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Category Archives: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
52 Ancestors: Week 35: Disaster. My ancestors John Cogswell / Elizabeth Thompson – The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 – The Ship Angel Gabriel
The ship Angel Gabriel was a 240-ton English passenger galleon. They journeyed from England to Massachusetts in a fleet of five ships, the Angel Gabriel joined by the James, the Elizabeth (Bess), the Mary and the Diligence. They left Bristol England on 4 June 1635. The Angel Gabriel was captained by Robert Andrews of Norwich, Norfolk, England. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Angel Gabriel, British America, British Colonies, Calvin Coolidge, Christian, Cogswell, Colonial America, England, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Hampton New Hampshire, Historic Ipswich, History, Hurricanes, Isle of Shoals, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, JP Morgan, Lou Henry Hoover, Maine, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newfoundland, Pemaquid Bay, Pete Buttigieg, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Diana, research, Shipwrecks, Stormy Weather, Tennessee Williams, The Cogswells in America, The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, The ship Angel Gabriel, The ship Diligence, The ship Elizabeth Bess, The ship James, The ship Mary, Thompson, US Presidents, Westbury Leigh England, Westbury parish
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52 Ancestors in 52 weeks 2021 – Week 44: Voting. Nathaniel Cole and Nathaniel Cole, Jr.
I decided to join the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks project for 2021 a few days ago. I anticipated with great excitement getting the prompt for this week today (with many great stories about my ancestors whirling in my head). … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Alms House, Broome County, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, Nathaniel Cole, New York, Poor Farm, poorhouse, postmaster, The Poor, voting
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My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany
My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Acker, Armstrong, Bad Bergzabern, Barbelroth, Barth, Bergzaberner, bohrer, Burg Landeck, Cincinnati, Columbia Township, Evangelical Reformed Lutheran, family history, Family Tree, Först, Fünfstocks, Fünfstuck, France, Fried, Fuerst, Funfstocks, Funfstuck, Funstercke, Funstrocks, Genealogy, Germany, Gleich, Gleiszellen, Grosshans, Hacker, Hamilton County, Häcker, Henrich, Heuchelheim-Klingen, Huddleston, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Klingenmünster, Klingenmunster, Le Beau, LeBeau, Muchmore, New Orleans, Nutick, Ohio, Ohl, Propheter, Rhineland-Palatinate, Sambach, Südliche Weinstraße, Scherer, Southwest Wine Route, Turner, Wegt, Weigt, Wein, Weinnmann, Weis, Weiss, Wendel, Willem, Ziegler, Zwipf
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My Ancestor William Durkee – First Irish Catholic to settle in Massachusetts
My more recent immigrant ancestors were from in and around Gort and Peterswell Parish in Galway, Ireland, and from Klingenmünster in the Südliche Weinstraße (Southwest Wine Route) district in Germany. I have to go back an additional eighty-five years to find … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barbados, British America, British Colonies, Catholic, Colonial America, Essex County, Family Tree, Genealogy, George Martin, History, Ipswich, Irish, Irish Indentured Servants, Irish Slaves, Ispwich, Martha Cross, Massachusetts, Mercy Durkee, Puritians, Red Legs, Salem Witch Trials, Susannah Martin, Susannah North, West Indies, William Durkee
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Anna's Musings & Writings 