Maggie Meahl Jul 11 min readUpcoming Presentation: The Samuel Huntington Homestead MuseumI am happy and honored to be speaking at the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum on Saturday, August 3rd at 1P.M.: 36 Huntington Road,...
Maggie Meahl Jan 5, 20225 min readSachem Uncas, the Mohegan and Norwich in the Seventeenth CenturyIt is not right to write about the speed in which the English Puritans were settling Connecticut (and profiting from the land) without...
Maggie Meahl Sep 27, 20213 min readSimon Huntington, Jr.(1659-1736) and Lydia Gager Huntington(1663-1737): Pious BartendersSimon Huntington, Jr. (1659-1736) and Lydia Gager Huntington (1663-1737) are perhaps a good representation of successful third generation...
Maggie Meahl Jul 28, 20213 min readSimon Huntington, Sr.(1629-1706): The Value of a 1706 Probate RecordThere is nothing more satisfying to this researcher than finding an early probate record. It can really help form a picture in my mind...
Maggie Meahl May 19, 20213 min readThe Saybrook Years (1647-1660): Christopher and Simon Follow Mason As I described in previous posts, Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton (1595-1665) emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 with...
Maggie Meahl Jun 16, 20202 min readApple Orchards, the Reverend John Eliot and 1633 Roxbury, MAIt is hard to overestimate how important seeds, tree grafts, and plant specimens were to the Puritans who came to Massachusetts Bay...