Surname Saturday ~ A New BATCHELDER lineage

My great grandmother, Carrie Batchelder (1872 - 1963)
surrounded by family members in Hamilton, Massachusetts

This is part four of my series on the BATCHELDER surname Do-Over.  You can find the links to the first three parts below.

Back in 2015 I wrote up a Surname Saturday blog post on my BATCHELDER lineage. My great grandmother, Carrie Maude Batchelder (1872 - 1963) was the last ancestor in this line to carry the name that started with my immigrant ancestor, the Reverend Stephen Batchelder (1561 - 1656), my 11th great grandfather.  About 40 years ago I consulted the book Batchelder - Bacheller written by Frederick Clifton Pierce in 1898.  Over the years I have used this basic information to expand on this lineage, but shortly after writing my 2015 post I realized that there was more information about my 4th great grandfather, Jonathan Batchelder, that changed this lineage.  This information came from notes by Charles Hull Batchelder, who was revising mistakes in Pierce's book.  C.H. Batchelder died in 1948 and never finished his book.

Five generations of his notes were compiled into a manuscript by Carl W. Brage.  You can find this manuscript online at the Lane Memorial Library (Hampton, New Hampshire) website.  However this manuscript stops a few generations short of my 4th great grandfather, Jonathan Batchelder.  Fortunately for me, C. H. Batchelder's notes on all the Batchelder descendants are held in eleven large boxes at the New Hampshire Historical Society library. Read the other three blog posts in this series to see what an adventure it was to find the proofs I needed in those boxes!

Surnames I lost from my ancestors during this Do-Over:

SWETT, PAGE, NORTON, FOSS, NUDD, GOODHUE, SMITH, WEARE, BAKER, DOWNING,  LANE, SLEEPER, BLAKE, WEBSTER, SHAW, SHERBURNE, BREWER, EVERARD, MARRIAN, PARTRIDGE, HUTCHINGS, SPICER, GIBBONS, and PAGE.

New Surnames added to my family tree (more will be coming as I continue this research):
a second line to PERKINS, LONGFELLOW, CHESLEY, WEEKS, LITTLEFIELD, CLARKE, LAMPREY, another DEARBORN line, GREENE, GREENLEAF, WARD, SMITH, SEWELL, DUMMER, THORNTON, SOMERSBY, COFFIN, GERRISH, LOWELL, SPARKS, MASTERS, ROLLINS, HUBBARD, ROPER, HAWKINS, PICKWORTH, REDMAN, ALLEN, FRY, LEIGHTON, and KNIGHT.

Here is the revised version of my lineage:

Generation 1:  Rev. Stephen Batchelder, born 1561 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England, and died about 21 October 1656 "At Robert Barber's home" in London, England; married as his first wife (out of four marriages) about 1586 to Ann Bate.  She died before 1623 and gave him ten children.

Generation 2:  Nathaniel Batchelder, born about 1590 in England and died about 1630 in the Netherlands; married to Hester Mercer, daughter of Jan LeMercier and Jeanne LeClerc.  She was born about 1602 in Ypres, Belgium and died before 1631 in the Netherlands.  Five children.

Generation 3:  Nathaniel Batchelder, born about 1630 in England, died 17 January 1709/10 in Hampton, New Hampshire; married first (out of three marriages) to Deborah Smith, daughter of John Smith and Deborah Parkhurst.  She was born before 1645 in Edgartown, Massachusetts and died 8 March 1676 in Hampton.  Nine children and I descend from three of these children.

Lineage A:

Generation 4:  Abigail Batchelder, born 28 December 1667 in Hampton, and died 14 November 1736 in North Hampton; married on 4 November 1689 in Hampton to John Dearborn, son of Henry Dearborn and Elizabeth Marrian.  He was born 10 October 1666 in Hampton, and died 22 November 1750 in Hampton.  Eight children.

Generation 5:  Elizabeth Dearborn m. John Garland
Generation 6: Elizabeth Garland m. Richard Locke
Generation 7:  Simon Locke m. Abigail Mace
Generation 8:  Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch
Generation 9:  Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder (see below)

Lineage B:

Generation 4:  Jane Batchelder, born 8 January 1669 in Hampton, died 20 December 1711; married on 10 November 1687 in Hampton to Benjamin Lamprey, son of Henry Lamprey and Julienne Unknown.  He was born 28 September 1660 in Hampton and died 3 January 1751 in Hampton.  Twelve children.

Generation 5:  Jane Lamprey m. Stephen Batchelder  (see below)

Lineage C:

Generation 4:  Stephen Batchelder, born 8 March 1675/6 in Hampton, New Hampshire and died 19 September 1748 in Hampton; married on 25 August 1698 in Hampton to Mary Dearborn, daughter of John Dearborn and Mary Ward.  She was born 6 May 1678.  Seven children.

Generation 5:  Stephen Batchelder born 19 July 1701 in North Hampton and died 6 March 1748/49 in North Hampton; married on 1 August 1721 in Hampton to Jane Lamprey (see above), daughter of Benjamin Lamprey and Jane Batchelder.  She was born before 30 April 1699 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.  Nine children.

Generation 6:  Nathaniel Batchelder, born 9 June 1732 in North Hampton and died 24 March 1778 in Bennington, Vermont; married to Mary Longfellow, daughter of Jonathan Longfellow and Mercy Clarke. She was born 15 July 1735 in Hampton Falls, and died 1814.  Nine children.

Generation 7:  Nathaniel Batchelder, born 1763 in Deerfield, New Hampshire, died 20 August 1809 in Loudon, New Hampshire; married in April 1789 in Loudon to Mary Perkins as his second wife.  She was born about 1771 and died between 1845 and 1850 in Chichester, New Hampshire as the widow of Dodavah Bunker.  Seven Batchelder children.

Generation 8:  Jonathan Batchelder, born about 1800 in Deerfield, died before 4 November 1847 in Chichester, New Hampshire; married on 11 February 1822 in Belmont, New Hampshire to Nancy Thompson.  She was born about 1804 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire and died after 1847.  Two children.

Generation 9:  George E. Batchelder, born 13 August 1822 in Chichester, died 3 April 1848 in Chichester; married on 7 September 1845 in South Boston to Abigail M. Locke, the daughter of Richard Locke and Margaret Welch (see above).  She was born 10 September 1825 in South Boston, Massachusetts and died 15 January 1888 in Chichester.  Two children.

Generation 10:  George E. Batchelder, born posthumously 8 October 1848 in Chichester and died 28 July 1914 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; married on 28 October 1869 in Chichester to Mary Katharine Emerson, daughter of George Emerson and Mary Esther Younger.  She was born 25 December 1847 in South Boston and died 23 April 1932 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  Nine children.

Generation 11:  Carrie Maude Batchelder, born 22 September 1872 in Chichester, died 21 January 1963 at the Sea View Convalescent and Nursing Home, Rowley, Massachusetts; married on 1 November 1892 in Essex, Massachusetts to Joseph Elmer Allen, son of Joseph Gilman Allen and Sarah Burnham Mears.  He was born 24 September 1870 in Essex, and died 12 March 1932 at the Masonic Home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.  Five children.

Generation 12:  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)


Batchelder Do-Over Part 1:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/batchelder-family-do-over-part-1.html

Batchelder Do-Over Part 2:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/batchelder-family-do-over-part-2.html

Batchelder Do-Over Part 3:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/batchelder-family-do-over-part-3.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ A New BATCHELDER lineage", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 29, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/surname-saturday-new-batchelder-lineage.html: accessed [access date]).

October 2018 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/    Please send new events to me by commenting here at the end of this post, or email vrojomit@gmail.com

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August 31 – September 1, Saturday and Sunday, Let History Ring:  Casting a New Ship’s Bell for the Mayflower II, at the Bus parking lot of Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Join the bell makers from The Verdin Company as they bring their mobile foundry to Plimoth Plantation for a weekend long bell casting.  Dignitaries and honored guests will ring the bell for the first time before it is transported to Mystic, Connecticut for installation on the Mayflower II prior to her official launch on September 7^th.  Free to the public.

August 31, Saturday, 1pm, 1:45, and 2:30, Rendezvous with Rachel Revere, at the Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Tickets at www.paulreverehouse.org This is a short play about the wife of the famous Paul Revere.

September 1^st, Sunday, Pilgrim Hall Museum 195^th Birthday, at the museum at 75 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Celebrate with birthday cake on the front portico from 11 am to 1pm. Free admission all day, 9:30am to 4:30pm.

September 1^st, Sunday, 9:30am – 3:30pm, Soldiers Atop the Mount, at the Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, Vermont.  Reenactors will have a woods skirmish, annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, demonstrate camp life and skills, and have activities for all ages.  Illustrated talks.  $6 per person.  Kid Friendly.

September 5 – 8, Thursday to Sunday, Muster in the Mountains, at the Mount Washington Auto Road, Pinkham Notch, NH Route 16, Gorham, New Hampshire plus code 7QQF+P3 Glenn House, Greens, NH (plus codes work like street addresses when an address isn’t available on Google Maps).  Hosted by the Pequawket Alliance. Judged shooting and throwing skills competitions, potluck supper with food judging.  Interested parties contact Robert Ross rfrossjr@gmail.com

September 5, Thursday, 1pm, “Being Pickety”, at the Bedford Public Library, Bedford, New Hampshire.  Author Wendy Walter will talk about the history of Pickity Place, founded by her parents, David and Judith Walter in 1976.  Copies of her book, as well as her mother’s book “Country herb Cooking: Four Seasons of Recipes from Pickity Place” will be available for purchase and signing.  Free to the public.

September 6, Friday, noon, Resources at the Godfrey Memorial Library of Middleton, CT: A library dedicated to Genealogical and Family History Research, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by Albert E. Fiacre of the Godfrey Memorial Library.  Part of the First Friday lecture series. Free to the public. Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=1234  

September 7, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free tour, no need to be a member, no registration necessary. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.

September 7, Saturday, 2 – 3pm, See the Mayflower II Launch! At the Mystic Seaport Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, 75 Gerenmanville Avenue, Mystic, Connecticut.  More details to come  https://www.plimoth.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20190907#/?i=1

September 7, Saturday, 11am – 3pm, 17^th Century Saturday, at the North Andover Historical Society, 153 Academy Road, North Andover, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.

September 7, Saturday, 10am, Arts and Mysteries Revealed, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts. Historic trade demonstrations. Family Friendly. Included with museum admission.

September 7, Saturday, 1pm, Burial Hill Tour:  A Blessing Great but Dangerous: Children in Early Plymouth, hosted by the Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Presented by Dr. Donna Curtin.  Tour begins at the top of the Hill. Free to the public.

September 7, Saturday, 7pm, New England’s Colonial Meetinghouses and Their Impact on American Society, at the Springfield Town Meeting House, 23 Four Corners Road, Springfield, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Springfield 250^th Celebration Organization Committee. Presented by Paul Wainwright. Free to the public.

September 9, Monday, 7pm, Treasure from the Isles of Shoals:  How New Archaeology is Changing Old History, at the Camp Morgan Lodge, 339 Millen Pond Road, Washington, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Washington Historical Society and presented by historian J. Dennis Robinson. Free to the public.  A potluck supper will occur at 6pm, with the program to follow at 7pm.

September 10, Tuesday, 6pm, Brewing in New Hampshire: An Informal History of Beer in the Granite State from Colonial Times to the Present, at the Goodwin Public Library, 422 Main Street, Farmington, New Hampshire.  Presented by Glenn Knoblock. Free to the public.

September 10, Tuesday, 7pm, I Found My Village!  Now What?, at the Andover Public Library – Memorial Hall, 2 North Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts. Presented by genealogist Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz who will demonstrate the use of church records, passenger manifests, naturalization records, and other documents for Polish genealogy research. Free to the public. https://mhl.org/genealogy-program/2019/i-found-my-village-now-what

September 10, Tuesday, 7pm, “If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be For Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave, at Elkins Public Library, 9 Center Road, Canterbury, New Hampshire. Portrayed by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti. Free to the public with a grant from the NH Humanities Council.

September 10, Tuesday, 7pm, Votes For Women: A History of the Suffrage Movement, at the Grantham Town Hall, 301 Route 10 South, Grantham, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Dunbar Free Library, and presented by Liz Tentarelli.  Free to the public.

September 11, Wednesday, 5:30pm, The Music History of French-Canadians, Franco-Americans, Acadians, and Cajuns, at the Castle in the Clouds Carriage House, 586 Ossipee Park Road, Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Presented by Lucie Therrien. Free to the public.

September 11, Wednesday, 7pm, New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them, at the Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library, 7 Forest Street, Wilton, New Hampshire. Presented by historian Jeremy D’Entremont. Free to the public.

September 12, Thursday, 7pm, Treasure from the Isles of Shoals:  How New Archaeology is Changing Old History, at the Wiggin Memorial Library, 10 Bunker Hill Road, Stratham, New Hampshire. Presented by historian J. Dennis Robinson. Free to the public.

September 12, Thursday, 6:30pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford, New Hampshire.  Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.

September 13 and 14, Maine Genealogical Society Fall Annual Meeting and Conference “Unraveling Your Roots: DNA and Genealogy Weekend”, at the Fireside Inn & Suites, Portland, Maine.  Friday 1/2 workshop for intermediate DNA family researchers (limited spots available) and an opening reception, and  Saturday Conference and Annual Meeting with two national Keynote Speakers:  Karen Stanbary “DNA Ethics and Sprising Results” and Patricia Hobbs “Problem Solving with DNA Case Studies”.  See www.maineroots.org

September 14, Saturday, 9am – 5pm, New Discoveries in Mayflower Genealogical Research, at the Courtyard Marritt Boston Downtown, 275 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Hosted by NEHGS, and presented by Sue Allan, Robert Charles Anderson, Christopher Child, Caleb Johnson, and Simon Neal.  Cost $125 (five lectures plus breakfast and lunch).  See the website for more information and registration. https://mayflower.americanancestors.org 

September 14, Saturday, 10am, Walking Tour: The ‘Squog Cemetery, meet up at the Piscataquog Cemetery at the intersection of South Main Street and Bowman Street, behind the South Main Street Church. $5 Manchester Historic Association members, $10 General public.  This one acre cemetery was acquired by the city in 1915.

September 14, Saturday, noon – 5pm, Salem Spice Festival, at Pioneer Village: Salem 1630, Forest River Park, Salem, Massachusetts. FREE admission. Come celebrate Salem’s four hundred year history of spices, herbs, and tea.  Vendors, music and 17^th century recipes. Family and kid friendly.

September 14, Saturday, 2pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Crapo Building (Town Hall), 1411 Route 117, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Richardson Memorial Library, and presented by Pam Weeks.  This program will be part of Sugar Hill Quilts, which is being held at the Sugar Hill Historical Museum & Burpee House.  Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Free to the public.

September 15, Sunday, 10am – 6pm, American Ancestors at Open Newbury Street 2019, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Research Center, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. A car free day on Newbury Street when vendors offer special activities, deals, and experiences. NEHGS will participate with free entry to the first floor of the library and archives, family history themed games, activities, special offers, and a raffle. Free to the public.

September 15, Sunday, 11:30am, Abby Hutchinson’s Sweet Freedom Songs: Songs and Stories of the Struggle for Abolition and Woman Suffrage.  At the Deering Community Church, 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, New Hampshire. Presented by living historian Deborah Anne Goss. Free to the public.

September 15, Sunday, 3pm, Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them, at Veterans Hall, 927 NH Route 103, Newbury, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Newbury Historical Society, and presented by storyteller Jo Radner. Participants will practice finding, developing, and telling their own tales. Free to the public.

September 15, Sunday, 3 -6pm, The Brewster Book Manuscript, hosted by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants at the Mayflower House, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Presented by eminent Mayflower researchers Caleb Johnson and Simon Neal. 

September 17, Tuesday, 5:30pm, Discovering Stone Walls, at the Historical Courthouse, 20 Courthouse Square, Ossipee, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Ossipee Historical Society, and presented by Kevin Gardner, author of The Granite Kiss.  Free to the public.

September 17, Tuesday, 6pm, Biographer Susan Ronald with Conde Nast: The Man and His Empire, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Research Center, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $35 includes a guaranteed seat and a signed book. $12 general admission.  Presented by author Susan Ronald.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=1230  

September 17, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Stark Decency: New Hampshire’s World War II German Prison War Camp, at the North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton, New Hampshire. Presented by Allen Koop.  Free to the public.

September 17, Tuesday, 6:30pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the John O’Leary Adult Community Center, 4 Church Street, Merrimack, New Hampshire.  Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.

September 18, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free tour, no need to be a member, no registration necessary. Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.

September 18, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Tavern Talk: Understanding Community from Historical Perspective, at the Folsom Tavern, 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. A panel discussion lead by experts fro the Exeter Public Library, Exeter Historical Society, the Gilman Garrison House, and from the American Indepence Museum.  FREE to the public.

September 18, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Discovering Stone Walls, at the Plaistow Public Library, Plaistow, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Plaistow Historical Society, and presented by Kevin Gardner, author of The Granite Kiss.  Free to the public.

September 18, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers, at the Conway Public Library, 15 Main Street, Conway, New Hampshire.  Presented by Steve Taylor. Free to the public.

September 18, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Abraham and Mary Lincoln: The Long and the Short of It, at The Center at Eastman, Draper Room, 6 Club House Lane, Grantham, New Hampshire.  Presented by living historians Steve and Sharon Wood portraying President and Mrs. Lincoln.  Free to the public.

September 19, Thursday, 5pm, Book Signing and Talk: Manchester, NH’s Shoe Industry, at the Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Join authors Kelly Kilcrease and Yvette Ladzowski as they introduce their new book: Manchester’s Shoe Industry.  Free with admission to the museum.  Please RSVP to history@manchesterhistoric.org or call 603-622-7531.

September 19, Thursday, 6:30pm, Three Genealogists: Rediscovering Mayflower Women’s Roots, at the Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Presented by Mayflower researchers and genealogists Caleb Johnson, Simon Neal and Sue Allan.  They will present this public talk with more on what has been uncovered about the women of the Mayflower based on the latest research. Refreshments at 6:30, program at 7pm.  Tickets $15, $10 members. Reservations required.

September 19, Thursday, 6:30, Erin in the USA: Irish Research on this side of the Atlantic, part of the “Finding Your Ancestors” series at the Mayflower Society House, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Presented by genealogist Michael Brophy.  Free to the public. For more information see www.themayflowersociety.org 

September 19, Thursday, 7pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Minot-Sleeper Library, 35 Pleasant Street, Bristol, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks. Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Free to the public.

September 21 and 22, Saturday and Sunday, 10 – 3pm both days, The 15^th Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, hosted by the Friends of the South End, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  This is the world’s largest fairy house tour!  There are more than 250 fairy houses built by professional artists, community members, and students on the grounds of Strawbery Banke, Historic New England’s Governor John Langdon House, and in Prescott Park. Tickets available online starting August 1, 2019 http://www.portsmouthfairyhousetour.com/ 

September 21, Saturday, Free Museum Day, across New England and across the United States.  Participants are allowed to download one ticket per email address.  The ticket provides free general admission for two people.  Download your tickets here (also find a list of participating museums):  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-2019/ 

September 21, Saturday, 8:30am – 5:30pm, Founder’s Footsteps:  Mayflower and Cape Cod Tour, starts at Plimoth Plantation museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Enjoy fall on Cape Cod as you walk in the footsteps of colonial and indigenous communities with Plimoth Plantation historians.  $90 for members, $105 for non-members.  Bring lunch, or enjoy a catered box lunch for $15.  Call Hillary Goodnow at 508-746-1622 x 8287 or email hgoodnow@plimoth.org

September 21, Saturday, 1pm – 4pm, Genealogy Workshop: Researching Early New England Ancestry, at the Folsom Tavern 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire.  Presented by David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist at the New England Historic Genealogy Society. Tickets at www.independencemuseum.org
September 21, Saturday, 1pm, Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through Traditional Irish Music, at the Brown Memorial Library, 78 West Main Street, Bradford, New Hampshire.  Presented by musician Jordan Tirell-Wysocki playing his fiddle and guitar. Free to the public.
September 22^nd, Sunday, 1pm, Brewster Book Launch and Signing, at Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Hosted by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.  View the rare and unique manuscript by William Brewster, and learn more about the new book by Caleb Johnson and Simon Neal.  Free and open to the public.  First come first served seating. Refreshments and book signing by the authors and special guest, genealogist Sue Allan. 
September 22, Sunday, 2pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Hancock Historical Society, 7 Main Street, Hancock, New Hampshire. Presented by Pam Weeks. Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Free to the public.
September 24, Tuesday, 7pm, Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through Traditional Irish Music, at the St. John’s Parish Hall, 270 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton, New Hampshire.  Presented by musician Jordan Tirell-Wysocki playing his fiddle and guitar. Hosted by the Dunbarton Historical Society. Free to the public.
September 24, Tuesday, 7pm, When There Is No Doctor: Home Remedies of 17^th Century Boston, at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Registration required for a fee at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-there-is-no-doctor-home-remedies-of-17th-century-housewives-tickets-51971395844
September 25, Wednesday, 7pm, A Walk Back In Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes, at the Fitzwilliam Town Library, 11 Templeton Turnpike, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.  Presented by Adair Mulligan.  Free to the public.
September 26, Thursday, 6pm, Biographer Brian Jay Jones with Becoming Dr. Suess, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Research Center, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Cost $35 includes guaranteed seat and signed book, or $12 general admission.  Presented by Brian Jay Jones.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=1235

September 26, Wednesday, 6pm, Massachusetts in the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by author Barbara F. Berenson.  Free to the public.

September 26, Wednesday, 6:30pm, A Visit with Queen Victoria, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire.  Presented by living historian Sally Mummey as Queen Victoria with a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Free to the public.

September 27, Thursday, 6pm, Race Over Party, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by author Millington Bergeson-Lockwood who will discuss his new book “Race Over Party: Black Politics and Partisanship in Late Nineteenth Century Boston”.  $10 fee per person, register online at www.masshist.org/events  Pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.

September 27, Thursday, 6:30 pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Kimball Library, 5 Academy Avenue, Atkinson, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Antrim Grange.  Presented by Pam Weeks.  Participants may bring in one quilt for identification and storytelling. Free to the public.

September 28 – 30, Old Planters Reunion, at Historic Beverly, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.  

September 29, Saturday, 9am – 1pm, Family Research Day – Mini Conference, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 400 Essex Street, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  12 different presentations in four tracks:  Beginning Research, Technology, DNA and Records. More information coming soon.  Free to the public, but you must register at https://www.familyresearchday.com/

September 29, Saturday, 9:30am – 3pm, Rhode Island Genealogical Society Meeting, at the Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington, Rhode Island.  Coffee at 9:30 followed by two speakers, lunch, and two more speakers!  For more information see the website:  https://rigensoc.org/ 

September 29, Saturday, 10am, Tour of the Lowell Cemetery, meet up at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.  Tours led by local historian and Register of Deeds, Richard Howe, Jr. Free to the public, no registration necessary. Free parking inside the cemetery.  Wear comfortable shoes and bring an umbrella. 978-454-5191.

September 29 and 30, Saturday and Sunday, Return to Number 4:  Revolutionary War Weekend, at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire. http://fortat4.org/calendar.php 

September 30, Sunday, 1pm, Musquash Cellar Holes:  Walk and Learn!  Meet up at the Hickory Hill Drive Trail Head for the Musquash Conservation land, off Mammoth Road in Londonderry, New Hampshire. This is a 4 mile walk through the conservation land, with some off trail hiking.  Expect it to take 3 hours for walking, discussions and exploring the cellar holes. Bring good walking shoes and a water bottle. Snacks provided. Led by Dr. David J. Ellis author of “Cellar Holes, Roads and Features in the Musquash”.  Rain date, Sunday October 7, 1pm.

September 30, Sunday, 1pm, Battle of Fall’s River Interactive Presentation, at the Lafayett- Durfee House, 94 Cherry Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. See an interactive presentation and conversation about the battle 240 years ago on May 25, 1778. 

September 30, Sunday, 1 – 4:30pm, Little Women 150^th Celebration, at the Orchard House, 399 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts.  Mark the actual date from 1868 when Little Women was first published. There will be 19^th century crafts, cider making, a string quartet, contemporary ballet and vintage dancers, a “Progressive Little Women Read” and refreshments.  Tours on a first-come, first-served basis. The outdoor celebration will be FREE and OPEN TO ALL.  Tours from 11am – 4:30 $10 adults, $8 seniors and students, $5 youths ages 6 – 17.  Family Rate of $25.  Children under 6 and members free.  Reservations accepted for groups of 10 or more. http://www.louisamayalclott.org  

October 2, Tuesday, 10am, Dive into the Archives!  A Workshop, at the Old Berwick Historical Society, 2 Liberty Street, South Berwick, Maine.  Real examples of family and property searches. We will also pull out several hidden treasures.  No registration necessary. 

October 2, Tuesday, 6:30pm, A Home of Her Own:  The Story of Zipporah Potter Atkins, Boston’s First Black Female Property Owner, at the Loring Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  $10 general admission, $5 for members. Presented by Dr. Vivian Johnson, a Boston University professor emerita. 

October 3, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. No membership or registration required.  Tour attendees are welcome to use the library following the tour.

October 3, Wednesday, 6pm, American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $10 per person.  Tickets at www.masshist.org/events  Presented by Craig Bruce who will present his new book about the ideological break from Europe, shared by all ranks of society.  Pre-talk reception at 5:30pm. 

October 3, Wednesday, 6pm, How the Other Half Lives:  Researching Occupations in Early New England, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Hosted by the Partnership of Historic Bostons and presented by David Allen Lambert, chief genealogist.  This talk will be followed by refreshments from 7:30 – 8pm.  Free to the public, registration required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-other-half-lives-researching-occupations-in-early-new-england-registration-48650119818

October 3, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Spirits of the Granite State, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire. Presented by author Roxie Zwicker, who will give a virtual tour of the legends and ghosts of New Hampshire. Free to the public.

October 3, Wednesday, 7pm, Stories from the 1918 Flu Epidemic, at the Winchester Public Library, Winchester, Massachusetts. Presented by Lori Lyn Price.  Free to the public.

October 5 and 6, Swedish American Genealogical Conference, at the Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  See https://www.facebook.com/SWEDEGEN/ and click on “visit group”.  Download the registration and payment form for SARA 2018 from the Facebook group.  The featured speakers will be Kathy Meade of ArkivDigital and Kay Sheldon. 

October 5, Friday, noon, The African American Freedom Trail Project at Tufts University, to be held at the New England Historic Genealogical Society library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Presented by historians Kerri Grennidge and Kendra Field as part of the First Friday lecture series. Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=835   

October 5, Friday, 7pm, Open Violation of Honor:  Concord, Lexington, and the Ethics of the Revolutionary War, at the Concord Museum’s Wright Tavern, 2 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. Presented by author Dr. Craig Bruce Smith who will also be doing a book signing.

October 6 and 7, Saturday and Sunday, Women of Number 4 Living History Weekend, at the Fort at No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire.  http://fortat4.org/calendar.php 

October 6, Saturday, 2pm, A Visit with Queen Victoria, at the Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, New Hampshire. Presented by living historian Sally Mummey.  Free to the public.

October 6 and 7, Boston Occupied: An Insolent Parade, hosted by Revolution 250 in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. This is the reenactment of the landing of British Troops in Boston 250 years ago. This event will feature hundreds of reenactors portraying British soldiers landing from a tall ship, marching into 1768 Boston to seize control of a city in crisis.  See this website for more information https://revolution250.org/boston-occupied-an-insolent-parade/ 

October 9, Tuesday, 4pm, Poor Houses and Town Farms, at the Old Town Hall Museum, 310 Main Street, Salem, New Hampshire. Presented by Steve Taylor, and sponsored by the Salem, Historical Society. Free to the public. Light refreshments.

October 10, Wednesday, 2pm, Law and Religion in Connecticut:  From Theocracy to Tolerance, at the UCONN Law School, 55 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut.  Hosted by the Connecticut Historical Society.  Presented by Mark Weston Janis marking the 200^th anniversary of the creation of Connecticut’s 1818 state Constitution.  Free to the public.

October 10, Wednesday, 6pm, The Puritan Legacy:  Today and in American History, at the New Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Speaker Stephen Kenney, director of the Commonwealth Museum.  Free to the public, registration required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-puritan-legacy-today-and-in-american-history-registration-48650894134 

October 10, Wednesday, 6pm, The Hidden History of Boston, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by historian and author Dina Vargo.  Free to the public.

October 10, Wednesday, 6pm, Devil Dogs: A Documentary Film about Americans in WW1, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=836

October 10, Wednesday, 6:30pm, Tavern Talk:  Banjos, Bones & Ballads, at the American Independence Museum, Folsom Tavern, 1 Governor’s Lane, Exeter, New Hampshire.  Free to the public, on a 2^nd floor not handicapped accessible. Presented by musician Jeff Warner. https://www.facebook.com/events/1579617722133950/

October 10, Wednesday, 7pm, Proper Gravestone Rubbing Techniques- A Demonstration, at the Agawam Public Library, 750 Cooper Street, Agawam, Massachusetts.  http://agawamlibrary.org  Presented by the Gravestone Girls.

October 11, Thursday, noon, “Essential Turning Points of the Salem Witch Trials”, a lunch and learn lecture at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Bring your lunch and listen to Professor David Goss from Gordon College.  Register here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-essential-turning-points-of-the-salem-witch-trials-tickets-48421319470?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 

October 11, Thursday, 6pm, Evan Thomas on Writing Presidential Biographies, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $20 per person.  Tickets at www.masshist.org/events  Presented by Evan Thomas, author of nine books including biographies of Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon, Clinton and Obama.  Pre-talk reception at 5:30pm. 

October 11, Thursday, 6:30 pm, New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell, at the Brookline Public Library, 16 Main Street, Brookline, New Hampshire.  Presented by Pam Weeks.  Participants may bring in one quilt for identification and storytelling. Free to the public.

October 11, Thursday, 6:30pm, Longfellow, Poe, and the “Little Longfellow War”, at the Longfellow House, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Space is limited, so please call (617) 876-4491 or email reservationsat105@gmail.com to reserve your seat. 

October 11, Thursday, 7pm, A Storm of Witchcraft:  The Salem Trials, at the Old York Historical Society, 3 Lindsay Road, York, Maine.  Presented by Salem State University professor Tad Baker.  $18 general public, $15 members.  Lecture will be followed by dessert, coffee, and tea in Jefferds Tavern.   

October 11, Thursday, 7pm, New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State, at the Chichester Grange/Town Hall, 54 Main Street, Chichester, New Hampshire.  Hosted by the Chichester Heritage Commission, and presented by Glenn Knoblock.  Free to the public.

October 13, Saturday, 10am, American Loyalists, at the Minute Man National Historical Park, Hartwell Tavern, 136 North Great Road, Route 2A, Lincoln, Massachusetts.  Free to the public. 

October 13, Saturday, 11am, Middlesex County Volunteers, Fifes and Drums, at the North Bridge, Minute Man National Park, 174 Monument Street, Concord, Massachusetts.

October 13, Saturday, 1:30pm, Book Publishing for Genealogists at the Goodnow Public Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts.  Presented by Linda Roghaar, literary agent, and sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists http://msoginc.org  Free to the public.  

October 15, Thursday, 6:30pm, The Capital Crime of Witchcraft:  What the Primary Sources Tell Us, at the Merrimack, New Hampshire Public Library.  Presented by witch trials expert Margo Burns.  Free to the public.

October 16, Tuesday, 6pm, The Evian Conference and the Creation of a Jewish Legacy in the Dominican Republic, at the Adams Street Shul, 168 Adams Street, Newton, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Jewish Heritage Center at NEHGS in partnership with the Adams Street Shul.  Presented by Hugh Baver. Free to the public. Register at this link:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=859  

October 16, Tuesday, 7:30pm, Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors, at the Nashua Historical Society, 5 Abbott Street, Nashua, New Hampshire.   Presented by Muriel Normand and Gerry Savard of the American Canadian Genealogical Society. Free to the public. 

October 17, Tuesday, 9:30 - noon, Hands On Cemetery Workshop, Sullivan County Complex,  meet at the cemetery in Unity, New Hampshire.  From Claremont to the west or the center of Unity to the east, take the 2nd NH turnpike to County Farm Road. In less than a mile the graveyard is on the right opposite the County Nursing Home. Park on the gravel road. Bring gloves. No registration necessary. Hosted by Richard Maloon of the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association. 

October 17, Wednesday, 6pm, Impact of the 1918 Flu Epidemic: A Personal Stories Approach, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Lori Lyn Price.  Free to the public. Please register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=837

October 17, Wednesday, 6pm, The Field of Blood, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  $10 per person.  Tickets at www.masshist.org/events  Presented by Joanne B. Freeman of Yale University who will discuss the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress.  Pre-talk reception at 5:30pm. 

October 17, Wednesday, 6pm, Hamilton:  Alexander Hamilton’s American Revolution, at the Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by historian Margaret Newell, vice chair of the History Department at Ohio State University.  Free to the public.

October 17, Wednesday, 7pm, 100 Years Later:  The 1918 Flu Epidemic in the Bridgewater Towns, at the Old Bridgewater Historical Society Memorial Building, 162 Howard Street, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  Presented by Shellie Karol-Chick.  $5 donation is encouraged.

October 18, Thursday, 7pm, The Capital Crime of Witchcraft:  What the Primary Sources Tell Us, at the Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Public Library.  Presented by witch trials expert Margo Burns.  Free to the public.

October 19, Friday, 5 - 7:30pm, Friendly Fright Walk Through the Village, at the New London Historical Society, 179 Little Sunapee Road, New London, New Hampshire.  Kid and family friendly!  Stories and games in the meetinghouse, followed by a gently spooky walk through the historic village. 

October 21 and 22, Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm, Weston Observatory Foliage Viewing and History Tours, at the Weston Observatory off Oak Hill Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire (behind Derryfield Park).  $7 per person or $20 per family.  $5 per person for Manchester Historic Association members.  The observatory was built in 1896 and stands 66 feet tall, with an exquisite view of Manchester and the surrounding area.  Normally closed to the public, the observatory will open for two days.  Bring a lunch (there are picnic tables) and enjoy the view.  Tours will be conducted at 1pm on Saturday and Sunday.  The observatory is not accessible for people with walking disabilities or wheelchairs. Parking available in front of the observatory.

October 20, Saturday, Spring Meeting of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 South Mammoth Road, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Speaker will be Michael L. Strauss, AG, military specialist.  http://www.nhsog.org/nhsog/mtgs/2018fall.htm  9:30 – 2:30, including breakfast and lunch. 

October 20, Saturday, Annual Meeting of the Genealogical Society of Vermont, at the Our Lady of the Angels Church Parish Hall, Randolph, Vermont.  http://genealogyvermont.org/upcoming.htm

October 20, Saturday, Annual Family History Seminar:  Researching at 3am, at the Four Points Sheraton, 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, Connecticut.  See the webpage http://ctfamilyhistory.com/event/annual-family-history-seminar-20-october-2018-researching-at-3-a-m/  Open to the public, please register by October 7^th. 

October 20, Saturday, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Fee to the public.  No registration is necessary.  Tour attendees are welcome to use the library following the tour.  No membership is required. 

October 21, Sunday, 9am – 4pm, Researching Scots Irish Ancestors, at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 South Mammoth Road, Manchester, New Hampshire.  Hosted by both the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the New Hampshire Historical Society. Fee $125. Register online https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=815  

October 21, Sunday, Genealogy Workshop: After Hours Lock-in with the Experts, in the Hilton Garden Inn Room at the Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Contact Nicole Luongo Cloutier nlcloutier@cityofportsmouth.com 

October 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society, with Alfred Woollacott III as the Speaker, at the upper hall of the American Legion Post #129, 22 Elm Street, Gardner, Massachusetts.  Visitors welcome. www.cmgso.org 

October 23, Tuesday, 7pm, Spirits of Massachusetts: Ghost Stories from the Bay State, at the Billerica Public Library, 15 Concord Road, Billerica, Massachusetts. Presented by author Roxie Zwicker.  Free to the public.

October 23, 30, November 13, 20, Tuesdays, 2pm and 5:15pm, Hands On Genealogy with Alan Doyle Horbal, at the Athenaeum (Pittsfield Public Library), 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  All students must have an email account and be computer literate.  Space is limited.  Please attend all four classes.  FREE.  Sponsored by the Berkshire Family History Association. Call 413-499-9486 ext. 6 to register. 

October 24, Wednesday, noon, Raising the Dead:  Finding Clues to Ancestors from Headstones, Family Plots, and Burial Records, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.  Presented by Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=838  

October 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 6pm, Longfellow's Haunted House - Adult Tours, at the Longfellow House in Portland, Maine.  Five nights of tours led by guide James Horrigan which evoke the various family members who died in the Wadsworth-Longfellow house over its long history.  Family tours at 5pm on October 26th and 27th.  The 60 minute tour is followed by beer, cider and snacks.  $18 MHS members, and $25 general admission. This sells out fast!  https://www.mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml#Haunted  

October 24, Wednesday, 6pm, Swindler Sachem, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by author Jenny Pulsipher on her new book “Swindler Sachem:  The American Indian who Sold his Birthright, Dropped Out of Harvard, and Conned the King of England”.  $10 per person fee, register online at www.masshist.org/events  Pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.

October 24, Wednesday, 6pm, Boston in the Golden Age of Spiritualism: Seances, Mediums, and Immortality, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by independent scholar and educator Dee Morris.  Free to the public.

October 24, Wednesday, 7pm, Welcome to the Graveyard: A Tour of Marshfield’s Cemeteries, at the Ventress Memorial Library, 15 Library Plaza, Marshfield, Massachusetts. www.ventresslibrary.org   The Graveyard Girls will present a multimedia show about the interesting tombstones of Marshfield, Massachusetts.

October 25, Thursday, 6:30pm, The ABCs of DNA: First Steps in Using Your DNA Test Results, at the Chicopee Public Library, 449 Front Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts.  Hosted by the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts. Presented by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz. 

October 25, Thursday, 7pm, Public Lecture by Mary Beth Norton "Reflections on Gender and Politics in Anglo-America: An Intellectual Journey Encompassing Four Decades and Four Books", at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts.  The Fourteenth Annual Robert C. Baron Lecture. Free and open to the public. 

October 26 and 27, Friday and Saturday, 5:30 - 8pm, Ghosts on the Banke, at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. $8 general public, members half price.  Come meet the ghosts of long-dead sea captains, shopkeepers and pirates as you safely trick or treat from historic house to historic house. Ghost stories, bonfire, fortune tellers and more! http://www.strawberybanke.org/events/ghosts-on-the-banke.cfm  

October 27, Saturday, 10am, Stone Walls and the Stories They Tell at Quabbin Park, (meet at the Quabbin Tower, off Route 9 take the second park entrance and follow the road to the dam and take a right going up the hill. At the rotary take the first right up the hill to the Quabbin Tower parking lot)  Hosted by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Presented by environmental educator Jim Lafley.  $10 members, $12 non-members. Register at https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=14:program_code=60365 

October 27 and 28, Saturday and Sunday noon - 4pm, Halloween Celebration on Castle Island, at Fort Independence in South Boston, Massachusetts.  Storytellers, magicians, refreshments.  Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free admission. 

October 28, Sunday, 9am – 4pm,  The Lost Towns of the Quabbin:  A Natural and Historical Field Trip, (meet at the road side of the CVS plaza at the intersection of Routes 9 and 202 in Belchertown.  Bring water and a lunch) hosted by the Massachusetts Audubon Society.  Join David Gallup on a hike back to the 19^th century and discover the four lost towns.  Members $45, non-members $60.  Register at this link: https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=14:program_code=60781

October 29, Monday, 6pm, Armistice:  WW1 in Memory and Song, at Suelly Hall at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by John Brancy and Peter Dugan, and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society.  $10 per person fee.  Register online at www.masshist.org/events 

October 29, Monday, 6:30pm, Welcome to the Graveyard: A Virtual tour of Duxbury’s Cemeteries, at the Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, Massachusetts.  Presented by the Gravestone Girls, a virtual tour takes us from the early colonial burial grounds to the 21^st century cemeteries of Duxbury, exploring cemetery art, history and symbolism.  www.town.duxbury.ma.us/duxbury-free-library 

October 30, Tuesday, 6 pm, The Capital Crime of Witchcraft:  What the Primary Sources Tell Us, at Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire.  Presented by witch trials expert Margo Burns.  Free to the public.

October 31, Wednesday, 6pm, Historic Portsmouth Legends and Ghosts Walk: Halloween Edition!, at New England Curiosities, 19 Sheafe Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Tickets at www.newenglandcuriosities.com  90 minute walking tour, $21 adults, $16 for ages 16 and under.


Future Events:


November 3, Saturday, Half Day Member’s Meeting of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society.  Save the date!



December 16, Sunday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, The 245^th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party Reeenactment, at the Old South Meeting House (6:30 for a town meeting to protest the tax on tea, ticketed), or join the rabble outside (free to the public), a 7:30 parade through the financial district to the waterfront (free to the public) following the original route the patriots marched, and at 8pm the public is invited to line the shores of Boston Harbor and watch the Sons of Liberty storm the Brig Beaver to destroy the chests of tea (free to the public, some reserved seats for ticket holders).

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.

August 10 – 16, 2019, Founders, Fishermen and Family History Cruise, On Holland America’s ms Zaandam, departing Boston on August 10 for a 7 night trip to Canada, ports include Montreal, Quebec City, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbor, and Boston, Massachusetts. Speakers include the genealogists Gena Philibert-Ortega, Tami Osmer Mize, and David Allen Lambert. See the website for more information: http://www.oconnelltravel.com/rw/view/38994  

Nutfield 300th Anniversary Events

This is an early schedule of events for the 300^th anniversary of Nutfield, New Hampshire, founded in 1719 by sixteen Scots Irish families led by the Rev. James MacGregor from Aghadowey, Northern Ireland.  Please stay tuned here, and at the website https://www.nutfieldhistory.org/nutfield300th for changes to dates, more information, and additional events.

Founder’s Weekend, April 12 – 14, 2019, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the First Parish Meetinghouse in East Derry, New Hampshire.  History talks, displays, activities, cemetery and village tours, and family friendly activities.  There will be a Friday night Welcome Dedication and dinner and a Saturday Heritage Day.  On Founder’s Sunday there will be a special church service honoring Rev. James MacGregor and the bell in the meetinghouse will be rung for the first time since the renovations.   A Scots Irish family renunion is planned.

Nutfield Gala, April 13, 2019,  Saturday, at the Derry Opera House, Broadway, Derry, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Greater Derry Arts Council.  An Evening semi-formal event with food, music, and presentations.

Windham Strawberry Festival, June 2019, Windham, New Hampshire. 

Civil War Encampment, June 15, 2019, Saturday, at the lawn of the First Parish Meetinghouse and Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  Sponsored by the Derry Heritage Commission.   Re-enactors will recreate a Civil War era encampment with demonstrations and military ceremonies.

Derry Fourth of July, on July 6, 2019, Saturday, at the Adams Memorial Building and downtown Derry, New Hampshire.  Parade, speeches, time capsule, themed fireworks.

Londonderry Old Home Day, August 2019, Londonderry Town Common and the Historical Society Museum Complex on Pillsbury Road.  All the traditional Old Home Day activities plus commemorative events for the 300^th anniversary.

DerryFest, September 14, 2019, Saturday, at MacGregor Park in Derry, New Hampshire, sponsored by the Greater Derry Arts Council and the Derry Heritage Commission.  There will be a 300^th anniversary booth, special performances, and the usual DerryFest activities.

Nutfield After Dark, September 14, 2019, Saturday, in downtown Derry, New Hampshire along Broadway.  Sponsored by the Cask and Vine.  Adult beverages and food festival, in the evening following DerryFest.

Derryfield 300^th Anniversary-  Dates and activities to be determined for tours and presentations about Derryfield, which is now part of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Also being planned are other projects including:

Nutfield 300^th Commemorative Coins

Derry Digital Online Archives sponsored by the Derry Public Library

Plot Finder Website – Forest Hill Cemetery GIS Map – a website with interactive data on grave sites.

Nutfield 300^th Souvenirs – T-shirts, calendars, mugs, etc.

Nutfield 300^th Commemorative Beer – sponsored by the Cask and Vine

A Nutfield 300^th Poem – by Derry poet laureate Bob Crawford

An official Nutfield 300^th Program – a souvenir program with glossy photos and history

Town History Books and Local History Publications

A Nutfield Children’s Book – an illustrated book project by the Derry Public Library

A 300^th Anniversary microsite   https://www.nutfieldhistory.org/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Nutfield300th/  

Register here!
Are you a descendant?  Are you interested in Nutfield History?  Are you a history buff?
Register here and we will keep you informed via email
https://www.nutfieldhistory.org/family-outreach   

Contacts for more information:

Paul Lindemann – Derry Heritage Commission, First Parish Meetinghouse Preservation Building 

Committee, First Parish Church History Committee    paul@nutfieldhistory.org  

Karen Blandford-Anderson  - Derry Heritage Commission   kblandford@comcast.net  

Derry Museum of History-  www.derryhistorymuseum.org 

Londonderry Historical Society – http://www.londonderryhistory.org/   info@londonderryhistory.org 

Windham Historical Society-

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Nutfield 300th Anniversary Events", Nutfield Genealogy, posted  September 26, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/09/nutfield-300th-anniversary-events.html: accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ Above the Train Station

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 New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #382?  Scroll down to find the answer.

This feathered arrow weathervane can be seen above the train station at Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, New Hampshire.  The simple arrow is "gussied up" with a fancy eagle finial, and scroll work supporting the cardinal points.  This weathervane can be seen from almost anywhere in the little amusement park, and by drivers cruising along U.S. Route 3 heading up to the White Mountains.

The train station here loads visitors onto the Climax steam locomotive for a 30 minute, 2.5 mile scenic loop along the Pemigewasset River and over a covered bridge.  This is the train that children remember as the train chugs into the territory of the infamous "Wolfman".  Generations of children have enjoyed ( or perhaps were terrorized by) this train ride.

The "Wolfman" chased our train!

Clark's Trading Post website:    http://www.clarkstradingpost.com/ 

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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Above the Train Station", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 26, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/weathervane-wednesday-above-train.html: accessed [access date]).