Hope Howland Chipman, died 1683, Barnstable, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday

 This tombstone was photographed at the Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts

HERE LYETH

INTERRED Ye BODY OF

MRS. HOPE CHIPMAN Ye

WIFE OF ELDER JOHN

CHIPMAN AGED 54

YEARS WHO CHANGED

THIS LIFE A BETER

Ye 8 OF JANUARY

1683

The back and sides of this tombstone were encased in lead,
which was an old fashioned way of preserving the slate stone from the weather

Hope Howland Chipman is my 9th great grandmother, born 30 August 1629 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.  She married John Chipman on 13 September 1646 in Plymouth, and they removed to Barnstable on Cape Cod.  They had twelve children, and I descend from her fifth daughter, Hannah (1659 - 1696) who married Thomas Huckins.  Hannah Huckins, my 8th great grandmother, is buried next to her mother - I'll post her tombstone in a future blog post.  

You can see my HOWLAND lineage at this link: 

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/08/surname-saturday-howland-mayflower.html   

Last week I featured Hope's husband's tombstone.  Elder John Chipman is buried in Sandwich:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/elder-john-chipman-died-1709-sandwich.html   

This tombstone and the Lothrop Hill Cemetery were recently featured in the Summer 2021 issue of The Mayflower Quarterly magazine by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.  

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Hope Howland Chipman, died 1683, Barnstable, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 29, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/hope-howland-chipman-died-1683.html: accessed [access date]). 

Elder John Chipman, died 1709 Sandwich, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday

This tombstone was photographed at the Old Town Cemetery in Sandwich, Massachusetts.  

HERE LYES BURIED

Ye BODY OF ELDER

JOHN CHIPMAN

AGED 88 YEARS

DIED APRIL Ye 7th

1709

The tiny tombstone to the right is Elder John Chipman, and the larger stone to the left is his second wife,  Ruth Sargent, who died in 1711.  I descend from his first wife, Hope Howland Chipman, daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, who died on 8 January 1684 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.  

John Chipman was born about 1620 in Bryant's Puddle, Dorset, England, and died 8 January 1709 in Sandwich, Massachusetts.  He married Hope Howland on 13 September 1646 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He became a member of the church in Barnstable on 30 June 1653, and his wife was a member on 7 August 1650.  He removed to Sandwich after his second marriage, where he died and was buried. 

John Chipman and Hope Howland had twelve children.  I descend from their fifth child, Hannah Chipman (1659 - 1696), who married Thomas Huckins and lived in Barnstable.  

Please see my blog post on my Chipman lineage here:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-chipman-of-cape-cod.html   

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Elder John Chipman, died 1709 Sandwich, Massachusetts - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 22, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/elder-john-chipman-died-1709-sandwich.html: accessed [access date]). 

The Fathers Day Tree 2021

 Back in 1988 we started our Fathers Day Tree tradition with a newly planted little oak tree in Londonderry on Vincent's first Fathers Day.  We have continued this tradition even after we moved to Manchester, with a newly planted group of birch trees.  Last year our daughter continued this tradition at their new home in Massachusetts.  Here is a sampling of some of the Fathers Day Tree photographs from over the years...

1988 Londonderry

1991 Londonderry

1993 Londonderry

1998 Londonderry

2001 Londonderry

2004 Londonderry

2006 Londonderry

2011 Londonderry

2013 Londonderry

2015 Manchester
(The Grand Father Tree was a clump of birches)

2017 Manchester

2019 Manchester

2020 Manchester

2021 Manchester

And just for fun...

We went back to Londonderry to see how big our original oak had grown in 2020

And here is the second generation Fathers Day Tree (a dogwood) on the day it was planted in 2020 Massachusetts!

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Fathers Day Tree 2021", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 20, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-fathers-day-tree-2021.html: accessed [access date]). 

The Dog Chapel, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont

The author and artist Stephen Huneck’s Dog Chapel has been a New England landmark since it was constructed in 2000 in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.  It is located on Dog Mountain, on Huneck’s studio and farm. It was designed to resemble an 1820s New England church,  with stained glass windows and art work featuring dogs. The public was invited to post photos of their dearly departed dogs on the wall known as the Remembrance Wall.  Today every wall of the chapel is covered with photos and stories about dogs from their loving family members.

The farm at Dog Mountain is open to the public, and even when the chapel and gallery are closed.   Recently the Dog Chapel restored the Dog Angel and reinstalled it on top of the steeple.  You can read all about the installation project at the blog:  https://www.dogmt.com/dogmountain_news.html 

My friend Melissa McNulty visited Dog Mountain and Dog Chapel last week, and took these amazing photos. I thought it was beautiful and I wanted to write a blog post for Weathervane Wednesday!  However, the Dog Angel is not a true weathervane, but more of a sculpture and final on top of the steeple. So, Dog Chapel gets a blog post anyways. I hope to visit here sometime soon.

 

For the truly curious:

Dog Mountain website:   https://www.dogmt.com/home.php   

Dog Chapel web page:  https://www.dogmt.com/Dog-Chapel.html   

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo and Melissa McNulty, "The Dog Chapel, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 18, 2021 ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-dog-chapel-saint-johnsbury-vermont.html: accessed [access date]). 

What’s Open for Genealogy Research in New England

Some great news!  We’ve all been mostly cooped up inside using the internet, writing away for documents, and waiting for some archives, libraries and repositories to open.  Here is the latest information.  Caveat:  Please contact these locations for the latest information about their hours and availability during the pandemic.  Things sometimes change overnight and local conditions and regulations may not be reflected in this blog post! 

New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH

The American Ancestors Research Center (The New England Historic Genealogical Society at 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts) will reopen on June 22^nd by appointment.  Schedule your visit at this link:  https://www.americanancestors.org/visit   For the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (inside NEHGS) visits and appointments, see this link:   https://jewishheritagecenter.org/

For the American Canadian Genealogical Society, 1 Sundial Avenue, Suite 317N, Manchester, New Hampshire, is now open for business on Wednesdays only from 9am to 6pm.  No appointment is necessary, but masks and social distancing are required.  https://acgs.org/   

And there is more!

American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts  https://www.americanantiquarian.org/  Is working on a plan to reopen the reading room soon.

Boston Public Library There are 24 branches of the Boston Public Library.  The Central Library at 700 Boylston Street in Copley Square, and neighborhood branches are now open for limited services, and more services are returning soon.  https://www.bpl.org/  and https://www.bpl.org/news/reopening/

Connecticut Historical Society, one Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut 860-236-5621  https://chs.org/  The Edgar F. Waterman Research Center will reopen on September 8^th.  The exhibit galleries are open.

Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library 175 Maple Street, East Hartford, Connecticut  (860) 569-0002 https://csginc.org/   Open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays 11am to 3pm.  Masks are optional.  News!  The CSG Library is now a certified Family History Library Affiliate, too.

Connecticut State Library 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut  (860) 757-6500 https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home  Open to the public Monday through Friday 9:30am – 4pm by appointment only.  Call for an appointment.

Maine Historical Society 489 Congress Street, Portland, Maine  (207) 774-1822 https://www.mainehistory.org/   Open Wednesdays through Saturdays.  The Brown Research Library is open by appointment only.  Masks are optional for fully vaccinated guests. Members free, non members $10 a day. See this webpage for more information:  https://www.mainehistory.org/library_visit.shtml 

Massachusetts State Archives  20 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, Massachusetts (617) 727-2816 or fax (617) 288-8429 https://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/ Open to the public for research Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.  Call ahead to see if what you are researching might be available online.  Masks are required. Free parking. The nearest MBTA station is one mile away (JFK/UMass red line) and the shuttle bus is not running at this time.

Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts (617) 536-1608 https://www.masshist.org/     The MHS library is currently closed until further notice.  The reference team is available to assist you remotely.  Please see this page for more information:  https://www.masshist.org/library/visit  The MHS has been holding several online events every month, and their card catalog is online.

Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records (records from 1926 to the present – births, deaths, divorces, and marrriages) at  150 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts  (617) 740-2600 https://www.mass.gov/orgs/registry-of-vital-records-and-statistics  There are limited in-person services at the Registry of Vital Records.  The Public Research Room is closed. Please use the forms for mail-in requests and web requests.  The Public Service Counter will have limited in-person services Monday to Friday from 9am to 4:45pm.  See the website for more information.   UPDATE 14 July 2021:  https://www.mass.gov/alerts/update-to-in-person-services-at-the-registry-of-vital-records-and-statistics#1922996    

Mayflower Society Library 4 Winslow Street (behind the Mayflower Society House), Plymouth, Massachusetts (508) 746-3188, ext. 11 or email the librarian library@themayflowersociety.org  or support@themayflowersociety.org and please include “Library Appointment Request” in the subject line. See this website for more information  https://www.themayflowersociety.org/visit/gsmd-library  The GSMD library reopens in July 2021 by appointment only for members.   

National Archives at Boston (NARA), 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts https://www.archives.gov/boston   The research room is closed currently.  You may experience a very long delay to your requests and Freedom of Information Act requests or appeals.  https://www.archives.gov/boston/research There are many online research tools available.   

New Hampshire Historical Society Library 30 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire  (603) 228-6688 https://www.nhhistory.org  and also https://www.nhhistory.org/Research/Using-the-Library  Open by appointment only Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9:30 to 12:30pm, or for 1:30 to 4:30pm.  Masks required.  Email research@nhhistory.org or call 603-228-6688 to make a reservation.  The society also offers research services for a fee.

New Hampshire County Registry of Deeds https://www.nhdeeds.org/   The registries of deeds are open to the public.  Face masks are encouraged, or required and available upon request.  Each county registry has different safety requirements, and limits on the number or individuals allowed access to the records, please check the website. 

New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park Street, Concord, NH, https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/  The library opened to the public on 7 May 2021.  Masks are strongly encouraged and available at the entrance.  Open Monday to Friday 8am to 4:30pm.  You can schedule an appointment for a time with a reference librarian by calling 603-271-2144. 

New Hampshire Vital Records and Archives 9 Ratification Way (Formerly 71 South Fruit Street), Concord, New Hampshire, 603-271-3242.   

During the COVID-19 pandemic the Archives and Vital Records are closed to walk in traffic.  The public is encouraged to use the website.  You may call 603-271-2236 with urgent business or email info@sos.nh.gov  For more information see the website https://sos.nh.gov/archives-vital-records-records-management/archives/genealogy/  

Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum, 306 Newburyport Turnpike, Rowley, Massachusetts.  Open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9am – noon or 1 – 4pm.  Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance. Masks are required.  Only three researchers are allowed in the reading room each day, and appointments are required by contacting research@pem.org   See this blog post for more information: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/genealogy-research-at-phillips-library.html

Rhode Island Historical Society 10 Benevolent Street, Providence, Rhode Island  (401) 331-8575  https://www.rihs.org/ The Robinson Research Center currently closed to the public.  Contact the staff at reference@rihs.org  for research assistance.    

Rhode Island State Archives 33 Broad Street, Providence, Rhode Island  (401) 222-2353 https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/state-archives and email statearchives@sos.ri.gov  Appointments must be made for a two hour slot weekdays at 10am or 2pm.  Requests for appointments must be made three days ahead of the requested date. 

Rhode Island State Library 82 Smith Street, Room 208, Providence, Rhode Island  (401) 222-2473  https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/state-library  The state house reopened to the public on 1 June 2021 with limited hours 9am to 3pm.  The public may visit, and the reference staff will answer requests by phone and email from 8:30am to 4:30pm.  There is a catalog available at the website.

Rhode Island Vital Records, 3 Capitol Hill, Providence, Rhode Island 401-222-5960 or the website  https://health.ri.gov/records/   Walk in service for vital records is closed until further notice.  See the website for ordering records online. 

UNH Dimond Library, 18 Library Way, Durham, New Hampshire.  See this web page for information on building access and online assistance  https://library.unh.edu/blog/2021/06/covid-19-phased-return

Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library,  60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, Vermont  (802) 479-8509.  Open by appointment only.  See this page for COVID-19 safety procedures:     https://vermonthistory.org/leahy-library-covid-19-procedures

Vermont Vital Records and Archives 1078 Route 2, Montpelier, Vermont (802) 863-3208 or email vitalrecords@vermont.gov  or sos.archives@vermont.gov   The vital records office is currently closed to walk-in services, but curbside services may be arranged in advance. The reference room is available by appointment for researching records in the state archives https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/research/ 

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Cite/Link to:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "What’s Open For Genealogy Research in New England?", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 17, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/whats-open-for-genealogy-research-in.html: accessed [access date]).  

Molly Reid Memorial, Londonderry, New Hampshire

 

BIRTHPLACE OF

MARY WOODBURN

WIFE OF

GEN. GEO. REID

1735 - 1823

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GEN. STARK SAID OF HER

"IF THERE IS A WOMAN IN

NEW HAMPSHIRE FIT FOR

GOVERNOR, IT IS

             MOLLY REID."

ERECTED BY MOLLY REID

CHAPTER D.A.R.

1899

This monument to Molly Reid is located on High Range Road in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on private property (but visible by the roadside) between Parmenter Road and MacIntosh Road.  She was the wife of General George Reid, who lived in Londonderry (now the part that is Derry) and who fought the American Revolution in Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Monmouth,  and with George Washington in Yorktown.  

George Reid was a farmer, who married Mary Woodburn in 1765.  They had five children, Mary Boyd Reid Dinsmoor (d. 1834), James Reid (1767 - 1827), John Reid (1771 - 1834), George Reid (1774 - 1848), and Elizabeth Reid McGregor (1776 - 1847).  The Reid family is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, and follow the link below to see a blog post with photographs of the Reid family plot.  

Mary Woodburn was the daughter of John Woodburn, an Irish immigrant, and Mary Boyd of Londonderry.  Their farm and homestead was located near the memorial on High Range Road. Their home was a garrison, which was never needed because Londonderry was never attacked by the French or the native people of the area.  Mary (Molly) was born 7 April 1734/5 and died on her birthday in 1823, aged 88 years.   John Woodburn is also buried at Forest Hill in Derry. 

For the truly curious:

The Molly Reid Chapter DAR website:   http://mollyreid.nhsodar.org/    

A 2012 blog post with the gravestone of General George Reid and Mary Reid, buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Derry, New Hampshire:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/04/tombstone-tuesday-revolutionary-war.html    

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Molly Reid Memorial, Londonderry, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 15, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/molly-reid-memorial-londonderry-new.html: accessed [access date]). 

Flag Day 2021

 

Happy Flag Day!

This flag is located in front of the Hancock, New Hampshire Town Hall

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To Cite/Link to this post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Flag Day 2021", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 14, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/flag-day-2021.html: accessed [access date]). 

Derry History Mural, extended!

 

Two years ago I posted about the first phase of the Derry History Mural, which was started in honor of the 200th anniversary of Nutfield, New Hampshire.  You can read that first post HERE.  Recently, we revisited the mural to photograph the new section, which was painted last year during the pandemic on the wall of the Cask and Vine perpendicular to Broadway.  

This new mural added some of the pets (dogs, cats, even a goat) of Derry residents along the bottom of the first panel, and some more recent Derry history.  There is a moon with Alan Shepard's space capsule, a view of Broadway and some of the historic buildings and businesses, and landmarks such as Pinkerton Academy, Beaver Lake, Hood farm, and the horse fountain that was removed to MacGregor Park in 2019.  The mural can be seen as pedestrians and bikes travel along the rail trail that crosses Broadway.  

For the truly curious:

My 2020 blog post on the first phase of the Derry History Mural:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/10/derry-new-hampshire-history-mural.html   

Derry News, "History Continues in next phase of Derry Mural Project", August 26, 2020  https://www.derrynews.com/news/history-continues-in-next-phase-of-derry-mural-project/article_b502a121-b196-52de-9fb0-9f46d3da3d24.html  

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To Cite/Link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Derry History Mural, extended!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 8, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/derry-history-mural-extended.html: accessed [access date]). 

A Horse and Sulky at Pinkerton Academy - Weathervane Wednesday

 This weathervane was photographed above the cupola on the red barn behind the Stearns House on the Pinkerton Academy campus in Derry, New Hampshire. It is not visible from the road, but you can view it from the parking lot of the Stearns building or from the athletic fields on the hill beside it.  The Stearns House is located at 19 North Main Street (Bypass Route 28), next to the new historical marker.  

This is a fine three dimensional weathervane featuring a running horse, a driver and a sulky.   Harness racing was a big deal in this area until a few years ago when the Rockingham Race Track closed in nearby Salem, New Hampshire.  I used to see sulkies on the local roads in Londonderry, training the horses.  A sulky is a small cart with two wheels and a only one seat for a driver.  Both horses and dogs were trained for harness racing using sulkies.  Harness racing goes back to ancient times - just think of the Roman chariots and the ancient Egyptians!

The Stearns House on the Pinkerton campus is used as an administrative building.  It was formerly the headmaster's office, and is now a visitor center. 

There is a link below to another weathervane featuring a sulky and driver, photographed in 2012 in Windham, New Hampshire, just south of Derry.  

For the truly curious:

An old blog post about Pinkerton Academy: 

 https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/200th-anniversary-of-pinkerton-academy.html  

Another "Weathervane Wednesday" featuring a horse and sulky from 2012:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/04/weathervane-wednesday-horse-and-sulky.html  

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Horse and Sulky at Pinkerton Academy - Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 2, 2021, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-horse-and-sulky-at-pinkerton-academy.html: accessed [access date]).