Photo: Penelope Pelham Winslow’s embroidered silk shoe, thought to have been worn by Penelope Pelham at her wedding to Josiah Winslow in 1651. Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall Museum.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 32 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on March 21, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Plymouth Colony Governor Edward Winslow and his family... (Read More)

Photo: Winslow House, 129 Union Street, Woodstock, New Brunswick, E7M, Canada. Purchased by Carleton County Sheriff John Norman Wentworth Winslow in 1887, the house remains in the Winslow family today. They were direct descendants of Edward Winslow, prominent New Brunswick Loyalist, and Governor Edward Winslow of the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Canada's Historic Places website.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 32 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on March 15, 2023

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Charlotte Helen Winslow, a descendant of Plymouth Colony Gov. Edward Winslow... (Read More)

Photo: home of the Rev. John Wise, Essex, Massachusetts, erected in 1701. Courtesy of Digital Commonwealth: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:8s45qt44m

3 Clever Dames Outsmart Colonial Authorities

By Melissa Berry on March 10, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about three clever women outsmarting the authorities in colonial Massachusetts to get a new meeting house constructed... (Read More)

Photo: common cup and drinking bucket at the McCormick School Museum, Wichita, Kansas. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Our Ancestors and the ‘Common Cup’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 9, 2023

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes something once common but now incomprehensible to us: the public all drinking out of the same cup!.. (Read More)

Photo: Civil War-era cannons, Fort Stevens, NW, Washington, D.C. Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around the city during the American Civil War. Credit: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on March 7, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more on Civil War diarist Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax... (Read More)

Illustration: John Trumbull's famous 1818 portrait is often identified as a depiction of the Declaration's signing, but it actually shows the drafting committee presenting its work to the Second Continental Congress on 28 June 1776. Thomas Jefferson, at center, places the document before the president of the Congress, John Hancock. Standing with Jefferson are other members of the drafting committee: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin. Less than a week later, on 4 July 1776, the declaration was signed. Note: Not all 56 signers are included in this picture. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Signers of the Declaration of Independence & Their Scions (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on March 2, 2023

Melissa Berry begins a new series looking at signers of the Declaration of Independence and their descendants, starting with signer Carter Braxton... (Read More)

Photo: Union Cavalry General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888). From "The Photographic History of The Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume Four, The Cavalry," The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, p. 268. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story of a Civil War veteran returning to Maryland battlefields in 1924 with his wartime diary... (Read More)

Illustration: "Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md." Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid, 9 July 1864. Credit: Alfred R. Waud, 1828-1891, artist; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 24, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Civil War veteran who returned to Maryland battlefields in 1924 to reminisce and reflect... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 21, 2023

Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing more on Civil War diarist Elizabeth Virginia Lindsay Lomax... (Read More)

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