Tight Genes: Where History and Genealogy Collide

Tag: New England

  • The Quakening, Part 6: The Martyrdom of Mary Dyer

    Christopher Holder and his would-be savior Samuel Shattuck (my 10th GGF) were imprisoned and interrogated in Boston after the Salem incident (see our previous blog post). Also imprisoned were Holder’s companions Richard Doudney, who had accompanied Holder on the Woodhouse, and another named John Copeland. We have yet to mention Copeland, but be assured he…

  • Quaker Genes: The Quakening, Part 4, featuring Daniel Gould

    Mary Dyer disembarked from the Woodhouse to find things much changed in Newport. There was new construction everywhere, including the mooring dock on which she stood. Word of their arrival electrified Newport Town, and before long Mary could see her husband striding towards her, trying his very best not to break into a run. BTW,…

  • New England Genes: Roger Williams, Banned In Boston Part 1

    It is believed that Roger Williams was born in December of 1603. The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I passed away the previous March and King James I was crowned that July. Roger’s father was a successful fabric merchant, who apprenticed his intelligent son to the hard-nosed lawyer Sir Edward Coke. In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh, English…