Tag: Mayflower
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Florida Genes: Florida Settlers with Pilgrim Ancestry? Edward Church Howland
Like most Gen Xers, I had a job after school. Minimum wage was only $3.25, so it was very cost effective to hire teenagers back then. Good for small businesses and good for teens if you ask me, but I digress. I took a job working at a grocery/hardware store and lumber yard called Howland’s.…
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New England Genes: Anne Marbury Hutchinson Part 1: King James, John Cotton, William Laud, and William Blackstone
Anne Marbury, born 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, was the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury, a playwright contemporary of Shakespeare, author, and early Puritan leader. I will have a blog post dedicated to him very soon, but for now just know he was imprisoned for heresy in the notorious Marshalsea Prison for his influence. Queen Elizabeth…