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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Agnes (Hunking) Sherburne, d. 1728, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Point of Graves Burial Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire


HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
Mrs. AGNIS SHURBURN
AGED 33 YEARS
DECd.  OCTr. Ye 10th
1728

Agnes Hunking, daughter of Mark Hunking and Mary Leavitt, was born about 1693 and died 10 October 1728 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  She married Edward Sherburne on 25 July 1716.  He was the son of Capt. John Sherburne and Mary Cowell.    Agnes's father, Mark Hunking, was the Chief Justice of New Hampshire from 1712 - 1729.  She had two daughters, Marie and Sarah, both baptized at the South Church.

Agnes's husband, Edward Sherburne, is my 1st cousin 10 generations removed.  His father, Captain John Sherburne is my 9th great grand uncle.  I descend from John's brother, Captain Samuel Sherburne (1638 - 1691). 

For more information see Some Descendants of Henry and John Sherburne of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by Edward Raymond Sherburne, 1904. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Agnes (Hunking) Sherburne, d. 1728, Portsmouth, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 31, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/tombstone-tuesday-agnes-hunking.html: accessed [access date]). 

Happy Halloween!

These images are from my grandmother's slide collection.  They were given to be my a first cousin,  and were digitized by my another cousin's son for me.  Thanks, Lani and Rob!




These photos were taken by my grandfather in the fall of 1969, at our house at 4 Scenic Drive, Holden, Massachusetts.  I was about seven years old (my birthday is near Halloween).  I remember how we used to decorate our pumpkins with markers when we were little.  I had long braids, and my little sister had a "Pixie" haircut.  This is the only photo I have seen of my mother in knee socks!


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Happy Halloween!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 31, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/happy-halloween.html: accessed [access code]).

Monday, October 30, 2017

November 2017 Genealogy and Local History Events Calendar


Genealogy Events Calendar

For last minute updates, see the “Nutfield Genealogy” Facebook page at this link:  https://www.facebook.com/nutfield.gen/ 


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 November 1, Wednesday, noon, Brown Bag Lecture:  Equal School Rights: Black Girlhood and School Desegregation in Antebellum Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.  Presented by Kabria Baumgartner, University of New Hampshire. https://www.masshist.org/calendar

November 1, Wednesday,  6:30pm, “If I am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at the Littleton Public Library, 92 Main Street, Littleton, New Hampshire.  Oney Judge Staines will be portrayed by living historian Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti.  For more info 603-444-5741.  Free to the public.

November 1, Wednesday, 6pm, Classes and Forms: The Landscape of Colonial Boston’s Public Schools, at the Old North Church, 193 Salem Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Speaker will be the author J. L. Bell. Donations accepted.  Reserve your ticket at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/classes-and-forms-the-landscape-of-colonial-bostons-public-schools-tickets-31649323980

November 2, Thursday, Maureen Boyle, author of Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.  Presented by author Maureen Boyle.

November 2, Thursday, 7pm,  Robert Rogers of the Rangers, at the Madison Public Library, 1895 Village Road, Madison, New Hampshire.  Historian George Morrison takes us on a journey from colonial North America to the 21st century.  Free to the public.  For more info 603-367-8545.


November 3, Friday, noon, Looking Good at 150: Preserving a Piece of America’s Documentary History, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  A talk by Seth Irwin, a book, paper and photograph conservator who will share his work preparing the Treaty of Cession maps and manuscripts for the sesquicentennial exhibt at the Alaska State Museum.  FREE to the public.  Register here: https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/looking-good-at-150  

November 4, Saturday, The Devil and The Crown, at the Minute Man National Park at Faneuil Hall, 4 S. Market Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Participate in live reenactments all day long and a Boston town meeting that took place in October 1767.  Join the discussions inside and outside as local citizens argue over whether or not to stop importing British goods. FREE to the public. See this webpage for a schedule of events and more information: https://www.thehistorylist.com/events/the-devil-and-the-crown-boston-1767-boston-massachusetts?mc_cid=50b527bb16&mc_eid=6d4fffd2a5  

November 4, Saturday, 9:30am – 4pm, Local History New Hampshire!,  at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, sponsored by the NH Historical Society and the Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire.  Four informative sessions.  Space is limited. Registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-history-nh-workshop-registration-38504610326?aff=es2   $50 for members, $75 for non-members, $14 for a box lunch (or bring your own). 

November 4, Sunday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy a 17th century meal, sit with Pilgrims who will answer questions, and be entertained with songs and psalms.  Click here to make a reservation and to pay online: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=18  

November 4, Sunday, 2017 Massachusetts Society of Genealogists (MSOG, Inc.) Annual Meeting and Program – Our Identity on Display!, at the Marlborough Country Club, 200 Concord Road, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Advanced registration is required through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-msog-inc-annual-meeting-program-our-identity-on-display-tickets-37786255708?aff=TheHistoryList  Featured speakers will be Maureen Taylor and Michael J. Hall.

November 5 and 6, Saturday and Sunday, Native Heritage Weekend, at The Fort at No. 4, 267 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. www.fortat4.org 

November 6 and 13, Mondays, 7pm,  Introduction to Using DNA for Genealogy, Greenwich High School, 10 Hillside Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, Fee: $49.  Greenwich Adult and Continuing Education Online Catalog – see page 12 https://www.greenwichace.com/customer-content/www/CMS/files/Fall17catalogws.pdf

November 7, Tuesday, 7 - 8:30pm, Part 2: Research your Family Tree with Linda MacIver, at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts.  Add to your genealogy research skills from the September 12th class.  FREE to the public.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.  Pre-register at www.miltonlibrary.org

November 7, Tuesday, noon, Lunch and Learn:  Secrets of the American Independence Museum:  Collection Close Up , at the American Independence Museum,  Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire . Free to the public.  Presented by Rachel Passannante.  Bring a lunch to enjoy during the lecture.


November 8, Wednesday, 6pm, Women in World War I: Sacrifice, Solidarity, Service, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  A panel discussion and readings. Register here:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/women-in-wwi  

November 8, Wednesday, 1pm, The Life and Death of John Proctor, 1692, at Felton Smith Historic Site, Felton Street, Peabody, Massachusetts.  Presented by staff curator Kelly Daniel, hosted by the Peabody Historical Society.  Non-members $5.  For more information 978-531-0805.

November 8, Wednesday, 7pm, Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, at the Alvirne Hills House, 211 Derry Road, Hudson, New Hampshire.  Sponsored by the Hudson Historical Society and the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  Sharon Wood portrays Sarah Josepha Hale, and Steve Wood will portray Lincoln. 

November 11, Saturday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy a 17th century meal, sit with Pilgrims who will answer questions, and be entertained with songs and psalms.  Click here to make a reservation and to pay online: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=19   
November 11, Saturday, noon, Irish Study Group, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Contact Mary Ellen Grogan for more information megrogan@ix.netcom.com FREE to the public. No registration necessary.

November 11, Saturday, noon, The Mayflower: The Families, The Voyage, and the Founding of America, at New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.   FREE to the public.  Author Rebecca Fraser will speak about her newest book.  Book sales and book signing to follow.  Register here:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/the-mayflower-the-families-the-voyage-and-the-founding-of-america

November 11, Saturday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy a 17th century meal, sit with Pilgrims who will answer questions, and be entertained with songs and psalms.  Click here to make a reservation and to pay online: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=19   

November 11, Saturday, Veterans Day at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  Meet re-enactors from the Colonial Wars up to World War II and today’s soldiers.  Watch lead musket balls be cast, listen to military music, watch a cannon demonstration and more.  Children can drill under the command of the Village militia.  All active, veteran and retired members of the military receive free admission (up to 6 people). Free with admission to the general public. 

November 11, Saturday, 1pm, Vanished Veterans – New Hampshire’s Civil War Monuments and Memorials, at the Kingston Community Library, 56 Church Street, Kingston, New Hampshire.  Historian George Morrison located, inventoried, and photographed the Civil War memorials of NH, and will share his discoveries.  Free to the public.

November 11, Saturday, 2pm, New Hampshire at War, at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire.  Presented by Sue Kelly, museum educator, covering all the major conflicts that have affected the Granite State from the colonial period to the present.  A 45 minute lecture ad a brief guided tour of the Citizen Soldier section of the Discovering New Hampshire exhibition.  Free with admission.

November 11, Saturday, 6:45pm, A Revolution of Her Own! Deborah Sampson, at the Bourne Historical Society, 37 Sandwich Road, Bourne, Massachusetts.  A living history performance by Judith Kalaora who will portray the first woman to enlist, fight and be honorably discharged from the American Military. Sponsored by the Bourne Historical Society. Free to the public.

November 12, Sunday, Honoring Those who Served: Recognition of Local World War I Veterans, at the Penacook Historical Society, 1834 House, 11 Penacook Street, Penacook, New Hampshire.

November 13, Monday, 7pm, DNA Testing for Genealogy: Privacy, Reliability, Navigating the Marketplace, at Memorial Hall Library, 97 Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts.  Led by Jennifer Randolph, a Dartmouth genetic epidemiologist and genealogist.

November 13, Monday, 6:30pm, Women’s Vintage Armed Services Uniforms, at the Langley-Adams Library, 185 Main Street, Groveland, Massachusetts.  Aileen Kelly will share and discuss her collection of vintage women’s military uniforms.  Free to the public.

November 14, Tuesday, 10 - 11:30am  An Overview of Genealogical Software,  to be held at the Lynnfield Public Library, 18 Summer Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  This is an extension of the six week class held recently.  Presented by Richard Reid. FREE to the public.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration required.  Contact Samantha Cabral at cabral@noblenet.org  or 781-334-5411  

November 14, Tuesday, 6:30pm,  Robert Rogers of the Rangers, at the Dunbarton Public Library, 1004 School Street, Dunbarton, New Hampshire.  Historian George Morrison takes us on a journey from colonial North America to the 21st century.  Free to the public.  For more info 603-774-3546.

November 14, Tuesday 7pm, A Revolution of Her Own! Deborah Sampson, at the Loring-Grenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  A living history performance by Judith Kalaora who will portray the first woman to enlist, fight and be honorably discharged from the American Military. Sponsored by the Bourne Historical Society.

November 15, Wednesday, Rosalyn Delores Elder, author of African American Heritage in Massachusetts – Exploring the Legacy: Places and Spaces of Significance, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by author,  architect and entrepreneur Rosalyn Delores Elder.

November 15, Wednesday, 7pm, Louisa May Alcott:  Beyond Little Women, at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. A living history presentation from Marianne Donnelly, who will present a carefully researched portrayal of Louisa May Alcott emphasizing her suffragist and abolitionist involvement. Tickets from www.thetrustees.org  Adults $20, children $10. 

November 15 and 29, Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8pm, Genealogy Workshops:  Overview and Finding Family Records, at the Norwell Public Library, 64 South Street, Norwell, Massachusetts, 02061.  Presented by Linda MacIver, the two classes will build on the skills identified in last year's beginner's class, focusing on major print and online tools to ultimately find your immigrant ancestor.  FREE to the public.  The workshops are co-sponsored by the Norwell Public Library, The James Library and the Milton Council on Aging.  Pre-register at http://ww.norwellpubliclibrary.org  

November 16, Thursday, 7pm, Tavern Talk:  Your Most Important Role in a Democracy: Thinking for Yourself, at the American Independence Museum,  Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire . Free to the public.  Presented by Vanessa Druskat. 

November 16, Thursday, Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale, at the Madbury Town Hall, 13 Town Hall Road, Madbury,New Hampshire.  Sponsored by the Hudson Historical Society and the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  Free to the public.  Sharon Wood portrays Sarah Josepha Hale, and Steve Wood will portray Lincoln.  Hosted by the Madbury Public Library.

November 16, Thursday, 11am, I Now Pronounce You: Lucy Stone, at the Sudbury Senior Center, 40 Fairbank Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts.  Living historian Judith Kalaora will portray Lucy Stone, one of the first abolitionists and suffragettes. Free to the public.

November 18 and 19, Saturday and Sunday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy a 17th century meal, sit with Pilgrims who will answer questions, and be entertained with songs and psalms.  Click here to make a reservation and to pay online: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=19   

November 18, Saturday, Connecticut Society of Genealogists “How Firm a Foundation?  Building a Sound Genealogy” at the CSG Library, 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut.  Presented by Edwin W. Strickland II.  All CSG programs are free to the public, but please pre-register at CSG 860-569-0002 or email csginc@csginc.org 

November 18, Saturday, 12 - 3pm, Making the Most of your DNA Test with Shellee A. Morehead, PHD, CG, at the Centre Congregational Church, 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  BYO luncheon 12 - 1pm, lecture at 1pm.  FREE to the public.  Visit www.esog.org for more information. 

November 18,  Saturday, 4pm, An Afternoon with Henry David Thoreau, at the Story Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Living Historian Richard Smith will portray Henry Thoreau and read selections from his essay "Autumnal Tints" and answer questions.  For all ages.  Members $7, non-members $12 each.  Purchase tickets at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-with-henry-david-thoreau-tickets-37730006465?aff=efbeventtix  

November 19, Sunday, 2-4pm, Book Publishing for Genealogists with Linda L. Roghaar, Publisher, at the Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the Hilton Garden Inn Room.  This presentation will examine the procedures to turn your family history into a published book.  Contact Nicole Luongo Cloutier for more info nlcloutier@cityofportsmouth.com

November 22, Wednesday, 5:30 – 7:30pm, 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy a 17th century meal, sit with Pilgrims who will answer questions, and be entertained with songs and psalms.  Click here to make a reservation and to pay online: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=20
Also at Plimoth Plantation – a Homestyle Thanksgiving Buffet and The Story of Thanksgiving Dinner.  See this calendar for dates, prices and reservations: http://www.plimoth.org/calendar#/?i=20

November 28, Tuesday, 7pm, The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War, at the Marlborough Historical Society, 277 Elm Street, Marborough, Massachusetts.  Presented by the author J. L. Bell.  He will sign copies of his book. 

November 29, Wednesday, 7pm, Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music, at the Gorham Public Library, 35 Gorham Street, Gorham, New Hampshire.  Musician Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki relays some of the adventures, misadventures and emotions experienced by Irish immigrants, through songs played on his fiddle and guitar.  Free to the public.


November 30, Thursday, 6:30 – 8pm, Genealogy Research at the New Hampshire Historical Society, at the Wolfeboro Public Library, 259 S. Main Street, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, sponsored by the Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group.  Presented by NH Historical Society’s Library Director Sarah Galligan.  Free to the public. 

November 29, Wednesday, 6pm, Welcome to the Graveyard:  A Virtual Tour of Watertown Cemeteries, at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Hosted by the Gravestone Girls and Mount Auburn Cemetery.   Tickets by Eventbrite:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to-the-graveyard-tickets-37852112688?aff=efbeventtix   $7 members, $12 non-members. 

November 30, Thursday, 6pm, Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by author Russell Shorto.  $10 per person, register online at www.masshist.org/events 

November 30, Thursday, 6- 8pm, Marlborough Genealogy Workshop, at the Peter Rice Homestead, 377 Elm Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Use the archives, discuss your research, share ideas with others. Free wifi, bring your devices. 

Looking ahead:

December 6, Wednesday, 7pm, Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry with David Dearborn, at Memorial Hall Library, 97 Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts.  Led by NEHGS retired Senior Genealogist David Dearborn.  Free to the public.

December 9, Saturday,10:30 am,  Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them, at the Hooksett Public Library, Village Depot Room, 31 St. Mary’s Way, Hooksett, New Hampshire. Hosted by the White Mountain Woolen Magic Rug Hooking Guild.  This is an interactive program by storyteller Jo Radner, who will share her foolproof ways to mine memories and interview relatives for meaningful stories. Free to the public.

December 16, The 243rd Anniversary Boston Tea Party Reenactment, at the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Witness the debate over the tea tax, then join the procession to Griffin’s Wharf and witness the destruction of the tea by the Sons of Liberty.  Fee for the meeting inside the Meeting house.

January 19, Friday, 10:15am, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Community Church of Durham, 17 Main Street, Durham, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Durham Newcomer’s Unlimited.  Pam Weeks will tell about world history, women’s history, industrial history and just wonderful stories in her presentation.  Participants are invited to bring ONE quilt to share for identification and story sharing. Refreshements at 10am, program begins at 10:15am.  Free to the public.

April 3-6, 2019,  New England Regional Genealogical Conference NERGC in Manchester, New Hampshire at the Radisson Hotel on Elm Street.  http://www.nergc.org/2019-conference/ for more information.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "November 2017 Genealogy and Local History Events Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 30, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/november-2017-genealogy-and-local.html: accessed [access date]).

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Surname Saturday ~ BRIMBLECOMB of Marblehead, Massachusetts


BRIMBLECOMB / BRIMBLECOME / BRIMBELCOMB / BRIMBLETON etc.

Back on October 14th I posted a  Surname Saturday”story about the HOMAN  family, and mentioned that the immigrant Edward Homan had a wife named Richard.  I thought this was unusual, and I also thought that this might be a good clue to her identity.  Well, I did find out more about the BRIMBLECOMB family with records back in England!

Looking at records on Family Search from Modbury, Devonshire, England, I was able to find that there was a John Brimblecomb with a wife named Richard (!!) who had two children baptized in Modbury – 1.) Richard, a daughter, baptized on 3 August 1621, and 2.)John Brimblecomb, Jr. baptized on 2 March 1623.  This Richard, jr. would be the aunt of Richard Brimblecom (1646 – 1719) my 9th great grandmother who married Edward Homan of Marblehead, Massachusetts.

The records from Modbury also show that Richard, jr. married Christopher Chrispin on 24 September 1658 in Modbury and had a daughter named Margaret.  But the Modbury records also show that Richard, jr. had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth on 25 August 1643 in Modbury. She was labeled a “bastard” in the records.  All these records naming women named “Richard”, as well as a man named John Brimblecomb with a wife named Tabitha seemed to me to be proof of the same family as my Richard Brimblecomb who married Edward Holman.   

Essex County Probate, Volume 3, page 283 shows a 1678 will for John “Brimbellcom” with a wife Tabitha, and names a son Philip and daughters Mary Tucker and Richard Holmon.   His estate was valued at 76 pounds and 6 shillings.  He left his house to Philip.

The Modbury records show that John Brimblecomb, jr. and wife Tabitha, had four children baptized there:

1. Mary, daughter, 16 July 1646
2. Mary, daughter, 16 June 1647
3. John, son, 10 August 1649
4. Philip, son, 28 October 1651

There was no record found of a daughter named Richard being baptized in Modbury.  But we can assume she was born to this family perhaps before the first Mary.  Richard married Edward Homan, and Mary married Andrew Tucker.  Philip Brimblecomb married an unknown wife around 1670, and married second to Sarah Fluent on 8 February 1680.

John Brimblecomb, the immigrant, my 10th great grandfather, was a fisherman who lived in Marblehead from about 1661, when he bought a house from John Legg, to 1678, when he died.  He appears to be the same John Brimblecomb who was born and baptized in Modbury, Devonshire, England.

“The Last Will and Testament of John Brimbellcom Being in his perfecte memory the 11th maye 1678 Imprmis That first I Bequeue my Body to the Dust and my spiritte To god that gaue it as for my Estat firist I order That after the Charge of my fenerall (is paide) that all my Deptes Bee fully satisfied By my Excetors: secondly my will is that what Estate is Lefte After my Deptes is paide that Tabitha my wife shall fully and wholly Inioye it for the Terme of Her Naturall Life Thirdly my will is That after The death of my sd: wife That my soon Phillipe Brimbelcom and his Children after Him shall Inioye the full and whole Estat that shee shall Leave to saye my wife what is Leafte of what I Leave her :fourthly my will is That my Excecetors out of what Estat I Leave shall pave to my too Daughters Richard Holman and mary Tucker as a Legaci Twenty shilings a peece. fiftly my will is that my wife Tabitha and my soonn Philipe bee jointe Excecetrex and Exceceter of my whole Estate In Being By them To bee managed and Emproued as above further my will is Th.at my Trusty frinds John Codner and John Leg Bee my overseeres of my Excetors for the Emprouement of The Estate according to this my will and Testament my will further is that if my sd: sun Die without Issue that what is Lefte of my Estate after the death of my sd: wife and sonne and his Child or what Childrin he maye have that it shall bee Equally divided Betwext my too Daughters Richard and mary."
John (his I B mark) Brimbellcom.
Witness: John (his T C mark) Codner, John Legg.
Proved in Salem court 29: 9: 1678 by the witnesses.

Inventory of the estate taken Nov. 12, ,1678, by William Nick and Thaddeus Riddan : one halfe of a shallop & connue & what else belongs to ye half & boat, 15li.; one dweling house, out house and land with ye priviledge belonging to it, 40li.; one halfe of a servants time, 5li.; one bed filled with silke grasse with Rugg, Blankets, bedsteed & 2 pr. ould sheetes, 4li.; 3 Chests ould ones & ould barrells, 8s.; one muskett, one houldbert, one Cutles, one swoard & Belt, 2li.; 4 potts & a small Kittle, lli. 10s.; two pair pott hangers, two pair pott hooks, one fire shoovell & tonges, gridiron, &c., 10s.; pewter dishes, cupes & warming pann, 15s.; Table & forme & a spitt, 1 Os. ; one frying pan &. two ould Axes, 5s. ; three ould Chaires, two ,pailes, washing tubs, wooden Trays & a dresser, 6s.; wearin~ appa1·rell in all, 3li.; one spining wheele, 2s.; several lean swine, halfe a cow & Calfe, 3s. ; total, 7 6li. 6s. Signed by Thaddeus Riddan and Christopher Necke. Attested in Salem court 29: 9: 1678 by Tabitha Brimbelcom, one of the executors.


Some Brimblecomb resources:

There is a Brimblecomb genealogy in The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 12, pages 34 – 38. 

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7SH-1QD : 30 December 2014, John Bremblecombe in entry for Richard Bremblecombe, 03 Aug 1621); citing MODBURY,DEVON,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,861.

My Surname Saturday post on HOMAN:

My BRIMBLECOMB genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Brimblecomb, born about 1595 probably in Modbury, Devonshire, England, and died in March 1658 in Modbury, married Richard UNKNOWN. Two known children.

Generation 2:  John Brimblecomb, baptized on 2 March 1623 in Modbury, Devonshire, and died between 11 May and 29 November 1678 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married to Tabitha Unknown. Five children baptized in Modbury.

Generation 3:  Richard Brimblecomb, born in 1646 in Modbury, died December 1719 in Marblehead; married about 1668 to Edward Homan.  He was born about 1646 and died December 1713 in Marblehead.  Five children born in Marblehead.

Generation 4:  Edward Homan m. Elizabeth Gould
Generation 5:  Peter Homan m. Mary Hoyle
Generation 6:  William Homan m. Elizabeth Unknown
Generation 7:   Thomas Homan m. Tabitha Glover
Generation 8:  Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 9:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 10:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 11:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 12: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ BRIMBLECOMB of Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 28, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-brimblecomb-of.html: accessed [access date]). 

Friday, October 27, 2017

Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ The Fullers of Reddenhall, Norfolk, England

Along the Pilgrim Trail, Part 8

St. Mary's church, Redenhall, Norfolk, England

Vincent and I recently took the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Heritage Tour of England, Wales and The Netherlands along with 41 other enthusiast participants (known as "The 43").  We traced the footsteps of the Separatists and the Mayflower passengers and crew all around these countries with some amazing tour directors, guides, historians and authors.  We were given access to places off the usual tourist trails, and behind the scenes.  We had a wonderful time, and I will be blogging about it over the next few weeks.

We stopped in Norfolk to see the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Church in Reddenhall where the Mayflower passengers Samuel and Edward Fuller lived and worshipped. This church is over 1000 years old! Parts it date back to Saxon times, and the chancel dates from the 1300s. It has a lovely churchyard where we found several Fuller tombstones still standing, and very legible!

We toured the church, and the rector gave us a sample of what reading from the Book of Common Prayer would have been like in the time the Fuller family lived there.  Then another parishioner gave us a history lecture. There were several other Fullers touring the church, just by coincidence, from Vermont! Small world!

Edward and Samuel Fuller were brothers.  Edward Fuller was baptized at St. Mary's church on 4 September 1575, the son of Robert Fuller and Sarah Dunthorne.  He appears in only one record in Leiden, Holland, with his brother Samuel.  He traveled on the Mayflower in 1620, signed the Mayflower Compact, and died with his wife that first winter, leaving one son, Matthew (b. about 1605) in England, and another son, Samuel (b. about1608) an orphan in Plymouth, who was cared for by his uncle, Samuel Fuller.  Samuel, the younger Mayflower passenger, married and had nine children and many descendants.

Samuel Fuller was baptized at St. Mary's church in Redenhall on 20 January 1580. He lived with the Separtists in Leiden, where he married Agnes Carpenter on 24 April 1613.  Their infant son was buried at St. Pieterskirk in Leiden on 29 June 1615, and Agnes was buried soon after on 3 July 1615.  He remarried to Bridget Lee in Leiden on 27 May 1617, and she did not travel on the Mayflower, but joined Samuel Fuller in Massachusetts in 1623 on the Anne.

The rector of St. Mary's reading from the Book of Common Prayer


Fuller descendants posing in the organ loft

This hand lettered sign is on the wall at St. Mary's

The Fuller Connection
Gravestone on the North side of the church
provide evidence of a local family named
Fuller. Two of its members sailed on the
"Mayflower" in 1620 in search of religious
                                           freedom.
Little is known about Edward Fuller but
Samuel Fuller played a leading part in the
settlement created by the Pilgrim Fathers.
Samuel, son of Robert Fuller, was born and
"baptised in Redenhall Parish" in 1580.  He moved
to Holland in 1608: either beore or after this
he qualified as a doctor.  In 1617 he married for
the third time, two earlier wives having died.
The following testimony was written by a fellow
colonist named William Bradford in his
"History of Plimoth Plantation" as present by
the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendants.
"It pleased the Lord to visite them this year 1633
with an infectious feaver of  wich many felt
very sick and upward of 20 persons dyed,
men and women besides children... and in the
end, Samuel Fuller, who was their surgeon and
phisition and had been a great help and
comforte to them; as in his facultie, so
otherwise, being a deacon of the church,
a man godly, and forward to do good,
being much missed after his death."
Some of the Fuller graves in the churchyard at Redenhall

In memory of
EDWARD FULLER
Baptised in this Church
4th September 1575
Also
SAMUEL FULLER
Baptised in this Church
20th September 1580
Pilgrims to America on the Mayflower 1620
Presented by the Fuller Society 2011



St. Mary's Church, Redenhall,
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/redenhall/redenhall.htm 

A sketch of Edward Fuller and his family:
http://mayflowerhistory.com/fuller-edward/ 

A sketch of Samuel Fuller:
http://mayflowerhistory.com/fuller-samuel/ 


Part 1 of this series "Babworth, Nottinghamshire":

Part 2 of this series "Scrooby Manor"
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-scrooby-manor.html   

Part 3 of this series "Gainsborough, Lincolnshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-gainsborough.html 


Part 4 of this series "Harwich, Essex, home of the Mayflower"
Part 6 of this series "William Mullins of Dorking, Surrey"   

Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ The Fullers of Reddenhall, Norfolk, England", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 27, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-fullers-of.html: accessed [access date]).

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Old Musket

 I post another in a series of weather vane photographs every Wednesday.  This started with images of weathervanes from the Londonderry, New Hampshire area, but now I've found interesting weather vanes all across New England and across the globe.  Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting.  Often my readers tip me off to some very unique or unusual weathervanes, too!  If you know a great weather vane near you, let me know if you'd like to have it featured on this blog.

Today's weather vane was photographed in Vermont.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #334?  Scroll down to find the answer.








This unique weathervane was spotted above the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont.  We were passing through town when I saw the shiny, gilded musket above the cupola.  We "pulled a U-ey" and circled back to get a photograph.  It is the first time I've seen a weathervane with a musket! It appears to be a three dimensional musket, original to the building's construction in 1846 according to an engraving [see below].  

This building is the Robbins & Lawrence factory in Windsor, Vermont.  It was built in 1846, and recently renovations were completed in 2016 to repair damage done by Hurricane Irene in 2011.  The muskets produced here were the first to be made with precision interchangeable parts. This museum has the largest collection of machine milling tools in the United States. The Robbins & Lawrence firm was responsible for "The American System" of interchangeable parts that gave rise to the development of the precision tool-making industry.

The museum opened in 1966.  See the website below for visitor information.

The 1846 Armory (This print was made the year the factory opened in Windsor, Vermont)
The weathervane was original to the building


The American Precision Museum website:  https://www.americanprecision.org/

American Precision Museum Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPrecisionMuseum/

A visit to the American Precision Museum on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fE8gZ2fzs4



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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Old Musket", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 25, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/weathervane-wednesday-old-musket.html: accessed [access date]).

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Tombstone Tuesday ~ A Lovely Epitaph for a Toddler

This tombstone was photographed at the Huse Cemetery (Derryfield or Centre Cemetery) on Mammoth Road in Manchester, New Hampshire.



DAUID M.
son of Mr.
James Nutt Jr. &
Hannah his wife,
died Oct. 23, 1829
AEt. 2 years 7 weeks

And is my lovely David fled
No more with us to dwell
Lo, the fair lilly droped its head,
Then all my pleasures fell.

David Nutt, was the infant son of James Nutt and his wife, Hannah Miller.  James Nutt (1794 - 1866) was the fourth generation of the Nutt family, son of Thomas James Nutt (1763 - 1843), grandson of William Nutt (1730 - 1801) who was born in Londonderry, and great grandson of the immigrant William Nutt (1698 - 1751) the weaver who was born in Londonderry, Ulster, Northern Ireland.  

James and Hannah are buried in Valley Cemetery, along with three other sons and their wives: James M. Nutt (1829 - 1891), Samuel M. Nutt (1833 - 1885), and another David Nutt (1833 - 1908).    

There are more NUTTs buried at Merrill Cemetery on South Willow (near the southern entrance to the Mall of New Hampshire), including the famous Commodore Nutt (see this blog post at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/06/commodore-nutt-lived-in-fame-but-died.html  )


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ A Lovely Epitaph for a Toddler", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 24, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/tombstone-tuesday-lovely-epitaph-for.html: accessed [access date]). 

Monday, October 23, 2017

Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Home of Edward Winslow

Along the Pilgrim Trail, Part 7

"Edward Winslow Pilgrim Father 1620" on display at Droitwich, Worcestershire, England

Vincent and I recently took the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Historic Sites Tour of England, Wales and The Netherlands along with 41 other enthusiast participants (known as "The 43").  We traced the footsteps of the Separatists and the Mayflower passengers and crew all around these countries with some amazing tour directors, guides, historians and authors.  We were given access to places off the usual tourist trails, and behind the scenes.  We had a wonderful time, and I will be blogging about it over the next few weeks.

Droitwich, is a little town that used to be a spa for its natural brine which is ten times more salty than the ocean.  There was a salt making industry there from Roman times until the 1600s.  Then it became a spa for “taking the waters” both internally and for bathing. The spa for bathing was closed in 2008 due to a flood.  

St. Peter’s church in Droitwich, which has parts dating back to the Normans, was where Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655) of the Mayflower was baptized.  The vestry added onto the church was named for Edward Winslow in 1973.   His parents, Edward Winslow, Sr, and Magdalene Oliver where parishioners at St. Peters.   Edward, Jr’s brother Gilbert was on the Mayflower, also, and three other brothers – John, Josiah and Kenelm all soon followed to New England.  

Droitwich appears to be very proud of their Pilgrim son, and there are several memorials to Edward Winslow around town.  

A statue to Edward Winslow in St. Andrew Square, Droitwich
This plaque is on the ground behind the Edward Winslow statue
"Born in Droitwich in 1598
Edward Winslow sailed to America
aboard the Mayflower in 1620
as one of the Pilgrim Fathers
determined to start a new life
free from religious persecution.
After a terrible crossing
with many deaths from disease,
bad weather drove the ship into
what is now known as Plymouth Sound
where it cast anchor.

This sculpture depicts Winslow
taking his first steps onto land
at what is now known as Plymouth Rock.
The rock became an American icon,
a symbol of intrepid discovery,
liberty, and freedom of conscience."

This large mural contains the image of the Mayflower at the top of this blog post,
and many other images from Droitwich history
St. Peter's Parish church of Droitwich
"Sacred to the memory of
EDWARD WINSLOW
Born on the 18th October 1595 in Droitwich.  He was
baptized on the 20th October of that year in this church
of St. Peter, where his father was churchwarden
1599 - 1600.  Educated at the King's School, Worchester.
He sailed with the Pilgrim Fathers for the New World
in the Mayflower on the 6th of September 1620.  He was a
founder of the colony of New Plymouth and on three
occasions its governor.  He died on the 8th May 1655."

Winslow descendants posing at St. Peter's Droitwich

St. Peter's church gate


The Droitwich official town website:   http://www.visitdroitwichspa.com/
For more about Edward Winslow:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winslow 

Good Newes from new England: or A True Relation of things very remarkable at the Planation of Plimoth in New England, by Edward Winslow, 1624, available online at this link: https://archive.org/details/goodnewesfromnew00wins

Hypocrisie Unmasked: A true relation of the proceedings of the governor and company of the Massachusetts against Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island, by Edward Winslow, 1595 – 1655 online at this link:   https://archive.org/details/hypocrisieunmask00wins 

Part 1 of this series "Babworth, Nottinghamshire":

Part 2 of this series "Scrooby Manor"

Part 3 of this series “Gainsborough, Lincolnshire”:

Part 6 of this series "William Mullins of Dorking, Surrey"
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-william-mullins-of.html 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Home of Edward Winslow”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 23, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-droitwich.html: accessed [access date]). 

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Surname Saturday ~ FORTUNE of Marblehead

FORTUNE / FORTIN

Elias Fortune, my 9th great grandfather, first  arrived in Marblehead as a fisherman for Moses Maverick, my 10th great grandfather in another lineage.    He was granted a lot of land in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1673 [Essex Register of Deeds, book 39, leaf 22].  Not much is known about Elias, except that he built a house on his lot and lived there.  This house was gone in 1729 when his son, Samuel Fortune, sold this land to his brother-in-law. [Essex Registry of Deeds, Book 55, leaf 96].

Elias married Mary Pittman, the daughter of another Marblehead fisherman, Thomas Pittman, and they had thirteen children.  Elias Fortune’s will left his estate to his wife, and eight surviving children. (See below).   I descend from his daughter, Mary, who married Samuel Hoyle, my 8th great grandparents.

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638- 1881. Online database. American Ancestors.org.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13765/9780-co1/245240739   accessed October 9, 2017.   Probate no. 9780, page 4


"The Last Will and Testament of Elias Fortune
Of Marblehead in the County of Essex

I Elias Fortune being sick in body, but sound memory, and being desirous to
settle the estate lent me by God, Doe by these patents revoke all former Wills by
me made, and declare this onely to be my last Will and Testament ??? I commit my
soul into the hands of God my Creator and Redeemer, my body to the earth dec-
ently to be buried, my temporall estate I dispose of as followes, I will that all
my just Debts be firstly satisfied by my Exectutrix hereafter named, and as to the
Remainder of my estate, I will that ye who of ye same, Reall and personal with all
the profits and benefits thereof so abide and remain in the hands and possession of
my dear wife Mary for her comfortable maintenance, so long as she continues, and
remains a Widdow, and for ye educating of my children till they shall come of Age,
and furthermore I do will, that after my wife’s decease, if not remarried, what ever
of my estate, Reall or personal shall be found left, descend to and be enjoyed by my children
equally part and part alike, and hold to by them and their Heirs for ever, being named
Elias, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Anna,  Elias namely my eldest
son to have my ??? and I do also hereby give liberty to my wife Mary, in case of
her reall need, to alienate in her life time, so much as shall be judged by her friends
necessary, of any part of the Reall estate, whither of that given her by her father
or any other any other, that she may not be brought to want; for case my wife see cause to marry
again, I doe then give her Ten pound, of such of the moveables as she shall take
the estate then left, I will it be forthwith distributed equally among my children
my eldest son Elias to have the first choice, and be executor, take the inheritance
of his Uncle Thomas Pitman in the affair, desiring there may be no strife among my chil-
dren, but that all acquainted in their determination, impairing also my children
Hereby to make any ?? of any part of their lands one to another for
conveniency sake, I appoint my dear wife Mary full and solo Executrix
of this my Will and my Brother Thomas Pitman Overseer of this my will
and to see that all my children may have their just Right according to this my Will.
In witness where of I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this nineteenth
Day of January: Anno Dom: one thousand, seven hundren and four/five.

Signed, Sealed and declared                                   Elias    EL         Fortune
In the presence of:                                                       his marke
Thomas   TD Dod   son
His marke
James Hawkings
Thomas dod Junr
Samuel Cheever"



For more about Elias Fortune:

Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630 - 1850, by Daniel Vickers, 1994, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press,  see page 134.

Marblehead in the Year 1700, by Sidney Perley, see page 52 (available online at the Marblehead Museum website http://marbleheadmuseum.org/Perley%20Final-1.pdf )

My FORTUNE genealogy:

Generation 1:  Elias Fortune, born about 1640, probably in England; died November 1705 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married about 1669 to Mary Pitman, daughter of Thomas Pitman and Joan Unknown.  She was born about 1648 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 1734 in Marblehead.  Thirteen children.

Generation 2:  Mary Fortune, born 1680 in Salem, died October 1710 in Marblehead, married on 16 November 1699 in Marblehead to Samuel Hoyle, so of John Hoyle and Anne Knight.  He was born 15 January 1677 in Marblehead, and died October 1710 in Marblehead.

Generation 3:  Mary Hoyle m. Peter Homan
Generation 4:  William Homan m. Elizabeth Unknown
Generation 5:  Thomas Homan m. Tabitha Glover
Generation 6: Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 7: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~  FORTUNE of Marblehead”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 21, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-fortune-of-marblehead.html: accessed [access date]).