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Thankfully, Jean Henry’s ancestor did not get my ancestor killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill

By Mark | January 2, 2020

On this site a few days ago, in a conversation about the misdeeds of our ancestors, Jean Henry mentioned that a relative of hers, Colonel Ephraim Doolittle of Shoreham, Vermont, was likely responsible for the deaths of many men in his command at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June of 1775. Doolittle and his […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1765, 1775, Arthur Lee "Pickle" Avery, Asa Lawrence, Battle of Bunker Hill, Beardstown, Boston, Breed's Hill, Charles Babbidge, Church of Christ, Continental 7th, cowardice, Daniel Avery, David Avery, Doolittle Regiment, Ephraim Doolittle, genealogy, George Washington, Groton, Illinois, Isles of Shoals, Jean Henry, Mark's ancestors, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, minute-men, New Hampshire, Pepperrel, Revolutionary War, Sarah Horn, Schuyler, Townsend, William Prescott | 21 Comments

You know those religious fanatics who fled England for America in 1630 with John Winthrop? Well, I’m apparently descended from one of them.

By Mark | April 3, 2014

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 […]

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, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Miley Cyrus, Pickle, Puritan, Revolutionary War, Schuyler County, Stackpole House, Thomas Avery, William Prescott, WWII | 21 Comments

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