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Maximilian Jewett II

Posted on April 9, 2012 by markeminer

Maximilian JEWETT II (1672-1730) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather; one of 512 in this generation of the Miller line. Deacon Maximilian Jewett was born 5 Feb 1672 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. His parents were Ezekiel JEWETT and Faith PARRATT. He … Continue reading →

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Edward Brown

Posted on April 8, 2012 by markeminer

Edward BROWN (1574 – 1610) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line. We have five separate Brown lines and seven different Brown immigrant ancestors, by far the most of any surname.  When … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Brown

Posted on April 8, 2012 by markeminer

Nicholas BROWN (1601 – 1694) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line. We have five separate Brown lines and seven different Brown immigrant ancestors, by far the most of any surname.  When … Continue reading →

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Cornelius Brown Sr.

Posted on April 7, 2012 by markeminer

Cornelius BROWN Sr. (1632 – 1701) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line. Cornelius Brown was born 1632 in Malford, Worcestershire, England. His parents were Nicholas BROWN and Elizabeth LEIDS.  He married … Continue reading →

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Cornelius Brown Jr.

Posted on April 7, 2012 by markeminer

Cornelius BROWN Jr. (1667 – 1743) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather; one of 512  in this generation of the Miller line. Cornelius Brown Jr. was born 3 Jun 1667 in Reading, Middlesex, Mass. His parents were Cornelius BROWN Sr. and … Continue reading →

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Hannah Dustin – Heroine or Cold Blooded Killer

Posted on April 6, 2012 by markeminer

On 15 Mar 1697, George CORLISS (1617 – 1686)’s daughter Mary Neff was  nursing Hannah Dustin who had given birth the week before.  They taken prisoner by the Indians in an attack on Haverhill and carried towards Canada. Hannah Duston (1657 – 1736) was a colonial … Continue reading →

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Robert Tilley

Posted on April 3, 2012 by markeminer

Rpbert TILLEY (1540 – 1612) Two of Robert’s sons came to America on the Mayflower, both dying the first winter.  Robert was Alex’s 13th Great Grandfather in the Shaw line. Robert Tilley was born in 1540 in England. His parents … Continue reading →

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Turner’s Falls Fight

Posted on April 1, 2012 by markeminer

The Battle of Turner’s Falls, also known as the Peskeompscut massacre, was fought on May 19, 1676, during King Philip’s War, in present-day Gill, Massachusetts near a falls on the Connecticut River. The site is across the river from the village of Turners Falls. A band … Continue reading →

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Henry Kembold

Posted on March 31, 2012 by markeminer

Henry KEMBOLD (1565 – 1619) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line. Henry Kembold was born 4 Jan 1565 Brettenham, Suffolk, England. His parents were Henry KIMBOLD and Margaret MUNNING. He married JOHANNA … Continue reading →

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Battle of Bloody Brook

Posted on March 30, 2012 by markeminer

The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on Sep 12, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip’s War. They … Continue reading →

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