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Illustration: headline about Thomas Delano from a Virginian-Pilot newspaper article

Nevada Street Sweeper Discovers Plymouth Colony and Royal Heritage, Part II

By Melissa Berry on January 6, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about the 1933 discovery by a Nevada street-sweeper of his extraordinary family history... (Read More)

Illustration: "Pilgrims Going To Church" by George Henry Boughton, 1867. Credit: New-York Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Cache of Court Cases Reveals Puritan Sensibilities

By Melissa Berry on December 30, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the discovery of original Puritan court cases from the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1673 to 1695... (Read More)

The Bruner brothers, from a 1918 Omaha World-Herald newspaper article

Civil War Veteran Brothers Celebrate Christmas Together – in 1919!

By Melissa Berry on December 15, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Bruner brothers, who survived the Civil War and lived long enough to celebrate Christmas together in 1919... (Read More)

Illustration: headline about Thomas Delano from a Virginian-Pilot newspaper article

Nevada Street Sweeper Discovers Plymouth Colony and Royal Heritage

By Melissa Berry on December 8, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the 1933 discovery by a Nevada street-sweeper of his extraordinary family history... (Read More)

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

Gravesite of Mayflower Passenger Richard More

By Melissa Berry on December 2, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the discovery of the only surviving gravestone of a Mayflower passenger: Richard More... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Mayflower at Sea." Credit: The Newberry; Wikimedia Commons.

How One Mayflower Descendant Honored Pilgrim Ancestors on Thanksgiving

By Melissa Berry on November 24, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the family heirlooms and Thanksgiving display of Mayflower descendant Ruth Grant Pearson... (Read More)

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

The Mayflower Passengers’ Dark Side: Scandal in Plymouth Colony, Part II

By Melissa Berry on November 17, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some more of the darker sides of the Mayflower passengers, this time focusing on Richard More... (Read More)

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

The Mayflower Passengers’ Dark Side: Scandal in Plymouth Colony, Part I

By Melissa Berry on November 12, 2020

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some less-known sides of the Mayflower passengers... (Read More)

Photo: John Pearson & Son crate. John Person & Son was a wholesale bakery and founder of the sugar wafers, first established in the late 1700s. It was bought out by the New York Biscuit Company in the late 1800s, later renamed Nabisco. Permission to publish: Everything but the House Antiques.

Nabisco: An American Story

By Melissa Berry on November 5, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the famous Nabisco cracker/cookie company, starting with John Pearson’s mill in 1643... (Read More)

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