671.<br/><br/>
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Directly across from 92-94 Centre Street is the Village Training Field, established in 1671 for the defense of the town.<br/><br/>
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At the intersection of Holten and Centre Streets, at 171 Holten Street, is the home of Samuel Holten, a prominent Revolutionary War statesman from Danvers. In 1692 this was the home of widow Sarah Holten, a neighbor of Francis and Rebecca Nurse. Sarah gave devastating testimony against Rebecca Nurse during the Witchcraft Trials, indicating that Rebecca had cursed her husband three years earlier when the Holtens' pigs had strayed onto the Nurse family property.<br/><br/>
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Located nearby is the Rebecca Nurse House on 149 Pine Street. The home and grounds has been preserved by the Rebecca Nurse Memorial Association and is now maintained by the Danvers Alarm List Company, a historical reenactment unit. A small cemetery with a monument to Rebecca's memory is located on the grounds, but it is likely that Rebecca is buried in an unmarked grave elsewhere on the family property. According to legend, after her execution and burial on Gallows Hill in Salem on July 19, 1692, her family rescued her body at night and buried her in a secret place on the Nurse property.<br/><br/>
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Located on the grounds is a replica of the Salem Village Meeting House, which was constructed for the 1985 PBS Documentary, <i>Three Sovereigns for Sarah</i>, a story of the devastating effects of the Witchcraft Hysteria on sisters Sarah (Towne) Cloyce, Rebecca (Towne) Nurse and Mary (Towne) Esty. Rebecca and Mary were victims of the Hysteria. Sarah was accused of witchcraft and subsequently imprisoned. She was freed from jail in January 1693.<br/><br/>
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Located at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 62 (Maple Street), adjacent to the Putnam Pantry candy shop, is the home of Revolutionary War hero General Israel Putnam. Israel was the son of Joseph Putnam and Elizabeth Porter. Joseph was the favored son of his father Thomas Putnam, who left his property and fortune to the infant Joseph shortly after he was born. Joseph was the son of Thomas Putnam and Mary Veren, Thomas's second wife. Thomas's sons by his first marriage, Thomas Jr. and Edward, were incensed at their disinheritance by their father. Their disenfranchisement led to resentment that fueled the Hysteria. Thomas Jr., his wife Ann (Carr) Putnam, and daughter Ann were among the leading accusers in the community.<br/><br/>
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Thomas Putnam, his wife Ann (Carr) Putnam, and daughter Ann are buried in unmarked graves under this mound in front of the tree in the small Putnam Cemetery, directly adjacent to the Massachusetts State Police Headquarters on Maple Street (Route 62).<br/><br/>
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Located about a mile away along Maple Street (Route 62) is the Wadsworth Cemetery on Summer Street, near the intersection of Summer and Maple Streets. Many Putnam family members are buried here, including the immigrant John Putnam, one of the first settlers of Salem, and his son, Captain John Putnam. <br/><br/>
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Elizabeth Parris, wife of minister Samuel Parris, is buried in a grave behind the John Putnam tombstone. The inscription on Elizabeth's gravestone is worn but her name is still legible.<br/><br/>
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The homes of two women who were accused of witchcraft and who died during the Hysteria are still standing. The home of Sarah Osborne, who died in a Boston prison on May 10, 1692, is located at 273 Maple Street (Route 62). During the Witchcraft Hysteria this home was located on Spring Street and was later moved to its current location on Maple Street.<br/><br/>
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The home of innkeeper Bridget Bishop, who was hanged on June 10, 1692, is located at 238 Conant Street near the Danvers/Beverly town line.<br/><br/>
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For additional information about the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria please visit my reading list on the Suggested Reading page of this blog under the heading "New England - Salem Witchcraft Hysteria" and my Links page under the heading "New England History" for some excellent websites. The Salem Witch Museum hosts a site for locales of the Witchcraft Hysteria, <a href="http://salemwitchmuseum.com/tour/" target="_blank">1692 Tour Sites</a> and <a href="http://salemwitchmuseum.com/tour/danvers.shtml" target="_blank">Danvers 1692 sites</a>. In addition to Danvers, the website contains 1692 tour locales for Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boston, Haverhill, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem, Salisbury, and Wenham. Also, the Danvers Preservation Commission hosts a fantastic site on Danvers history, <a href="http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Danvers.html" target="_blank">Historical Sites of Danvers</a>.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-50303424295088789332014-10-17T07:30:00.000-04:002014-12-08T07:40:44.437-05:00MSOG October Meeting with Dave RobisonLast Saturday I attended the October meeting of the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) held at the Acton Public Library. Dave Robison led an interesting presentation on "Search Strategies You Haven’t Tried – Search Sites You Never Thought Of," focusing on strategies and websites to assist with various aspects of genealogical research. Dave is the current president of the <a href="http://www.neapg.org/" target="_blank">New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG)</a> and is the sole owner and researcher for <a href="http://oldbones.co/" target="_blank">Old Bones Genealogy</a> and provides consultation, classes and workshops for genealogists.<br/><br/>
The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG) has five chapters and meets monthly, with the Middlesex Chapter events occurring at public libraries in Acton, Lexington, or Sudbury. For additional information about the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists please visit their website at <a href="http://www.massachusettssocietyofgenealogists.org/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.massachusettssocietyofgenealogists.org/index.php</a>.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-6377496909319374712014-10-14T08:05:00.001-04:002014-12-03T00:08:40.154-05:00Seven Men of DanversYesterday I visited the monument to the Seven Minutemen of Danvers who were killed at the Jason Russell House in Arlington (Menotomy) on April 19, 1775. At the time of the American Revolution Peabody was part of Danvers and was referred to as "South Danvers." The monument is located on the corner of Washington and Sewall Streets, adjacent to the Family United Methodist Church on Washington Street. <br/><br/>
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Inscribed on the front of the monument are the names of the seven men killed at Arlington (Menotomy). Although the monument reads "Battle of Lexington," these men were killed at the Jason Russell House in Arlington. The seven men are listed from oldest to youngest: Samuel Cook, age 35; Benjamin Deland, age 25; George Southwick, age 25; Jotham Webb, age 22; Henry Jacobs, age 21; Ebenezer Goldthwaite, age 21; Perley Putnam, age 21.
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On the back of the monument is a dedication plaque which reads, "Erected by the Citizens of Danvers on the 60th Anniversary 1835" on the sixtieth anniversary of the Battles of Lexington/Concord/Menotomy, April 19, 1835.<br/><br/>
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Located across the street is the General Gideon Foster House and the Osborn-Salata House, now the homes of the Peabody Historical Society.<br/><br/><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JzMAyqNrnc0/VD0PonV1syI/AAAAAAAABfk/77wBNhf3xKo/s1600/100_3711.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JzMAyqNrnc0/VD0PonV1syI/AAAAAAAABfk/77wBNhf3xKo/s400/100_3711.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHUo9P8xhtw/VD0Po54-SOI/AAAAAAAABfo/gKNzTHrAPiY/s1600/100_3714.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHUo9P8xhtw/VD0Po54-SOI/AAAAAAAABfo/gKNzTHrAPiY/s400/100_3714.jpg" /></a>
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Four of the seven men, namely George Southwick Jr., Benjamin Deland Jr., Ebenezer Goldthwaite, and Samuel Cook Jr.,
are buried in the nearby Old South Burying Ground on Main Street in Peabody, on the Peabody-Salem line. The stones have been replaced recently, as the original burial stones have been lost.<br/><br/>
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Henry Jacobs is buried in the nearby Jacobs Family Cemetery. The burial sites of Jotham Webb and Perley Putnam are unknown at present. All five men whose burial sites are known were privates in the company of militia led by Captain Samuel Eppes, First Lieutenant Benjamin Jacobs and Second Lieutenant Gideon Foster, who later became a General during the Revolutionary War. Jotham Webb and Perley Putnam were privates in the company of minutemen led by Captain Israel Hutchinson, First Lieutenant Enoch Putnam and Second Lieutenant Aaron Cheever.<a href="#101414_5"><sup>5</sup></a> Captain Israel Hutchinson lived on Water Street in the Danversport section of Danvers; reportedly the two slain men of his company were laid out in his home after the Battle of Menotomy. <a href="#101414_6"><sup>6</sup></a> It is likely that Perley Putnam and Jotham Webb are buried in Danvers. More research is needed to determine their burial sites.<br/><br/>
In nearby Danvers, adjacent to the Village Training Field on Centre Street in the Salem Village Historic District, is a memorial to Danvers men killed in battle in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War. <br/><br/>
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Danvers men who responded to the call of military service in the 1700's and 1800's prepared for war on this historic field. The seven Danvers Minutemen trained and gathered here with other Danvers Minutemen before their fateful march to Arlington on April 19, 1775. The names of the seven Danvers Minutemen killed at the Jason Russell House, along with thirteen additional Danvers men killed during the American Revolution, are memorialized on the Revolutionary War monument.<br/><br/>
This journey has personal significance for me, as Perley Putnam, my husband's fifth-great granduncle, is one of the seven Danvers Minutemen immortalized on the monuments in Peabody and Danvers.<br/><br/>
For more information about the Jason Russell House and the Battle of Menotomy, please visit my blog post <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/2014/10/isaac-royall-house-and-jason-russell.html" target="_blank">Isaac Royal House and Jason Russell House Tours</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="101414_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Old South Burying Ground (Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts), George Southwick Jr. marker, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 13 October 2014. <br/>
<a name="101414_2"><sup>2</sup></a>Old South Burying Ground, Benjamin Deland Jr. marker, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 13 October 2014.<br/>
<a name="101414_3"><sup>3</sup></a>Old South Burying Ground, Ebenezer Goldthwaite marker, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 13 October 2014.<br/>
<a name="101414_4"><sup>4</sup></a>Old South Burying Ground, Samuel Cook Jr. marker, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 13 October 2014.<br/>
<a name="101414_5"><sup>5</sup></a>John Wesley Hanson, <i>History of the Town of Danvers, From Its Early Settlement to the Year 1848</i> (Danvers, Mass.: Published by the author, 1848), 107-108.<br/>
<a name="101414_6"><sup>6</sup></a>Richard B. Trask, <i>Danvers</i> (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 62.<br/>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-28724365264726715092014-10-08T08:06:00.000-04:002014-10-22T07:49:42.600-04:00Isaac Royall House and Jason Russell House ToursOn Saturday I visited two historic homes in the Greater Boston area with a group of genealogy friends and colleagues from the Boston University Genealogy program. Our first stop was the Isaac Royall House and Slave Quarters, a designated National Historic Landmark, located at 15 George Street in Medford. Our tour began at the Visitor's Center inside the Slave Quarters.<br/><br/>
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The historical marker near the front door of the Slave Quarters details the marvelous history of the house, its inhabitants, and its environs.<br/><br/>
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In 1732 Colonel Isaac Royall Sr., the wealthy owner of a sugar cane plantation in Antigua, purchased the house and property, originally part of Governor John Winthrop's Ten Hills Farm. He rebuilt and enlarged the house, adding the Slave Quarters to the property in 1732, and moved his family into the new home in 1737. He died two years later, leaving the property to his son, Isaac Royall Jr. Isaac Jr. lived in the home and entertained wealthy friends and associates until the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, when Loyalists fled from New England. Isaac Jr.'s sister Penelope, who married Henry Vassall of Cambridge in 1742, lived with her husband and family in one of the seven "Tory Row" houses along Brattle Street. Henry Vassall died in 1769. At the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 Penelope was forced to flee from her Cambridge home and she returned to Antigua.
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Our tour continued to the lavish Mansion House and grounds. Photographs were not permitted inside the home, but in each room we observed the trappings of a wealthy eighteenth-century lifestyle. The Mansion House was the headquarters of General John Stark in 1775 and 1776. Stark held meetings in this house with Generals George Washington, Charles Lee, and John Sullivan.<br/><br/>
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Our next stop was the Jason Russell House and the adjoining Smith Museum in Arlington. The Smith Museum is the home for the Arlington Historical Society.
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Our tour guide Alice began our tour of the Jason Russell House with a short genealogical chart of the Russell family. <br/><br/>
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The current house was built in 1745 by Jason Russell (1717-1775), the third generation to live on the property. On April 19, 1775, the house and property was the site of the severest fighting on that historic day. As the British Regulars retreated from Concord to Boston through Arlington, known then as Menotomy, they savagely attacked homes and citizens along the road through Arlington. Minutemen companies had established a defense breastwork near the Jason Russell House and were surprised by British Regulars who swarmed the house from two sides. Jason Russell and several Minutemen ran for shelter in the house, but were overpowered by the British Regulars who shot and bayoneted Russell and the Minutemen. Jason Russell died inside the doorway of his house. After the savage attack, twelve men, including Jason Russell, were laid out on the kitchen floor in ankle-deep blood. Twenty-five men died in Arlington that day. Twelve of the twenty-five men are buried in the Old Burying Ground nearby. Their names are: Jason Russell, Jason Winship, and Jabez Wyman of Arlington; Elias Haven of Dedham; William Flint, Thomas Hadley, Abednego Ramsdell of Lynn; John Bacon, Nathaniel Chamberlin, Amos Mills, and Jonathan Parker of Needham; and Benjamin Peirce of Salem. At least thirteen others were killed, including Reuben Kennison of Beverly; Samuel Cook, Benjamin Deland, Jr., Ebenezer Goldthwait, Henry Jacobs, Perley Putnam, George Southwick, and Jotham Webb of Danvers; Daniel Townsend of Lynn; William Polly and Henry Putnam of Medford; Elisha Mills of Needham; and Jacob Coolidge of Watertown.<a href="#100814_1"><sup>1</sup></a> The seven Minutemen from Danvers were killed at or near the house, and their bodies were returned to Danvers for burial after the fight.<a href="#100814_2"><sup>2</sup></a> Their names are memorialized on a Revolutionary War monument on Washington Street in Peabody, which was known as South Danvers in 1775. <br/><br/>
As at the Royall House, photographs were not permitted inside the Jason Russell House, which is a fine example of Colonial architecture. The interior and exterior of the home is riddled with bullet holes from the fateful battle and are still visible today.<br/><br/>
I was honored and moved to be a visitor at the Jason Russell House, where two of my husband's ancestors fought and died on April 19, 1775. Henry Putnam of Medford, my husband's sixth great-grandfather, and Perley Putnam of Danvers, my husband's fifth great-granduncle, gave their lives for the cause of liberty at the Jason Russell House.<br/><br/>
After the tour my genealogy friend and colleague Liz Loveland and I walked a short distance to the nearby Old Burying Ground, where twelve of the men killed in Arlington on April 19, 1775 are buried.<br/><br/>
We visited the monument erected to honor the Revolutionary War dead near the spot where the twelve slain men were buried in a mass grave shortly after the April 19, 1775 battle in Arlington.<br/><br/>
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There are two legible plaques on the monument to commemorate the men who died in Arlington on April 19, 1775 and all known veterans of the American Revolution buried in the Cemetery.<br/><br/>
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A transcription of the first worn plaque reads:<br/>
<blockquote>
NINE AMERICAN SOLDIERS<br/>
KILLED AT MENOTOMY APR 19 1775<br/>
AND BURIED HERE<br/>
LIEUT JOHN BACON – NEEDHAM<br/>
AMOS MILLS<br/>
ELIAS HAVEN – DEDHAM<br/>
WILLIAM FLINT – LYNN<br/>
THOMAS HADLEY<br/>
ABEDNEGO RAMSDELL<br/>
BENJAMIN PEIRCE – SALEM<br/>
JONATHAN PARKER – NEEDHAM<br/>
NATHAN CHAMBERLIN<br/>
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The gravestone of Jason Russell is located adjacent to the monument:<br/><br/><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZIbB82MDtEU/VDfD8k6a-YI/AAAAAAAABew/gOUXYqQVodU/s1600/100_3688.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZIbB82MDtEU/VDfD8k6a-YI/AAAAAAAABew/gOUXYqQVodU/s400/100_3688.jpg" /></a><a href="#100814_4"><sup>4</sup></a><br/><br/>
His tombstone reads:<br/>
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MR. JASON RUSSELL was<br/>
barbarously murdered in his own house<br/>
by GAGE’S bloody Troops<br/>
on ye 19 of April 1775 AEtats 59.<br/>
His body is quietly resting<br/>
in this Grave with Eleven<br/>
of our friends who in Like<br/>
manner with many others were<br/>
cruelly Slain on that fatal day.<br/>
Blessed are ye dead who die in ye Lord.<br/>
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The two additional men not named on the worn plaque are Jason Winship and Jabez Wyman, who were killed at nearby Cooper's Tavern during the fateful battle.<br/><br/>
I wish to thank our tour guides Tom Lincoln at the Isaac Royall House and Sara Lundberg and Alice at the Jason Russell House, and Liz Loveland for organizing and coordinating the tours.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Isaac Royall House please visit <a href="http://www.royallhouse.org/" target="_blank">http://www.royallhouse.org</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about Penelope Royall Vassall and the Henry Vassall House on Brattle Street in Cambridge please visit my blog post <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/2014/05/brattle-street-tory-row-walking-tour.html" target="_blank">Brattle Street "Tory Row" Walking Tour</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Jason Russell House please visit <a href="http://www.arlingtonhistorical.org/visit/jason-russell-house/" target="_blank">http://www.arlingtonhistorical.org/visit/jason-russell-house/</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Arlington Historical Society at the Smith Museum please visit <a href="http://www.arlingtonhistorical.org/" target="_blank">http://www.arlingtonhistorical.org/</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Seven Men of Danvers please visit my blog post <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/2014/10/seven-men-of-danvers.html" target="_blank">Seven Men of Danvers</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="100814_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Frank Warren Coburn, <i>The Battle of April 19, 1775: In Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts</i> (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Historical Society, 1922), 143-44.<br/>
<a name="100814_2"><sup>2</sup></a><i>Salem Gazette</i>, 5 May 1775.<br/>
<a name="100814_3"><sup>3</sup></a>Old Burying Ground (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Revolutionary War Veterans monument, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 4 October 2014. <br/>
<a name="100814_4"><sup>4</sup></a>Old Burying Ground, Jason Russell marker, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 4 October 2014. <br/>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-57358946535788938782014-09-16T08:01:00.000-04:002014-09-19T16:23:33.947-04:00Remembering Anne Dudley BradstreetOn this day 342 years ago Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the first American poetess, died. She was the daughter and wife of two Massachusetts Governors, Thomas Dudley and Simon Bradstreet respectively. She arrived in on the North American coast in 1630 on the Arbella, the flagship of the Winthrop fleet, during the Great Migration from England. The Arbella first landed in Naumkeag, now Salem, a small fishing village. Pioneer Village in Salem is a recreation of the Naumkeag fishing village.<a href="#091614_1"><sup>1</sup></a><br/><br/>
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The Winthrop fleet departed from Naumkeag, moving south, and founded the Boston settlement. Thomas Dudley, along with daughter Anne and husband Simon Bradstreet, ventured across the Charles River and founded the settlement of Newtowne, now Cambridge.<a href="#091614_2"><sup>2</sup></a> According to local legend Thomas Dudley placed his staff in the ground at Cambridge and declared, "This is the place." The location is marked at the modern-day intersection of John F. Kennedy and Mount Auburn Streets.<br/><br/>
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Thomas Dudley's house was located near the modern-day intersection of South and Dunster Streets in Cambridge. Simon and Anne's home was located a few blocks away near the intersection of Dunster Street and Massachusetts Avenue.<br/><br/>
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In 1636 the Antominian Controversy introduced by firebrand Anne Hutchinson and her followers burst into flame in the Boston settlement and Anne Hutchinson was brought to trial. Two of her judges were Thomas Dudley and Simon Bradstreet. Anne’s trial took place in Cambridge and Thomas Dudley decided to move his family to the small remote settlement of Agawam, now Ipswich, nearly forty miles north of Boston. Dudley wanted his daughters to be far away from the strong influence of Anne Hutchinson.<a href="#091614_3"><sup>3</sup></a><br/><br/>
The Bradstreet home in Ipswich is no longer standing but a plaque marks the location of the home at 33 High Street. The Waldo-Caldwell House now stands on the site of the Bradstreet home.<br/><br/>
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Just a few doors from the Bradstreet house site is the site of the Thomas Dudley house at 45 High Street. The John Lummus house now stands on the site of the Dudley home:<br/><br/>
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Anne began to write poetry while living in Ipswich, as her husband Simon was away from home for long stretches of time, first as a judge in the Hutchinson case and then as governor of Massachusetts. Her friend and neighbor, Nathaniel Ward, was the force behind the eventual publication of her poems.<a href="#091614_4"><sup>4</sup></a><br/><br/>
Anne, Simon, and their family eventually moved to North Andover, where Anne died at the age of sixty on September 16, 1672. Anne’s burial place is not known but is likely near the location of her home in North Andover. Anne’s husband Simon remarried in 1676 to Anne Gardiner and relocated to Salem, where he died on March 27, 1697. Simon is entombed in the Charter Street Burying Ground in Salem.<a href="#091614_5"><sup>5</sup></a><br/><br/>
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Anne’s poetry revealed her deep love for her husband and family and subtly veiled her intellectual and feminist views. Open expressions of her feminism would risk ruin for herself and her family in Puritan society. <br/><br/>
Anne and Simon had eight children. Their son Dudley Bradstreet became a justice in North Andover and in September 1692 he and his wife Ann were accused of witchcraft when he refused to sign warrants to accuse local residents of witchcraft during the 1692 Witchcraft Hysteria. Dudley and his family escaped from North Andover until the Witchcraft Hysteria ended.<a href="#091614_7"><sup>7</sup></a><br/><br/>
I am extremely proud to be a descendant of Anne Dudley Bradstreet through her son Dudley Bradstreet. To view my descent from Anne Dudley Bradstreet to my grandfather Philip Swaine please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gybldtTi1naWUxMFE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Pioneer Village restoration site in Salem please visit <a href="http://www.pioneervillagesalem.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pioneervillagesalem.com/</a>.
For additional information about a self-guided walking tour of Cambridge please visit <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T1Q_The_Founding_of_Newtowne_Cambridge_MA" target="_blank">http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T1Q_The_Founding_of_Newtowne_Cambridge_MA</a> and <a href="http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/Tour1_Old_Cambridge.pdf" target="_blank">http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/Tour1_Old_Cambridge.pdf</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Bradstreet home site at the Waldo-Caldwell house in Ipswich please visit <a href="http://www.historicipswich.org/waldo-caldwell-house-33-high-street/" target="_blank">http://www.historicipswich.org/waldo-caldwell-house-33-high-street/</a>. For additional information about the Dudley home site at the John Lummus house in Ipswich please visit <a href="http://www.historicipswich.org/john-lummus-house-45-high-st/" target="_blank">http://www.historicipswich.org/john-lummus-house-45-high-st/</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="091614_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Charlotte Gordon, <i>Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America’s First Poet</i> (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005), 3-14, 280.<br/>
<a name="091614_2"><sup>2</sup></a>Gordon, <i>Mistress Bradstreet</i>, 118-124.<br/>
<a name="091614_3"><sup>3</sup></a>Gordon, <i>Mistress Bradstreet</i>, 155, 186.<br/>
<a name="091614_4"><sup>4</sup></a>Gordon, <i>Mistress Bradstreet</i>,159-240.<br/>
<a name="091614_5"><sup>5</sup></a>Gordon, <i>Mistress Bradstreet</i>, 280-83.<br/>
<a name="091614_6"><sup>6</sup></a>Charter Street Burying Ground (Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts), Simon Bradstreet tomb, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 05 September 2005. <br/>
<a name="091614_7"><sup>7</sup></a>Marilynne K. Roach, <i>The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege</i> (Lanham, Maryland: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004), 292.<br/>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-6813003428271055042014-09-12T07:56:00.000-04:002014-09-15T07:47:44.151-04:0088th Annual Cosmas and Damian FestivalLast Sunday morning I attended the 88th Annual Festival for the Italian Healing Saints Cosmas and Damian in East Cambridge. At 8:30 A.M. the procession of the Saints began at the Society of Cosmas and Damian Chapel at 17 Porter Street in East Cambridge.<br/><br/>
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Accompanied by the St. Alfio and North End Marching Bands the procession advanced along Porter and Harding Streets to Cambridge Street and continued for several blocks to St. Francis of Assisi Church on the corner of Cambridge and Sciarappa Streets for a 9:30 A.M. high mass.<br/><br/>
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The festive and reverent high mass was celebrated by Bishop Peter Uglietto, Monsignor Anthony Spinosa, Father Walter Carriero, and Father Jim Darcy. Many of the hymns were sung in Italian, including the <i>Canto Al Vangelo</i> and the <i>Saints Cosmas and Damian Hymn</i>. The Cosmas and Damian Society banner and a tapestry venerating the Saints were beautifully displayed near the Altar.<br/><br/>
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After the high mass the procession returned to an outdoor shrine for the Saints in Gaeta Square at the intersection of Warren and Porter Streets.<br/><br/>
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Cosmas and Damian were physicians in Cicilia in the third century. They were raised in the Christian faith at a time when it was death to profess Christianity. They were captured and suffered three tortures to renounce their faith. They miraculously escaped injury from their tortures but were sentenced to decapitation. They were executed on September 27 in the year 287 as martyrs to the Christian faith. Many miracles have been attributed to prayers of intercession to the Healing Saints Cosmas and Damian, and they have long been the patron saints of Gaeta in the Latina province of the Lazio region of Italy.<a href="#091214_1"><sup>1</sup></a><br/><br/>
Immigrants from Gaeta who settled in East Cambridge brought the festival tradition to this country and celebrated the first Cosmas and Damian Festival in 1927. The Festival has been held annually every year in September.<a href="#091214_2"><sup>2</sup></a><br/><br/>
I was thrilled to attend my second annual Cosmas and Damian festival, honoring my Italian heritage by celebrating mass at the church where my mother and grandparents attended weekly. My mother attended the annual Saints Cosmas and Damian Festivals during her youth and remembered them with great fondness throughout her life.<br/><br/>
In 2005 the Cambridge Historical Commission published an oral history anthology, <i>All in the Same Boat</i>, a compilation of real-life stories from residents of the East Cambridge neighborhood, including vignettes of the founding of St. Francis of Assisi parish and the Cosmas and Damian festival. Additional information about <i>All in the Same Boat</i>, including purchase information, is available at <a href="http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/oralhist2.html" target="_blank">http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/oralhist2.html</a>.<br/><br/>
For more information about the Saints and about the Cosmas and Damian Society of Cambridge and Somerville please visit the Society's website at <a href="http://www.cosmas-and-damian.org/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cosmas-and-damian.org/index.html</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about last year's Cosmas and Damian festival please visit my blog post <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/2013/09/cosmo-and-damian-festival.html" target="_blank">87th Annual Cosmas and Damian Festival</a>. For additional information about Italian immigrant culture in the Greater Boston area please visit my blog posts labeled <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/search/label/Italian%20Culture" target="_blank">Italian Culture</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="091214_1"><sup>1</sup></a>“The Lives of Saints Cosmas and Damian,” <i>The Saint's Story</i> (http://www.cosmas-and-damian.org/saint_story.html: 12 September 2014).<br/>
<a name="091214_2"><sup>2</sup></a>“The Society,” <i>The Society</i> (http://www.cosmas-and-damian.org/our_society.html: 12 September 2014).<br/>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-66900228136590095982014-08-31T07:15:00.000-04:002014-09-12T07:56:14.839-04:00Remembering Jinny ScottOn this day three years ago one of my dearest friends, Jinny (Atkins) Scott, passed away. Jinny and I met at a Strafford County Genealogical Society meeting in Dover, New Hampshire in 2004. We became instant friends, sharing many wonderful times over lunch and in genealogical research. We were also distant cousins, sharing a genealogical link through the Buzzell family. She was unfailingly kind, generous, and positive, and my spirits were always lifted in her company. She was the rarest of gifts: a true friend and a kindred spirit. I was very blessed to be her friend, and I still miss her greatly.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-28484440935314842532014-08-29T07:57:00.000-04:002014-09-18T07:44:11.292-04:00Remembering Anne HutchinsonOn this month 371 years ago Anne Hutchinson was massacred at Pelham Point, in the current-day borough of the Bronx, New York. She was massacred by the Siwanoy Indians with six of her eleven children. The only survivor of the massacre was her nine-year old daughter Susan, who was picking blueberries in the woods during the slaughter. Susan heard the screams of her family and hid in a crevice of the Split Rock,
a large boulder formation which still exists, located as the intersection of Route 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway in New York. The Siwanoy found Susan but did not kill her; instead, they raised her and adopter her into their tribe. Susan stayed with the Siwanoy until she was eighteen and then rejoined her five eldest siblings in Boston, where she married John Cole. She and John had eleven children. The family later removed to Rhode Island, where Susan died in 1713 at the age of eighty.<a href="#082964_1"><sup>1</sup></a><br/><br/>
The exact date of the massacre of Anne's family at Pelham Point is not known, but is believed to have been during the month of August from an entry in John Winthrop's journal in September 1643.<a href="#082964_2"><sup>2</sup></a><br/><br/>
Anne Marbury Hutchinson, the daughter of Reverend Francis Marbury, was born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England on July 17, 1591. Reverend Marbury believed in education for all his children and educated his daughters at home. The brilliant Anne was an apt pupil. Her religious training led her to follow Puritan minister John Cotton, the minister of Saint Botolph's Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. As non-conformist Puritans were forced to leave England, Cotton migrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1633 and Anne and her husband William Hutchinson migrated the following year. Anne's theology training compelled her to hold religious discussion groups at her home during 1635 and 1636. Her well-attended religious meetings often drew more patrons than Sunday services at the First Church in Boston. Her intelligence and outspokenness was in direct conflict with seventeenth-century Puritan mores. She was accused of heresy and tried by the General Court in 1637, who banished her from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1638 Anne was excommunicated by the First Church of Boston, and the excommunication sentence was delivered by her mentor, Reverend John Cotton. She and her family made the journey to Rhode Island, where her husband and sons assisted in the founding of Rhode Island, the landing place for religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony. After the death of her husband William in 1642 Anne removed from Rhode Island to free herself from English control. She and her seven youngest children resettled in the Dutch Colony of New York at Pelham Bay. In late summer of 1643 the Siwanoy sought reprisals against the Dutch for violence against their tribe which led to the massacre of Anne and her children, who were mistaken by the Siwanoy as Dutch settlers.<a href="#082964_3"><sup>3</sup></a><br/><br/>
I am extremely proud to be a descendant of Anne Marbury Hutchinson through her daughter Susan Hutchinson Cole. To view my descent from Anne Marbury Hutchinson to my grandmother Bertha Fairchild please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gyLXI1Z1JZZG9QN1U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<br/><br/>
For modern-day views of the Split Rock where Susan hid, please visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Rock_%28Bronx,_New_York%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Rock_%28Bronx,_New_York%29</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="082964_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Eve LaPlante, <i>American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman who Defied the Puritans</i> (New York: Harper Collins, 2004), 238-39.<br/>
<a name="082964_2"><sup>2</sup></a>LaPlante, <i>American Jezebel</i>, 243-44.<br/>
<a name="082964_3"><sup>3</sup></a>LaPlante, <i>American Jezebel</i>, 271-72.<br/>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-54018626053453274342014-08-23T07:23:00.000-04:002014-09-12T17:00:05.905-04:00Remembering Eleazer Wilber - 150 Years LaterOn this day 150 years ago my second great-granduncle, Eleazer Wilber, a private in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Eleazer, with most of his regiment, was captured on May 16, 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia during an early morning reconnaissance in heavy fog. Eleazer died of disease resulting from starvation at Andersonville and is buried in Grave 6715 at Andersonville National Cemetery.<a href="#082314_1"><sup>1</sup></a> This was the second tragic event occurring in the Bates Family in less than one week, as Eleazer's brother-in-law Oliver Stanton Bates of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment died at Slough Barracks Military Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia on August 19, 1864 from a wound resulting in amputation at Petersburg.<a href="#082314_2"><sup>2</sup></a> <br/><br/>
For more information about Eleazer, please visit his <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51146084" target="_blank">Find a Grave memorial</a>.
For more information about Oliver Stanton Bates please visit my blog posts labeled <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/search/label/Oliver%20Bates" target="_blank">Oliver Bates</a>. For additional information about the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment please visit <a href="http://20thmassregt150.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://20thmassregt150.blogspot.com</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about Andersonville Prison please visit the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ande/index.htm" target="_blank">Andersonville National Historic Site</a> and the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/ande/planyourvisit/andersonville_national_cemetery.htm" target="_blank">Andersonville National Cemetery website</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="082314_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Compiled service record, Eleazer Wilber, Pvt., Co. G, 27th Massachusetts Infantry; Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C. <br/><br/>
<a name="082314_2"><sup>2</sup></a>Compiled service record, Oliver S. Bates, Pvt., Co. A, 20th Massachusetts Infantry; Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C. <br/>Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-90069629971666413332014-08-21T12:59:00.001-04:002014-08-22T07:06:06.961-04:00NEAPG Meeting with the O'Duills - August 17, 2014On Sunday my genealogy friend and colleague Sharon Daly and I attended a meeting of the New England Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG) hosted by Marian Pierre-Louis. The featured presenters were Eileen and Sean O'Duill who had traveled from Ireland earlier in the week to lecture at the Celtic Connections Conference at Bentley University. Eileen and Sean offered two additional presentations for the NEAPG meeting that were not offered at the Celtic Connections Conferences.<br/><br/>
Eileen led an informative lecture, "Dublin, 30th June 1922: Did Everything Blow Up?" The focus of Eileen's presentation was to detail the classes of records that were destroyed in 1922 and to identify alternate replacement sources. Eileen's husband Sean followed with a talk entitled "Death and Burial Customs in 19th Century Ireland" in an informal, engaging style, revealing his expertise as a storyteller and folklorist.<br/><br/>
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The meeting was well-attended and a great success. After the meeting Sharon and I had the chance to catch up with many of our genealogy friends and colleagues. I wish to thank the O'Duills for their wonderful presentations, the NEAPG for a delightful event and Marian Pierre-Louis for her hospitality.<br/><br/>
Eileen and Sean are a husband-and-wife team specializing in Irish genealogy, history, and folklore. For additional information about their research services, lectures, and workshops please visit their website at <a href="http://www.heirsireland.com" target="_blank">http://www.heirsireland.com</a>.<br/><br/>
The New England Association of Professional Genealogists (NEAPG) is a satellite chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). For additional information about NEAPG please visit their website at <a href="http://www.neapg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.neapg.org/</a>. For additional information about APG please visit their website at <a href="http://www.apgen.org" target="_blank">https://www.apgen.org/</a>.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Celtic Connections Conference please visit <a href="http://www.celtic-connections.org/" target="_blank">http://www.celtic-connections.org</a> and my blog post <a href="http://constantgenealogist.blogspot.com/2014/08/celtic-connections-conference-august-15.html" target="_blank">Celtic Connections Conference - August 15 and 16, 2014</a>.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-9196572125767084722014-08-20T12:23:00.003-04:002014-08-22T07:09:05.751-04:00Celtic Connections Conference - August 15 and 16, 2014Last Friday and Saturday I attended the two-day Celtic Connections Conference, held at the La Cava Conference Center at Bentley University in Waltham. The Celtic Connections Conference was hosted by The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) and the Irish Genealogical Society International (IGSI) and was the inaugural conference as a joint effort of the two Irish genealogical associations. The event featured outstanding presentations by top-flight Irish genealogists and lecturers from Ireland and the United States.<br/><br/>
On Friday I attended five superb presentations. Brian Donovan of Eneclann and findmypast.com delivered the Keynote presentation, "Using findmypast.com to Trace Your Irish Family History." In the morning I attended Kyle Betit's excellent presentation, "Irish Landed Estate Papers" and Nora Galvin's insightful lecture, "The Registry of Deeds in Dublin Holds Genealogical Treasure." A delicious buffet lunch followed, accompanied by a wonderful talk by Sean O'Duill, "Irish - The Language Your Ancestors Spoke." In the afternoon I attended John Grenham's scholarly "Irish Church Records - The Known Unknown" and Richard Doherty's erudite "Genealogical Gold - Irish National School Records." The day ended with an delectable banquet dinner, followed by a captivating musical and lyrical performance by Brian and Lindsay O'Donovan of WGBH Radio's Celtic Sojourn.<br/><br/>
On Saturday morning I attended Sheila O'Rourke Northrup's excellent talk on "Immigration Patterns: Irish to North America", followed by Kyle Betit's informative "Irish Occupational Records" and Kate Chadbourne's delightful "A Stor Mo Chroi: Irish Folk Culture on the Move." A delicious lunch followed, accompanied by outstanding a capella performances of songs of diaspora. In the afternoon I attended Richard Doherty's insightful lecture, "The Scots-Irish: Origins, Emigration, Religion, and Research Sources." The lectures concluded with John Grenham's illustrative presentation, "Lost Sheep: Why You Can't Find Your Irish Ancestors Online (Even Though You Know They're There)." The afternoon concluded with the announcement of the next Celtic Connections Conference in 2016 in Minnesota, with the exact date and location of the event to be announced.<br/><br/>
Irish genealogical research is extremely challenging due to the loss of principal record collections resulting from the explosion and fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin on June 30, 1922. Census records from 1821 through 1851 were among the many records lost in the explosion. Methodologies for Irish research include identifying and accessing record collections that were not held at the Public Records Office. The conference presentations highlighted alternative record sources and suggested various approaches to assist the Irish genealogical researcher.<br/><br/>
The conference also afforded wonderful opportunities to meet other Irish researchers and to connect with many genealogy friends, including Sharon Daly, who traveled from Buffalo, New York for the event.
I wish to thank the officers of TIARA and IGSI and the organizers, presenters, sponsors, volunteers, and participants who made the Celtic Connections Conference an outstanding, memorable, and successful event.<br/><br/>
For additional information about the Celtic Connections Conference please visit <a href="http://www.celtic-connections.org/" target="_blank">http://www.celtic-connections.org</a>. For additional information about TIARA and upcoming events please visit the TIARA website at <a href="http://tiara.ie/" target="_blank">http://tiara.ie</a>. For additional information about IGSI and upcoming events please visit the IGSI website at <a href="http://irishgenealogical.org/" target="_blank">http://irishgenealogical.org/</a>.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-61077356555253406442014-08-19T07:12:00.000-04:002014-09-29T07:47:43.385-04:00Remembering Oliver Bates - 150 Years LaterOn this day 150 years ago my second great-granduncle Oliver Stanton Bates of Company A of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment died at Slough Barracks Military Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. He was severely wounded while serving on picket duty along the Jerusalem Plank Road in Petersburg on June 24 and his leg required immediate amputation on the battlefield. After a two-month struggle at Slough Hospital he succumbed to his wounds. <a href="#081914_1"><sup>1</sup></a> <br/><br/>
His body was embalmed for transport to his home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He is buried next to his mother, Eliza (Stanton) Bates, in the Bates Family Plot at Pittsfield Cemetery.<br/><br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zp7vEwaiylI/U_HpH2lXUtI/AAAAAAAABT0/kfFX7wvqXBo/s1600/Oliver%2BStanton%2BBates%2Bgravestone.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zp7vEwaiylI/U_HpH2lXUtI/AAAAAAAABT0/kfFX7wvqXBo/s400/Oliver%2BStanton%2BBates%2Bgravestone.jpg" /></a><a href="#081914_2"><sup>2</sup></a> <br/><br/>
Before the Civil War Oliver was a harness maker in Pittsfield. He was a man of modest means. At the time of Oliver's death embalming was an expensive procedure, and his family did not have the money to pay for preparing his body for the journey home. I have read about the kindness extended by officers of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment to their fallen enlisted men, and I am certain that one or more of the officers extended this kindness to Oliver and his family by paying for the burial ritual so his body could be sent home. Oliver was one of the few veteran volunteers still alive in his regiment at the time of his death. I am deeply grateful to the officers and enlisted men of the 20th Massachusetts for their generosity to Oliver and his family.<a href="#081914_3"><sup>3</sup></a> <br/><br/>
Oliver had notable ancestry in his genealogical lines. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Stanton, an early Native American interpreter, of John Dwight, an early settler of Dedham, Massachusetts, and of Anne Marbury Hutchinson. To view Oliver's descent from Thomas Stanton please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gyNnBGbzFVV2R1aVU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. To view Oliver's descent from John Dwight please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gyYjNOWm96bXo2VUk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. To view Oliver's descent from Anne Marbury Hutchinson please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70vRIo908gycU92VEtTVGtXbG8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. In addition, Oliver's aunt Susan Bates, the sister of his father Josiah Dwight Bates, was married to Robert Melville, the first cousin of author Herman Melville.<br/><br/>
For additional information about Oliver Bates and the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment please visit <a href="http://20thmassregt150.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://20thmassregt150.blogspot.com</a> and his <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102145714" target="_blank">Find A Grave memorial</a>.<br/><br/>
References:<br/>
<a name="081914_1"><sup>1</sup></a>Compiled service record, Oliver S. Bates, Pvt., Co. A, 20th Massachusetts Infantry; Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C. <br/>
<a name="081914_2"><sup>2</sup></a>Pittsfield Cemetery (Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts), Oliver Stanton Bates marker, Hope Mount Section, Lot 41, photographed by Carol Swaine-Kuzel, 4 August 2008.<br/>
<a name="081914_3"><sup>3</sup></a>Richard F. Miller, <i>Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry</i> (Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2005), 280-81, 315-17.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-27420691684818245232014-08-11T07:35:00.000-04:002014-08-11T08:01:00.015-04:00Massachusetts Genealogical Council 2014 SeminarOn a recent Saturday I attended the Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC) 2014 Annual Seminar, held at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield on July 26. I was thrilled to participate in four excellent sessions during the day: photo detective Maureen Taylor’s "Solving the Case: Photos, Genealogy, and History," Italian genealogy specialist Mary Tedesco’s "Adventures in Italian Genealogy," French-Canadian genealogy authority Michael Le Clerc’s "Advanced Research for Quebec Ancestors," and Irish genealogy expert Judy Lucey’s "Discovering Your Irish Ancestors in Print and Online Sources." Each presentation afforded new techniques and approaches to assist in my various research projects. In addition, "table talks" during lunch presented the opportunity to partake in a wide array of genealogical discussion topics, and I had the pleasure of joining Mary Tedesco’s Italian genealogy table to continue an ongoing discussion about Italian genealogical research. Recently I hired Mary to obtain Italian vital records in my ancestral communes of Gaeta and Scafati. Mary did a fantastic job in obtaining the desired records, which has opened new avenues in my ongoing Italian genealogical research. <br/><br/>
The Massachusetts Genealogical Council protects the rights of genealogists to access Massachusetts vital records. For more information about the Massachusetts Genealogical Council please visit their website at <a href="http://www.massgencouncil.org" target="_blank">http://www.massgencouncil.org/</a>. <br/><br/>
I wish to thank the officers of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council and the organizers and presenters of the annual seminar for a truly wonderful event.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-60793654906428699702014-07-30T07:25:00.002-04:002014-08-11T07:18:55.901-04:00Writers' Blog TourMy genealogy friend and colleague Liz Loveland invited me to take part in a Writers' Blog Tour to encourage sharing among writers about their current projects through their blog sites. Liz's Tour post is viewable at her blog site, <a href="http://adventuresingenealogy.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/writers-blog-tour/" target="_blank"> My Adventures in Genealogy</a>. Each Tour participant answers four questions about their writing, and then introduces other writers to continue the Tour.<br/><br/>
<b>What am I working on?</b><br/><br/>
I am currently working on a story concerning my ancestor’s experience in the 27th Connecticut Infantry Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. He was killed in his first battle on December 13, 1862 during the ill-fated attempts by the Union Army to seize Marye’s Heights at Fredericksburg. The story of his experience is compelling because it is so tragic. A young man in the prime of his life is cut down by the ravages of war before he has the chance to experience all that life has to offer. The episode in which he was killed is even more heartbreaking when one recognizes that the repeated assaults on Marye’s Heights were intended as diversionary movements by the Union Army to draw Confederate forces away from Prospect Hill, the pivotal military objective for winning the battle.<br/><br/>
<b>How does my work differ from others of its genre?</b><br/><br/>
I’m not certain that my work does differ from other historical writing except, perhaps, for my perspectives on it. I am writing my ancestor’s story in two separate presentations: one as historical nonfiction and another as creative nonfiction. The creative presentation allows more freedom in my writing, as I can present his Civil War experience as a historical and spiritual journey through the lens of my head and heart. Unfortunately I have no actual letters or journals written by my ancestor, but I have come to know him by reading what his officers and comrades have written about him. I have visited Fredericksburg several times and have walked the ground where he fell. I have travelled to New Haven, Connecticut, where he was born and lived his entire life before military service. I have paid my respects at the family plot at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven where his parents and siblings are buried and where a memorial gravestone was placed in his honor. My personal experiences in following in his footsteps have become intertwined with his journey. My hope is to create a compelling, inspirational story that others will want to read.<br/><br/>
<b>Why do I write what I do?</b><br/><br/>
I write because I am passionate about history and genealogical research. The study of history reveals that the challenges that our ancestors faced are still very relevant on a human level today. Historical and genealogical research is endlessly fascinating, as there is always something new to learn about the past. History has always been captivating for me, as the story is inevitably influenced by the one who reports it. A report of a single event told by many authors always differs in a tantalizing way. Some aspect of the truth is present in every historical story, and many aspects of the story are colored by the perspectives of the author. The challenge for the reader is to discern between the truth and the bias. <br/><br/>
In particular the Civil War era has been very compelling for me, as the experiences of the soldiers at the edge of warfare and their families on the home front are exposed to the full range of the human emotional experience. Love, sacrifice, tragedy, grief, anger, and fear are ever present in these stories.<br/><br/>
I write regularly about my genealogical discoveries and experiences in my Journeys of a Constant Genealogist blog. I am also documenting three of my ancestor’s Civil War experiences in sesquicentennial tribute blogs to their regiments, posting blog entries on dates significant to the history of the regiment. I created these tribute blogs to honor the men who served in these regiments, but in return I have been honored. In the process I have learned so much about their experiences and the challenges they faced in battle. I am often in awe or in tears at what they endured. <br/><br/>
<b>How does my writing process work?</b><br/><br/>
I generally begin with an outline to clarify my thoughts surrounding my project, but I must confess that my best inspirations come when I am very relaxed, either while sleeping at night or while driving to work. My current project concerning my Civil War ancestor has been beckoning to me especially at night while I sleep. I believe that this type of inspiration is very powerful, very spiritual, and not to be ignored.<br/><br/>
<b>Introducing the next Tour participant.</b><br/><br/>
I have the pleasure of introducing the next participant on the Tour, who writes about social history. I hope to have at least one other participant to introduce shortly.<br/><br/>
<b>Lori Lyn Price</b> is a genealogist, a professional speaker and a historical researcher. She writes about social history for genealogists at her <a href="http://bridgingthepast.com/blog/" target="_blank">BridgingThePast.com</a> blog. She is using her 3rd great-grandfather as a case study and plans to use his life as a lens for a book about Mormon culture and history in the 1800s. She is working towards a Master's degree in history. Her thesis is based on medicinal recipes from the 1600s. Lori Lyn showcases her blog tour post on on her personal blog <a href="http://drewmeister13.blogspot.com/2014/08/writers-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">Drewmeister</a> and discusses it on her social history blog <a href="http://bridgingthepast.com/2014/08/10/writing-social-history-for-genealogical-narratives/" target="_blank">Bridging the Past</a>.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219370870186815918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976452298010673252.post-77864048378648176752014-07-30T07:20:00.000-04:002014-09-12T15:03:11.209-04:00Remembering the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg - 150 Years LaterToday marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Battle of the Crater, a Civil War episode during the ten-month Siege of Petersburg, Virginia that began in June 1864 and ended in April 1865. A plan to dig tunnels under the Confederate position at Petersburg was implemented during the month of July 1864, and at 4:40 A.M. on July 30, 1864, a mine exploded underneath the Confederate position, leaving a wide crater. The Ninth Corps of the Union Army charged into the thirty-foot deep crater to overtake the Confederates, with the Eighteenth Corps remaining along the front lines in support. The attack ended in devastating failure for the Union, as the Confederates charged to the defense of their men by lining along the rim of the gaping hole and firing into the men of the Ninth Corps inside the crater. Massive losses from death or capture for the Ninth Corps were the tragic result of the catastrophic episode. Casualties mounted to nearly 5,000 for the Union and 1,000 for the Confederacy.<br/><br/>
These modern-day pictures of the remnants of the Crater illustrate that time and exposure to the elements have eroded the destruction wrought by the mine explosion.<br/><br/><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPM8LPbkfws/VBGIyNTaIkI/AAAAAAAABYM/g_qlIr0IdVY/s1600/100_1295.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPM8LPbkfws/VBGIyNTaIkI/AAAAAAAABYM/g_qlIr0IdVY/s400/100_1295.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk5VsIeDZ_c/VBGIyUhmRoI/AAAAAAAABYU/t7N4NAqpb_U/s1600/100_1296.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kk5VsIeDZ_c/VBGIyUhmRoI/AAAAAAAABYU/t7N4NAqpb_U/s400/100_1296.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_t3yeSlBG2k/VBGIyfWiiLI/AAAAAAAABYQ/eOzHpyVL7qQ/s1600/100_1294.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_t3yeSlBG2k/VBGIyfWiiLI/AAAAAAAABYQ/eOzHpyVL7qQ/s400/100_1294.jpg" /></a><br/><br/>
This plaque near the Crater at Petersburg reads:<br/><br/>
Crater of Mine<br/>
Evacuated By<br/>
The 48th Regt. Penn. Vet. Vol. Inf.<br/>
Burnside's 9th Corps.<br/>
July 30, 1864<br/>
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