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A weblog, mostly about knitting but other topics appear

Genealogy Route From John Hollister, Builder of the Oldest House in Glastonbury Connecticut, My 9th Great Grandfather December 16, 2016

Filed under: 9th Great Grandparents,Ancestors,Colonial History,Colony of Connecticut,Crown Point New York,Family history,Family Tree,Genealogy,Hartford Connecticut,Hopewell Ship,Houses,Immigrants,New England,Pioneer History,U. S. History — Janet @ 3:58 am

The oldest house in Glastonbury Connecticut, built by Lt. John Hollister

john-hollister-house

My 9th Great Grandfather Lt. John Hollister 1612-1665

My 8th Great Grandmother  Mary Hollister 1650-1713

My 7th Great Grandfather  Capt. John Welles 1676-1735

My 6th Great Grandmother  Phebe Welles  1707-1770

My 5th Great Grandmother  Sarah Ufford 1728-1804

My 4th Great Grandfather Stiles Curtiss 1761-1827

My 3rd Great Grandmother Betsey Curtiss Wooton 1791-1877

My 2nd Great Grandfather Henry W. Warner 1815-1859

My Great Grandmother Lucy Anna Warner 1843-1878

My Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Murdoch 1863-1954

My father Joseph Buckingham Miller 1891-1949

Me Janet Willis Miller 1936-

 

It’s All Too Easy March 5, 2016

Filed under: Ancestors,Book Collections,Cats,Family history,Genealogy,Grave Markers,Hopewell Ship,Immigrant Series,Immigrants,Nantucket Island,Nathaniel Philbrick — Janet @ 6:16 pm

Here I am, housebound recovering from hip replacement surgery.  I’m finding it all too easy to buy books to add to my genealogy collection.  Just search on Amazon.com and lo and behold – there’s a great book – the virtual bookstore!  Here are some of my finds.

A book about Nantucket

A book about the descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss

A book about the wave of English ancestors coming to America in the 1600’s

Pictures to follow.  I have photos of each book  but I haven’t figured how to access my photo files and show them on my blog.

Pictures of my cat yes.  solstice 016

 

Edward Clap Came To America On The Hopewell March 1, 2016

Filed under: Ancestors,Blankets,Early Immigrants,English Immigrants,Genealogy,Hand Knitting,Hopewell Ship — Janet @ 8:27 pm

Andrea Doria   The Hopewell made several voyages in 1635.  Edward Clap, 1605-1664, sailed to Boston on the Hopewell in that year.  His wife Prudence accompanied him.  He was age 26.

 

I wish the passengers could have had some of my knitted blankets.  A 400 year wait!