It had never crossed my mind that I might be descended from Puritans. I mean, I knew it was a possibility, as I was aware that members of my family had come over from England, but I didn’t think it was likely. Maybe it’s because I spend so much of my life railing against religious […]
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You know those religious fanatics who fled England for America in 1630 with John Winthrop? Well, I’m apparently descended from one of them.
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1630, Arthur Lee Avery, Arthur Robert Avery, Avery, Beardstown, bibles, Breeches Bible, Bunker Hill, Christopher Avery, Dunham Bible Museum, family history, family values, geneology, Gloucester, Great Migration, Houston Baptist University, Illinois, John Winthrop, Madona, Massachusetts, Miley Cyrus, Pepperell, Pickle, Puritan, Revolutionary War, Schuyler County, Stackpole House, Thomas Avery, William Prescott, WWII 21 Comments
Sarah Vowell may read this post, so please don’t leave stupid comments
I’m sick. I have a cold. I slept for about 15 hours last night. And I probably should have stayed in this evening, buried under mountain of blankets, but, thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend, I happened into some tickets for a reading by writer, historian and public radio personality Sarah […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, History, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bee Mayhew, celebrity sighting, Eastern Michigan University, having a cold, hemming and hawing, if you have to tell someone that you're not crazy you probably are, John Winthrop, puppet Mark, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vowell, sick, sick day, soup, The Wordy Shipmates, This American Life, turkey noodle soup, Ypsilanti District Library 31 Comments