December 2019 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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December 3, Tuesday, 6pm, Black & Pink: The Records of Prison Activism and Boton’s LGBTQ Community, at the History Project, 29 Stanhope Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Receptions at 6pm. Reading at 6:30. Free to the public, but tickets are required through Eventbrite.

December 4, Wednesday, 6pm, Henry Beston’s Cape Cod, at the Boston Public Library, Commonwealth Salon, First Floor.  Henry Beston’s book “The Outermost House” inspired the national seashore on Cape Cod.  Presented by author and newspaper editor Don Wilding. Free to the public.

December 5, Thursday, 6pm, A History of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, at the Lincoln Public Library, 22 Church Street, Lincoln, New Hampshire. Presented by John Gfroer. Free to the public.

December 6, Friday, 7pm, Huzzah! Tavern Nights!  At the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, 306 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Tickets at www.trustedtours.com  Boston’s only colonial tavern experience!  Revel with Sam Adams, John Hancock, Dorothy Quincy, and other prominent Bostonians. 

December 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22, 40^th Annual Candlelight Stroll at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Stroll from house to historic house, meet costumed role players and performers.  Complimentary refreshments and hot apple cider. Traditional hearth cooking demonstrations, crafts, and winter projects for kids.  Tickets at https://strawbery-banke-museum.simpletix.com/Event/44145/40thCandlelightStroll/?fbclid=IwAR3Vbu2qtb8CgC3giOxUNODeaevpiGvQTRGX6CiH5gU55RfBVAtG-pH_Ass#.XahX1UZKiUl

December 7, Saturday, 10:30am, American Girl Doll Tea Party, at the Millyard Museum, 300 Bedford Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. $10 per person includes tour, lunch and a craft. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by calling 603-622-7531 or go online at www.manchesterhistoric.org.  All children must be accompanied by an adult.

December 7 and 14, Saturday, seatings at 11am and 2pm, Colonial Holiday Tea, at the American Independence Museum’s Folsom Tavern at 164 Water Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. All ages welcome, no highchairs available. Reservations required.  https://www.independencemuseum.org/event/ring-in-the-season/  

December 7, Saturday, 10am – 4pm, Living History Event: The Noble Train Begins, at Fort Ticonderoga, 102 Fort Ti Road, Ticonderoga, New York.  Relive Henry Knox’s epic feat as he prepares to move cannons from Ticonderoga to Boston to force the British evacuation in 1776.  Included with admission to the fort.

December 8, Sunday, 11am - 4pm, Lexington Tea Burning, at the Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Massachusetts.  All day event, free to the public.  An annual re-enactment with musket drills, interpretive programs, and music by fife and drum corps.  The tea will be burned at 1:30pm.  Take advantage of the free admission to see the new #Alarmed! exhibit on its final day.  

December 8, Sunday, 1pm, Irish Christmas in America with Oisin MacDiarmada and Seamus Begley, at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, 200 New Boston Road, Canton, Massachusetts.  Tickets $30 in advance, or $35 on the night www.eventbrite.com

December 8, Sunday, 3pm, Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares, at the Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Avenue, Keene, New Hampshire.  Presented as part of the Nathan E. Cohen Lecture Series, this one hour illustrated presentation introduces us to Jennie powers of New Hampshire, who used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and wide-spread poverty in the Monadnock Region from the 1890s- 1920s.  Free to the public.

December 10, Tuesday, 5:15pm, Who was One-Eyed Sarah?, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  Tickets at www.masshist.org   Free to the public, but registration required. Presented by Gabriel Loiacono of the University of Wisconsin and by Cornelia Dayton of the University of Connecticut.  This essay considers the life of the indigenous nurse in early nineteenth century Providence, Rhode Island.

December 14, Saturday, 10:30am, Recording the Past for the Future, at the Marlborough Public Library, 35 West Main Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists.  Presented by Dave Robison.  See this link for more information: https://www.msoginc.org/msogwp/category/chapters/middlesex/

December 14, Saturday, 11am, Mayflower Anniversary- Essex England: Home of the Mayflower?, at the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Bristol Chapter meeting at the Somerset Public Library, 1464 Country Street (Route 138), Somerset, Massachusetts.  Business meeting at 11am, presentation at noon. Free to the public. Presented by Linda MacIver.

December 16, Monday, 6:30pm, The 246^th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Pary Reenactment, hosted by the Boston Tea Pary Ships and Museum and the Old South Meeting House. Ticket holders can join a colonial meeting at Old South Meeting House at 6:30pm, then join the crowds outside as the Town Crier brings news to the streets (Free to the public), and at 7:30 the public is invited to parade through the streets down to Griffin’s Wharf to destroy the tea!  At 8pm the public is invited to line the shores of Boston Harbor and watch as the “Sons of Liberty” toss the tea from the brig Beaver. (Free to the public with reserved seats for ticket holders). Tickets at this link:  https://67819.blackbaudhosting.com/67819/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=777da567-46cb-4289-9992-354f2887a127&fbclid=IwAR1AlEvMuzhKszsUch_Jgjx69IMuvXGdYCk-DUtik6IEYwoIsrjQkbfYH2I

December 17, Tuesday, 6:30pm, The Real Witches of New Hampshire, at the Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, New Hampshire. Join Justine Paradis of NH Public Radio and historian Tricia Peone as they discuss witchcraft in New Hampshire.  Listen also to the 3 part series on witches in the Granite State on NHPR, too.  Free to the public. 

December 18, Wednesday, 7:30pm, Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: Slavery in New England, at the Royall House & Slave Quarters, 15 George Street, Medford, Massachusetts. Historian Jared Hardesty will speak about his new book. $10 for non-members. This is a repeat of the program for October 17^th.

December 21, Saturday, 2pm, The Real History of Christmas in New England, at the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 1 Armory Square, Springfield, Massachusetts.  Presented by Dennis Picard. Seating is limited. Please call the museum to reserve your spot.

Future events:

March 14, 2020, Saturday, History Camp Boston, at Suffolk University Law School.  https://historycamp.org/boston 



April 4-5, The 2020 Massachusetts Genealogical Council Seminar:  Origins and Destinations, at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, Lowell, Massachusetts. 



May 1 – 4, Salem Ancestry Days, at Salem, Massachusetts. Do you have ancestors from Salem, Massachusetts? This will be a weekend of lectures, tours and research. More information will be posted soon at https://www.salem.org/ancestryweek/ 



May 21, Thursday, noon – 5pm, Welcome Home, Mayflower II, at Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Come celebrate the return of the newly restored Mayflower II to her home berth in Plymouth harbor.  The celebrations will continue all Memorial Day weekend.

April 14, 2021 – April 17, 2021, NERGC 2021 (The New England Regional Genealogical Conference), at the Mass Mutual Center, 1277 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. http://nergc.org/ 

Happy Thanksgiving!

From our house to yours!  Thanksgiving Blessings!

My Mayflower Passenger Ancestors

Happy Thanksgiving!

It seems that folks are taking time to post their Mayflower lines on blogs and Facebook this week as a new meme for the Thanksgiving holiday.  This will be a fun way to compare lineages and find new cousins!

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

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

Remember Allerton (abt 1614 – 1656) and Moses Maverick

Abigail Maverick and Samuel Ward

Martha Ward and John Tuthill

Martha Tuthill and Mark Haskell

Lucy Haskell and Jabez Treadwell

Nathaniel Treadwell and Mary Hovey

Jabez Treadwell and Betsey Jillings Homan

Eliza Ann Treadwell and Abijah Hitchings

Abijah Franklin Hitchings and Hannah Eliza Lewis

Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

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

Edward Doty (abt 1599 – 1635) and Faith Clark

Desire Doty and Alexander Standish

Desire Standish and Nathan Weston

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

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

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

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

Hope Howland and John Chipman

Hannah Chipman and Thomas Huckins

Hope Huckins and Benjamin Hamblin

Hannah Hamblin and Jonathan Crosby

Ebenezer Crosby and Elizabeth Robinson

Rebecca Crosby and Comfort Haley

Joseph Edwin Healey and Matilda Weston

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

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

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

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

Desire Howland and John Gorham

Desire Gorham and John Hawes

Elizabeth Hawes and Thomas Daggett

Elizabeth Daggett and John Butler

Keziah Butler and Samuel Osborn

Samuel Osborn and Sarah Wass

Sarah Osborn and Charles Skinner

Ann Skinner and Thomas Ratchford Lyons

Isabella Lyons and Rev. Ingraham Ebenezer Bill

Caleb Rand Bill and Ann Margaret Bollman

Isabella Lyons Bill and Albert Munroe Wilkinson

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

George Soule ( abt 1593 – 1680) and Mary Beckett

John Soule and Rebecca Simonson

 Rebecca Soule and Edmund Weston

Nathan Weston and Desire Standish

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

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

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

Alexander Standish and Desire Doty

Desire Standish and Nathan Weston

Nathan Weston and Hannah Everson

Zadoc Weston and Mary Clements

Matilda Weston and Joseph Edwin Healey

Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil

Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings

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

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

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

For information about the Mayflower Society see this link:
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/ 

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Mayflower Passenger Ancestors", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 27, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/my-mayflower-passenger-ancestors.html: accessed [access date]). 

2019 New Hampshire Thanksgiving Proclamation and Turkey Pardon

This morning, at the Executive Council meeting in the New Hampshire statehouse in Concord, Governor Christopher Sununu proclaimed the Thanksgiving holiday for 2019.  Also, following the Thanksgiving Proclamation ceremony, he pardoned a turkey. 

Ten members of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society

with Governor Chris Sununu

The Governor, Executive Council and New Hampshire Mayflower Society

Governor Rojo and Governor Sununu

Governor Chris Sununu, the NH Attorney General, and

the Executive Council all voted on pardoning this suspicious character,

at turkey from Sanbornton, New Hampshire. 

"Joanna" the turkey received a full pardon

New Hampshire Mayflower Society Governor Rojo with the 2019 Thanksgiving Proclamation

The Thanksgiving Proclamation reads:

The State of New Hampshire By His Excellency Christopher T. Sununu, Governor and the Honorable Executive Council

A Proclamation

In the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Nineteen  THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2019

WHEREAS, in the autumn of 1621, the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate the plentiful harvest they reaped following their first winter in North America; and

WHEREAS, the first national Thanksgiving Day, proclaimed by President George Washington, Was November 26, 1789, and President Abraham Lincoln, proclaimed the first annual national holiday in 1863, establishing the date as the last Thursday of November at the behest of nationally celebrated editor and author, and daughter of New Hampshire, Sarah Josepha Hale; and

WHEREAS, on Thanksgiving Day, New Hampshire citizens and all Americans come together to enjoy the fellowship of family and friends with a feast that symbolizes the many blessings of our lives, and

WHEREAS, while Thanksgiving is a time to gather in a spirit of gratitude with family, friends, and neighbors, it is also an opportunity to serve others and to share our blessings with those in need; and

WHEREAS, as citizens we pause to consider our good fortunes, and are especially mindful of the heroic men and women who serve and have served our country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTOPHER T. SUNUNU, GOVERNOR, of the State of New Hampshire, do hereby proclaim, NOVEMBER 28, 2019 as THANKSGIVING DAY in the State of New Hampshire, and call this day to the attention of all citizens.

Given at the Executive Council Chamber, this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand nineteen, and of the independence of the United Sates of America, two hundred forty-three. 

See the turkey pardon here from WMUR TV:

https://www.wmur.com/article/governor-pardons-2-year-old-18-pound-turkey-from-sanbornton/29959021

One of our junior members was also on a video!  See Sophie Morrow interviewed here:

http://indepthnh.org/2019/11/26/sophia-morrow-of-brentwood-readies-to-rock-thanksgiving/?fbclid=IwAR2sTPNBd9Gdq4wbvytkdVKezlJVKW8kgW5OehVX0_DUEogh8ipf-3hkcvM   

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "2019 New Hampshire Thanksgiving Proclamation and Turkey Pardon",  Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 25, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/2019-new-hampshire-thanksgiving.html: accessed [access date]). 

TAYLOR of Nutfield (now Derry, New Hampshire) ~ Surname Saturday

TAYLOR

This family sketch is published here for the Nutfield 300th Anniversary.  The Taylor family also settled early in Nutfield (now Derry, New Hampshire) from Northern Ireland.  It is similar to the "First 16 Families" sketches which you can read at this link:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/p/nutfields-first-16-settlers.html

Some of this information is shared from the “Descendants of Mathew and Janet Taylor” Facebook Group, with help from descendants Betty Taylor Aube and Pat Taylor. For more information, please contact the Taylor Family Association (see below).   There are files available with much more family information, including a complete family history and 13 generations of descendants, at the Facebook group link below.  

Matthew Taylor, born about 1690 in Ireland, died on 26 January 1770 in Londonderry, New Hampshire (now the town of Derry).  He was married about 1720 to Janet (whose maiden name was possibly Wilson or a Dickey?).  She was born about 1705 in Ireland and died about after 22 January 1770 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  They came to New England on the ship The Wolf. 

In 1729 he was elected as hayward

In 1731 he was part of a committee to find a second minister for the Presbyterian church

In 1732 Matthew Taylor bought Governor Wentworth’s land

In 1736 he witnessed the will of John Morison, Sr.

In 1737 he was elected constable

In 1755 he was elected as tithingman

Matthew Taylor and Janet had ten children:

     1.       John, born 22 Sept 1721 at sea, died 1787; married Margaret Dickey

     2.        Eleanor, born 19 January 1724 in Londonderry and died 1 May 1781 in Truro, Nova Scotia; married about 1743 in Londonderry to Samuel Archibald, son of John Archibald and Margaret Unknown.  He was born 1719 in Ireland and died 15 July 1774 in Truro.  Their children: Matthew (married Janet Fisher), Janet (married John Hinckley), David (married Jean Miller), Agness Nancy (married John Matthew Taylor), Samuel (married 1^st Nancy Clayton, 2^nd Margaret Archibald), Margaret, John,  James, Robert, Elizabeth, Martha and Eleanor.

     3.       Agnes, born 6 March 1725, in Londonderry, died 17 April 1747; married Deacon Samuel Fisher.

     4.       Capt. Matthew, born 30 October 1727 in Londonderry and died 22 January Truro, Nova Scotia; married about 1751 in Londonderry to Elizabeth Archibald, sister to Samuel Archibald (above) and daughter of John Archibald and Margaret Wilson.  She was born 20 January 1726 in Londonderry and died 4 November 1809 in East River Saint Mary’s, Nova Scotia. Their children:  James, born 1754 in Truro, Nova Scotia, and died 27 January 1834 in Maugerville, New Brunswick married to Rebecca Bartlett (daughter of Richard Bartlett and Mary Robinson) and had six children; John Matthew (married his cousin Agness also known as Nancy – see above); Janet (married David McKean); Robert (married Mehitable Wilson); David (married Eleanor Archibald); Archibald (married 1^st Jennet Blair, 2^nd Mary MacDonald); William (married 1^st Margaret McCurdy, 2^nd Hannah Ryder) was born 7 November 1771 in Truro, Nova Scotia and died about 1840 in Shezzetcook, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia.

     5.       Jannet, born 10 June 1731 in Londonderry, died 23 December 1768 in Londonderry; married first to Joseph Finley; married second to John Anderson.  She is buried at the Old Hill Cemetery in Londonderry, New Hampshire. 

     6.       William, born 23 March 1732/3 in Londonderry and died 1795 in Augusta, Oneida County, New York; married Elizabeth “Betsey” Grimes in 1756.  Their child: Mary (married Capt. John Gregg).  William served as a private in Captain Joshua Abbott’s company of Colonel John Stark’s regiment from April 24 – August 1775 (three months and fifteen days).  He was also a private in Captain Joseph Dearborn’s company. 

     7.       David Taylor, born 10 August in Londonderry, died after 1790; married Margaret Kelsey

     8.       Adam Taylor, born 15 August 1737 in Londonderry, died 13 April 1806; married Mary Cunningham.  He is buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire. 

     9.       Martha, born 15 August 1739; died 1770.

   10.   Samuel, born 1745 in Londonderry, died 1 June 1803; married first to Sarah Fisher; married second to Eunice Lancaster.  He is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire. 

A descendant of this family, Robert Taylor, built the 200 year old "Up and Down Sawmill" on Island Pond Road in Derry, New Hampshire.  This sawmill has been preserved and maintained by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation and is part of the New Hampshire State Park system at Ballard State Forest in Derry. Robert Taylor bought the property in 1799 and the current building dates from 1805. The land and sawmill were donated to the state in 1953 by Ernest R. Ballard. You can read more about this sawmill at these links:   https://www.nhstateparks.org/visit/historic-sites/taylor-mill-historic-site  and at  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Mill_State_Historic_Site

There is also a Taylor Public Library in East Derry, established in 1878 from a $1000 bequest from the estate of Emma and Harriet Taylor.  You can watch a sort video about the history of this library at this link:  https://vimeo.com/144671655

For more information:

The Taylor Family Association on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/98720166757/ 

Musquodoboit Pioneers: A Record of Seventy Families, Their Homesteads and Genealogies 1780-1980,  by Jennie Reid (Volume 1, Hantsport, NS, 1980).

A former blog post about the Taylor sawmill:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/10/taylor-saw-mill-in-derry.html    

Another blog post with photos and story of the 2011 Taylor Family Reunion in East Derry:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/07/taylor-family-reunion-2011.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "TAYLOR of Nutfield (now Derry, New Hampshire) ~ Surname Saturday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 23, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/taylor-of-nutfield-now-derry-new.html: accessed [access date]).

Weathervane Wednesday ~ Another Mermaid Weathervane!

Today's weathervane was found in an antique shop in Northwood, New Hampshire, along the famous "Antique Alley" on Route 4 from Concord to the Lee Traffic Circle (near the seacoast).

We usually don't photograph weathervanes found indoors, except for a few museum we have visited. This mermaid and dolphin weathervane was so unusual that we made an exception!  This very crowded antique shop made it difficult to get a photo, but I think you can see how detailed this three dimensional weathervane appears.

This weathervane was spotted in the back barn of the R. S. Butler's Trading Company store, which is the big pink farmhouse on Route 4.   Antique Alley (Route 4 in Lee, Chichester, Northwood, Nottingham, Epsom and Concord, New Hampshire) is home to over 20 antique shops and is New England's oldest antiquing trail.


For the truly curious:

R. S. Butler's Trading Company website:   https://rsbutlerstradingco.com/ 

New Hampshire's Antique Alley website:  http://www.nhantiquealley.com/

Antique Alley on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/nhantiquealley/ 

Click here to see over 400 other weathervanes featured on "Weathervane Wednesday":
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday

Click here to see several more mermaid weathervanes:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search?q=mermaid 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Another Mermaid Weathervane!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 20, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/weathervane-wednesday-another-mermaid.html: accessed [access date]).

The Aghadowey Rural Kinship Visits Nutfield

Recently about a dozen folks from Northern Ireland visited Nutfield and New England.  The members of the Aghadowey Rural Kinship are a group who promote the history and culture of the Aghadowey area, where Rev. James MacGregor originated, and many members of his flock who came to Nutfield in 1719.  They took a short "pilgrimage" to visit Nutfield (Londonderry and Derry, New Hampshire), Boston, Salem, and Maine.

After a nice potluck dinner at the Derry First Parish Church, I had the pleasure of giving a short talk to our Irish visitors about recent genealogy projects in Nutfield.  This was followed by a presentation by Michelle Knight McQuillen from Aghadowey, who also presented several gifts to Rev. Deborah Roof.    Derry residents Linda Harvey and Paul Lindemann also addressed the residents from Ireland.

Michelle Knight-McQuillen presents a sketch of Aghadowey
to Rev. Roof of Derry's First Parish Church

Paul Lindemann

During their stay in New England the group from Aghadowey also visited Londonderry to tour the Morrison House Museum and to attend a ceremony at the Londonderry Presbyterian Church honoring the 300th anniversary.  They visited the Casco Bay region of Maine where the Scots Irish first wintered in New England in 1718 and 1719 before coming to Nutfield in April 1719.

Our Irish cousins with the staff at the Derry Municipal Center

For the Truly Curious:

The Aghadowey Rural Kinship Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/AghadoweyRuralKinship/ 


October 28, Derry News article "Founded in Faith"
https://www.derrynews.com/news/founded-in-faith/article_a82ef07b-5efe-51e1-bd83-91590d70f9b1.html


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Aghadowey Rural Kinship Visits Nutfield", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 19, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-aghadowey-rural-kinship-visits.html: accessed [access date]).

Philo, Illinois Honor Roll

These photos and transcription were sent to me by Dean Reinhart of the Veterans Memorial in Philo, Illinois (Philo Township, Champaign County, Illinois).   The names are in alphabetical order, but are not separated by the name of the conflict or chronological order. 

Adams, Grant B. WWII Burr, John R. WWII

Anders, B. Franklin WWI Burr, Larry D. VN

Anders, Samuel L. WWI Burr, Paul E. WWII

Asklund, Kenneth WWII Burr, Robert D. WWII

Barnes, Russell Albert VN Burton, Clarence J. WWII

Bates, James M. WWII Butler, Richard J. VN

Bates, Wayne T. WWII *Byrd, William D. WWII

Boles, Delbert E. WWII Cain, Francis H. WWII

*Boles, Ernest E. WWII Cain, John L. WWII

Boles, Gernon F. WWII Cain, William A. KOR

Bowen, John VN Carter, Donald L. VN

Bowers, Edward Francis WWII Cekander, Chas. E. WWII

Brand, Thurman K. WWII Christian, Frederick Eugene KOR

Bray, James E. KOR Brand, Robert Irven

Brazelton, George W. KOR *Clark, Kenneth J. WWII

Brazelton, Jerry A. KOR Clark, Kermit M. WWII

Brazelton, Jewell L. KOR, VN Clark, Oliver W. WWII

Brazelton, John D. VN Clennon, Cecil F. WWII

Brazelton, Joseph E. WWII Clennon, John V. WWII

Breen, William F. WWII Clennon, LawrenceT. WWI

Brewer, Kenneth I. WWII Clennon, Leo J. WWII

Buddie, Fred C. WWII Clennon, William F. WWII

Burr, Billy D. KOR Clevenger, Roy M. WWII

Collowhill, Marie Anne WWII, KOR Gorman, William J. KOR

Conley, Mary Kay Craven Grove, L. Bernard KOR

Cox, John A. WWII Grove, Robert W. KOR

Craven, Bradford C. VN Grove, William E. VN

Craven, Fred C. KOR Grothe, Paul WWI

Crump, Robert W. VN Guiney, Robert KOR

Daly, John Phillip Hale, Robert M. KOR

Daly, Chas. B. WWII Hall, Francis C. WWII

Daly, John J. WWII Hamer, Earl L. KOR

Daly, Joseph “Tater” OIF Hamilton, James P. VN

Daly, Leo F. Jr. KOR Happ, Donald L. KOR

Daly, Levi James OIF Harris, Richard W.

Davis, John M. WWII Healy, John VN

Decker, Alvin L. WWII, KOR Freeland, Kenneth W. KOR

Decker, Herman N. WWI Iberg, Mary E. VN

Decker, Maurice F. KOR Koeberlein, Clarence J. KOR

Deem, Thomas E. DS Lawhead, Timothy L.

Dennis, George E. WWII Hosteny, Thomas J. VN

Dennis, Robert J. WWII Hughes, James A. VN

Dilley, Charles E. WWI Ivey, Maurice WWII

Dilley, Collins WWII *Jackson, Paul V. WWII

Dilley, Edward W. WWII Jones, Melvin L. WWII

Dilley, Owen WWII Jones, Richard E. KOR

Dilley, William K. WWII Jones, Robert J. WWII

Ditullio, James J. WWII Kamerer, Barry A. VN

Doss, William D. WWII Kamerer, Richard Farwell WWII

Ducey, Gerald J. WWII Kelley, F. Anthony VN

Ducey, Williams G. WWII Kelley, Howard R. WWII, KOR, VN

Elkins, Stephen B. VN Kibler, George D. VN

Ellars, Harley E. KOR Kirby, Dale E. VN

Ellars, Harley M. WWI Kirby, Kenneth P. VN

Ellars, James W. KOR Kleinmeyer, Willard KOR

Ennis, Edward W. WWII Kreinhop, Paul E. KOR

Evans, Harold M. WWII Lafenhagen, Charles L. WWI

Evans, James F. KOR Lafenhagen, Glen H. KOR

Fehrenbacher, Gerald D. WWII Lauchner, Julian Hawthorne WWII

Fehrenbacher, P. T. WWI Legue, Chester R. WWII

Fiscus, Walter M. WWII Little, Harold J. WWII

Fisher, Kenneth W. WWII Lovingfoss, Fred F. WWI

Fluck, Martin C. KOR Lovingfoss, Robert B. WWII

Franks, David Lyle KOR Lueth, James M. “Mike” VN

Franks, F. Max KOR Lux, Henry WWII

Franks, Joseph R. KOR Mabis, Harvey C. WWII

Franks, Richard M. VN Mast, Clarence N. KOR

Gavel, Nathan S. DS Mast, Paul E. KOR

Godsell, John T. Jr. KOR May, Arthur F. WWI

Godsell, William E. May, Charles F. WWI

Gorman, James F. WWII May, Harold H. WWI

Gorman, Maurice WWII May, William F. WWI

McClennan, Donald F. WWII Plotner, Clarence E. WWII

McCloskey, Lyle D. WWII Plotner, Harold C. WWII

McCloskey, M. L. Jr. WWII Plotner, Paul E. KOR

McCloskey, Roy P. WWII Plotner, Authur F. KOR

McCormick, Thomas P. WWII Proehl, Carl W. WWII

McFall, Raymond C. WWII Proehl, Paul D. WWII

McHenry, Harold E. WWII Rahn, Dale L. VN

McKeon, Roger T. KOR Rash, Timothy B.

McKinney, Charges C. WWII Ray, David R. WWII

McMahon, Thomas WWII Ray, Franklin J. WWII

McMahon, Thomas W. KOR Ray, Joseph W. WWII

Meharry, George F. WWII Reed, Ralph J. WWI

Meharry, Jesse D. WWII Rennels, Donald E. VN

Meharry, John F. WWII Rennels, Robert W. VN

Melohn, Donald F. WWII Reynar, Carmen WWII

Melohn, Henry J. WWI Rice, Nathan L. WWI

Melton, Leo VanBuren VN, KOR Rice, Richard T. KOR

Miller, Roy D. WWII Rice Robert B. KOR

Miller, Donald G. WWII Riggs, Emil G. WWII

Miller, Earl V. WWII Ring, Paul E. WWII

Miller, Robert J. KOR Ring, Vernon E. WWII

Miller, Robert J. WWI Roberts, Cloyde N., Jr. KOR

Miner, Thomas D. WWII Rubenacher, Paul L. WWII

Mitchell, Francis E. WWII Rubenacher, Robert G. WWII

Mitchell, John Jr. WWII Rubenacher, William T. WWII

Mitsdarfer, Edmund F. KOR Rusher, Donald KOR

Moenkhaus, Herbert WWII Rusher, Robert D. KOR

Mooney, John D. WWII Grenda, Robert T.

Mooney, Mark M. WWII Johnson-Jacobsen, Jessica L. OEF

Moore, Wm. C. WWII Norton, Jason D. DS

Mumm, Howard E. WWII Sandwell, Richard E. WWII

Olson, Mervyn Lee KOR Sandwell, Walter J. WWII

O’Neill, Albert J. WWII Schlorff,, Wilbur R. WWII

O’Neill Dennis VN Schmidt, Donald E. KOR

O’Neill, Edmund V. WWII Schotz, Gerald M.

O’Neill, John D. KOR Schumacher, John C. KOR

O’Neill, Raymond WWII Sexton, Ron R. KOR

O’Neill, Wm. C. WWII Shafer, Charles A. WWII

Ordel, Fred E. WWII Shirley, Howard J. WWI

Ordel, Harold F. WWII Silver, Duane W. KOR

Mantell, Susan K. OEF Silver, E. Wallace WWI

Moore, Lee E. Silver, Frank W. KOR

Mumm, Howard H. WWII Silver, John D. WWII

Perry, Delbert E., Sr. WWII

d Silver, Robert J. KOR

Rash, Virgil P. KOR Silver, Walter F. KOR

Reed, Dan E. VN Simmer, Roscoe L. KOR

Patterson, John F. WWII Smalley, Leroy E. WWII

Patterson, Robert C. WWII Smith, Delbert W. WWII

Penman, Augusta WWI Smith, Gerald O. WWII

Penny, Vernon R. WWI Wilson, Harold M. WWII

Peters, Arthur W. WWII Wilson, Henry H. WWII

Peters, Elmer R. WWII Wilson, James A. WWII

Phelps, James K. WWII Wilson, William WWI

Phelps, Wayne KOR Wingfield, Raymond O. WWII

Smith, James F. WWII Witt, Richard A. VN

Smith, John C. WWI Woodworth, Lawrence D. WWII

Smith, Lowell J. WWII Woolsey, Estel Carl WWII

Smith, Lowell W. WWI Wubben, Kenneth E. VN

Smith, Russell E. VN Gorman, Martin KOR

Smith, Wilbert W. WWII Rubenacher, James J. WWII

Stearns, Richard W. WWII Foltz, Delbert J. WWII

Stewart, Charles R. WWI

*Stone, Harold A. VN

Storm, William F. VN

Tarrant, Ray WWI

Tatman, James C. WWII

Taylor, Robert E. KOR

Terven, Dale E. WWII

Thinnes, Charles J. WWII

Thinnes, Mary Florence WWII

Thomas, Harold H., Jr. VN

Sollers, Charles E. WWII, KOR

Wetmore, Kenneth R. KOR

Thomas, Harold Hunt Sr. WWII

Towner, Cecil F. WWII

Traxler, Carol J. VN

Trost, Herbert WWI

Trost, Herbert J. WWII

Trost, Howard WWI

Trowbridge, Milton F. WWII

Vermillion, Joe B. KOR

Walker, David VN

Walker, Kyle D. OIF

*Wall, Wilbert WWII

Warfel, Fred E. WWII

Warren, Homer F. WWII

Warren, John Franklin VN

Werts, Fred D. WWII

Werts, Howard P. KOR

Westendorf, Phillip WWI

White, Noble F. WWII

*Whitt, James E. VN, MIA

Wicklund, Romayne C. KOR

Williams, Kenneth KOR

Williams, Martin F. WWII

Wilson, Arthur M. WWI

Wilson, Carl E. WWII

Wilson, Fred P. WWII

Pawcatuck and Westerly, Rhode Island Honor Rolls

These photographs and transcriptions were sent to me by Lawrence Hunter of Connecticut.  He said: "The Towns of Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, CT have a joint Veterans memorial to honor those who lost their lives doing WWII, Korea and Vietnam. The memorial is located on the Westerly, RI side of the bridge that connects the two towns via Rte 1. The memorial is in Chronological order of their deaths and does not identify which town they are from."

World War II

Greenwood, James

Berger, Howard C.

Weall, Carlton Jr

Sinclair, Arthur

Lipinski, Stanley

Sullivan, Harold F.

Guarino, James

Amancio, Manuel Jr

Matos, Marion F.

Nowakowski, John Jr

McIninch, Bernard I.

Unkuri, Richard M.

Strafach, Natale N.

Christina, Rosario M.

Martin, Joseph L.

Turano, George A.

Sanschagrin, Nelson, G.

Chinigo, James R.

Ferguson, Charles W.

Johnson, George A.

Howard, Harold G.

MacKenzie, James S.

Doherty, James A.

Fitzpatrick, John H. Jr

Latham, Walter

Ledward, William Jr

Mast, Ewald A.

Thompson, Allan L.

Fortin, Joseph O.

Coyle, Edward F. Jr

Dion, John W.

Harman, Charles Jr

LoPriore, James R.

Grills, John E.

Boumenot, John E.

Long, Henry J.

O`Neil, Robert E.

Greene, Rodman T.

Parry, Edward

Donohue, Richard F.

Collins, George D.

Payne, Donald F.

Tate, Frank C.

Shea, Francis C.

Shea, Gerald A.

Falcone, Anthony L.

Falcone, Natale E.

Mochetti, Lido R.

Castagna, Louis E.

Vocatura, Peter P.

Emilio, James V.

Panciera, Louis Jr

Culotta, Dominic P.

O`Neil, Grant P.

Cappuccio, Pasquale

Aldrich, Frank

Korean Conflict:

Robinson, Donald W.

Choquette, Arthur G Jr

Barr, J. Lindsey

Gaccione, Louis R.

Chase, Howard F. Jr

Harkness, Harry E.

Vietnam Conflict:

Myllymaki, Carl W. III

Gallagher, William J. Jr

James, Edward A.

LaBrecque, William F.

Miller, Robert T.

Wright, Herman W. O. Jr

Jalbert, David

Nigrelli, Thomas L.

Richard, S. Desillier

Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Teeny Tiny Weathervane

This tiny weathervane measures about three inches across...

This weathervane isn't on a historic building or even outdoors!  It is located on the dollhouse I built in the 1970s as a teenaged girl.  Just recently I installed this cupola and running horse weathervane.  I thought it was appropriate for my little farmhouse style dollhouse.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~  A Teeny Tiny Weathervane", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 13, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/weathervane-wednesday-teeny-tiny.html: accessed [access date]).

New Archaeological Finds at Plymouth, Massachusetts

Dr. David B. Landon of the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston leads the Archaeological Field School in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  For eight summers this project has excavated around downtown Plymouth and Burial Hill for evidence of the early Plymouth settlement.  They have uncovered structural remains dating from the early 17th century that appear to be part of the early Plymouth Colony.

At a presentation to the Chairman's Society of Plimoth Plantation last month we heard more about this exciting excavation, and saw evidence of both Wampanoag and English settlement, as well as the first evidence of post holes for a palisade wall around the edge of Burial Hill.  This was very interesting, as well as captivating to the whole audience.  He also described artifacts of interest including pottery from Europe, as well as Wampanoag pottery.

These digs have shown that the Pilgrim settlement along Leyden Street, Market Square, and Burial Hill are exactly where historians have described them as being located.  They also show the inter-dependence between the native Wampanoag and English settlers.

A guided tour by Dr. David Landon was held on Saturday, October 5th of Burial Hill and the archaeological dig areas. There was an event at Plimoth Plantation on October 17, part of the Lunch & Learn series, where the latest results of the seventh year of archaeological research were presented to the public.  On Wednesday October 30th Dr. Landon also spoke at Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth on "The Plymouth Colony House on Burial Hill: New Evidence from the 2019 Excavations".  He also spoke at the Plymouth Public Library on Tuesday, November 10th, and at Assumption College in Worcester on November 12th.

Keep your eyes peeled for more talks and presentations on these exciting discoveries!

For the truly curious:

UMass Boston Archaeologists Unearth Evidence of Pilgrim Settlement, November 4, 2019, Plymouth Wicked Local  https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20191104/umass-boston-archaeologists-unearth-evidence-of-pilgrim-settlement 

Dr. Landon at YouTube with a video "Plymouth Colony Archaeology Survey - 2019 Update"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91ng2jTLs0 


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "New Archaeological Finds at Plymouth, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 12, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-archaeological-finds-at-plymouth.html: accessed [access date]).