Upon discovering the presence of Drakes in Dawn’s family tree, my mind immediately turned to the renowned Sir Francis Drake, the English...

This is a continuation of the Burdick story which I told last month. The Westerly, Rhode Island, ancestors are so intertwined with each...

According to Burdick family historians, Burdick may have initially been Burditt. Over the centuries, surname spelling was not exact, with...

It is always fun to find evidence of the early ancestors today. In the case of John Randall, I found that his son's house still exists in...

The progeniture of the American Wightman family was George Wightman, born in England, possibly London itself, on November 4, 1632. His...

John Maxson was born in the Spring of 1638, the first white child born in Rhode Island. His life began traumatically. Before he was...