Tag: Plymouth Colony
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Memorial Day
If you are from New England, Memorial Day is for grave visiting. A time to remember those who have pasted, those who were lost, sharing lore and planting pansies or geraniums. In the oldest, colonial cemetery on Cape Cod, my 8th great-grandmother Mercy Worden is buried. She is surrounded by family, my other great-grandparents Kenelm,…
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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…
The Pilgrim's Granddaughter 