Photo: Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and his wife Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889). The couple are sitting on the porch of their home "Peacefield" in Quincy, Massachusetts. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 20

By Melissa Berry on July 11, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Charles Francis Adams, 6th great grandson of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins... (Read More)

Illustration: "General George Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, the 18th of October 1794" Artist: Frederick Kemmelmeyr. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont. Courtesy of Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 6

By Melissa Berry on July 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

Photo: Myles Standish Monument, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Pete Forsyth; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19

By Melissa Berry on July 1, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Winslow Brewster Standish, a descendant of Myles Standish... (Read More)

Photo: a medallion of George Washinton's ancestor Nicolas Martiau on a statue of Washington located in the garden behind the Ernest Cognacq Museum in Saint Martin de Ré, France. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 5

By Melissa Berry on June 27, 2022

Melissa Berry continues a series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the ties between George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 18

By Melissa Berry on June 16, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Dr. Robert Henry Bradford... (Read More)

A diagram of the familial ties between George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 4

By Melissa Berry on June 14, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing about George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II’s familial ties... (Read More)

Photo: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip smile as they pass prisoners in the stocks on a tour of the old fort in Festival Park at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1957. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 3

By Melissa Berry on June 10, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, concluding her story about a very special descendant: Queen Elizabeth II... (Read More)

Photo: grave of Captain Samuel Fletcher, Pine Hill Cemetery, Cemetary Lane, Sherborn, Massachusetts. Courtesy of Susan Tyler, Sherborn Cemetery Commission, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

Memorial Day: Honoring a Civil War Soldier, Part II

By Melissa Berry on May 31, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry concludes her story about the life and service of Civil War veteran Captain Samuel Judson Fletcher... (Read More)

Memorial Day: Honoring a Civil War Soldier

By Melissa Berry on May 27, 2022

In this article – for Memorial Day – Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the life and service of Civil War veteran Captain Samuel Judson Fletcher... (Read More)

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