You'd think the odds of two apparently unrelated John Stevens sailing to the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1636 and 1639 would be small. My John Stevens is not the one who arrived on the ship Confidence in 1638. Mine is the one that there is much less information about.
He and two more of my ancestors, his son-in-law and grandson, were among the residents of Salisbury who signed a petition attesting to the godliness of Mary Bradbury, who was nevertheless convicted of witchcraft [link] She was sentenced to death, but jailers apparently looked the other way as her family broke her out of jail. What I learned recently was that Ray Bradbury was one of her descendents.
Wow, that's a great detail for time-travel shenanigans.
Well, there's the thing. Unless for some strange reason he acknowledged his get on property, there's no way to tell owned from fathered. If he'd married a black woman, we'd know. We'd all know. Did Samuel own any Samuels? That's how the Moulton name got to us.
It looks like there were a few people named Sam or Samuel owned by someone named Samuel Barrett, but I'm not sure if all the Samuel Barretts are the same person. Sometimes it's Samuel Wisdom Barrett.
WindSparrow, I don't think I'd be able to find much just based on those names. The names are too common, so you'd need more information to figure out which was the right one.
Hil, if I could trouble you for one more detail, did Malcolm Cornforth have any siblings?
I just spent half an hour looking at pictures of Thirsk. What a great place. I want to go there.
I should ask my grandmother for a copy of her digital genealogy files. She would probably be thrilled by that.
I'm picturing pre-revolutionary Russia with a bunch of tanning salons now.
I can just see a bunch of outdoor glass Snow White-style coffins to act as magnifying glasses to the sun's rays.
Hil, if I could trouble you for one more detail, did Malcolm Cornforth have any siblings?
Hilda, born 1924. John, 1926.
Smoke from a fire a mile or so away woke me up from 3-4, Loki decided to upend a carton of plantfood all over the kitchen floor (which necessitated a thorough cleaning at 6:30 am) and I just had to staple the hemline of my skirt. The rest of today better be awesome.
Special for Cowgirl Jesse: Bill deBlasio is an alumnus of your high school. [link]
That's cool! Although I think it's a little weird that they use quotes from the teen profile of him without noting that -- I mean, I assume that's where the Gerry Speca quote came from, because Gerry has been dead for years. RIP, Gerry.
