1832 map of Ipswich, Massachusetts This is the 11th Revolutionary War ancestor I have written about in this series.  My 5th great grandfat...

  Abner Poland's Badge of Merit certificate signed by General George Washington This is #9 in my series of Revolutionary War Ancestors. ...

  Essex, Massachusetts - The former Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts This is blog post #8 on my series of stories about my Revoluti...

  The David Burnham house in Essex, Massachusetts built by Capt. Westley Burnham's grandfather  This is the 7th patriot ancestor I have ...

This tombstone was photographed at the Davis-Cate Cemetery in Hooksett, New Hampshire both stones read " Rest in Peace " on...

Weathervane Wednesday is a a series of photographs I post weekly.  When I began, I only published weathervanes from the Londonderry, New Ham...

The schooner Fame, replica of the privateer from the War of 1812, in Salem, Massachusetts POLAND Generation 1:  Thomas Poland arri...

MEARS Alexander Mears, my 5 th great grandfather, was born about 1750 in England and it seems that he came to Massachusetts as a ve...

Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Massachusetts John Cogswell arrived in New England with his family aboard the Angel Gabriel in 1635.  Th...

Essex Quarterly Court Records Just for fun, I found this little mention of Walter Roper in   The American Genealogist , Volume 73, pa...

The Essex (Chebacco) River STORY William Story was the son of Robert Story in England.  His indenture record reads “Norwich Englan...

Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, ...