Dec 16, 2020

McMillan/McGuffin Mayflower Ancestors - Stephen and Constance Hopkins

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This is a quick place holder for a blog post that I will flesh out in the next few weeks with more details, for McMillan/McGuffin Cousins (Johnsons, Olsons if related to Grace McGuffin, Etc.)Here's a basic list of your lineage back to Stephen Hopkins, starting with my grandmother. As mentioned in previous recent posts, I will come back and add more words to this once I finish this current set...

Dec 3, 2020

Carver Mayflower Ancestors - James & Mrs Chilton and daughter Mary

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Placeholder post to give Carver cousins the basics of their likely relationship with Mayflower passengers James & Mrs Chilton and their daughter Mary.How sure am I of this relationship? It's well documented, but there isn't solid proof that Mary Washburn is daughter of Josiah Washburn and Hannah Latham. There are multiple Mary Washburns, and many trees get them confused. This Mary is presumed...

Hubbard Mayflower Ancestors - Chilton/Winslow

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This is a quick place holder for a blog post that I will flesh out in the next few weeks with more details. Hubbard cousins, you are probably not a blood relative of Mary Chilton, but you are probably related to her husband, John Winslow. This means that John's brothers Edward and Gilbert Winslow, who both came on the Mayflower, are your great uncles. (8th great if you are in my generation.)What is...

Nov 22, 2020

Carver Mayflower Ancestors: William Mullins Family and John Alden

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This is what I believe is my lineage back to John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. If you are one of my Carver cousins, and you don't know how you fit into this tree, contact me and I'll help you figure it out. (carverhistorical@outlook.com or mayflowermaybes@outlook.com.)This is one of our two most certain ancestors. 1. From Oliver Carver back it is documented in numerous published histories that...

May 8, 2020

God Bless the Missionaries and Colporteurs

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Related Link: God Bless the Missionaries and the Colporteurs - Video (Not up yet; will circle back around shortly.) The only thing separating Mary from John is the kitchen table. “You will not join that church!” John lunges to his right. Mary edges away, eyeing the butcher knife in his hand. “Rotten...

Apr 22, 2020

The Next Grandpa Back - Video

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Related Link: https://carverhistorical.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-next-grandpa-back.html A video about getting to know Cyrus Hoyt Carver using last century's best social media platform. ...

Treasure Chest - Written Word

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Related Link: Treasure Chest - Video When I was a preschooler, my mother kept a box in her closet. It looked like a miniature pirate's chest. She let me reach in there and pull things out — old photos, Grandma's scrapbook, a very old game of pick up sticks. Mom called this her treasure chest. I asked...

Apr 4, 2020

The Next Grandpa Back - Written Word

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Related Link: The Next Grandpa Back - Video In times of uncertainty I like to look back in history to identify things that remain constant from generation to generation. It helps me feel grounded. And it occurred to me the other day that social media is one of those constants. Think about it. Through...
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