October 2019 – Wicked Moxie

1607: David Thomson and the Popham Colony

The first settlers in New England were not Puritans. In May of 1607, some thirteen years before the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts, about 120 colonists sailed from Plymouth (England) aboard two ships, the Gift of God and the Mary & John, en route to the New World.

Do The Math

This year I spent an embarrassing amount of time building a family tree back to the first generation of New England settlers. Took me months. I wanted the full picture, not just the parental line but everyone in my gene pool. I have that now. I just wish I had done the math first. IContinue reading “Do The Math”