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The Native People: Who were the Wampanoag?
The Pilgrim stories were much friendlier when I was a child because I didn’t know they were only true in part. To the victors go the story telling and the Native People lost. Immediately as you go wandering the past, one bumps into facts that are raw and discombobulating. To conquer a New World means
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The Pilgrim’s Granddaughter: Scandal and ‘Own Perticuler Way’, Part 2
Around 1636, Peter Worden, his son Peter (Jr) and illegitimate grandson, John Lewis, arrived in Plymouth Colony in their own ‘Particular’ way. The elder Peter was a gentleman of means at 68 years old. He was born June 9, 1568 at Clayton Manor, Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England. He belonged to the same Preston Merchant Guild in
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Plymouth Colony: Pilgrims, Strangers and Particulars
The building of a new colony was expensive. As the Puritans did not have the funds to finance this new venture – they had to borrow. The Pilgrims did not want to procure New World landing permits through the Dutch as they considered themselves English. Although religious liberty is was essential for the Puritans, they
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The Pilgrim’s Granddaughter: Part 1
In early 14th century England, the Winslow family emerged as a loosely knit clan living near the hamlet of Winslow, from which they adopted their name (located 50 miles northwest of London.) Kenelm was the third son and fourth child of Edward Winslow and Magdalene (Ollyver) of Droitwich, Worcestershire, Eng. Kenelm was born on Sunday,
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Welcome to my Blog
Thank you for joining me on a Discovery of the Heart. With poetry, essays and tall tales, we shall unlock what has been Lost. Nourish the Heart into Found, Again. It had to be Provincetown.Drawn here by the Sea. Washed ashore from a storm of my own making. Missing a part of Me. And like
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