¡Gracias Eduardo!

Josefa Rivero and Manuel Martín
photo taken before 1937
(Josefa died 11 November 1937)

Thank you, Eduardo, the mystery cousin for sending this photo of his (and my husband's) great grand parents, Josefa and Manuel, married 23 January 1904 in Villar de Ciervo, Salamanca, Spain. Eduardo kindly sent me a nice email with the family links to their common ancestor. The email has been flying back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean these past days, with lots of photos and information changing hands.

It is amazing how technology can inform and unite long lost families, separated by immigration and distance!


Please see my post from 29 January 2011
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/eduardo-zato-por-favor.html

Manuel Martín was born about 1880 in Barcelona, and died 10 September 1971 in Villar de Ciervo, Salamanca, Spain. He was the son of Mateo Martín and Manuela Ventura.

Josefa Rivero was born 23 October 1884 in Villar de Ciervo, and died 17 November 1937 in Villar de Ciervo. She was the daughter of Manuel Rivero and Orofila Gonzalez. I was able to find her ancestors online at the new familysearch.org via the scanned and transcribed images of the church records from Villar de Ciervo.

                        4. Jose Ribero
              2. Manuel Rivero
                        5. Agapita Serradilla b. about 1800 in Guadapero
1. Josefa Rivero
                                     12. Ramon Gonzalez
                        6. Agustin Gonzalez, d. 1884
                                    13. Ynez Zamorreño
            3. Orofila Gonzalez
                                     14. Francisco Garcia b. abt 1776
                                                   d. 14 September 1852 Villar de Ciervo
                       7. Ana Maria Garcia
                                      15.  Inocencia Bentura d. bef. 1852

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Mary Dominis from Boston - Amanuensis Monday

Washington Place
Mary Dominis's home in Honolulu
built by her husband, Captain John Dominis in 1846

Mary Lambert Jones, born 3 August 1803 in Boston, died 25 April 1889 in Honolulu; married on 9 October 1824 at the 2nd Baptist Church in Boston to Captain John Dominis of Trieste, now Slovenia. They had three children, two daughters Mary Elizabeth and Frances Ann, and one son John Owen Dominis. Captain Dominis, his wife and son removed from Schenectady, New York to Hawaii in 1837 on board the ship Jones. Their two young daughters were left at boarding school.

In the articles below, it is mentioned that Mrs. Mary Dominis made a return trip to Boston. She was at that time, in 1841, visiting her daughters at school, but by the time she arrived in Schenectady both daughters had died of unknown causes (Mary died 9 May 1838, and Frances on 13 January 1842). I don't know if that was the cause of her trip or not. I do know that Mrs. Mary Dominis returned to Honolulu and never came back to America again. Her husband, Captain John Dominis, died on a voyage to China in 1846. Her son, Governor John Owen Dominis, married Lydia Kamekeha, who later became Queen Lili'uokalani.

Governor Dominis and his wife, then Princess, made a trip to Boston in 1887, on their way to Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebration in London. After she was widowed and removed from the throne, Queen Lili'uokalani returned to Boston in 1897, to visit the Jones family and cousins. Mary Lambert Jones was the sister to my 4x Great Grandmother, Catherine Plummer (Jones) Younger (1799 - 1828). There is no existing photograph or portrait of Mary Dominis.

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The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu) 1865 -1918

April 26, 1887, page 8 Image 8
Permanent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1887-04-26/ed-1/seq-8/

“Editor Gazette- In the notices by your contempories of a reception to be held on the 23d inst., by the esteemed and venerable Mrs. Dominis, in commemoration of the semi-centennial of her arrival at the Islands, in the bark Jones, I notice some errors which it may be worth while to correct.

It is stated that since that time she has not left the island. On the 3d day of December, 1841, she embarked on the Ship Wm. Gray, Capt. Stickney, for Boston. On the 18th, fifteen days out, at 2 o’clock a. m., it being a bright starlight night, the ship barely escaped being wrecked upon Pennryhn Island. She arrived at her destination April 28, 1842. Mrs. Dominis returned to Honolulu in the bark Behring, Capt. B. F. Snow, sailing from Boston Nov. 2d, 1842, and arriving at Honolulu March 17th, 1843.

Captain Dominis finally left the Islands in the brig Henry Neilson on the 5th day of August 1846, instead of 1848, as per Polynesian of Aug. 8, 1846.

The writer was a fellow passenger with Mrs. Dominis and her son by both the Gray and Behring – I also infer from the notices I have read, that the recent mission semi-centennial held here, is supposed by some to have been of the establishment of this mission, which is a mistake. It was a commemoration of the fiftieth arrival of the seventh and largest reinforcement of the mission. The pioneer missionaries of A.B.C.F.M. arrived here in March, 1820, sixty-seven years ago.

S. N. Castle
April 25, 1887”

And in the second column, same page

“Reception to a Worthy Lady

Saturday last was the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival at these Islands of Mrs. Mary Dominis, mother of the Lieutenant-General John O. Dominis, and the event was fittingly observed by her numerous friends. Mrs. Dominis has continued to reside here-with the exception of a visit to Boston, in December 1841, returning to the islands in March, 1843- since her first landing on the Islands. An interesting letter, partly in this connection from the pen of the Hon. S. N. Castle appears in this issue. At 8 o’clock a. m. the venerable lady was serenaded by the Hawaiian Band, which continued to discourse sweet music on the premises throughout the day. At half-past 2 o’clock Mrs. Dominis held a reception, which was continued until close on to 6 o’clock, and a constant stream of friends and visitors called to pay their respects and tender their congratulations to this much respected lady, who received them all graciously and made them all welcome. A large number of the leading citizens of Honolulu were present, among whom were noticed Hon. A. S. Cleghorn and the Princess Ka’iulani, also the members of the Diplomatic and Consular corps. During the afternoon light refreshments were served to all present. “

To see more stories about the Jones, Dominis and Hawaiian royal family, please click on the surnames or HAWAII or LILIUOKALANI in the keywords listed in the right hand column of this blog.
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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Eduardo Zato por favor!

Hola, Eduardo!

Mi esposo es el nieto de María Consuelo Martín y José Garcia Rivero. Vivimos en los E.E.U.U. y yo soy la autora de este blog. Recibí tu commentario que hicistes anonimamente en el articulo de las tres hermanas Martin. Se que eres el nieto de María Joaquina, y hijo de Gerardo en Barcelona.

Por favor, mandame un email a vrojomit@gmail.com Me gustaria mucho comunicarme contigo y saber más de la familia. Hemos visitado a la familia en Madrid y Villar de Ciervo varias veces pero a Barcelona solo hemos ido una vez, antes de las Olimpiadas en 1992.

Heather
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Hello Eduardo,

My husband is the grandson of Maria Consuelo Martin y Jose Garcia Rivero. We live in the United States and I am the author of this blog. I received the comment you made anonymously on the post about the three Martin sisters. I know that you are the grandson of Maria Joaquina, son of Gerardo in Barcelona.

Please reply to my email at vrojomit@gmail.com We would love to communicate with you, and learn about your branch of the family. We have visited the family in Madrid and Villar de Ciervo often, but we visited Barcelona only one time, before the 1992 Olympics.

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Last week I was looking at the statistics for my blog, and I noticed many hits on several old posts about my husband’s family in Spain. In the search terms for Google.es I noticed that someone was searching for the name “Nicanor Zato”, who was my husband’s great uncle who had passed away in 1993. For several days someone searched for this name. My husband was laughing at me because I was talking to the computer, “Who are you? Leave a message!”

Well, finally, two days ago, someone left a message. It is my husband’s second cousin in Spain. Someone we have never met. But they chose to leave it as “Anonymous” so I have no way of returning the message. Thus, this blog post. I hope it catches his eye, and we hear again from him very soon!

Generation 1. Mateo Martín y Manuel Ventura
Generation 2. Manuel Martín y Josefa Rivero; m. 23 January 1904 in Villar de Ciervo, Salamanca, Spain
Four Children born in Villar de Ciervo:
1. Maria Joaquina Martín b. 21 December 1904, d. 25 October 1989 Madrid, m. Nicanor Zato
2. Nicolás Martín m. Inés Rodriguez Moreno
3. Luisa Antonia Martín b. 13 June 1906, d. 4 March 2004 Madrid, m. Joaquín Garcia Rivero
4. María Consuelo Martín b. 11 November 1908, d. 29 April 2001 m. Jose Garcia Rivero

The blog post about the Martin sisters was posted on 25 August 2010, and can be seen at this link: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-so-wordless-wednesday-martin.html

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

House built in 1676 by William Woodbury

This report was prepared by the Beverly Historical Society in 1970 for my Great Aunt Janet Wilkinson Blades's house on 111 Essex Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. In 1968 her home was sold when she removed to an apartment for elderly residents in another section of Beverly. Janet Wilkinson was born 14 June 1898 in Salem, and died 6 October 1981 in Beverly. She married William John Blades in 1927. He was born 14 June 1894 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and died in 1963 in Beverly. They had no children.

The William Woodbury House
photographed in 2010

Auntie Janet and Uncle Bill bought the house in 1927 from Janet's Aunt Georgia and Uncle Charles H. Marshall, who had previously bought it from his brother, Francis Marshall. It was originally built by William Woodbury and his wife Hannah Haskell, son of Humphrey Woodbury, who was born 1609 in Buddleigh, Devonshire, England and died 11 October 1686 in Beverly. Two of Humphrey's other sons are my 9x Great Grandfathers, Isaac and Humphrey, Jr. Our family has a long history in Beverly! Humphrey's father, John Woodbury, had been granted 200 acres of land in Beverly on 25 January 1635/6.

Inside the William Woodbury House
photograph from a MLS listing
when the house was up for resale

I was born in Beverly, and I was very small when Aunt Janet lived in this house, built in 1675. I remember it was in the old style with very low ceilings and a fireplace big enough to stand in (remember, I was probably in kindergarten!). According to family members, the house was full of antique furniture. Aunt Janet knew she was removing to a small apartment, and asked all the family if they would like any furniture. When no one offered to take the furniture, she had it piled up on the curb to be carted away. Someone told my uncle that it was on the curb, but by the time he and Dad ran over to see what was happening, it had all been taken away by pickers. I can only imagine what that antique furniture would be worth today!

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111 Essex Street
Research by Beverly C. Carlman, May 1970
Beverly Historical Society

In 1628, Humphrey Woodberry accompanied his father, John, back to Naumkeag aboard the “Abigail.” It was a momentous trip for the young man who had completed his education in England and for the Massachusetts Colony. Captain John Endicott was also aboard with a rather lengthy letter of instructions for the duties he was about to assume. The efforts of these first settlers are well recorded by history, but Humphrey Woodberry’s will, written in March 1685/6, is the record of his diligence and his children:


“To my loving wife Elizabeth my dwelling house and barne orchard homestead pasture and all my land and meadow adjoining.
To son Richard Woodberry eleven acres and his mothers part after her death.
To son Thomas the lott whereon his house now standeth
To son John that same 40 acre lott which my son now dwelleth upon
To son Isaac the lott of mine which he now dwells upon
To son William other half of middle pasture on the south with the homelott whereupon said William’s house standeth adjoining with my orchard, on the SE by land of John Solace one corner reaching to the land of Mr. Hale.
To son Humphrey my ten acre lot which is now let out to John Drinker
To daughter Susanna Tenny all my land at Bradford that I bought for her
To Daughter Christian, wife of John Trask my two acres of meadow near Longham adjoining eastward to the meadow that was Capt. Lawthrops
To daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Walker 10 shillings having given her portion already
To grandchildren Sarah and Eunice Walker a certain house of mine now rented by Humphrey Horrel.”

His son William had married Hannah (Dodge) Haskell November 20, 1676 and it is probably safe to assume that he built his house at about this time. At his death, his probate was entered February 15, 1711 and his widow Hannah was given the “East room in the dwelling, the west chamber and one-half of the cellar with liberty of the ovens in the other room and her son in law Isaac Gray who purchased ye most of ye real estate shall pay her and provide suitable horse to ride to meeting or elsewhere. He to have ye house, barn, and one-half pasture.”

On March 21, 1759, Isaac and Martha Gray of Beverly husbandman sold “for love and goodwill to my son Isaac Gray, Jr. of Beverly weaver --- my old dwelling house being the same my said son lives in together with land whereon said house standeth also free liberty to use the spring also the right to pass to and from said house to the highway.”


On April 19, 1760 Isaac Gray of Beverly weaver sold to Robert Morgan and John Bond “my brothers in law the west end of the dwelling of my father next to the highway.”

The day before Robert Morgan and John Bond had released to Isaac Gray “all our 2/3 right in estate of Mr. Isaac Gray except the west of the dwelling and the right of our mother Rebeckah Gray.”

In 1763 John Bond and Robert Morgan sold to Thomas Symons of Beverly mariner “the west half of the dwelling of our honored father Isaac Gray.”

On November 30, 1770 Thomas, Mary Symonds mariner sold to Israel Johnson of Beverly fisherman “west half of dwelling and is the half that belonged to Isaac Gray deceased which I bought of Robert Morgan and John Bond.”

On February 9, 1778 Isaac, Abigail Gray of Beverly yeoman, Robert, Hannah Morgan of Spencer yeoman and Lydia Bond of Brimfield sold to William Morgan 2nd of Beverly labourer “east half of dwelling that was formerly our honored father Isaac Gray consisting of one lower room, chamber, and garret and cellar also one acre of land adjoining same.

Westerly on the highway

Southerly on the way to said Gray’s house six poles leaving said way one pole wide

Northerly down to the spring about 2’ westward of said spring 3 poles

Easterly toward Mr. Gray’s house

Southerly Gray’s land 9 poles 15 links

Northerly to Grover’s land 4 poles 17 links

Northerly on said land formerly Grovers 17 poles to the highway.”

In 1785 William Morgan 2nd came into possession of the rest of the house which he bought of Israel and Hannah Johnson mariner. “West half of a certain dwelling in Beverly and cellar and is the one half of the dwelling house that belonged to Thomas Simonds late of Beverly mariner.”

In 1804 William and Mary Morgan 2nd yeoman sold the same to Nathan Dane Esquire though now it was an estate of thirty acres we know that it included the parcel we’re concerned with for it was the same he bought for “Israel Johnson, Isaac Gray, Robert Morgan and others – all the land and buildings in my homeplace where I live.”


Nathan and Polly Dane evidently immediately sold it out to Peter Hill husbandman though the deed was not recorded in 1804 but in 1806. Dane gave Hill another deed “one acre more or less and a dwelling and other buildings thereon
NW by the highway
NE Josiah Woodberry
SE and SW my own
N by a land as wall stands being the same tenement with a small variation of bounds which I gave him by deed May 1804.” However even this was not recorded until 1845.

In 1845 the heirs of Peter Hill sold to Hugh Hill mariner the “remainder of estate. A certain dwelling and land adjoining:
W Essex Street 334’
S Richard Pickett 318’
E Richard Pickett 208’
N Hugh Hill 320’

In 1858 Hugh, Jane Hill yeoman of Beverly sold to Richard Pickett merchant “3 ¼ acres on Essex Street in Beverly with a dwelling house and other buildings – being the estate of Peter Hill.”

Richard Pickett, wood and coal dealer, sold the same to Charles Marshall of Hamilton in 1861 but reserved the right to “the owner of the small dwellings now upon the land to occupy and improve the spot of land until Sept. 15, 1865.”

In 1910 the Marshall heirs sold to Francis Marshall of Hamilton the land on “east side of Essex Street together with buildings thereon
N Essex Street 200’ 12,100 sq. ft.
E 60’
S Poor house farm 200’
W 62’“

In 1922 Francis Marshall sold the same to Charles H. Marshall with the same description.

In 1927 Charles H. and Georgia B. Marshall sold to Janet and William J. Blades “Essex Street Lot A” which was described as
“W Essex Street 84.25’

S land now or formerly Charles Marshall Lot B 65.04’
E John I. Marshall 87.73’
N John I. Marshall 54.78’ “ 111 Essex Street

In 1968 Janet Blades sold to Richard and Nancy Jones the same premises with the same description.

CONCLUSION By deed we can assume that the house now standing at 111 Essex Street is the same that was built by the son of Humphrey Woodberry before 1685. In later years it is interesting to note that three famous privateer Captains made it their home: Thomas Symonds, Israel Johnson, and William Morgan 2nd.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

John Cragin, Scots Prisoner of War 1651 in Woburn, Massachusetts

After the heavy snows of the previous week, this weekend perfect for a drive in the countryside. One of our favorite rides is to the Frye Measure Mill in Wilton, New Hampshire. Since the weather had been bad, I Googled the website for the Frye Measure Mill, and found the schedule and directions, but then (of course!) I was sidetracked by the link labeled “history”. After clicking there, I became enthralled with the story of Daniel Cragin, the founder of the Mill. I was even more surprised to find his ancestor had been a 1651 passenger on board the “John and Sara”.

The Frye Measure Mill
in winter is absolutely beautiful!

I knew the sad story of the “John and Sara” because my own ancestor, William Munroe (1625 - 1718), was on board the same ship. It was full of prisoners of war, Scotsmen captured during the English Civil War, bound for Boston to be sold into servitude. It is one of the few ships of this era to have a fairly complete passenger list, because the human cargo was actually valuable merchandise. For this reason only, the proprietors made a list. Other ships of the era did not keep passenger lists.

wooden measures

According to the Frye Measure Mill website, and the Wilton, NH town history, John Cragin had small pox during the voyage, and was going to thrown overboard. A young English woman, Sarah Dawes, asked for his life to be spared. However, this is easily disproven by one look at the passenger list. There are no women on the list, and no English passengers. The truth is more interesting. Sarah Dawes was a servant to John Wyman in Woburn, and was with child with her second bastard child by another servant in the Wyman household, Daniel Mecrist. She was sentenced to twelve stripes in 1657. He could not marry her because he was already married to a woman he left behind in England. John Craggin married her in 1661, and took in her two illegitimate children, Mary and Benoni Mecrist.

In looking at my own family tree, I saw that John Cragin and Sarah Dawes had eight children, and two of the Cragin siblings married two Skelton siblings, grand children of my own ancestor Reverend Samuel Skelton (1593 – 1634) of Salem, Massachusetts. John Wyman (1621 – 1684), Sarah’s master in Woburn, Massachusetts, was the brother to my own ancestor, Francis Wyman (1617 – 1699). Another one of John Cragin’s daughters, Sarah, married Francis Nurse, Jr. (the son of Rebecca Towne Nurse, hung as a witch in 1692 Salem, her brother Edmund is my 10x great grandfather), my first cousin ten generations removed. There are many, many connections between my own family tree and John Cragin’s descendants.

The Cragin/Craggen/Craggin Family

Gen. 1. John Cragin, b. Scotland, died 27 October 1708 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was captured at the Battle of Worcester in 1652 and sent to America as a prisoner of war on board the “John and Sarah” to be sold into servitude; married on 4 November 1661 to Sarah Dawes, at Woburn, Massachusetts. Eight Children.

Gen. 2. John Cragin, born 29 September 1677 at Woburn, Massachusetts; died 26 January 1703; filed an intention to marry Deborah Skelton on 13 April 1700. Three children.

Gen. 3. John Cragin, born 25 Mar 1701; married Judith Barker of Concord, Massachusetts settled in the part of Concord which is now Acton, Massachusetts, and then removed to Temple, New Hampshire. Nine children.

Gen. 4. Francis Cragin, born in Acton; married Sibyl Piper. Ten children.

Gen. 5. Captain Francis Cragin, born 24 October 1773; married Sarah Cummings,

Gen. 6. Augustus Cragin born 19 July 1802; died 21 June 1886; married on 14 December 1830 to Almira Boynton, born 5 December 1807, and died 30 October 1883. . Removed to Temple, New Hampshire from Merrimac, about 1837. Ten children.

Gen. 7. Daniel Cragin, born 31 December 1836 in Merrimac; married 20 March 1859 to Jane L. Dolliver, daughter of John Dolliver and Lucetta Draper of Lyndeborough. Was apprenticed at age 17 to John Newell, cabinet maker, of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was engaged in a furniture shop in Wilton three years later. Then he returned to Lyndeborough, with a partner, and purchased John Newell’s business in 1858. In 1876 he began the manufacture of dry measures at his own mill.


Frye's Measure Mill
Wilton, New Hampshire

Frye’s Measure Mill, in Wilton, is on the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance’s 2008 list of “Seven to Save”, among the most endangered Granite State properties. It dates back to a time when mills were made of wood, not brick like those in Manchester, and located along the streams and small rivers of backwoods New Hampshire, not just along the mighty Merrimack. Local manufacturing and locally made products were the backbone of the American economy in the 1800’s. Frye’s Measure Mill has been run by only three families over the years, Cragin, Frye and Savage. There is still a continuing battle to maintain the mill, dam, ponds and outbuildings. In 1982 the Measure Mill was accepted to the National Register of Historic Places.

Built in 1878 by Daniel Cragin, the Frye Mill still produces wooden ware measures, similar to Shaker style boxes also produced there. Using an elaborate system of wooden cogs and leather belts, the energy produced from a small waterfall turns the lathes and machinery that cuts, shapes and shaves the wooden containers that become “measures.” Measures were made in sizes from a dry cup to a quart, and each can be considered a small work of art. The shaker boxes and measures are still made of native maple, hand bent around wooden molds and fastened with copper tacks.

Frye’s Measure mill is one of the few waterpowered mills still operational, and the only measure mill still operating in the United States. Woodenware produced at Frye’s is still made by the mostly water powered equipment. It is located on 12 Frye Mill Road in Wilton, New Hampshire


There is a small display of historical information
about the Mill inside the gift shop, including
information on the Cragin, Frye and Savage families

For more information on the Cragin family or Frye’s Measure Mill:

History of the town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, by Abiel Abbot Livermore and Sewall Putnam, Lowell, Massachusetts: Marden & Rowell, Printers, 1888 (the Cragin Genealogy is on page 353)

The American Genealogist, Volume 15 (1838-9), page 218- 220

Woburn Massachusetts Vital Records

History of Woburn, Massachusetts, by Samuel Sewall, Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868

"Francis and Sarah Graggen Nurse of Reading Massachusetts; with notes on John and Sarah Dawes Craggen of Woburn, Massachusetts and Benoni MacKrest of Salisbury, Massachusetts", by Barbara J. Matthews, The American Genealogist, 1994, Volume 69, pages 81 - 85.


websites:

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/main/john&sara.html  the passenger list for the “John and Sara” which left London 11 November 1651.

http://www.fryesmeasuremill.com/ the website for Frye’s Measure Mill, Wilton, New Hampshire with historical data, how to book tours of the mill, and shop information

Disclosure:  I have not been compensated in any way by the owners and proprietors of Frye's Measure Mill

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To Cite/Link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "John Cragin, Scots Prisoner of War 1651 in Woburn, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 27, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/01/john-cragin-scots-prisoner-of-war-1651.html: accessed [access date]). 

The Flint Family of Lyme, NH - Not so Wordless Wednesday

Five generations of the Moses Flint Family resided or were born here in this house in Lyme, New Hampshire.

The Flint Homestead on Flint Road

Lyme, New Hampshire 1890s

Built by Moses Flint (1769-1843) about 1794

pictured are the family of George Flint (1805 -1878), his son

The Flint Homestead, 1913

the wife and daughters of Walter Moses

grandson of George Flint

The Flint Homestead, 2003

The husband and children of Dorothy Uicker Winger,

the granddaughter of the youngest child in the above photo.

They were just visiting.  The house was sold when Walter Moses Flint died in 1957.

Gen. 1. Moses Flint m. Elizabeth Spaulding

Gen. 2. George Flint m. J. Newhall

Gen. 3. Moses Lyman Flint m. Mary Abbie Richards

Gen. 4. Walter Moses Flint m. Elizabeth E. Marston

Gen. 5. Elizabeth J. Flint m. John Joseph Uicker

Gen. 6. John Joseph Uicker, Jr.  m. Ann Schumacher (Dorothy's parents)

There is an article in the Manchester Union Leader newspaper, dated 16 November 1903, about the Lyme house being in the Flint family for 100 years.

Thanks to my readers Dorothy Uicker Winger and her uncle, Tom Uicker, for the information and photos.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Snellings at Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston - Tombstone Tuesday

Three graves from one family, all have the familiar winged skull, 

but each image is slightly different in style

Nathl. Snelling

Son of Mr. Joseph

and Mrs Priscilla

Snelling Died May

26th 1745 Aged 8

Months and 19 Days

In Memory of

PRISCILLA SNELLING

Widow of

Mr. JOSEPH SNELLING

Who departed this Life

April 2d 1791

Here lyes Buried Ye Body

of ANNA SNELLING

Dautr. of Mr. JOSEPH and

Mrs. PRISCILLA SNELLING

Who departed this life

Janry. the 30th 1766

Aged 20 Years

For more information on Copp's Hill Burial Ground please see the book Boston's Copp's Hill Burying Ground Guide, by Charles Chauncy Wells, Oak Park, Illinois:  Chauncey Park Press, 1998.  There are many more Snelling graves and Snelling tombs at this cemetery, also listed in the book.  There is even a Snelling Street about one block away.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

How to set your “Favorites” on the NEHGS search site

There has been an ongoing discussion about the “new” NEHGS website at http://www.americanancestors.org/ Actually, this website is no longer new, since it has been around since late last summer. The way things move so quickly with technology, I wouldn’t be surprised to see additional changes by now at the NEHGS site after six months. Most of the genealogists involved with this discussion on Facebook seem resigned to learning and liking the new ways of searching the old familiar NEHGS data bases. These are the same people who see Facebook changing every year, too.


What many people don’t realize is that the new search can be customized. This is a new feature I’ve found invaluable. I learned about it back in the August by posting a plea at the NEHGS fan group. It was immediately answered by Ryan Woods and Judy Lucy. (I love how it is possible to receive personal advice from some of the best NEHGS experts at this group!) I saved Ryan’s email reply, and I’ll pass along his hints here! My favorite database is the Massachusetts Vital Records 1841- 1910. In order to set this as a favorite, you need to follow Ryan’s directions.

When you click on “Advanced Search” you can see that there is a little box above the “Database” field labeled “Favorites only”. When you check this box, it will bring up your favorite or favorites for searching, but only if you have set your profile to remember any favorites.

To set your favorite search data base, in my case, the Mass VRs 1841 – 1910, click on “my profile” at the top of any page. Under the box for “Favorite Databases” you can click on the down arrow and highlight any database (in my case the Mass VR 1841- 1910) and then click the “Add” button. Your selected database (or databases if you select more than one) will show up as a list in the box below.

From now on, when you use the Advanced Search, any you select the box “Favorites only” you search will be limited to just your one or more selected databases. You can do a comprehensive search of those selections simultaneously. This would require three separate searches on the old website.

Please take a look at this help page for more information:

http://www.americanancestors.org/help/ and scroll down to “My Profile Page” and “Advanced Search Page Tips”.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo