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Category Archives: Veteran
Our Illiterate Backwoods Preacher from Maine
A couple of minerdescent website visitors asked me Webber family questions this week. I don’t think I ever shared this vignette about our 3rd great grandfather Charles WEBBER Jr (1764 – 1737) or alternatively about his father, our 4th great grandfather … Continue reading
Brig. Gen. Silas Newcomb
Brig Gen. Silas Newcomb. (1723 – 1779) was Alex’s first cousin, eight times removed in the Miller line. Silas had such an interesting career as a Greenwich, New Jersey tea partier and a general under General Washington that I made him … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Monument, Line - Miller, Veteran
Tagged Greenwich Tea Party, Orders from General Washington
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Moses Estey
Moses Estey (1656 – 1714) was not a direct ancestor, only a cousin His Revolutionary pension and famous sons and daughters-in-law are too verbose to put on his grandfather’s page, but are interesting stories. How did his son-in-law go from … Continue reading
Stephen Minor’s Children – Unionist Slave Owners
Stephen “Don Esteban” Minor (1760 – 1815) was just a second cousin of our Miner line, but his family story is too unique not to include. His children and grandchildren owned hundreds of slaves and some of the grandest plantations … Continue reading
Stephen Minor – Last Spanish Governor of Natchez
Stephen “Don Esteban” Minor (1760 – 1815) was just a second cousin of our Miner line, but his story is too unique not to include. Pardon the length, but as Frances Hunter says, this period of early American history is a … Continue reading
Thomas Dexter Jr.
Thomas DEXTER Jr. (1623 – 1686) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Thomas Dexter Jr. was born in 1623 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England. His parents were Thomas DEXTER Sr. and possibly Mary … Continue reading
Posted in 12th Generation, Historical Site, Immigrant - England, Line - Shaw, Public Office, Tavern Keeper, Veteran
Tagged Constable, Ensign, Miller, Sandwich Founder
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John Wheldon
John WHELDON (1632 – 1711) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Shaw line. John Wheldon was born in 1632 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Mass. His parents were Gabriel WHELDON and Margaret DIGUINA [or OGUINA]. John … Continue reading
Jabez Snow
Jabez SNOW (1642 – 1690) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 512 in this generation of the Shaw line. Jabez Snow was born in 1642 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. His parents were Nicholas SNOW and Constance HOPKINS. He married Elizabeth … Continue reading
Battle of Sacket’s Harbor
I just finished a War of 1812 story where two of our cousins were captured by the British and an uncle (their father and from the same company) was captured a year later and died in a Quebec City POW … Continue reading
Posted in History, Storied, Veteran
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Our New Brunswick Loyalists
When I was growing up, I thought all our American/Canadian/American ancestors were Loyalists, but my research has discovered most just went to Canada in the 1760’s for an opportunity. These strict Puritans were overwhelmed when the Loyalists arrived in 1783. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Immigrant - North America, Storied, Veteran
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