Tombstone Tuesday ~ My Grand Uncle HITCHINGS, buried in Beverly, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Central Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts.  I was there with Vincent and Mom, and we were overwhelmed with the size of this urban cemetery.  Usually I wander through small 18th and 19th century burial grounds, and usually find my family members without a map or assistance from a cemetery maintenance office. Not in this case.  We were searching for some direct ancestors, and never found them, but we did find this one. Even Mom was surprised, because this is her Uncle Hollis Hitchings.  In the meantime, the Beverly cemetery department has sent me information to help find all the ancestors we missed that day last summer.

HITCHINGS

HOLLIS HITCHINGS

1903 - 1983

MARGUERITE HIS WIFE

1910 - 1967

Hollis Hitchings, son of Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil, was born 23 January 1903 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married on 10 May 1931 in Plaistown, New Hampshire or Georgetown, Massachusetts (it was recorded in both places) to Marguerite Evelyn Seaver, daughter of Ralph Waldo West and Edna Collins Seaver.  She was born 25 July 1910 in Georgetown, Massachusetts and died in July 1967 in Beverly, Massachusetts. She is a distant cousin to blogger Randy Seaver, since they are both descendants of the immigrant ancestors Robert Seaver and Elizabeth Ballard, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1634. 

Hollis was my grandmother's, Gertrude Matilda (Hitchings) Allen, brother.  He was one of 8 children.  Uncle Hollis and Aunt Marguerite had eleven children!  

In this photo of the Hitchings family, my grandmother is the baby on my great grandmother's lap.  Hollis is the little boy with the toy dog in his lap.  This photo was taken around 1905, the year my grandmother was born, and in those days little boys wore dresses until they were "breeched".  Notice that my grand uncle Arthur Hitchings, who was born in 1897, is not wearing a dress. 

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Grandfatherly advice in an 1843 letter signed “Your affectionate Grandpapa”. But wait! That’s not his grandfather!

John Owen Dominis
as an adult

The following letter to my first cousin several generations removed, John O. Dominis of Honolulu, Hawaii, was written in 1842 by the Rev. Andrew Yates in Schenectady.  He mentions his children, Austin and Mary.  He also mentions that John lived in his home during “those tender years of childhood”.  At the time of this letter, cousin John was about ten years old.   Rev. Yates quotes scripture, and asks John about his studies, and he hints that he would enjoy continued correspondence.  He signed the letter “Your affectionate Grandpapa”.  I knew that I hadn't found a YATES in our family tree, so....

Who was Rev. Yates, and who was John O. Dominis? 

John O. Dominis was born in Chinttenango, New York on 10 March 1832.  At age five he went with his mother to Honolulu, to join his father, Capt. John Dominis.   His mother was Mary Lambert Jones (1803 – 1889) born in Boston, sister of my 4^th great grandmother Catherine Plummer (Jones) Younger (1799 – 1828).  Auntie Mary Dominis and cousin John were living with Rev. Yates and his family while Capt. Dominis was at sea.  He is described as “a family member”, but I have not discovered the kinship.  While on this voyage to Hawaii, Mary left her two daughters (John’s sisters) with the Yates family to continue their education.

While their parents were in Hawaii, the daughters Mary Elizabeth and Frances Ann went to school, planning to join their family in Hawaii someday.  However in 1838, 13 year old Mary Elizabeth died.  And on 13 January 1842 13 year old Frances Ann also died.  They were buried in the Yates family plot in Schenectady. 

I found a “Mrs. Dominis and son” arriving in Boston aboard the barque Bhering,  listed in the newspaper Temperance Advocate, 1 April 1843, under the shipping news.  I don’t know how long the voyage from Hawaii to Boston took that year.  I don’t know if they received word that their second daughter had passed away and then they rushed to get back home to Boston and Schenectady.  Even letters took months and months to get from the East Coast of the United States to Hawaii in those days.  They stayed with the Yates family, and with family in Boston before returning to Hawaii.  In 1846 Capt. John Dominis was lost at sea, leaving Mary a widow and John an orphan.  Auntie Mary Dominis never left Hawaii again.

Mary was the daughter of Owen Jones and Elizabeth Lambert of Boston.  Owen was born in Wales, and came to Boston as a child with his father, also Owen Jones, who was the Boston customs agent for the King of England before the American Revolutionary War.  Elizabeth Lambert’s parents and birthplace are unknown, although she was married to Owen Jones on 11 May 1793 at the 2^nd Baptist Church in Boston. 

 Mary Lambert Jones’s husband, the Captain John Dominis was from Trieste, now in the country of Slovenia.  His parents would have been from Trieste, but as of now I have not discovered their names.

And what about Rev. Andrew Yates?  He was obviously not John’s Grandpapa (his true grandfather would be either Owen Jones or someone with the surname LAMBERT, although he was a very kind man who was like a grandparent.

Andrew Yates was born 17 January 1773 in Schenectady, the son of Colonel Christopher Yates and Jannetje Bradt. He married twice, first to Mary Austin and second to Hannah A. Hooker.   The Reverend Dr. Andrew Yates graduated from Yale in 1793,  was a minister of the Reformed Dutch Church and a professor at Union College.  He died on 14 October 1844.  He had three sons with his first wife (Christopher, John Austin, and Andrew John), and three children with his second wife (Mary Austin, Christopher, James, Christopher, Helen, Joseph and Ann Eliza.) 

The Yates family goes back quite a ways in New York history.  I searched the Yates genealogies for any Lamberts or Jones connections, but I didn’t find any.  Perhaps John’s kinship to Rev. Yates came from one of his two wives?

Wife #1 was Mary Austin.  Daughter of David Austin and Mary Mix.  She was born 25 August 1776 in New Haven, Connecticut and died 8 October 1798.  She married Andrew Yates on 8 October 1797 in New Haven.  Both her parents were born in New Haven. I’ve searched the Austin family for a connection to Jones, Lambert or to Boston, but have not found any kinships.

Wife #2 was Hannah A. Hooker, daughter of James Hooker and Mary Chaffee, born 4 September 1785 in Windsor, Connecticut.  She married Rev. Andrew Yates on 11 June 1810.  She died in Schenectady on 20 October 1859, nearly fifteen years after her husband’s death. Again, I found no kinship with the Jones or Lambert families in Boston.

I don’t know how Auntie Mary Dominis from Boston knew Rev. Andrew Yates, but all her children were born in Schenectady and she lived at his home before removing to Hawaii.  Her husband was a sea captain, and he knew other sea captains in the Albany area.  This was a big shipping and whaling port at this time period.  It is a mystery to me.

Finding this letter was very poignant to me because I knew that Auntie Mary had lived with the Yates, and that her daughters were buried in the Yates family plot.  This letter mentions that Reverend Yates had been waiting for a letter from John or Mary telling him that their ship had returned safely to Hawaii.  I found the newspaper account of their arrival in the United States in 1843, but not their return.  The Reverend’s interest in John’s education is sweet, especially since I knew he was a Yale graduate and a professor.

I have not found any other letters from any of the Yates family members to the Dominis family members in the Hawaii State archives.  This must be the only surviving letter. John O. Dominis’s papers fill several file folder boxes, but there is nothing at all there from Mary. 

Perhaps someday I will find the kinship between these families?  Maybe there is no kinship, just a great friendship?  Will this remain a mystery lost to history?

Hawaii State Archives, Queen Lili'uokalani Collections, M-93, Box 11, Folder 104,
Letter from Rev. Andrew Yates to John O. Dominis 2 November 1843

Transcription of the letter

                                                Schenectady 2^nd Nov. AD 1843

My Dear John,

                                So I address my children in writing to them,

My Dear Austin, My Dear Mary & the same address I use in writing

to you because you have resided in my family during those tender years

of childhood which call into exercise parental affections toward the young

in those who have care over them. I feel a deep interest in your wel-

fare, especially in your education as that is closely connected with

your welfare, because it trains you up for well doing. Altho in

the course of this world, men that conduct well do not al-

ways fare well in the wealth, and honors, and other ??? of

the world, yet generally, most commonly, they do fare the best

in these things of the present life.  So God says, in his word I Timothy

4^th chapter & 8^th verse. Godliness in that verse means a continual desire

and endeavor to do the will of God and that in doing well in the high-

est sense.  He that wishes and tries to do God’s will in doing well in

the best and surest way.  And tho he may not fare the better for his

well doing in this wicked world; though he may, like the apostles of

our Lord be persecuted and abused for it by wicked men, yet like

them he will farewell because he knows that he is serving

God in what he does and will enjoy a peace and happiness be-

yond all that wicked men can have or know.  When two of these

apostles were cruelly abused for a good deed and cast into the inner

prison, into the dungeon and their feet fastened in the stocks, they en-

joyed more happiness than their persectutors. They prayed and sang praises

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Praises unto God, while their persecutors were full of wrath, and

the next morning they were glad to let the apostles out

of their prison and go off; because they had beaten and put

them in prison contrary to the Law and were themselves

liable to be called to account and to be punished for their

conduct.  The apostles were not unhappy when they were

cast into prison for they felt happy in praying & singing prai-

ses to God while they were in the dungeon with their feet fasten-

ed in the stocks, and they felt more happy when they were set

at liberty, that they might go on in doing good.  If we love

(read this account in Acts 16^th chapter from the 16^th verse to the end)

God and are doing good according to his word, we shall fare

Well, enjoying God’s presence and care always. A good edu-

cation consists in being instructed according to the word

of God, which is the Bible.  If you receive such an education

it will ?? all you for welldoing everywhere.  It is un-

derstanding what God requires us to do according to the

Bible, loving to do so, and always trying to do so which

will keep us in the way of welldoing.

                For a considerable time I have been very anxious to

hear from your parents and yourself and began to think

we were no more to hear of you except by some public

newspaper or thro’ some other person in correspond-

ence with your father.  It was a great relief to me when

your letter was received.  Your pleasant passage and safe

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Safe arrival at Oahu stated in your letter was very grate-

ful news- You had not yet undertaken to go to school

when you wrote.  By this time I trust you have begun your

course no doubt and have made some progress, being nearly

seven months since the date of your letter.  The house you have

provided for you by your Father will be useful to your health

while you study, if it do not take up your time and attention

too much.  Use it for amusing exercise and do not let it

call off your mind from your study.  You may write to me

as often as you please and tell me what you study and how

fast you get along in your education.  If I live to receive

your letters, I will endeavor to answer them with ??

??? that will be profitable, provided you remem

ber them and take the advice I give.

                I will have ?? for your parents a small concern of business

I found the mistake respecting the 19.25 which Capt. Pearce had

paid to me as he supposed.  He had sent it Mrrs. Farnham & Co. and

stated to me in a letter I received that he had sent it.  My duty was

to have drawn for the money on Farnham.  I have not done is and

have ??? it from them.

                Give my affectionate regards to your Father & Mother and

for yourself be assured that I feel deeply interested in your

welfare.  I pray you may be pr??? and grow up to be a very

??? & happy man.

                                                Your affectionate Grandpapa

                                                And. Yates

Master John O. Dominis

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Master John O. Dominis

Oahu

Sandwich Islands

(upside down)

Andrew Yates, Schenectady

                Nov. 2/43

For more information:

Austin Family genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~challis/John%20Austin%201647/pafg08.htm 

The Descendants pf Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Connecticut, by Edward Hooker and Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909, page 17 and 169 (available online at archive.org) 

An article on the Dominis family from the Schenectady Gazette, August 27, 1932, title and page unknown    

Schenectady County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, by Austin A. Yates, pp 270 -277

History of Saratoga County, New York by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, 1878

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Grandfatherly advice in an 1843 letter signed “Your affectionate Grandpapa”. But wait!  That’s not his grandfather!", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 7, 2014, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/06/grandfatherly-advice-in-1843-letter.html: accessed [access date]).    

Surname Saturday ~ FOSTER of Ipswich, Massachusetts

The Preston-Foster House, Ipswich, Massachusetts

FOSTER/FORSTER

Reginald Foster brought his wife, Judith and his children from England, and was one of the first inhabitants of Ipswich.  The Foster homestead was near where you can find today’s Stone Bridge.  He had other land in Ipswich, and by 11 March 1657/8 he bought a lot on “the High Street” from Roger Preston.  Judith died in 1664, and Reginald remarried in 1665 to Sarah, the widow of John Martin.  She outlived Reginald and became the second wife of William White of Haverhill.   The date of Reginald’s death is unknown, and his will was proved on 9 June 1681.

My line daughters out right away with Reginald’s daughter, Sarah, marrying William Story about 1638. 

The Preston Foster House still stands in Ipswich at 6 Water Street.  Although the house has been dated to about 1690, the deed dates from 1657/8.  You can see photos and more information at this link:

http://www.historicipswich.org/covenanted-houses/preston-foster-house/

“Be it known to all men whom it may concern that I Roger Preston of Ipswich in New England in the county of Essex planter, and Martha my wife for divers considerations me thereunto moving but especially in consideration of the full and just sum of one and fifty pounds of current country pay to be paid to me or my assigns at two several payments, viz: thirty pounds at Christide next following the date of these presents and the remainder by that time twelve months in current English corn sweet dry and merchantable by Reginald Foster of Ipswich aforsaid. husbandman all that my dwelling house and house lot with the barns, cow-houses and other buildings thereunto belonging and also my other house lot, both which house lots contain two acres, more or less with the gardens orchards and fences and other privileges thereunto belonging which I purchased of Robert Wallis of Ipswich aforesaid as they be situated and inclosed on the north side of the river of Ipswich having the highway next the river toward the South and Thomas Knowlton’s land and Robert Pierce’s toward the North. The lane next Thomas Clark’s East and another lane West and also one other planting lot of three acres be it more or less on the North side of the town hill abutting on ye land of Rose Whipple, widow, toward the West, Andrew Hodges land East, upon ye marsh of John Morse toward the North, and land of Thomas Treadwell toward the South and in the town of Ipswich aforesaid, to have and to hold and to quietly possess and enjoy the aforesaid with the commonage and all other privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto the said Reginald Foster his heirs and assigns forever and the said Roger and Martha his wife do covenant and promise to warrant this sale of the premises and every part thereof to be free from time to time and at all times henceforth use, occupy possess and enjoy the same and every part thereof to the proper use and behoof of the said Reginald Foster his heirs and assigns forever from all molestation or interruption of the said Roger and Martha, my wife, our heirs executors and assigns or any other person having any just claim thereto in by from or under us or any or either of us our heirs executors or assigns in witness whereof I the said Roger and Martha my wife have hereunto set our hand and seal dated the 11 day of March A.D. 1657/8. Subscribed sealed etc.”

For more information:

A Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family: Descendants of Reginald Foster who settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts A.D. 1638, by Edward Jacob Forster, M.D, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876.

Foster Genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, whose genealogy is traced back to Anacher, great forrester of Flanders, who died in 837 A.D.,  by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1899.

Davis, Walter Goodwin, "Renold Foster," The American Genealogist 18, 1941, 13-15.

Forster, Edward Jacob, "Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family: Descendants of Reginald Fo(r)ster of Ipswich, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 30, 1876, 83-102.

Scott, Henry Edwards, "Fanny Foster," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 90, 1936, 307-311.

My Foster genealogy:

Generation 1: Reginald Foster: born about 1595, died before 30 May 1681 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 28 September 1619 in Theydon Gamon, Essex, England to Judith Wignall, daughter of Alexander Wignall. She died in October 1664 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  He married second to Sarah Martin.

Generation 2: Sarah Foster, born 15 October 1620 in Exeter, Devonshire, England, died 1681 in Ipswich; married about 1638 in Ipswich to William Story.  He was born about 1614 in Old Norwich, Norfolk, England and died 20 January 1702/3 in Ipswich. Eight children.

Generation 3. Seth story m. Elizabeth Cross

Lineage A:

Generation 4: Zachariah Story m. Rachel Andrews

Generation 5: Deborah Story m. Westley Burnham

Lineage A1:

Generation 6: Westley Burnham m. Molly Woodbury

Lineage A1a:

Generation 7: Asa Burnham m. Polly Bray

Generation 8: Lydia W. Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 9: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage A1b:

Generation 7: Henry Burnham m. Sally Poland

Generation 8: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 9: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen (see above)

Lineage A2:

Generation 6: Sarah Burnham m. Abner Poland

Generation 7: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham (see above)

Lineage B:

Generation 4: Elizabeth Story m. John Andrews

Generation 5: Abigail Andrews m. Jeremiah Burnham

Generation 6: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham

Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears (see above)

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ FOSTER of Ipswich, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 5, 2014, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/07/surname-saturday-foster-of-ipswich.html: accessed [access date]). 

An Historic Flag Photo for the 4th of July

This is a photo of the "Great Amoskeage Flag" of 1914, known locally as the biggest American flag record holder, a fact which has been disproven although many New Hampshire residents would not believe it. This beloved photo can be seen in many history books of Manchester and New Hampshire, and this image is from the collections at the Manchester Historical Association image number AMCGN 0626, from a glass plate negative.

This 1914 vintage photo is such a local legend that is has also been reproduced in Lego bricks as part of the minature Lego version of Manchester at the SEE museum on Bedford St. This Lego version even recreates the millworkers standing in front of the mill, and leaning out of the mill windows.

Amoskeag Corporation's No. 11 Mill is on McGregor Street in Manchester.  It was once the largest cotton mill in the world, over 900 feet long and contained over 4,000 looms.  It produced American flags, including the "Great Amoskeag Flag" of 1914 shown above. Today it houses businesses and residences.

A view of Amoskeag Mill No. 11 in Manchester's West Side, as it looks in 2014

Click here for a story by New Hampshire blogger Jan Brown about the Amoskeag Mill flag at her blog "Cow Hampshire":
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2014/06/14/when-manchesters-nhs-amoskeag-mill-almost-built-the-worlds-largest-flag/    


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Wedding Serendipity in Holden, Massachusetts

On 27 February 1787, my 5th great grandparents, Stephen Cree and Hannah Smith, were married in Holden, Massachusetts. Hannah was born in Worcester on 22 May 1763, the daughter of Joseph Smith. Stephen Cree was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts on 30 October 1760.  There is no evidence that they lived in Holden, and all five of their children were born in Topsfield, where Stephen and Hannah both died.  In 1787 Holden was a new town in central Massachusetts, broken off from North Worcester, first established a few years earlier in 1741.

In 1969 my family moved to Holden from Beverly, Massachusetts. We joined the First Congregational Church, and had no idea that our ancestors were married in that same church.  My parents were very active in committees at this church, and my mother still volunteers in the thrift shop.  I had my confirmation and wedding there, my nephew was baptized at this church, and my father had his funeral here. 

This week will be our 31st wedding anniversary.  

Vincent traveled 1,600 miles from Puerto Rico to Holden, Massachusetts to marry me.  And I'm still wondering what brought my 5th great grandfather 70 miles all the way to Holden 227 years ago to find a bride.  I'm glad they did, or I wouldn't be telling you this tale!

First Congregational Church in Holden, Massachusetts http://www.fccholden.org/ 

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Weathervane Wednesday ~ A Very Old Weathercock

Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all across New England.  Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too! Today's weather vane is from Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

Do you know the location of weather vane #163? Scroll down to the bottom to see the answer!

Today's weather vane is the rooster 115 feet high atop the steeple of the First Parish Church in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.  This pretty church sits right next to the harbor.  I remember not too long ago the steeple was tilting at a very dangerous angle, and the townspeople held many fund raisers to have it repaired.  This weathercock dates back to 1754, and cost the church members 7 pounds, 10 shillings and 8 pence.

There are several pages about this weathercock in the book Yankee Weathervanes by Myrna Kaye, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1975 on pages 16 - 19.  Weathercocks are some of the oldest weather vanes in Europe.  According to the legend in the Bible, when St. Peter was told by Jesus that "The cock shall not crow, 'til thou hast denied me thrice".  The cock was also an old symbol of vigilance, alerting the town of the end of night, which is also a symbol of the resurrection.  The rooster and the fish are common weather vanes on old New England churches, as well as the ubiquitous banner.

My aunt and uncle had their wedding here in 1949.  The same uncle had his funeral here in 2005.  Generations of my ALLEN ancestors gathered here with the same church parish for worship in the 1600s and 1700s, although this present building was built in 1809.

The First Parish Church, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts http://www.firstparishchurch.org/ 

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July and August 2014 Genealogy and Local History Calendar

July 4, Independence Day Celebration at Old Sturbridge Village.  Join the parade and huzzah during a rousing patriotic reading of the Declaration of Independence.  www.osv.org for more information.

July 7, 14 and 21, Mondays, at 6:30pm A Summer of Sharing: The Search for Ancestors at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street,  Newton, Massachusetts. Session one is basic family history techniques, sessions two and three are research, open discussion, sharing information and stories. Bring your most challenging research questions for group brain storming sessions.  Open to teens, or adults accompanied by teens.  Registration required, call Liz the Teen Librarian at 617-796-1380 or email teens@newtonfreelibrary.net   Free to the public. 

July 8, Tuesday, Passenger Lists, Censuses and Naturalizations: The Big 3 Sources for Family History, at the National Archives facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, 380 Trapelo Road, Free to the public.  Learn how to locate and use these resources, and there will be assistance from archives staff and volunteers.

July 9, Wednesday, 10am, New Visitor Tour of the NEHGS Library, at 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston.  Free orientation and tour of the New England Historic Genealogical Society research facility. No reservations required.

July 9, Wednesday, noon, Slavery, Sacred Texts and the Antebellum Confrontation with History, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 11, Friday, noon, Of Form and Failure: American Purtianism, Quantification, and the Way of All Grace, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 11 and 12, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 4pm, Madison Historic Barn Tour, a fundraiser for the Madison Public Library, $20 weekend of the tour, $15 in advance, Tour 7 of the more than 50 historic barns in Madison, New Hampshire. www.madisonbarns.wordpress.com 603-367-8084

July 12, Saturday, 2pm Families of the Eastern Frontier – Living History Event at Colonial Pemaquid, Pemaquid State Historic Site, Old Fort Road, New Harbor, Maine, www.friendsofcolonialpemaquid.org Personal accounts of clothing, crafts, games and cooking demonstrating family life in Pemaquid during the 17^th and 18^th centuries. 207-677-2423

July 13, Sunday, The 267^th Birthday of John Paul Jones, celebrated all day by the Portsmouth Historical Society, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at the John Paul Jones House, 43 Middle street.  A talk by J. Dennis Robinson, children’s pie eating contest, music, birthday cake and a special appearance by Silas Deanne, the Accused Spy from the Portsmouth Underbelly tours.  Bring a lawn chair.

July 14, Monday, noon, Cautious Romantics: The Dana Family of Boston as the Interpretive Key to a Larger Discourse, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 15, Tuesday, noon, Land, Liberty & Property: Surveyors and the Production of Empire in British North America, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 16, Wednesday, 6pm Journalist Meets Author on Boston’s Cycling Craze, 1880 – 1900: A Story of Race, Sport and Society at the Museum of African American History, 46 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Globe’s Derrick Jackson interview’s author Lorenz J. Finison about his new book.

July 17, Thursday, 10am – 3pm Historic Summer Kitchen Tour, Quince and Hussey Streets, Nantucket, Massachusetts, www.nantucketpreservation.org National Trust for Historic Preservation

July 18, Friday, 10am Walk Through Dennis Cemetery, Dennis, Massachusetts, costumed guides will take you through the cemetery.  Meet at the flag outside the receiving tomb.

July 19, Saturday 10am – 11:30am Mark Twain’s Companions and Cohorts, at the Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, http://cedarhillfoundation.org 860-956-3311, learn about Twain’s life during this tour of Cedar Hill Cemetery led by popular guide Steve Courtney.

July 19, Saturday, Fire & Ice Day at Sturbridge Village Museum, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Half price admission to all firefighters.  See demonstrations of old fashioned fire fighting including a demonstration of an historical 19^th century hand pump fire truck, a fire truck parade and a Fire Explorer Scout muster. For more information see this link https://www.osv.org/event/fire-ice-day-0

July 21, Monday, noon, Cosmopolitan Parochialism: Magistrates and Imperial Revolution in New England, 1760 – 1800, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 22, Tuesday, noon, Watershed Decisions: Arthur Shurcliff’s Vision of the Quabbin Reservoir, 1922 – 1945, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

July 25 and 26, Felton Family Reunion, descendants of Nathaniel Felton, Salem (Peabody), Massachusetts, at the Felton-Smith Historical Site, Peabody, Massachusetts, see the website of the Felton Family Association for more information and details www.feltonfamily.org 

July 26, Saturday, Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual Seminar, at the Mansfield Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, Massachusetts, for more information see the website http://www.massgencouncil.org/index.php/presentations or call 508-339-2200.

July 30, Wednesday, noon, John Barleycorn vs. Sir Richard Rum: Alcohol, the Atlantic, and the Distilling of Colonial Identity, 1650 – 1800, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

August 1 – 10, Salem Heritage Days, Salem, Massachusetts, at the Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square,  food, fun, activities for all ages including the Essex Street Fair, the Ice Cream Bowl, and a car show on Chestnut Street. August 2^nd is the Salem Maritime Festival hosted by the National Park Service with live music, historical re-enactors, tall ships and interactive programs.

August 1, Friday, noon, Character Detectives: Female Physiognomists in the Early American Republic, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

August 2, Saturday, 9am – 4:30pm, NEHGS Family History Day 2014, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus, One day workshop by the experts at the New England Historical Genealogical Society to show you the best practices in genealogy.  Sponsored by MyHeritage. Click here for more information and registration https://regstg.com/Registration/Introduction.aspx?rid=0aa22e42-d991-48ab-bd5c-68e504e3e206 $40 per person by July 18^th, after July 18^th $80 per person.  Optional lunch $18 per person.  One on one consultations with NEHGS genealogists available (25 minutes) for $30 per person.

August 6^th, Wednesday, noon, “The Day of Sainthood has Passed”: American Abolitionists and the Golden Moment of the Civil War, 1861 – 1865, brown bag lunch series at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Free, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  http://www.masshist.org/calendar

August 7, Thursday, noon, Lunch & Learn, Visual Images of Metacomet after King Philip’s War, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Bring your lunch, or buy one in the visitor center, and listen to a presentation by Joyce Rain Anderson.  Free to members, $8 non-members.

August 29 – 31st, 30^th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival, at Gloucester, Massachusetts in the harbor and nearby. http://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/ Fireworks on the 30th, parade of sail on the 31^st.

September 4, Thursday, noon, Lunch & Learn: The Restoration and Re-Launch of the Whaling Ship Charles W. Morgan, at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  Bring a lunch, or buy one in the visitor center, and listen to Dr. Elysa Engelman of the Mystic Seaport speak about the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan, originally launched in 1841.  Free to members, non-members $8.

August 2 and 3, Saturday and Sunday, Redcoats and Rebels, at the Sturbridge Village Museum, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, the largest military re-enactment in New England with 1,000 soldiers portraying British, Irish, Spanish, Scottish, French and Colonial troops. For more information see this link https://www.osv.org/event/redcoats-rebels-0

August 20, Wednesday, 6pm New England Powder Houses, at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts, a lecture by Matthew Thomas, Free to members, non-members $15, reservations recommended 978-744-0991 ext. 104

September 27, Saturday, 2pm, Colonial Garden Talk, by Roby Kanter, , at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts, a lecture by Matthew Thomas, Free to members, non-members $15, reservations recommended 978-744-0991 ext. 104

October 1 – 31^st, 33^rd Annual Salem Haunted Happenings, all over Salem, Massachusetts, see the website http://hauntedhappenings.org/ Grand Parade, Street Fairs, Family Film nights, costume balls, ghost tours, haunted houses, live music and theatrical presentations.

November 19, Wednesday, 6pm, The Schooner Fame, by Capt. Mike Rustein, , at the House of Seven Gables, 115 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts, a lecture by Matthew Thomas, Free to members, non-members $15, reservations recommended 978-744-0991 ext. 104

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Local Genealogy Club Meetings (some clubs may be on summer hiatus)

Amesbury, MA – A new genealogy club has started, every last Monday of the month.  No registration, come to as many meetings as you would like.  For info contact Margie Walker, Local History Librarian, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA  978-388-8148 or mwalker@mvlc.org

Barrington, NH Genealogy Club, meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm at the Barrington Public Library, 105 Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH 
http://barringtongenealogy.weebly.com/  or email Wendy at genealogyclub@gmail.com

Chelmsford Genealogy Club, at the Chelmsford, MA Public Library, first Tuesday night of the month at 7PM in the McCarthy Meeting Room, contact Judy Sylvia http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/genealogy_club.html 978-256-5521

Genealogy Roundtable, at the Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway, Derry, NH  http://www.derry.lib.nh.us/  every first Tuesday of the Month, at 7pm to 8:15pm in the downstairs meeting room.  Contact: Alan Howard at 603-432-6140 for more information.

Hudson Genealogy Club, at the Rogers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson, NH http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/  every 2^nd Friday of the Month, at 1:30 PM contact 603-886-6030 for more information.  

Littleton Genealogy Club, at the Couper Room in the Littleton, Massachusetts Reuben Hoar Public Library, third Monday of the month. For more information see the website at http://www.littletonma.org/content/19459/19471/26579/26595/default.aspx

Greater Lowell enealogy Club, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/ meets at the Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA 10AM to 1PM once a month. 

Meredith NH, Genealogy Club  http://www.meredithlibrary.org/genealogy.html

Newton, NH Genealogy Club- Gale Library, Newton, NH, 603-382-4691, 3PM on the third Wednesday of the month. 

North Hampton, NH Genealogy Club, at the North Hampton Public Library, 237A Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton NH 603-964-6326   http://nhplib.org/?p=1386

Rowley, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets the 2^nd Monday of each month at the Rowley library, 6 -8pm in the Local History Room.  141 Main Street, Rowley, Massachusetts 978-948-2850

Rye Genealogy Club, at the Rye Public Library, first Tuesday of the month at 2PM.  http://ryepubliclibrary.org/

RISE Genealogy Group at the Nashua Public Library, Hunt Room, on the first Friday of the month at 1pm http://www.nashualibrary.org/  (Rivier College Institute for Senior Education, see http://www.rivier.edu/rise/default.aspx?id=1619 )

Southborough, MA Genealogy Club, at the Southborough Library, 25 Main Street, Southborough, MA  508-485-5031 or info@southboroughtlib.org   Third Thursday of the Month.  See the website www.southboroughlib.org for a schedule

South Shore Genealogical Society, at the John Curtis Free Library, Rt. 139, Hanover, Mass at 1:30pm ever second Saturday of the month from September to June.

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Genealogy Club, meets third Monday of the month at the Shrewsbury Public Library, contact George C. Brown at 508-841-8531 or gbrown@cwmars.org

Wednesday Night Jewish Genealogy, Every 3^rd Wednesday at NEHGS, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. http://www.americanancestors.org/Event.aspx?id=29156

Monthly Irish Study Genealogy Group, usually every 4^th Saturday of the month at NEHGS, 99 – 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts between 9:30 and noon in the Education Center (2^nd floor).  Contact Mary Ellen Grogan for more information megrogan@ix.netcom.com and to confirm the meeting time and date.

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mausoleums at Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire

Vincent photographed these assorted mausoleums during our first visit to Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire.  For a municipal cemetery, there were a lot of interesting mausoleums to see, many were quite large and impressive.  They rival anything I've seen at private cemeteries!

Question: What do you think is upstairs in a two floor mausoleum?

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