It is not right to write about the speed in which the English Puritans were settling Connecticut (and profiting from the land) without exploring the indigenous people who's lives were upended by the movement. So, I am going backward before I dive back into the early 18th century Huntington history in Norwich. This is a brief and superficial attempt at explaining the relationship between the two groups. This post will be updated as needed. Sachem Uncas (1598-1683) was a leader

There is nothing more satisfying to this researcher than finding an early probate record. It can really help form a picture in my mind...

As I described in previous posts, Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton (1595-1665) emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 with...

This is an updated post on Margaret. I will be speaking about her next Saturday, August 3, 2024 at The Huntington Homestead Museum at 1 P.M. A Puritan merchant's wife, this woman (not Margaret) chewed on arsenic to obtain a pale face. Her portrait hangs in Strangers' Hall Museum in Norwich, England. Black clothing was the most expensive. Lace was Flemish. Margaret might have had a similar look to her, especially the black dress and lace collar. In honor of Women's History mon

Motherhood continues to take priority over my research and writing. It frustrates me, but I feel my young adult children do need me...

Hagar Mingo's worn Bible. Purchased with her money on becoming free in 1823. Courtesy of the New London County Historical Society (NLCHS), New London, CT. Hagar Mingo was a Black educated and pious woman who was a domestic worker for the extended General Jedediah Huntington family probably for her whole short life. Hagar was born sometime in September 1799 to Nelly, an enslaved woman owned by Major General Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818) and his wife Ann Moore Huntington (175

It's been over a month since my last post. The pandemic has definitely stifled my writing impulses due to loss of routine, everyone at...

It is hard to overestimate how important seeds, tree grafts, and plant specimens were to the Puritans who came to Massachusetts Bay...

Recently, while procrastinating on my research and writing on Margaret Barret Huntington Stoughton (MBHS), Seventeenth-century Puritan...