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John Meader of Piscataqua, His Ancestors and Descendants: 1540-1800
Author: John Meader of Piscataqua, His Ancestors and Descendants: 1800-1875
Author: John Meader of Piscataqua, His Ancestors and Descendants: 1930-1981
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John Meader (ca. 1625-ca. 1715) emigrated from England to Massachusetts about 1647, and married Abigail Tuttle in 1653. They settled near Oyster River, New Hampshire. Descendants lived throughout the United States.
John Meader of Piscataqua, His Ancestors and Descendants
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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John Meader (ca. 1625-ca. 1715) emigrated from England to Massachusetts about 1647, and married Abigail Tuttle in 1653. They settled near Oyster River, New Hampshire. Descendants lived throughout the United States.
Bluejackets in the Blubber Room
Author: Peter KurtzPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817317791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the sailing ship William Badger Taking a biographical approach to his subject, Peter Kurtz describes three phases of the life of the William Badger, a sailing ship with a long and exemplary life on the sea: first as a merchant ship carrying raw materials and goods between New England, the US South, and Europe; second as a whaling ship; and finally as a supply ship providing coal and stores for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in Beaufort, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Kurtz begins Bluejackets in the Blubber Room by exploring early American shipbuilding and shipbuilders in the Piscataqua region of Maine and New Hampshire and the kinds of raw materials harvested and used in making the wooden sailing ships of the time. After its construction, the Badger became part of the key economic trade between New England, the US South, and Europe. The ship carried raw materials such as timber from New England to New Orleans and subsequently cotton from New Orleans to Spain and Liverpool, England. Using ship logs, sailors’ accounts, and other primary sources, Kurtz delves into both the people and the economics of this critical “cotton triangle” trade. Following service as a merchant ship, the Badger became a whaling ship, carrying its New England–based crew as far as the South Pacific. Kurtz presents a colorful story of life aboard a whaling ship and in the whaling towns ranging from Lynn, Massachusetts, to Cape Leeuwin, Australia. Finally, Kurtz describes the last phase of the Badger’s life as a key player as a supply ship in the Union Navy’s blockade effort. Although not the most dramatic duty a sailor could have, blockade supply nevertheless was critical to the United States’ prosecution of the Civil War and eventual victory. Kurtz examines the decision-making involved in procuring such ships and their crew, notably “refugees” and escaped slaves known as “contrabands.”
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. KaminkowPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316673
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
Descendants of Captain John Woodman
Author: Eloise WoodmanPublisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Edward Woodman arrived in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635 with his wife and two sons, Edward and John. Another son, Joshua was born in America. The second son, John, married Mary Field and settled near the Piscataqua river in the area known as the Oyster River Plantation in Dover Parish, New Hampshire.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author: Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Author: Library of CongressPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
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