December 2017 Genealogy and Local History Calendar

Genealogy Events Calendar

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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 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. 

December 1, Friday, noon – 1pm, New England’s Hidden Histories:  The Race to Rescue our Earliest Manuscript Church Records, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Dr. James F. Cooper of the Congregational Library.  Free to the public. 

December 1, Friday, 5pm – 8pm, Dulcimers in the Parlor – A Candlelight Event, at the John Woodcock Garrison, 362 North Washington Street, North Attleboro, Massachusetts.  The historic garrison and grounds will be festooned with holiday greenery, while three dulcimers play in the parlor.  Light refreshments will be served. $5 adults, $3 children under 14.

December 1, Friday, 5 – 8pm, Home for the Holidays, at the Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center, 5 Portland Street, South Berwick, Maine.  An open house with hot cider, handcrafted holiday gifts, make your own ornament and tours of the Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum.  Free to the public.

December 2, Saturday, 9:30 – noon, Irish Study Group , at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Everyone is welcome to stay and use the library afterwards. Contact Mary Ellen Grogan at megrogan@ix.netcom.com for more information.

December 2, Saturday, 2pm, Sugar and Spice: Gingerbread History, at the Metropolitan Water Works Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  Presented by Clara Silverstein of Historic Newton.  View a magical display of gingerbread houses, hear a talk about the history of ginger, and kids are welcome to try decorating a cookie. 

December 2, Saturday, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 -101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  You don’t need to be a member.  Tour attendees are welcome to use our library after the tour. No registration necessary.

December 2, Saturday, 10am – 1pm,  American Girl Doll Tea Party, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  $10 per person, includes a tour of the museum, lunch, and a craft.  Bring your doll and join us for a historical tea party!  Space is limited; please call for a reservation at 603-622-7531.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.

December 2, Saturday, 2pm – 4pm, Book Signing with Robert Perreault, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Free to the public.  A short talk by the author of Images of Modern America: Manchester with photographs taken between 1971 and 2005 of the city of Manchester.  The book is for sale in the museum shop for $22.99.  

December 5, Tuesday, 6pm, Christmas Traditions in Boston with Anthony Sammarco, at the Boston Public Library, in the Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  A lecture by author Anthony Sammarco.  His book will be for sale at the talk.

December 5, Tuesday, 6pm – 9pm, “The Hands-On History Workshop: Ghost of Christmas Present: The Transformation of Christmas in America” by Guest Scholar Stephen Nissenbaum, at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.   Participants will explore the AAS collections which are rich with material for Christmas – books, children’s literature, manuscripts, letters, periodicals, sermons, music and a wide variety of ephemera.  $30 per person with a light dinner.  Please register at:  http://www.americanantiquarian.org/hands-history

December 6, Wednesday, 6pm – 7:30pm, “The Hero of Dear Old Halifax”: The Massachusetts Relief Effort Following the Halifax Explosion of 1917, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.   Free to the Public.  Register here please:  https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/hero-of-dear-old-halifax

December 6, Wednesday, 5pm, Boston in a Jar:  Marshmallow Fluff and Boston’s Candy Industry, at the Boston Public Library, in the Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Mimi Graney. Free to the public.

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 7, Thursday, 6pm – 8pm, The Old Colony History Museum After Hours – Gingerbread Jubilee, at the Old Colony History Museum, 66 Church Street, Taunton, Massachusetts.  Decorate a few gingerbread houses, drink some holiday cheer, wear your ugly holiday sweater, and meetup with other young professionals (21 and older) for an evening of cocktails and holiday fun. 

December 7, Thursday, 6:30pm, Who is American?  Chinese Exclusion, Japanese Internment & Today, at the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of New England, the New England Japanese Citizens League, and the Boston Asian Film Festival.  Free but tickets are required at this link: https://osmhdec7-17.brownpapertickets.com/ 

December 8, Friday, noon – 3pm, Christmas at the Nickels-Sortwell House, 121 Main Street, Wiscassett, Maine.  $5 members of Historic New England, $10 non-members.  Experience a nineteenth century Christmas.  Tour rooms in this historic home decorated by the Garden Club of Wiscasett, and the barn exhibit of wreaths decorated by local businesses.

December 8, Friday, 7:30pm, What did You Miss: Deep Diving into your Research with Dave Robison, at Brandeis University, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room G3.  Sponsored by TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association), Inc.  Presented by Dave Robison, professional genealogist.  

December 9, Saturday 1:30pm,  Documentation Without Tears, at the Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Middlesex County  Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists.  Presented by Denise Picard Lindgren. Free to the public. 

December 9, Saturday, 9:30am - 10:30pm, Fireside Chats and Open House at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 - 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. FREE to the public. Hear from our family history experts during the day on topics such as Irish research, Puritan pedigrees, DNA and the Mayflower.  Complimentary hot drinks and sweet snacks.  Special "in store only" pricing on charts, books and gifts!  9:30 Irish research 11:30 Puritan Pedigrees, 1:30 Early Vermont  3:30 Mayflower and DNA. 

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 9, Saturday, 7pm, Harnessing History:  On the Trail of New Hampshire's State Dog, the Chinook, at the Madbury Town Hall, 13 Town Hall Road, Madbury, New Hampshire.  Bob Cottrell will discuss the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks.  Snow date of January 10th.  Sponsored by the Madbury Historical Society.  Free to the public. 

December 11, Monday, 6:30pm, Songs of the Season: Explore the Massachusetts Connection to Some Festive Favorites, at the Langley Adams Library, 185 Main Street, Groveland, Massachusetts.  Lauren Towler will presnt the origins of several seasonal songs that have a Massachusetts connection.  Free to the public.

December 12, Tuesday, 6pm – 8pm, The Spirit of Christmas Past: Four centuries of Christmas in New England, at the Eustis Estate, 1424 Canton Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts.  An illustrated lecture of the development of the celebration of Christmas from when it was outlawed in 17^th century New England up until the 20^th century.  $10 members of Historic New England, $15 non-members.  Refreshments to be served following the presentation.

December 13, Wednesday, 6pm, The Slave’s Cause, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut.  $10 per person.  Register online at www.masshist.org/events  


December 16, Saturday, The 243^rd 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. 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "December 2017 Genealogy and Local History Calendar", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 30, 2017, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/december-2017-genealogy-and-local.html: accessed [access date]).

Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Ancestral Church Found by Accident

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 England.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #332?  Scroll down to find the answer.

This gilded weathercock is on top of the steeple of St. Martin's church in Dorking, Surrey, England.  We photographed it while stopping in Dorking with the Mayflower Historic Sites Tour a few weeks ago, to see the home of William Mullins, a Mayflower passenger.  I remembered that I had several ancestors who lived and were married in Dorking at St. Martin's, and we saw the church near the Mullins home.

The weathercock is an ancient Christian symbol, and can be seen on many churches in Europe, and in early colonial era churches in the United States. This church dates from the 1100s, and replaced an older building. The 210 foot spire was added in the 1870s, so the weathercock may not be as old as the rest of the building.  In the photograph we noticed a ladder up to the weathervane, so it might be undergoing repairs or gilding this year. It is a three dimensional weathercock, with spread wings. 

My 9th great grandparents, Roger Bassett and Ann Holland were married here at St. Martin's church in Dorking on 27 April 1623.  My 8th great grandfather, William Bassett was baptized here on 30 May 1624, and he came to the New World at age 11 in 1635, with his mother and stepfather, Hugh Burt, who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts.  

Click here for my BASSETT surname blog post:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/05/surname-saturday-bassett-of-lynn.html  


The St. Martin's, Dorking website:
http://www.stmartinsdorking.org/welcome-to-our-church/index.html  

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~  An Ancestral Church Found by Accident", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 29, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/weathervane-wednesday-ancestral-church_29.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl, 1779, Krimpen aan de Lek, The Netherlands

HIER LEGT
BEORAVEN
MICHIEL OCCERSZ
HOOGERZEYL
OUD COMMANDEUR
GESTORVEN
DEN 23 MEY 1779
OUD ZIJNDE 82
JAAR 5 MANNDE
EN ??? DAGEN,

HERE LIES

BURIED

MICHIEL OCCERSZ

HOOGERZEYL

OLD COMMANDER

DIED

ON 23 MAY 1779

AGED 82

YEARS 5 MONTHS

???

Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl is my 6th great grandfather.  He was the son of Ocker Bruins and Lijsbeth van't Hof, born 18 July 1696 probably in the town of Krimpen aan de Lek in The Netherlands, and died there 25 May 1779.   He married Lijsbeth Schout[en] and had three sons and a daughter.  I descend from the second son, Simon Machielszoon Hogerzeijl.  Simon's grandson, Peter Hoogerzeil (1803 - 1889) came to America in the 1820s as a stowaway on board a ship full of hemp bound from Rotterdam to Salem, Massachusetts.

Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl was a whaling sea captain.  He would sail from Rotterdam to Greenland searching for whales for the European whale oil market.  It was a lucrative and prestigious occupation, just like the whaling sea captains in New England. 

This past October I was in the Netherlands and my distant Hogerzeil cousin took me to see the hometowns of the Hogerzeil family.  He knew that Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl was originally buried under the church floor in Krimpen aan de Lek, but the church had been razed and a new one was built. The gravestones from the floor of the old church had been moved to the municipal cemetery on the outskirts of town.

We drove to see the "Algemene begraafplaats" (municipal cemetery) at Krimpen aan de Lek.  This town is located on the dike of the Lek branch of the Rhine River, a suburb of Rotterdam.  The little municipal cemetery is between two canals.  The tombstones from the floor of the church were all together in one section of the cemetery, but were badly weathered from being out in the elements and most were illegible.  Then my cousin remembered that the stone for Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl was not outside, but inside the cemetery chapel.

We first searched outside for the tombstone,
but later found it on the wall of the chapel  

Two descendants!

Michiel Occersz Hoogerzeyl
(1696 - 1779)
Was van 1729 - 1759 Commandeur op de
Groenlandse walvisvaart
Maakte 30 niezen naar de poolstreken
Twaalf hiervan in dienst van de Krimpense
rederij Van Holst
Hij ving 155 valvissen


Michiel Occersz Hoogerzeyl
(1696 - 1779)
Greenland whaler
Made 30 trips to the polar regions
Twelve of them for the Krimpen
shipping company of Holst
He caught 155 whales

The tombstone on the wall next to Michiel Hoogerzeil was for Gerret Krijnszoon van Holst, his employer and owner of the whaling company.   The two tombstones were in terrific shape because they were protected from the elements inside the chapel.

Gerret Krijnszoon van Holst
(1720 - 1790)
Volade in 1742 als neder aijn vader ap
De rederij Van Holst nam van 1714 - 1786
deel aan de
Groenlandse walvisvaart

Gerret Krijnszoon van Holst
(1720 - 1790)
Followed his father in 1742 with
The Holst shipping company, took over 1714-1786
participating in
Greenlandic whaling

Thanks for the Dutch translation help from John Boeren and Luana Wentz Darby!

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl, 1779, Krimpen aan de Lek, The Netherlands", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 28, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/tombstone-tuesday-michiel-ockers.html: accessed [access date]).

Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ St. Pieterskerk in Leiden, Holland, near where the Pilgrims worshiped

The 2017 GSMD Historic Sites Tour in front of St. Pieterskerk, Leiden, The Netherlands

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 a few more times in the next week or so.

We spent a long day in Leiden seeing the sites where the Pilgrims lived, worked, and worshiped .  Our group took a long walk through the university, where William Bradford taught English, and where John Robinson studied. It was very quiet on a Sunday morning!  We had to wait a while for the St. Pieterskerk to open, since the access to the building was through a small pub!  The church was deconsecrated in 1971 and is now run as a museum, and an event and concert venue.

The church building was started in 1390, and finished in the 1570s.  According to Wikipedia “On 7 July 1572 the church was closed for services.  It reopened on 5 October of the same year for the first protestant service.”  This was not long before the Scrooby congregation headed by Reverend John Robinson arrived in 1609.  The Separatists and John Robinson lived across the street from the church at the former almshouse and in apartments around a small courtyard. This alley or court still exists, but it is privately owned and photography was not allowed inside, although we were allowed to peek inside.

"Almshouse, founded in 1655 for the benefit of poor people.
Until 1625 John Robinson lived in this place.
His followers set sail from Leiden to America as
the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620." 

The Separatists worshiped here together at John Robinson's house across from St. Pieterskerk.  In 1620, when a large group of them (“the Pilgrims”) left Leiden via Delfshaven on board the ship The Speedwell to join the Mayflower for the New World. Rev. John Robinson stayed behind with the rest of his flock, intending to join them in the New World, but he died in Leiden and was buried under the floor of St. Pieterskerk.  There is a plaque listing the names of the Separatists and their children who were at one time buried under the floor.  The graves have since been cleared out, and the church has been reconsecrated.  It is still a very solemn place to visit.  As a descendant of Rev. Robinson, I had been looking forward to this for a long time!

UPDATE:  (3:56 PM EST 27 November 2017)
A comment from Leiden historian Jeremy Bangs:
"The Pilgrims did not worship in the Pieterskerk. They met for many years across the street in John Robinson's large house. After a general rule against groups' gathering in private houses to discuss religious issues (a measure against the Remonstrants, having nothing to do with the Pilgrims), the Pilgrims were allowed to meet in a room in the former chapel that had become the university;s library. After the remnant of the Pilgrim congregation merged with the English Reformed Church whose minister was Hugh Goodyear, that room remained in use as the English Church until the early 19th century, The English Church / University Library was behind Robinson's house, and the walls still remain, although the interior has been drastically altered."

During the Pilgrim Fathers Leiden exile
more than thirty family members died.
Many were buried in the Pieterskerk along with
their Leiden neighbours.
"BUT NOW WE ARE ALL, IN ALL PLACES,
STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS, TRAVELERS
AND SOJOURNERS..."
Robert Cushman, Pilgrim Leader 1622
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Isaac Allerton's child - 1620
John Allerton's child - 1616
Thomas Blossom's children - 1617
Thomas Brewer's wife and children - 1617, 1618
William Britsman's child - 1612
Edmund Chandler's child - 1619
Robert Cushman's wife & children - 1616
Samuel Fuller's wife & child - 1615
Edmund Jessop's child - 1618
John Keble's child - 1614
Samuel Lee's child - 1619
Robert Peck's child - 1619
John Reynold's wife & child - 1619
John Robinson's children - 1618, 1621, 1623
John Robinson - 1625
John Spooner - 1628
John & Jane Spooner's child - 1630
Randall Thicken's child - 1615

The Mayflower 1620
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In Memory of
REV. JOHN ROBINSON, M.A.,
Pastor of the English church worshiping over against
this spot A.D. 1609 - 1625, when at his prompting
went forth
THE PILGRIM FATHERS
to settle New England
in 1620
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Buried under this house of worship, 4 Mar. 1625
AEt. XLIX years
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IN MEMORIA AETERNA ERIT JUSTUS
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Erected by the National Council of the Congregational
Churches of the United States of America
A.D. 1891

Inside the John Robinson chapel
inside St. Pieterskerk

"IN MEMORY OF
JOHN ROBINSON
PASTOR OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN LEYDEN
1609 - 1625
HIS BROADLY TOLERANT MID
GUIDED AND DEVELOPED THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF
THE PILGRIMS OF THE MAYFLOWER
OF HIM THESE WALLS ENSHRINE ALL THAT WAS MORTAL
HIS UNDYING SPIRIT
STILL DOMINATES THE CONSCIENCES OF A MIGHTY NATION
IN THE LAND BEYOND THE SEAS

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER
DESCENDANTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  A.D. 1928"

St. Pieterskerk from the narrow
streets of Leiden, The Netherland

I descend from Rev. John Robinson twice!  Click here to see my lineages:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/08/surname-saturday-robinson-of-england.html

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Part 1 of this series "Babworth, Nottinghamshire":

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

Part 2 of this series “Scrooby Manor, Nottinghamshire”:

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"

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

Part 5 of this series "Upper Clatford, Hampshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-stephen-hopkins-of.html    

Part 6 of this series "William Mullins of Dorking, Surrey":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-william-mullins-of.html

Part 7 of this series "Edward Winslow of Droitwich, Worcestershire":

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

Part 8 of this series "The Fullers of Reddenhall, Norfolk":

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

Part 9 of this series "John Howland of Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-john-howland-of.html

Part 10 of this series "Tilley and Sampson of Henlow, Bedfordshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-tilley-and-samson.html

Part 11 of this series "William Bradford of Austerfield, Yorkshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-william-bradford.html  

Part 12 of this series "Francis Eaton of Bristol":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-francis-eaton-of.html  

Part 13 of this series "James Chilton, Robert Cushman of Canterbury, Kent, England":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-james-chilton-and.html    

Part 14 of this series "Fishtoft, Lincolnshire where the Pilgrims were betrayed":
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-fishtoft.html

Part 15 of this series "Boston, Lincolnshire, where the Pilgrims were jailed":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-boston-lincolnshire.html    

Part 16 of this series "Immingham, Lincolnshire to Holland":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-1608-immingham.html   

Part 17 of this series "Exile in Amsterdam, Holland in 1609":
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-in-exile-in.html   

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ St. Pieterskerk in Leiden, Holland, near where the Pilgrims worshiped", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 27, 2017, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-st-pieterskerk-in.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ HOYLE of Marblehead, Massachusetts

HOYLE / HOILE

The first mention of my 9^th great grandfather, John Hoyle, is his children’s births in the Marblehead, Massachusetts Vital Records.  In 1674 the town of Marblehead listed the names of the heads of the 114 households, with their commonage, and we can see the name of John Hoyle. He left no other records, not even a deed, but John Hoyle left a will dated 1705.  He has two files in the Essex County Probate files because one file lists him as testate (file 14129) under the name of HOYLE, and another lists him as intestate (14097) under the name of HOYT. 

The Last Will and Testament of John Hoyle of

Marblehead in the County of Essex

I john Hoyle being sick of body, but sound memory, and desirous

To settle the outward estate lent me by God, doe by those revoke all

Former Wills by me made, and declare this as my last will; Imps  I

Commit my soul into the hands of God my Creator & Redeemer, my body

To the earth decently to be buried; my termporall estate I dispose of as

Follows, Imps  I will, that my just debts be firstly paid out of my personal

Estate by my executor hereafter named; Item I give to my eldest son

Samuel Hoyle the lower room part of my dwelling house, with the

???, sellar, and garden all ye and of the house, to be held , and enjoyed by him, and his heirs forever; Item as to ye rest of all my estate, Reall and personal

I give and bequeath the same to my other four children, and grandchild

The only son of my son Martin dec’d, and their heirs, to be equally divided

Among them, being called: Christian Moss, Mary, Anna & Susanna Hoyle &

John Hoyle, willing that the part given to my grandchild John Hoyle may

Not withstanding abide in the hands of all my other children, son & daughters

For their benefit, till the child come of Age, and then to be actually paid

And delivered to him, in case of his death only before such time, to revert

To my other surviving children part & part alike; Item So by those

Appoint my son Samuel to be sole Executor of this my

Will, and in Testimony of all, have hereunto sett my hand and seale

This thirtieth day of November Anno Dom.  One thousand seven hundred

And five.  ??? x   x  Anno ????

Signed Sealed and Delivered

In the presence of                                 John Hoyle

William Hind                                             his xxx marke

Saml Cheever

Sholial Dimond

Joseph  x  Dod

       His marke

Sarah  S  Sodgemore

       Her marke

My 8^th great grandfather was Samuel Hoyle (1677 – 1710), who married Mary Fortune and had five children. After his death, his wife remarried to John Morris.  He left no deeds or probate, and I don’t even know his profession.   His daughter, Mary (baptized in 1702/3) married Peter Homan, a Marblehead fisherman, in 1723.

My HOYLE genealogy:

Generation 1: John Hoyle, born about 1646 in England, died about January 1706 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married about 1668 probably in Marblehead to Ann Knight, daughter of Robert Knight and Mary Unknown.  She was born about 1650, died 30 November 1705 in Marblehead.  Eight children.

Generation 2:  Samuel Hoyle, born 15 January 1677 in Marblehead, died October 1710 in Marblehead; married 16 November 1699 in Marblehead to Mary Fortune, daughter of Elias Fortune and Mary Pitman.  She was born in 1680 in Salem and died in October 1710 in Marblehead. Five children.

Generation 3:  Mary Hoyle, baptized on 21 March 1702/3 in Marblehead; married on 12 December 1723 in Marblehead to Peter Homan, son of Edward Homan and Elizabeth Gould.  He was born 26 June 1699 in Marblehead. Seven children.

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 ~ HOYLE of Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 25, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/surname-saturday-hoyle-of-marblehead.html: accessed [access date]). 

Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ In Exile in Amsterdam, Holland in 1609

Along the Pilgrim Trail, Part 17

The Engelse Kerk in the Begijnhof, Amsterdam

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.

The Scrooby Pilgrims spent a year in Amsterdam after leaving England.  They followed Rev. Clyfton, who was the pastor of the All Saint’s church in Babworth where Bradford and Brewster first heard him preach about Separatism.  Babworth preached at Amsterdam’s Zuiderkerk, and is buried here.  Several other Separatists, such as Rev. Smyth from Gainsborough, were in Amsterdam, too. 

There is a neighborhood called the Begijnhof, which was first a close for Catholic lay nuns (known as "Beguines"), and their church was given to the English Protestants in 1607.  This English Reformed church “Engelse Kerk”  was where the Scrooby Pilgrims worshipped until Reverend Robinson led them to Leiden.   It seems that several factions of English Protestants squabbled over theology, and so Robinson led his flock of Separatists to the calm of Leiden.

The Begijnhof is a lovely little neighborhood.  You can’t hear the street noise inside this courtyard, and it is like stepping back into time.  Perhaps it even looks like it did in the early 17^th century when the Pilgrims lived nearby?  It’s fun to imagine!

In the next post I will show you all the sites where the Pilgrims lived and worshipped in Leiden.

The entrance to the Begijnhof

The Begijnhof is a quiet courtyard from the 16th century inside Amsterdam

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY A COMPANY OF THE
CLERGY OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA,
A LINEAL DESCENDANT OF THE CHURCH OF HOLLAND,
AS A TRIBUTE TO
THE PILGRIM FATHERS
WHO SETTLED FIRST IN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM
IN HOLLAND, THE COUNTRY OF THEIR ASYLUM,
A SHINING EXEMPLAR OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY, MANY OF WHOSE INSTITUTIONS
TRANSMITTED TO AMERICA THROUGH THE
ENGLISH PILGRIMS AND THE DUTCH WHO
SETTLED IN NEW YORK, HAVE GIVEN TO THE
NEW WORLD A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
ERECTED A.D. 1927

THIS CHURCH IS BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 1392.
IN 1607 IT WAS GIVEN TO
ENGLISH-SPEAKING PRESBYTERIANS
LIVING IN AMSTERDAM.
IT WAS ENLARGED IN 1665.
AND EXTENSIVE RESTORATION
WAS COMPLETED IN 1975
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AN INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY CONTINUES
TO WORSHIP HERE.

Over the door of the Engelse Kerk

Part 1 of this series "Babworth, Nottinghamshire":

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

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"

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

Part 5 this series "Stephen Hopkins of Upper Clatford, Hampshire"

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-stephen-hopkins-of.html  

Part 6 of this series "William Mullins of Dorking, Surrey"

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/along-pilgrim-trail-william-mullins-of.html   

Part 7 of this series “Edward Winslow of Droitwich, Worcestershire”

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

Part 8 of this series "The Fullers of Reddenhall, Norfolk":

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

Part 9 of this series "John Howland of Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-john-howland-of.html

Part 10 of this series "Tilley and Sampson of Henlow, Bedfordshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-tilley-and-samson.html

Part 11 of this series "William Bradford of Austerfield, Yorkshire":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-william-bradford.html 

Part 12 of this series "Francis Eaton of Bristol":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-francis-eaton-of.html 

Part 13 of this series "James Chilton, Robert Cushman of Canterbury, Kent, England":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-james-chilton-and.html   

Part 14 of this series "Fishtoft, Lincolnshire where the Pilgrims were betrayed":
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-fishtoft.html

Part 15 of this series "Boston, Lincolnshire, where the Pilgrims were jailed":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-boston-lincolnshire.html    

Part 16 of this series "Immingham, Lincolnshire to Holland":

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-1608-immingham.html   

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Along the Pilgrim Trail ~ In Exile in Amsterdam, Holland in 1609”,  Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 24, 2017, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/along-pilgrim-trail-in-exile-in.html: accessed [access date]). 

Happy Thanksgiving! My Mayflower Ancestors

I post this almost every year at Thanksgiving time.  This is the time of the year when people traditionally wondered "Did I have ancestors on the Mayflower?"  As we get closer to the year 2020, the 400th anniversary commemoration of the arrival of the Mayflower in New England, more and more people are asking that question.  It is estimated that over 20 million people around the world have an ancestor who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in the year 1620 aboard the Mayflower.

You might be a Mayflower cousin, too!


For a list of Mayflower passengers who left descendants, click here:
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/the-pilgrims/the-pilgrims

Here are my own lineages in alphabetical order with Mayflower passenger ancestors in bold:

Isaac Allerton(abt 1586 – 1659)and Mary Norris (1587 – 1621-died during  the “starving time” in the first winter on Cape Cod)

Remember Allerton (abt 1614 – 1656) and Moses Maverick

Abigail Maverick and Samuel Ward

Martha Ward and John Tuthill

Martha Tuthill and Mark Haskell

Lucy Haskell and Jabez Treadwell

Nathaniel Treadwell and Mary Hovey

Jabez Treadwell and Betsey Jillings Homan

Eliza Ann Treadwell and Abijah Hitchings

Abijah Franklin Hitchings and Hannah Eliza Lewis

Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my maternal grandparents)

Edward Doty (abt 1599 – 1635) and Faith Clark

Desire Doty and Alexander Standish

Desire Standish and Nathan Weston

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my maternal grandparents)

John Tilley (abt 1571- 1620) and Joan Hurst (abt 1568 – 1621) both died in “starving time”

Elizabeth Tilley (1607 – 1687) and John Howland (1592 – 1673)

Hope Howland and John Chipman

Hannah Chipman and Thomas Huckins

Hope Huckins and Benjamin Hamblin

Hannah Hamblin and Jonathan Crosby

Ebenezer Crosby and Elizabeth Robinson

Rebecca Crosby and Comfort Haley

Joseph Edwin Healey and Matilda Weston

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my maternal grandparents)

John Tilley (abt 1571- 1620) and Joan Hurst (abt 1568 – 1621) both died in “starving time”

Elizabeth Tilley (1607 – 1687) and John Howland (1592 – 1673)

Desire Howland and John Gorham

Desire Gorham and John Hawes

Elizabeth Hawes and Thomas Daggett

Elizabeth Daggett and John Butler

Keziah Butler and Samuel Osborn

Samuel Osborn and Sarah Wass

Sarah Osborn and Charles Skinner

Ann Skinner and Thomas Ratchford Lyons

Isabella Lyons and Rev. Ingraham Ebenezer Bill

Caleb Rand Bill and Ann Margaret Bollman

Isabella Lyons Bill and Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Donald Munroe Wilkinson and Bertha Louise Roberts (my paternal grandparents)

George Soule ( abt 1593 – 1680) and Mary Beckett

John Soule and Rebecca Simonson

 Rebecca Soule and Edmund Weston

Nathan Weston and Desire Standish

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my maternal grandparents)

Captain Myles Standish (abt 1584 – 1656) and Barbara Unknown

Alexander Standish and Desire Doty

Desire Standish and Nathan Weston

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my maternal grandparents)

For information about Mayflower passengers online see Caleb Johnson’s Mayflower History at

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

Some genealogy tips on finding Mayflower ancestors (a blog post from 2015 "Ten Things to Know about Researching a Pilgrim in your Family Tree")
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/11/ten-things-to-know-about-researching.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Mayflower Ancestors", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 23, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/happy-thanksgiving-my-mayflower.html: accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A church in England with ties to the Mayflower

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 England.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #338?  Scroll down to find the answer.

"London Borough of Southward
Sailing of the Mayflower
In 1620 the Mayflower sailed from
Rotherhithe on the first stage of
its epic voyage to America
In command was Captain
Christopher Jones
of Rotherhithe
Voted by the People"

This weathervane is on top of the steeple of St. Mary the Virgin in Rotherhithe, London, England.  This is the church attended by Captain Christopher Jones of the Mayflower.  He was buried here in 1623, a few years after returning from New England.  The weathervane is a simple banner, and probably dates from 1714 - 1715 when it was rebuilt, and not contemporary to when Capt. Jones attended services.  There has been a church here in Rotherhithe since the 1200s. 

St. Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Rotherhithe  

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ A church in England with ties to the Mayflower", Nutfield Genealogy,  posted November 22,  2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/weathervane-wednesday-church-in-england.html: accessed [access date]).