December 2018 Genealogy and Local History 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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November 30, December 1 and 2, Friday – Sunday, 39^th Annual Christmas in Salem House Tour.  View historic houses in the House of Seven Gables and Historic Derby Street Neighborhoods all decked out in full holiday regalia, as well as special events like walking tours and wine tastings.  See the website www.christmasinsalem.org  

December 1, Saturday, 10am - noon, Merrimack Valley DNA Special Interest Group Meeting, at the Georgetown Peabody Library, Georgetown, Massachusetts. Hosted by Diane Brooks-Sherry of the Merrimack Valley chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists.  Come explore the Leeds method of color coding and the Icicle method that adds 4th cousins to the Leeds Method.  Free to the public. 

December 1, Saturday, 10am to 4pm, Holiday Open House:  Colonial Arts and Crafts, at the Old South Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts.  Musical performances, try writing with a quill pen, and more crafts!  Free to the public, and family friendly. 

December 1, Saturday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour. No membership needed.  No registration.  Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.

December 1 and 8, Saturdays, 2pm, Capturing Family Stories with your Cell Phone: A Two Part Workshop, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Bob Craigue, cost $30.  Register at www.americanancestors.org 

December 3, Monday, 6pm, Rochambeau: The French Military Presence in Boston, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Robert Selig of the Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail.  $10 per person fee)  Call 617-646-0576 or register online at www.masshist.org/events 

December 4, Tuesday, 5:15pm, “Attend to the Opium”: Boston’s Trade with China in the Early 19^th Century, at the Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Gwenn Miller, College of the Holy Cross with comments by Dael Norwood, University of Delaware.  Free to the public, please RSVP seminars@masshist.org or call 617-646-0579.

December 4, Tuesday, 7pm, Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors, at the Chelmsford Library, 25 Boston Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Chelmsford Genealogy Club, and presented by David Dearborn, retired Senior Genealogist from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

December 5, Wednesday, 6pm, The History of the Four Western Massachusetts Counties (Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Franklin), at the Agawam Senior Center, 954 Main Street, Agawam, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Western Mass. Genealogical Society, presented by Cliff McCarthy.  

December 6, Thursday, noon, Washington and Rochambeau in Connecticut, at the Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut. Presented by Robert A. Selig.  Bring a lunch to enjoy during the talk.  RSVP by December 5 860-236-5621 x238 or email rsvp@chs.org Free with admission.

December 6, Thursday, 6pm, The Orphan Train Movement:  History, Genealogy, Legacy, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Presented by genealogist Michael Brophy.  Free to the public.

December 6, Thursday, 6pm, Boston in the Great War: Manuscripts & Artifacts of World War I, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Presented by Bruce J. Schulman, Boston University. Free to the public. RSVP required https://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2725 

December 6, Thursday, 7pm, All in the Family:  One Hour Genealogy Class, at the Andover Public Library, 2 North Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts.  Led by reference and local history librarian Stephanie Aude.  Registration required by calling 978-623-8430. 

December 7, Friday, noon, Bound to Sell:  Nineteenth Century American Commercial Bookbindings, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public as part of the First Friday Lecture series.  Presented by Todd Pattison.  Register here:  https://my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=966 

December 7, Friday, 12:30pm, Commemoration of the 77th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, at the USS Cassin Young, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.  Presented by the National Parks of Boston, the USS Constitution, the Naval History and Heritage Command Detachment Boston, and the USS Constitution Museum.  A wreath will be laid from the stern of the USS Cassin, and a lunch will follow in the museum, courtesy of the City of Boston's Veteran's Services Department. 

December 8, Saturday, 1:30pm, Impact of the 1918 Flu Epidemic, at the Wayland Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland, Massachusetts.  Presented by Lori Lyn Price and sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists  http://www.msoginc.org  Free to the public. 

December 9, Sunday, 10am - 4pm, Lexington Tea Burning, at the Lexington Visitor's Center, 1875 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  The 18th century soldier encampment opens at 10am, followed by musket drills, 18th century cooking demonstrations, parades, music and it all culminates with the burning of the tea at 1:30pm.  The Historic Buckman Tavern, decorated for the holidays, will be open for free tours.  

December 9, Sunday, 2pm, The film "Wolyn" with lecture by Dr. Tadeusz Piotrowski, at Elms College Library Theater, 291 Springfield Street, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Presented by the Polish Center of Discovery and Learning along with the Department of Social Sciences at Elm College.  There will be a discussion/ question and answer period directly following.  Warning:  because of the depiction of extreme violence, this film is not recommended for younger audiences. 

December 11, Tuesday, 2pm, One Family's History - from 1840 to 1940, at the Berkshire Atheneum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  Join the Western Massachusetts Roots Events team for this two hour session using the US Census and Ancestry in a class presented by Cathi Iuliano.  Registration required, please call 413-499-9486, extension 6 to sign up. Bring your own laptops.  This class is FREE. 

December 11, Tuesday, 6pm, American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Free to the public.  Presented by author and historian Victoria Johnson.  Book sales and signing to follow the talk.

December 11, Wednesday, 7pm, A Brief History of Old Newbury, at the Newburyport Public Library, Newburyport, Massachusetts.  This talk is expected to exceed capacity.  Free tickets will be handed out starting at 6:30.  Presented by author and local historian Bethany Groff Dorau. 

December 12, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free orientation and tour. No membership needed.  No registration.  Tour attendees are welcome to stay and use the library following the tour.

December 12, Wednesday, 6pm, No More, America, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  A short film by Peter Galison, co-directed with Henry Louis Gates reimagines the 1773 Harvard debate about slavery and including the voice of Phillis Wheatley, the acclaimed poet.  Film screening followed by discussion between Galison and Gates.  $10 entrance fee, please register online at www.masshist.org/events   

December 12, Wednesday, 6pm, Founding Martyr:  The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero, at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Free to the public.  Presented by author Christian Di Spigna. 

December 12, Wednesday, 7pm, Long Story Short: Family Ties, at the 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Ticked $5 each. An ongoing storytelling series.  See the Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/LSSat3S/ 

December 14, Friday, 1:30pm, Irish Genealogy before 1800, at the Rogers Public Library, Hudson, New Hampshire.  Presented by genealogist Tom Toohey.  Free to the public.

December 16, Sunday, 2pm - 5pm, Boston Area Chantey and Maritime Sing, at the USS Constitution Museum in the Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 22, Charlestown, Massachusetts.  Family friendly, free with admission. Open to anyone who would like to participate.  

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).

December 28, Friday, 7pm, Huzzah!  Tavern Night!, at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.  Revel with Sam Adams, John Hancock, Dorothy Quincy and other prominent Bostonians as they lift their glasses in celebration.  Doors open at 6:30, show begins at 7pm. Family Friendly.  Sample rustic tavern fare, with beverages offered at an additional charge. Tickets at this link: https://www.trustedtours.com/store/tavern-nights-at-boston-tea-party-ships.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0Gqls6oLh6FWzufQPzFKehjmUFcK3HZK89fh6ynF65DayJ9LNKiAK9yHs  

Future events: 


March 11, 2018, Telling Your Family Story, at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 East Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, New Hampshire.  $60 fee for the workshop, including lunch.  Instructors include media professionals who tell New Hampshire stories, historians, videographers, and an archivist to offer tips on preserving and protecting photos and family papers.  Register online http://www.loebschool.org/application-form.asp  or call for information 603-627-0005 

March 16, 2019, Saturday, History Camp Boston, at Suffolk University Law School, across from the Old Granary Burying Ground, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. See the website for more information and registration. http://historycamp.org/boston?fbclid=IwAR1iGXontgxTK4ogaN7xfy46sifH8I-RJrljRcAR2YKeBRdCwWq9tjKkJs8    

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 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Pretty Sailboat

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 #391?  Scroll down to find the answer.

This three dimensional sailboat was photographed along Ocean Drive in Seabrook, New Hampshire.  This metal weathervane is complete with intricate sails, flag, rigging, and even a rudder. It is appropriate because this is a waterfront home, facing the Atlantic Ocean right on the coast.  There are fine views of boats and ships passing this beach, and of the Isles of Shoals just off shore. 

I photographed some other weathervanes on this same street on the same day I photographed this sailboat.  You can see that blog post at this link:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/weathervane-wednesday-two-mermaids-by.html  

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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Pretty Sailboat", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 28, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/weathervane-wednesday-pretty-sailboat.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ David Adams and Mary Woodman, buried at Derry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  This town was part of Londonderry, New Hampshire until the schism, or split of the towns, in 1827.

Elder DAVID ADAMS

died Jan. 24, 1838 A.E. 83 years

          MARY his wife

died Sep. 19, 1816 A. E. 64

                SAMUEL ADAMS

died Jan. 12, 1822 A.E. 69

MARY, Daughter of

DAVID & MARY ADAMS

died April 2, 1838. A.E. 57

This is an enormous gravestone (taller than me, and I'm 5 foot 7 inches), but it is half empty of inscriptions.  Perhaps the Adams family was planning on listing many more family members? There were many Adamses buried nearby.  If you would like to see the blog post for the dark gray tombstone to the left of the large slab, click HERE (it is the burial spot of their son, David Adams, Jr. who died when a senior at Harvard College). 

David Adams, the son of Samuel Adams and Mary Jewett, was born 10 December 1754 in Newbury, Massachusetts.  He was married on 22 September 1778 in Newbury to Mary Woodman, daughter of John Woodman and Hannah Adams, who was born 9 November 1752 in Newbury.  They had seven children:   Samuel, Mary, David Adams II, John Woodman, Hannah, Elizabeth and Sally.  David Adams was the brother of Samuel Adams, who married Mary's sister, Elizabeth Woodman (two brothers married two sisters).  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ David Adams and Mary Woodman, buried at Derry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 27, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/tombstone-tuesday-david-adams-and-mary.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ HUBBARD of Salisbury, Massachusetts

HUBBARD / HOBART / HUBBURD

I have already blogged about another HUBBARD ancestral family – the descendants of Hugh Hubbard (about 1640 – 1685) of New London, Connecticut at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/10/surname-saturday-hubbard-of-new-london.html  

This second HUBBARD lineage descends from Richard Hubbard (1645 – 1719) of Salisbury, Massachusetts.  He doesn’t seem to be related to any of the Ipswich or Boston Hubbard families, even though James Savage (Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England) implies he might be the son of Richard Hubbard of Ipswich. 

Richard Hubbard, my 9^th great grandfather, was a blacksmith in Salisbury.  He was known as “Cornet Richard Hubbard”, which is an archaic term referring to the lowest ranked officer in a British troop, lower than captain or lieutenant (now equivalent to a second lieutenant).  In 1692 both Richard and his wife Martha (Allen) signed the Bradbury Petition.  On 22 July 1692 over 100 friends and neighbors of Mary (Perkins) Bradbury in Salisbury signed a petition protesting her innocence when she was arrested during the Salem witch trials.  She was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, but the ongoing petitions and protests caused her execution to be delayed until after the hysteria had passed. 

In 1700 Richard and Martha Hubbard also bought land in Boston on Fort Hill, in the district of Roxbury.  The deeds name him as Richard Hubbard the blacksmith.  He deeded this land and the dwelling to his son Joseph Hubbard, who was also a blacksmith, and to Abigail Wheeler, the widow of Henry Wheeler. Although he briefly owned this land in Boston, he stayed as a resident of Salisbury.

Richard’s epitaph at the Colonial Burying Ground in Salisbury reads “Cornet Richard Hubburd / Died June ye 16 1719 / aged 88 years / Faith and Love Are laid in ye dust / waiting for ye resorrection in ye just.”

Richard Hubbard and Martha Allen are the ancestors of Governor John Langdon of New Hampshire, signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Some HUBBARD resources:

Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, by David W. Hoyt, 1919 (See Volume 1, pages 31 and 210).

The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Noyes, Libby, and Davis, 1928, page 354

The Suffolk County Deeds

My HUBBARD genealogy:

Generation 1:  Richard Hubbard, born about 1645, and died 26 June 1719 in Salisbury, Massachusetts; married about 1666 in Salisbury to Martha Allen, daughter of William Allen and Ann Goodale.  She was born about 1646 in Salisbury and died 4 October 1718 in Salisbury.  Ten children.

Generation 2:  Comfort Hubbard, born 17 January 1682 in Salisbury, and died 20 March 1756; married on 7 November 1699 in Boston to Joshua Weeks.  He was a son of Leonard Weeks and Mary Redman.  Nine children.

Generation 3:  Mary Weeks m. Jonathan Chesley

Generation 4: Comfort Chesley m. Stephen Perkins

Generation 5:  Mary Perkins m. Nathaniel Batchelder

Generation 6:  Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 7:  George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 8:  George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 9:  Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 10:  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~  HUBBARD of Salisbury, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 24, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/surname-saturday-hubbard-of-salisbury.html: accessed [access date]). 

Happy Thanksgiving 2018

Thanksgiving Blessings, from our house to yours!

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A North Country Bank

I post 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 #390?  Scroll down to find the answer.

Today's weathervane was photographed by reader June Stearns Butka.  She was passing through Franconia, New Hampshire and she saw this weathervane from her car, and snapped an image with her phone.  Through the magic of "Google Maps" I was able to identify this unique weathervane as the one on top of the Woodsville Guarantee Savings Bank at 278 Main Street in Franconia.  Nice job, June!

This weathervane features the face of the "Old Man of the Mountain" which was a naturally formed rock formation in Franconia Notch.  In 2003 the formation slid off the side of Cannon Mountain following an ice storm.  This old granite face had been a symbol of New Hampshire for centuries, and was featured in advertising, classic literature, and on hundreds of souvenirs.  It is still featured on New Hampshire state license plates and road markers for the state highway system.

There are several other weathervanes in the state of New Hampshire featuring the "Old Man of the Mountain" also known as the "Great Stone Face":

A Church in Conway Village, New Hampshire
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/07/weathervane-wednesday-old-man-of.html

At a rest area off Route 93 in Salem, New Hampshire
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/05/weathervane-wednesday-welcome-to-new.html

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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ A North Country Bank", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 21, 2013, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/weathervane-wednesday-north-country-bank.html:  accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Baby John Newton Clark, 1815, Londonderry, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire.  At the time of the burial, this was Londonderry, New Hampshire.

John Newton

son of Capt. John &

Mrs. Sarah Clark,

died Sept 8, 1815

aged 3 months.

Not father's sighs nor mother's tears

Could save me from the tomb,

Nor would I for more years

If Christ has called me home. 

John Clark (son of Robert Clark and Letitia Cochran) and Sarah Taylor (daughter of Samuel Taylor and Eunice Lancaster,  and granddaughter of immigrant settlers Matthew and Jennet Taylor) were married in Londonderry, New Hampshire on 4 March 1802.  They had eight children and three died in infancy.   One of their daughters was a famous missionary you can read about at this link HERE.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Baby John Newton Clark, 1815, Londonderry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 20, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/tombstone-tuesday-baby-john-newton.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ WEEKS of Greenland, New Hampshire

The Weeks Brick House
built circa 1710 by Samuel Weeks, my 9th great uncle

WEEKS / WEEKES /  WICKES

Much of the information about my 9^th great grandfather, Leonard Weeks (1633 – 1707) is from an 1889 book.  Not many people realize that this information has been researched, updated, and published at the journal of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists.  See below for the information on this book and the journal article. There is also an active Weeks family association that maintains updates on the family genealogy (see below for links to the family association webpage.)

Leonard Weeks is of unknown origins, but he was born about 1633, probably in England, and first appears a Maine record as a witness in 1655.  By 29 June 1656 he received his first grant of land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  In 1660 he received more acreage, and by February 1660/61 he had settled in what is now the town of Greenland, on the Winnicut River

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My ancestor married three times.  First to a daughter of Deacon Samuel Haines, then to Mary Redman, the daughter of John Redman, and third to a woman known only as “Elizabeth”.  He had eight children with Mary Redman, my 9^th great grandmother. 

In 1655 the court found Leonard Weeks guilty of swearing and fined him 10 shillings plus court fees of 3 shillings.  However, he must have been respected in the community because the very next year he was elected selectman, and later as the constable and as the sheriff.  His seat in the church at Portsmouth was “No. 4 in front of the pulpit”. 

I descend from his son Joshua Weeks (1674 – 1758) who married Comfort Hubbard.  My 8^th great grandparents had nine children and lived in Greenland.  Comfort was the sister of Thomas Hubbard, a wealthy resident of Boston and treasurer of Harvard College.  They lived on the “Bay Side” of Greenland. Joshua was the colonel of the local militia, and was also a justice of the peace.  

In the next generation I descend from the eldest daughter, Mary Weeks (about 1700 – 1765) who married Jonathan Chesley, and they resided in nearby Durham, New Hampshire.

The Weeks Brick House was built by Samuel Weeks, son of Leonard Weeks and brother of Joshua, in 1710 in Greenland, New Hampshire is operated by the Weeks family association, as a organizational member of Historic New England.  This is one of the earliest brick homes build in New England.  It is open for tours by appointment 603-436-8147. See the website www.weeksbrickhouse.org    The family association has an annual family reunion every September.  The WEEKS DNA project is at this link:  https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/weeks-weekes-wicks/about  

Some WEEKS resources:

Leonard Weeks, of Greenland, N. H. & Descendants, 1639 – 1888, by Jacob Chapman, 1889 (available online at HathiTrust, Archive.org, and at Ancestry).

“New Thoughts on the Family of Leonard Weeks”, by Janet Ireland Delorey and Melinda Lutz Sanborn, New Hampshire Genealogical Record,  Vol. 19, Numbers 2 and 3, April and August 2002.

The Leonard Weeks and Descendants in America, a family association  www.weeksbrickhouse.org  and their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WeeksBrickHouse/  

My WEEKS genealogy:

Generation 1:  Leonard Weeks, born about 1633 in England; died about 1707 in Greenland, New Hampshire; married about 1667 to Mary Redman, his second wife, daughter of John Redman and Margaret Knight.  She was born 15 December 1649 and died about 1694.  Eight children. 

Generation 2: Joshua Weeks, born 30 June 1674 in Greenland, and died 13 June 1758 in Greenland; married on 7 November 1699 in Boston, Massachusetts to Comfort Hubbard, daughter of Richard Hubbard and Martha Allen.  She was born 17 January 1682 and died 20 March 1756.  Nine children.

Generation 3:  Mary Weeks, born about 1700 in Greenland, died about July 1765; married on 17 November 1720 in Greenland to Jonathan Chesley, son of Phillip Chesley and Sarah Rollins.  Three children.

Generation 4:  Comfort Chesley m. Stephen Perkins

Generation 5:  Mary Perkins m. Nathaniel Batchelder

Generation 6:  Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 7:  George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 8:  George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 9:  Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 10:  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ WEEKS of Greenland, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 17, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/surname-saturday-weeks-of-greenland-new.html: accessed [access date]). 

Weathervane Wednesday ~ Two Mermaids by the Sea

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 vanes were photographed in New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of the two weathervanes in post #389?  Scroll down to find the answer.

Weathervane  #1

Weathervane #2

These two mermaid weathervanes were spotted while driving down Ocean Drive in Seabrook, New Hampshire.  This neighborhood is known as the Beach Village District, right on the ocean.  The first mermaid was three dimensional with a tail with patterned scales, and a detailed face and hands.  The second mermaid is two dimensional, without any details.  Both weathervanes are small, but the houses are also small and the street is narrow.  While you are driving slowly you can take the time to stop and admire these two weathervanes on this street.  Both are within a block or two of each other.

According to the Seabrook town records, the Beach Village boundaries include all the property on both sides of Route 1A between the Massachusetts state line on the south and the Hampton town line line to the north. The Beach Village District of Seabrook was established in 1947.


A 2012 newspaper article about the Seabrook Beach Village:
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/enjoy-waterfront-living-in-seabrook-beach-village/article_7d6b2393-e686-59b8-b645-d17057f98f1e.html 


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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Two Mermaids by the Sea", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 14, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/weathervane-wednesday-two-mermaids-by.html: accessed [access date]).

Tombstone Tuesday ~ James Cochran, poetic hero, buried 1795 in Derry's Forest Hill Cemetery

This tombstone was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery behind the First Parish Meetinghouse in East Derry, New Hampshire.  At the time of the burial, this land was in the town of Londonderry.

IN

Memory of

Mr. James Cochran

who died

Febr. ye 17th 1795,

in ye 85th year

of his age.

Reader, behold as you pass by

As you are also once was I.

As I am now, you must be

Prepare for death & follow me.

Last month I posted a poem written by Windham, New Hampshire's poet "The Rustic Bard", Robert Dinsmoor.  This poem was "Jamie Cochran: The Indian Captive" based on a true incident that took place in 1725 near the Casco Bay in the state of Maine.  The hero of this poem was a teenaged boy, Jamie Cochran, born in Northern Ireland, who survived being captured by Indians. He lived with his family near the present day Brunswick, Maine, but removed to Suncook, New Hampshire when his father left Maine, and eventually settled in the Scots Irish town of Londonderry.  

You can read this post and poem at this link (along with some genealogical information):

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/10/jamie-cochran-indian-captive-poem-by.html   

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~  James Cochran, poetic hero, buried 1795 in Derry's Forest Hill Cemetery", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 13, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/tombstone-tuesday-james-cochran-poetic.html: accessed [access date]). 

Volunteer Transcriptions of Honor Rolls for Veteran's Day 2018

Military Honor Rolls in front of the library
at Dunbarton, New Hampshire

The Honor Roll project collects transcriptions of the names of the veterans on military honor rolls seen in parks, schools, public buildings, books and other places all over the USA and abroad.  You can read the complete list at this link:

https://honorrollproject.weebyly.com 

Twice a year, for Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day, genealogy bloggers photograph and transcribe these honor rolls, and publish them on the internet.   The act of transcribing these names makes them available to be found by search engines such as Google, Mocavo and others.  Family members searching for genealogical or military information on relatives, ancestors or friends will be able to see the honor rolls, read the names, and learn about their family’s military history.

It is a simple, easy project.  However, it brings unexpected joy to searchers who did not know their ancestors were in the military, or did not know the specific military history, or sometimes they did not even know the town where their ancestors lived.  Seeing their family member’s name on an honor roll can be the beginning of finding more genealogy data, military records and historical information.

Here are this year’s contributions from the USA and Canada:

Connecticut

Newtown, Part 1, War of 1812,  Mexican War, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border War,  by "Benjamin McClure" Marian Burk Wood
https://climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2018/05/honor-roll-project-part-1-newtown.html 

Newtown, Part 2, 1944 - 1971 (WWII, Korea, and Vietnam), by "Benjamin McClure" Marian Burk Wood
https://climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2018/05/honor-roll-project-part-2-newtown-ct.html

Newtown, Part 3, Gulf War and Civil War, by "Benjamin McClure" Marian Burk Wood
https://climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2018/05/honor-roll-project-part-3-newtown-ct.html   

Windsor, World War I, by Jenny Hawran

http://like-herding-cats.com/2018/10/windsor-connecticut-world-war-i-roll-of-honor-memorial/

Windsor Grace Episcopal Church, World War I, by Jenny Hawran

http://like-herding-cats.com/2018/10/windsor-connecticut-national-service-honor-roll-of-grace-church/ 

Massachusetts

Bridgewater, Central Square, WWI by David J. McRae

https://thedeadwereoncesomeonetoo.blogspot.com/2018/10/honor-roll-project-2018-central-square.html 

Charlemont, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Service between 1950 – 1999, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-157-main-street-charlemont.html

Raynham, Korea and Vietnam, by David J. McRae
https://thedeadwereoncesomeonetoo.blogspot.com/2018/10/honor-roll-project-2018-bruce-e.html 

New Hampshire

WWI Military: Heroes of Andover by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/14/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-andover/

WWI Military: Heroes of Antrim by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/06/29/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-antrim/

WWI Military: Heroes of Bath by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/18/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-bath/

WWI Military: Heroes of Belmont by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/04/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-belmont/

WWI Military:  Heroes of Benton

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/16/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-benton/

 

WWI Military: Heroes of Bethlehem by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/26/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-bethlehem/

WWI Military: Heroes of Bristol by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/16/new-hampshire-wwi-military-bristol/

WWI Military: Heroes of Charlestown by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/07/30/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-charlestown/

WWI Military: Heroes of Chesterfield by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/24/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-chesterfield/

WWI Military: Heroes of Concord by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/07/14/world-war-i-military-heroes-of-concord/

WWI Military: Heroes of Derry by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/07/06/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-derry/

WWI: Heroes of Dublin by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/11/new-hampshire-in-wwi-heroes-of-dublin/  

Dunbarton, WW1, WWII, Korea and Vietnam by Heather Wilkinson Rojo

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/dunbarton-new-hampshire-military-honor.html

 

WWI Military: Heroes of Enfield by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/30/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-enfield/

WWI Military: Heroes of Francestown by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/30/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-francestown/

WWI Military: Heroes of Greenville by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/06/09/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-greenville/

WWI Military:  Heroes of Groton by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/28/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-groton/

 

WWI Military:  Heroes of Holderness by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/14/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-holderness/

  

WWI Military: Heroes of Lincoln by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/06/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-lincoln/

WWI Military: Heroes of Lisbon by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/07/16/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-lisbon/
 

WWI Military:  Heroes of Moultonborough by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/20/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-moultonborough/

 

WWI Military: Heroes of Newport by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/06/24/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-newport/

WWI Military:  Heroes of New Ipswich

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/10/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-new-ipswich/

 

WWI Military: Heroes of Peterborough by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/09/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-peterborough/

WWI Military: Heroes of Pittsburg by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/05/30/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-pittsburg/

WWI Military: Heroes of Pittsfield by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/08/07/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-pittsfield/

WWI Military: Heroes of Plymouth and Rumney by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/16/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-plymouth-and-rumney/

WWI: Heroes of Raymond by Janice Webster Brown
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/08/new-hampshire-in-wwi-heroes-of-raymond/

WWI Military: Heroes of Stratford by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/20/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-stratford/

WWI Military: Heroes of Westmoreland by Janice Webster Brown

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/09/26/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-westmoreland/

WWI Military:  Heroes of Wolfeboro

http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2018/10/27/new-hampshire-wwi-military-heroes-of-wolfeboro/

 

New Jersey

Red Bank, WWI and Spanish-American, by Amanda Pape

https://abt-unk.blogspot.com/2018/11/world-war-i-and-spanish-american-war.html

  

New York

Au Sable Forks, Au Sable Valley Memorial Park, WW1, WW2, Koriea, Vietnam, Lebanon, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-au-sable-valley-memorial.html 

Claverack, WW1 and WWII by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-town-of-claverack-new-york.html

Lake George, Shepherd Park, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf Wars, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-shepherd-park-lake-george.html  

Pleasantville, WW1, by "Benjamin McClure" Marian Burk Wood
https://climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2018/09/honor-roll-project-wwi-service-in.html 

Rexford, Saratoga County, Garnsey Park, WWII by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/10/honor-roll-garnsey-park-rexford-new-york.html

Schaghticoke, WW1, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-48-98-school-street.html 

Stillwater, WW1, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-stillwater-new-york-world.html

North Carolina

Chapel Hill, War of 1812, Civil War, WW1, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, by Jamie Gates
https://applegategenealogy.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/carolina-alumni-lost-in-military-service/   


Vermont

Alburgh, WW1 and WWII, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-14-north-main-street-town-of.html 

Rutland, Main Street Park, WW1, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-main-street-park-rutland.html 

Fair Haven, WW1, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, by Schalene Dagutis

https://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2018/11/honor-roll-veterans-memorial-park-fair.html 

Canada

North Hatley, Stanstead County, Quebec by Anna Matthews

https://trippingovermyroots.blogspot.com/2018/09/war-memorial-north-hatley-quebec.html 

Thank you to all the volunteers who photographed and transcribed these honor rolls.  Some of you transcribed thousands and thousands of names!

Surname Saturday ~ CHESLEY of Oyster River (Dover), New Hampshire

CHESLEY / CHESSLEY / CHESLIE

The first record I can find of my 9^th great grandfather, Phillip Chesley, is when he witnessed a deed from Rev. Thomas Larkahm to William Waldron on 13 September 1642.  There are some online sources that say he arrived at the Oyster River Plantation at age 15 in 1633, but I have not found any source for that.  There are also some who say he was from the Isle of Jersey, son of Thomas Chesley and Margaret Rogers, but I have not seen any proof of his origins.

Phillip Chesley’s first wife was Elizabeth Leighton, with whom he had two sons.  Elizabeth and Phillip signed a deed for a house lot on Dover Neck.  Some time after this he remarried to a woman named Joan or Joanna.  On 12 August 1663 he and Joan deed his land and house to his sons, keeping only one room in the house for himself.  He had three daughters with his second wife.

Life was difficult on the New Hampshire seacoast. It was on the border of the frontier with French Canada.  Most of the settlers were involved with logging and lumber which was dangerous work.  In 1657 he was on the jury that investigated a drowning of a logger.   In 1660 he was the local constable when Thomas Canyda was killed by a falling tree.   He was present at the coroner’s inquest of an Alexander McDaniel who drowned in the Piscataqua River in 1663.  Chelsley was chosen to lay out the road from Oyster River to Cochecho with Patrick Jamison in 1664.

My ancestor appears to have been a drunk and a belligerent neighbor.  He was also the Oyster River constable for a time, which seems incongruous. Because of his behavior, the court records are full of mentions of Phillip Chesley.  Otherwise, I wouldn’t know much about his life in early New Hampshire. He appeared in court with Stephen Jones in 1668 “upon suspicion of having a hand in ye untimely death of Edmond Green blacksmith” [NH Provincial Deeds, 2: 150b, 151a].  In April 1661 there was a bond issued to Phillip Chesley to keep the peace, especially towards his wife, and to appear in court in Dover to answer the complaint of his wife, Joan. 

In June of the same year two witnesses claimed Chesley called Edward Colcord “Rogue & Rascall, & that he deserved to be sold to the Berbadoes or Virginia, & he would doe it if he Could.”   In another slander case Mr. Samuel Hall claimed that Chelsey was “Cozening and cheating saying yt he was a Knave & yt he had Cozened & cheated him the sd Chesley of 10 pounds or more wch was a Just debt whereby the sd Hall is damnified in his Credit 500 pounds.”  The jury found him guilty but only chared him 50 shillings in damages and 21 shillings court costs.  [New Hampshire Court Records 1640 – 1692, Court Papers 1652 – 1668, in the New Hampshire State Papers Series, 40 (State of New Hampshire, 1943), 172, 474 – 7, and Court Papers, 1: 69, 89, 93, 95, 115 – 123.]  This case is explained in great detail in Diane Rapapport’s 2007 book The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England, on pages 83 – 88 in a sketch she calls “Chesley and the Cheating Knave”. 

In the second generation I descend from his son, Phillip Chesley, Jr.  His older brother, Thomas Chesley, was killed in an Indian massacre near Johnson’s Creek on 15 November 1697, leaving seven children and a widow.  Phillip, Jr. married Sarah Rollins and had six children.

In the third generation I descend from Philip’s youngest son, Jonathan.  He lived in Greenland, and was a representative to the General Court in 1745.  He married Mary Weeks and had three children.  I descend from their daughter Comfort Chesley, my 7^th great grandfather, who married Stephen Perkins of Wells, Maine, and they had twelve children born in Wells and in the part of Canterbury, New Hampshire that became the town of Loudon.  

Some other Chesley resources:

History of Durham, New Hampshire, Volume 1, by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, 1913.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis and Sybil Noyes, 1928.

Batchelder Genealogy, by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1898

My CHESLEY genealogy:

Generation 1:  Phillip Chesley, born about 1606 and died after 30 April 1685 at Oyster River, New Hampshire; married first to Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of Thomas Leighton and Joanna Sisbee.  She was born about 1625 in Dover, New Hampshire; married second to Joan Unknown.  Two sons with the first wife, three daughters with the second wife.

Generation 2:  Phillip Chesley, born about 1646 in Oyster River, and died 18 December 1695 at Oyster River; married about 1675 to Sarah Rollins, daughter of James Rollins and Hannah Fry.  Six children.

Generation 3:  Jonathan Chesley, died about 1785; married on 17 November 1720 in Greenland to Mary Weeks, daughter of Joshua Weeks and Comfort Hubbard.  She was born about 1700 in Greenland and died about 1755. Three children.

Generation 4:  Comfort Chesley, born about 1735 and died 12 February 1818; married to Stephen Perkins, son of Jacob Perkins and Anna Littlefield.  He was born about 1736 in Wells, Maine and died 13 May 1818 in Loudon, New Hampshire.  Twelve children.

Generation 5:  Mary Perkins m. Nathaniel Batchelder

Generation 6:  Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 7:  George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 8: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 9: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 10:  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “CHESLEY of Oyster River (Dover), New Hampshire”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 10, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/surname-saturday-chesley-of-oyster.html: accessed [access date]).