Tag Archives: Colonial Massachusetts

Surname Saturday: My Cock Ancestors of Southwold, Suffolk, England

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My maternal 12th great-grandmother is Christian Cock. She was born about 1560 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, and died before 3 November 1612 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England. She married about 1580 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, to Thomas Gentleman. After her husband’s … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

My sixth great-grandmother is Rebecca Hicks. She married John Armstrong, Jr. on 26 August 1714 at St Johns Parish, Joppa, Maryland. Joppa is a former colonial town in Maryland. He was the son of John Armstrong and Jane Boone. She was born … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Air Conditioning, Ancestry, Armstrong, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Chapel of St. Faith, Colonial America, Colonial Maryland, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New York, Cutchin, Doughty, England, family history, Family Tree, Flushing, Gardiner, Genealogy, Gloucestershire, Harford County Maryland, Harwood Long, Haviland, Herodias Long, Hick, HIcke, Hicks, Hikke, History, HVAC, Innovators, Inventors, Joppa, London, Long, Lyons, Maryland, Nehemiah Hicks, New York, Norris, Nutick, Oldbury, Puritans, Queens New York, Rev. Elias Doughty, Rhode Island, Shepard, Shepherd, Southwark, Southwark Salter, St Olave, St. Faith, St. Faith of Aquitaine, St. Faith's Church, St. Olaves, St. Paul's Cathedral, UK, Willis Carrier | Leave a comment

My English Gilman Ancestors and My Famous Cousin U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Abraham Lincoln has always been one of my favorite U.S. Presidents. When I traveled to Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2000, I made sure to visit the Lincoln Monument, Ford’s Theater, and the house across the street where he … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bruen, Caston, Clark, Cole, Colonial Massachusetts, Cunningham, Davidson, Davison, Doman, England, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Flowers, Genealogy, Gilman, Gilmyn, Guerney, Gyllman, Hanks, Hawley, Hingham, History, Jacob, James, Jones, Lassell, Lincoln, Lyford, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Norwich, Prindle, Russell, Saham Toney, Salter, Snell, UK | 1 Comment

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I am writing this a few days early. I am sure the writing prompt Lost Contact can obviously relate to losing contact with a family member. Although the definition of and how we use the weekly prompts is always open … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Ancestry, Andrew Broughton, Boadell, Borodell, British Colonial America, Cambridge Massachusetts, Charles I, Christian, Cockermouth, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, Copeland, Cote, Crag House Bridge, Cragg House, Cumberland County England, Cumbria, Denison, Egremont, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, Gosforth, History, Irton, Maidenstone, Morden, More, NEHGS, Patrickson, regicide, Rev. Jeremiah Burroughs, Rev. John Yates, Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, Rev. Thomas Shepard, Santon, Santon Bridge, Scotland, Shepard, Switzerland, The Lake District, Vevey | 1 Comment

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tombstone, the following week is Symbol. I decided to write about the interesting gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. It is pictured above. The combination of the cross bones effigy with an hourglass flanked by doves … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Baker, Barton, Birds, Cemeteries, Christian, Christian Iconography, Colonial Massachusetts, Colonial New Jersey, Colonial New York, Cooper, Dove, Elizabeth New Jersey, Elizabethtown, faith, family history, Family Tree, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Genealogy, Grave Marker, Gravestone, Hatfield, Hourglass, Knigh, Lyon, Lyons, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Parsons, Puritan, Puritans, Skull and Crossbones, Symbol, symbolism, Symbols, Tombstone, Vines, Woodruff | 1 Comment

Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Interesting Kin. First Daughter, Acting First Lady, Suffragette, Greenwich Village Socialite, and Hindu Nun. 52 Ancestors, Week 51: Cousins.

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

With this week’s writing prompt, there were a myriad of cousins I could write about. Famous, well-known, historical, and those that lived simple lives. I was going to write about First Lady Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, the wife of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, ancestors, Bliss, Bright's Disease, British American Colonies, British Colonial America, Cole, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Dumbleton, Eastern mysticism, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Ellen Louise Axson, Ellen Wilson, England, family history, Family Tree, First Daughter, First Ladies, First Ladies of the United States, First Lady, First Lady of the USA, Genealogy, Greenwich Village, Heald, Healy, Heath, Hindu, Hindu Nun, History, Hoyt, India, Leonard, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Mysticism, New York, Nun, Parsons, Pondicherry, Root, Singer, Socialite, Spencer, Spinster, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna, Suffragette, Suffragist, Suffragists, Swmai Nikhilananda, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Tilton, US President, Wales, Washington D.C., White House, White House social hostess, Woodrow Wilson. | Leave a comment

Three Interesting Tradesmen/Occupational Surnames in My Family Tree with Unique Meanings. Blower and Horne in England and Höerner/Hörner in Germany. 52 Ancestors, Week 36: Tradesman.

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Tradesman. I considered writing about some of my ancestors and their trades and occupations, but instead opted to write about three of the surnames of my ancestors that are derived from their trade/occupation, all three … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albert, Armstrong, Baden-Württemberg, bellows-pumper, Blower, Brackett, Braintree, British Isles, calcant, church organs, Cole, Colonial Maryland, Colonial Massachusetts, Cummings, drinking horns, England, English, family history, Family Tree, French, Frost, Genealogy, German, Germany, hand blown organs, Hoerner, horn blower, horn maker, Horne, Horner, horns, Janet Horne, Jenny Horne, Kennedy, Kingsley, London, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Medieval, Medieval Blow Horn, Merchant, New York City, Niklashausen, Norfolk, Norris, Occupational Surnames, Ohio, organs, Pennsylvania, Pennsyvania, Price, Rona Munro, St. Mary's County Maryland, Stanstead, Sudbury, Suffolk, the blower, The Last Witch, Tradesmen, Tudor, Umlaut, United Kingdom, Walpurgis, Washington County Maryland, Wheatley, Witches, Witches in England, Witches in Scotland, Witches in UK | 1 Comment

My Ancestor Phebe Fed Prindle and Her Correct Maiden Name. Colonial Records in Connecticut, the Various Ways the Capital Letters F, J, and T were Written in Colonial American Handwriting. Transcription Errors. Records Destroyed by the British. DNA. Surnames in Colonial America. 52 Ancestors, Week 49: Written.

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing prompt is Written. Suggestions for the prompt were writing about someone in my family that is a writer (besides me!), someone who had a habit of sending letters to the editor of newspapers, those that … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, A tree stump, American Revolution, Ancestry, Bethel, Braintree Essex, Brick Wall, British Colonial America, British Colonies, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Connecticut, Cursive Writing, Danbury, Dead end, DNA, England, Fairfield County Connecticut, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fed, Fedd, Fowkes, Fox, Frank Kellogg, Genealogy, Gilbert Clifford Nobel, Handwriting, Jud, Judd, Loomis, Mark Hopkins Jr, New Fairfield, New Haven, New Milford, O. Henry, Phebe, Prindle, Sherman Connecticut, Tedd, The Judds, UK, Windsor, Written | 1 Comment

My Beardsley Ancestors, The Lost Village of Beard’s Wood, My Family Connection to P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb. 52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded.

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is the word bearded. Although, my great-great grandfather John Davis Kennedy had a pretty cool looking beard in the photo of him in his US Civil War Union uniform, there is not much else to write … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Albright, Allis, Amy Adams, Anna Gunn, Bardsley, Beard, Beard's Wood, Beardslee, Beardsley, Belding, Blakeman, Boston, Christian, Church of England, Clement, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Concord, Connecticut, Derbyshire, Doman, Edward Norton, Emily Dickinson, England, English, Erewash River, family history, Family Tree, Frank Kellogg, French, Fuller, Genealogy, General Tom Thumb, Harvey, Harvie, Howard Dean, Howard Hawks, Ilkieston, Janis Joplin, Jeremiah Day, leah, Leicestershire, Leonard, London, Lost Villages, Massachusetts, Meekins, Merchant, Mollis Chapel, Northup, Nottinghamshire, Phil Knight, Prindle, PT Barnum, Root, Scott, Ship Planter, St. Mary's Ilkieston, Stratford, The Black Death, Treat Williams, Wells, WK Kellogg, Wood, Zoe Kazan | 3 Comments

My Ancestor, Royal Servant Edmund Moody Saved the Life of Henry VIII and Changed History! 52 Ancestors, Week 16 – Should Be a Movie.

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt fits quite well into the story of my ancestor Edmund Moody (aka Edmond Moodye), his life would very much make for an interesting historical, costume drama movie, or even a time-leaping Sci-Fi story! My ancestor Edmund … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Benhall, British American Colonies, Bury St. Edmund, cadge man, Chenery, Christian, Coat of Arms, Cockfield, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Edmond Moodye, Edmund Moody, Elizabeth I, faith, family history, Family Tree, footman, footman of the stables, Genealogy, Henry VIII, Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Islington, Kilborn, Kilbourn, Kilbourne, Mary I, Moody, Moulton, Norwich, Panell, Parnel, Parnell, royal footman, Should Be a Movie, Suffolk, The Tudors | 14 Comments

Tag Archives: Colonial Massachusetts

Surname Saturday: My Cock Ancestors of Southwold, Suffolk, England

Surname Saturday. My Hicks ancestors of Southwark St Olave, England & Colonial Rhode Island, New York & Maryland & Our Hicks Cousin Willis Carrier.

My English Gilman Ancestors and My Famous Cousin U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

My English Borodell Ancestors. The Truth is Much More Interesting Than the Fictitious Stories. Our Real Link to Regicide Andrew Broughton. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Lost Contact.

Gravestone of Sarah Cooper Woodruff. 52 Ancestors, Week 37 & 38, Tombstone & Symbols.

Three Interesting Tradesmen/Occupational Surnames in My Family Tree with Unique Meanings. Blower and Horne in England and Höerner/Hörner in Germany. 52 Ancestors, Week 36: Tradesman.

My Beardsley Ancestors, The Lost Village of Beard’s Wood, My Family Connection to P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb. 52 Ancestors, Week 20: Bearded.

My Ancestor, Royal Servant Edmund Moody Saved the Life of Henry VIII and Changed History! 52 Ancestors, Week 16 – Should Be a Movie.

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