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My Ancestor Maria Thomas Badie, Gifted Two Silver Communion Beakers to The Dutch Reformed Church of Breuckelen (Brooklyn, New York) in 1684. 52 Ancestors March Theme: Females. Week 10: Worship.
My ancestor Maria Thomas Badie was a wealthy woman who was married three times. In surviving legal documents, Maria used Thomas or Badie as her surname, not those of her husbands. (1) In records, the most common variants of her name … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Badie, Brackhonge, Braconie, Breuckelen, Brooklyn, Brouwer, Brouwer Berkhoven, Charity, Christian, Cooper, Dutch, Dutch Reformed Church of Breuckelen, faith, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, German, Germany, Groome, Hope, Kimber, Lyons, Maria Thomas Badie, Netherlands, New Amsterdam, New York, Norris, Nutick, Old First, Quakers, Severns, Simpson, Van Sant, Verdon, Weiss, Worship
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Theme for March: Females. The story of the life of my 3rd great-grandmother Cordelia Merchant Cole.
March is Women’s History Month. The writing theme for March is “Females” and for this ninth week it is “Female.” I have so many women in my family tree I could write about. And later in the month, I for … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, A scandalous affair, Arnold, Barre, Barre Orleans New York, Broome, Broome County New York, Canfield, Chenango B, Cole, Colesville, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, DeKalb County, family history, Family Tree, Frederick, French, Fuller, Genealogy, Hoosick, Indiana, Losure, Lozier, Marchant, Merchant, Morgan, New York, Newville De Kalb County Indiana, Northrup, Orleans County Alms "Poor" House and Cemetery, Orleans County New York, Otsego New York, Oviatt, Palmer, Prindle, Rensselaer New York, Root, Temple, Women's History Month, Worcester New York
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 8: Courting. My Ancestor Mary Wheldon Taylor. Her Life and Death.
The writing prompt for this week is “Courting”. Either as in courting in the law or courting as in romance. I could write about the myriad of ancestors that are found in Colonial American court records, including the ancestor I … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Arnold, Barnstable County, Basford, Cape Cod, Colonial Massachusetts, Coroners Inquest, Courting, Dennis Township, Duxbury, Duxbury Bay, Edward Doty, England, family history, Family Tree, Gabriel Wheldon, Inquest, Jury of Inquest, Marchant, Martha Cross, Mary Wheldon Taylor, Massachusetts, Merchant, Nottinghamshire, Plymouth Colony, Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, United Kingdom, Wheldon, William Durkee, Yarmouth
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 7: Landed. February Theme: Branching Out. My Contentious and Quarrelsome Mayflower Pilgrim Ancestor Edward Doty.
When I received the writing prompt for this week, Landed, I considered taking it in several various directions, I do have some British ancestors that were considered Landed Gentry, as well as owners of large amounts of land in early … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barrett, Bill Weld, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Calvin Coolidge, Christian, Clarke, Colonial America, Davis, Dick Van Dyke, Doty, Doughty, Dueling, Edward Doty, Edward Leister, Eliphalet Remington, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, Family Tree, Fay, Fisher, Genealogy, Gooden, Harmon, Jordana Brewster, Lamb, Lavinia Warren, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mayflower, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Orsen Bean, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Raquel Welch, Schermerhorn, Snow, Stephen Hopkins, Tuesday Weld, United Kingdom, Warren Buffett, William Bradford
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 6: Maps. February Theme: Branching Out. Anneken (Annetje) Hendricks (Henriksen) Vanderbilt from Bergen, Norway.
Above is a painting of an old map of Bergen, Norway. Hieronimus Scholaeus’ prospect of Bergen was painted about 1580 and published in Cologne in 1588 in a large atlas with pictures of “cities from the whole world” The Civitates … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anneken, Annetje, Bergen, Dutch, Hendricks, Hendriks, Henricksen, Henriksdotter, Maps, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New York, Norge, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Americans, Vanderbilt
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 1. Foundations. Fahy/ Fahey Ancestors.
I took a few weeks off from my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog posts. I was quite busy working and volunteering for The Salvation Army during the latter part of December. So, I am now beginning again now that … Continue reading →
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Tagged 52 Ancestors, ancestors, Australia, base, Catholic, Fahey, Fahy, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Fay, Foundation, Galway, Genealogy, Ireland, Irish, Irish American, New Zealand, O Fathaidh, O Fathaigh, United States
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 17: War. My 3rd cousin the Treasonous Benedict Arnold
I original wrote this regarding a different writing prompt, that didn’t fit too well, but I reconsidered it this week, for it fits perfectly with this week’s writing prompt war and one of my more infamous cousins Benedict Arnold. He … Continue reading →
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Tagged 21 September, 52 Ancestors, American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, Birthdays, British America, British Colonies, Cole, Colonial America, England, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Genealogy, History, Peggy Shippen Arnold, President George Washington, Tory, Traitor, Treason
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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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