When you are following many lines at once, they can show you pictures of the information. You have an impression of who lived where and when from each line. You find ancestral neighbors, you find families that married into and out of each others lines. Mostly in my fathers family, people showed up from far…
Jemina Allen
I found Jemina Allen. She has been one of my most puzzling road blocks. She showed up as a wife on my maternal side. She was the wife of Ebenezer Newcomb. Documentation states she was born in Bridgewater,Mass. But where? to whom? We could not find documentation proof. It felt like a dead end. The…
Dear Grammy
Dear Grammy, Boy, do I wish you were sitting here with me right now. I found Jemina Allen. I wish you were sitting here at my computer with me so I could show you. She did stump us, didn’t she? There we sat so many years ago with dozens of pages of Allen genealogy. We…
Ancestors Trails
I run into a lot of people while researching. I hear lots of stories of people and their travels while searching for their roots. I, myself, have lots of grandparents found. I have hundreds of relatives on my charts. Except for a few Germans and a Spaniard, everyone else comes from England. I have not…
Exploring my Whitman Family Line
I was able to explore my lineage in Bridgewater, Mass. Well, I explored to a degree, not as deeply as I hoped but as with any lineage, it is an on-going journey. I do know that I descend from the Whitman family. In my travels so far, I was able to find out that I…
Cohasset
I have always loved Cohasset. I once belonged to an Artists Co-op there. This presented me with opportunities for driving through the town, seeing the sites and enjoying its people when I worked the counter. Now I find that my Grandfathers family comes from not only Bridgewater, but Cohasset as well. They were some of…
Unknowns
Nicholas Whitman married Mary House, who was born in Plymouth, Mass in 1738. of unknown parents. How can this be? There were only a few dozen people in that town. How did they not know who Mary had as parents? Was she found wandering aimlessly as a babe? There is no explanation. And I need…
Whitman
Planning trips to find Ancestral places, I looked over my Grandfathers line. My Grandfather’s Mom was Laura Whitman, her father was Alfred Whitman from Charles Whitman.All from Abington but from there we have a line of Nicholas and Elijahs all from Bridgewater, Mass. All of whom married women from the same town. Exploring Bridgewater history,…
Painting Context in Salem, Mass.
I have so many found Ancestral Grandparents, I have always bowed out when naming Uncles and Aunts. The information would be incredulous. Parameters need to be formed when recording family history. I decided early on to discuss direct Grandparents only. But once in a rare while, I find it necessary to name the siblings of…
The Job Lane House
Located at 295 North Road (Route 4), Bedford, Ma Active Museum Tours: 2nd and 4th Sunday, May to October, 2-4 PM The Job Lane House is owned by the Town of Bedford and managed by the Bedford Historic Preservation Commission. The Friends of the Job Lane House conduct tours and run events such as the…