1638: St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland Jenny Geddes sat, perched on her three legged stool on the vast floor of the Presbyterian cathedral. The few pews of the palatial church...
A WORK IN PROGRESS With this volume I am trying to capture the impact of the Reformation on the Great Migration of our ancestors to American shores where they...
Prior to 1638: The Context: A Brief Look at the Reformation The troubles in Scotland were endemic in Europe and had been for a century when Jenny Geddes tossed...
See also the family tree that accompanies this article for a listing of our Mayflower passengers and their descendants to the present day by families: Smith, Whittington and Wetherell. Our Mayflower Connections...
The Cast of Characters Surrounding Our Ancestors There are at least three 10x great grandfathers in my wife’s Whittington family tree who came to America as preachers in the 1630’s....
Reverend Robert Peck (1580-1658), a Whittington great grandfather, arrived in New England on the ship, Dilligent of Ipswich, captained by John Martin, the ship’s Master. The Dilligent sailed from Ipswich,...
When Jenny Geddes (Chapter 1) tossed her chair at the Bishop in St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland she had no idea she was firing what could be called a first...
1638: New Sweden and New Netherlands This is a chapter within an anthology (1638) that collects all of my son’s ancestors under one umbrella, one roof so to speak....
DUTCH ANCESTORS ON MANHATTAN ISLAND This is a chapter within an anthology (1638) that collects all of my son’s ancestors under one umbrella, one roof, so to speak. This...
Wolphert Gerrittsen von Couwenhoven, lived behind a palisade of upright timbers that fortified his dwellings and kept his family somewhat safe from the attack of local tribes on Long Island,...