Page 11 of 11
One branch of the maternal side of my wife’s family tree were Germans who fled to Russia to escape religious persecution and then to America in the late 1880’s to escape becoming Russians! The other branch were Irish who arrived… Continue Reading →
MACEACHERN – MALONEY – MACLEOD MACPHERSON FAMILIES The MacEachern, MacLeod and MacPherson families emigrated to Nova Scotia from the highland region of Scotland. The first Highland Scots came to Canada in late 1700s to escape oppression by the Lowland government…. Continue Reading →
Bygod (Bigod, Begat, Baggot) Eggleston was baptized on 20 February 1586/7 in All Saints Church at Settrington, England. In 1630, he sailed to America with his family on the Mary and John, a 440 ton ship with 140 passengers aboard…. Continue Reading →
Abiram Spencer, born 1812, was the owner of Spencer and Gridley Grocers located at 69 Albany Avenue in Hartford, CT. and his family lived next to the store. Previously, he had lived on a farm in Bloomfield, CT,. and had… Continue Reading →
“O God! that bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood be so cheap!” Like doves to the ark, o’er the waters we flee, To the land blesse’d of God-America, to thee. Cry of the Famishing Irish, 1853 All… Continue Reading →
William French departed England with his family on the ship Defence for the British colonies of North America on the 10th of August 1635. They arrived in Boston on the 3rd of October and settled in Newe Towne (which became… Continue Reading →
