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Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright, son of John and Elizabeth Wright, was born probably in Castleshane, Ireland, where it is known his sister Rachel was born. He was brought to America as a small child by his parents and grew up near Menallen … Continue reading
The Brethren
People say America is a melting pot. But I think of it more like a stew. All the different ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds come together and swim around in a common pot. In a stew, you can still see … Continue reading
Posted in Kinsey family
Tagged Brethren church, Church of the Brethren, Count Zinzendorf, culture, Dunkard, Dunker, German Baptist Brethren, Germantown, Germany, Grace Brethren Church, immigration, melting pot, minister, Moravian, Old Order Brethren, Oley, outliers, Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Quaker, stew, Switzerland
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Hospitality
My wife and I don’t entertain. We don’t host people in our home. We rarely even allow anyone to cross our threshold. (My wife has written very amusingly about this in her own blog post at Mirrored Images.) You would … Continue reading
Posted in Hill family, Jones family, Wayne County Indiana, Wright family
Tagged Baltimore, Centerville Indiana, Cincinnati, hotel, Ireland, Jonathan Wright 1748-1829, Levi M. Jones 1785-1823, National Road, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, pioneer, Richmond Indiana, Robert Hill (1780-1850), tavern, Wayne County Indiana
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A Little Boy’s Shoes
Amid all the great and terrible things of history, parents have to put shoes on their children. On the frontier, there was no Wal-Mart, no local store to provide any size and style of shoe a person wanted. Other arrangements … Continue reading
Posted in Mills, Shaw family, Wright family
Tagged Cincinnati, David Holloway, Elizabeth Wright Shaw, Fort Ferree, Fort Greenville, Fort Wayne, Indian Agency, James B. Finley, John Johnston, John Shaw, Jonathan Wright, Kanawha Salt Works, Lewis Cass, Ohio County, Pennsylvania, pioneer, Quaker marriage, shoes, Upper Sandusky, Wal-Mart, Waynesville, William Henry Harrison, Wyandot
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Madame
Everyone’s family tree is filled with women. Yet, somehow we often focus on the men. I noticed that in my first seven posts, women don’t appear very much. In fact, the only post that centers on a woman calls her … Continue reading
Posted in Cemeteries, Ferree family, Places
Tagged Edict of Nantes, emigration, England, Ferree, France, Germany, Holland, Huguenot, Louis XIV, Madame Ferree, Marie Ferree, New Paltz, Pennsylvania, Queen Anne, religious persecution, William Penn
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Arbor Familiae 