Henry Lunt of Newbury

Lunt in-law, Deborah Kallen

2026-05-14T16:16:16.505-07:00

With the 250th that started earlier, even before the commemoration of the Boston Tea Party, we have spent a year reminiscing from the time of incident at Lexington and Concord until now, with July 4th coming up. Examples: Knox Sunday; Cannons from Ticonderoga; Regimental series.

We need a 250th category, perhaps, with a few subthemes.

In the companion blog, we have been busy and thought it time to get this blog doing posts again, too. We start with an in-law of Alfred Eastman Lunt. Deborah Kallen was an Educational Pioneer who went to Israel in 1920 to found a school. Some of her students were later quite well known.

This post is an example of covering the American Spirit and Dream from the view of 400+ and 250, as well as any other anniversary within that range. With the prominent focus being, of course, New England, Massachusetts, and then Essex County with its Cape Ann.

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So, over seven years, we'll cover the old and new, the left and the right (coasts), the local and the global, and by sea or by land. The combinations are endless. The technology if used correctly will help us generate remarkable results. Let's just keep it real and on the proper beam (say from Winthrop's light on the hill).

Remarks: Modified: 05/23/2025

05/23/2026 --Minor edits.

New beginnings

2024-07-27T16:50:00.000-07:00

It has been a while as we have juggled duties along many lines of responsibility; so, it's time for a post. Today, on FB, I saw reference to one of the relatives found on Ann's tree. Looking into the matter motivated this post. In particular, we have on our plate to look at the California connections for that part of the family with burials in CA.

Some things we knew. One uncle was an early developer in Sonoma County CA. Another was into railroads in the Northeast and in Florida. Then, we have early and late CA to consider.

For starters, though, DTLA has a hilly area that was named Bunker Hill. We added "West" to the name as John had worked at the LA Times (Mirror building) and lived up the hill. Now, that area hosts skyscapers. FB has been a great site for people providing old photos or making new ones. That is a boon of technology.

We know that banes are there, too. It's on our plate to have a technology focus in cooperation with the blog thatt corresponds to this one.

Latest post: Three weeks. We had heard of Butterfield and the other express companies but never paid attention. We'll be more observant about transporation as a technology. After all, John is of a railroad family, too.

But, hasn't "aero" (or space) taken hold of the imagination. Let's get ourselve grounded, again.

Remarks: Modified: 07/27/2024

07/27/2024 --

2010 until now

2022-12-30T13:11:00.003-08:00

This blog started in order in 2010 and deals with a colonial family who was associated with Newbury MA. As well, there is a research group on Facebook and at other genealogical sites. We will continue this work.

In the meantime, follow the Thomas Gardner of Salem blog which relates to the colonial effort by the Dorchester Company at Cape Ann. Their 400th starts in two days (2023) and continues into 2024.

Remarks: Modified: 12/30/2022

12/30/2022 --

Abbot Lawrence Lowell

2022-01-06T09:05:00.001-08:00

We are doing a History of Harvard using the Presidents as a focus through time as they map well to American (U.S.) history.

Abbot is a descendant of Henry Lunt and was President.

There will be more this year.

Remarks: Modified: 01/06/2022

01/06/2022 --

Arnold's expedition

2021-05-13T14:09:00.007-07:00

In our last post, we mentioned two descendants of Henry and Ann Lunt. One was Calvin Coolidge; the other was Thomas W. Markle who is the father Meghan. The few posts in this blog ought not be taken as lack of activity which will pick up this year, for several reasons.

As an aside, the 400th of Plymouth was muted last year due to COVID's entry on the scene. The planning for the other anniversaries continues quietly. We would like to suggest a little change. If one looks at Massachusetts, starting in the 1620s, towns came into existence continually. This post on the 400ths lists over 70 towns. Notice the image. See Wikipedia for the page on the settlements.

As an aside, rather than just look at the 400 roll-over, we are taking a broader view: 400th, 300th, 250th, 200th, and 100th. That is, we are talking four centuries of families. Notice that this blog has a link to the Lunt book (which needs some serious updating). We have found lots of other Lunt work being done and will get to pulling the information together.

The 250th? That's what SAR/DAR are calling the upcoming event which has been organized from the perspective of the U.S. (link to the 250th project - america250.org). Lots has been written about the American Revolution. There are plenty websites targeted to the subject. Note that both SAR (newly minted) and DAR have extensive databases about Patriots and their families.

We are also looking at Loyalists, especially from the perspective that New France and New Spain subsumed much more land than did New England. The 200th? At that time, the border twixt Canada and the U.S. was still fluid. People were moving out west about this time, as well. So, lots to look at.

But, stepping back. Benedict Arnold led a group from New England up to Quebec in 1775 to stage a surprise attack. Some of the volunteers were from Newbury and Newburyport. We start by looking at one who did a diary - Caleb Haskell. What is interesting is that Caleb was at the Siege of Boston in the organization of Ezra Lunt (Lunt book, #302). Ezra did not go north with Benedict's group.

But, the tale is interesting. Too, the Lunt book makes some mention of Ezra's life. There is more on his service in the Mass Sailors & Soldiers book. However, we can fill in the pieces, too. For example, in our other blog, we are looking at The Massachusetts Magazine which published from 1908 to 1918. Each issue included a look at a Regiment that had been at the Siege of Boston. Ezra is mentioned on TMM, Vol IX, 1916, page 33; his brother, Paul, is listed a little later.

In brief, Arnold's trek had lots of problems. It was winter. He was wounded. So, later events might be seen, somewhat, in a new light.

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We have been posting information since 2010 and are ready to formalize the scope and look. Any recommendations and comments would be welcome.

Remarks: Modified: 05/13/2021

05/13/2021 --

Further on descendants

2021-03-15T18:13:00.002-07:00

We have done a lot of research related to the periods of American History that ought to be more attention especially from the perspective of families. That is, we are 250 years from the start of the turmoil of the American Revolution. We are 400 years from the start of New England in the north. Virginia dates from 1607. We are 200 years from the western expansion that happened after things got settled after the Louisiana Purchase, the trek of Clark & Lewis, and the War of 1812. Then, coming forward, we are 100 years from the new responsibilities of the global stage.

There are lots of families to look at. We have found dozens through working with friends on their pedigree in the context of organizations in the Hereditary Society Community. These families represent the gamut: New England entry moving early to Virginia (and the Carolinas) then west; Virginia (and Carolinas) entry moving post the Revolution to the west (following Boone, sometimes) - these went north west leaving tracks across the plains to the coast or went south to Texas and points west (of these, some went further - with Oregon a popular destination); New England out west by water (two modes) establishing themselves on the coast; those from New France out west via the northern waters; and many more. Must mention later entry along the mid-coast that were a first wave since one had to go inland to find land. Also, for a period, there was an influx from Europe post the Civil War (early entrants in this group were here in time to support the Revolution. Lots of groups and times.

George Shultz, who served in the Marines and was a member of the Cabinet for several Presidents, died recently at the age of 100. He was born in 1920. Looking at his life's work, several things popped up. But, taking a further look at one topic led to this short list which will be extended. George has a mixture of new and old families. However, one of his activities was being a Fellow at the Hoover Institute. This is hosted at Stanford University. Herbert Hoover, 31st President, was a descendant of New England, too. As usual, as we look at pedigrees, we look to find a 'cousin' relationship, whether by genes or by in-law-ness. In many cases, this allows us some additional material for research.

But, what was interesting with respect to Hoover was who he followed; so, the 30th President is our first name. The second name is contemporary and placed as a marker for future research.

Calvin Coolidge - his administration started during the time of the 300th anniversary of the Cape Ann venture about which we have an interest. He is descendant of many New England families (see WikiTree). The one we want to mention is Henry Lunt through his daughter Mary Goodwin.
Thomas Wayne Markle - this mention comes from a blog post by the NEHGS: The Royal Ancestry ... There is a chart with details. Going to WikiTree, we can see information on Rev. William Skipper. There are two things that we want to mention. We have been using WikiTree since they have projects related to Gateways as well as make an effort to source their material. Rev Skipper's profile is handled by the Great Migration Project that is based upon the work at NEHGS by a team lead by R.C. Anderson.

In both of these trees, we find the profile of Henry Lunt. Work will continue with respect to the information provided and its provenance.

Remarks: Modified: 03/15/2021

03/15/2021 --

Henry, again

2020-12-29T12:19:00.001-08:00

We have seen lots of references to Henry and his time. We will pay more attention to these.

So, with the proverbial punt down the road, we'll let the year end.

Remarks: Modified: 12/29/2020

12/29/2020 --

Status, again

2020-10-27T11:19:00.001-07:00

This theme on one family complements the TGS work; we'll get getting back to this.

For now, here are pointers to current work is being done:

Quora - started here in July of 2015. The decline in posting at blogs is associated with this move which has been very interesting in its effects. Quora covers the bases. There have been several answers on Quora that we did with regard to New England and its continuing influences.
Thomas Gardner Society, Inc. - what is gets more attention is our blog which has been in action during a decade of work in which we are always learning. This focus is on the 400 years of American history including the century plus that preceded the Revolution.
GitHub - where the technical mind can get refreshed. Might have a code focus but is used, too, for managing complex data systems.
Others -

Remarks: Modified: 10/27/2020

10/27/2020 --

Summary, 2019

2020-01-03T15:36:00.001-08:00

This year, we got involved with getting Find A Grave records updated.

List of 2019 posts.

Remarks: Modified: 01/03/2020

01/03/2020 --

Memorial Day

2019-05-23T14:10:00.002-07:00

In the spirit of the Holiday that dates to the Civil War, recent work suggests future activity. While looking for details about property owned by a Henry Lunt in Salem, MA (Sidney Perley's map), we got back to a collateral family. There is records on findagrave for this family. One record had been changed, so that caused more research (Problem with Find A Grave). Per usual, there was a lot more information on this family than a few years ago (Resources and work).

Given our experience with WikiTree last year (Margaret, anew), we started a profile for John Blake (Pittsfield, NH) as the central figure. Too, we were interested in Elizabeth A. (Blake) Lunt but went looking for siblings and other members. Sure enough. There was enough found to now write this up further. Still, there's lots to do.

Turns out that Elizabeth has an older sister, Caroline, who was the first child. So, we found her birth notice and followed the family through Census and other records. We saw that Caroline had married Walter A. Ingalls. We saw that she was in Boston before marrying with her brother, Alpheus P. Blake. That unusual name helped us identify other siblings.

But, the gist of this post is Caroline's husband. There is a grave in the Riverside Cemetery of Saugus that says: Walter A. Ingalls, Co. A, 24th Reg. Mass. Vols. Earlier, we had seen notice that Caroline had received a pension. The record of her husband said that he had served in Co. A. Reg 24. So, is this he? Well, on further search, he is unique name helps resolve the issue.

Caroline was noted as a widow in 1890. So, Walter died before that. We will be working more on the details. Their son was noted in the Congressional Record (1921) as being eligible for a pension after his mother died.

Along with other family records, we made a records for Caroline as she had several children. So, more work to do. Also, we know that Walter was born in Scotland. He was about 10 years older than Caroline. They lived in several places in Massachusetts. So, we now have a pointer on findagrave on the Walter record that points to a record that we manage and can keep up to date as we research. The Caroline record on findagrave points to her WikiTree Profile.

This was our first time associating a grave record with the family that was left behind. That this involves a person who was a Civil War veteran makes it more significant given that this weekend is the scheduled holiday weekend in the U.S. As we looked at the Blakes, we noted Patriots from the Revolutionary War time, plus 1812 conflict references. Hence, we will make an effort to identify those associations as we find them and make sure that grave records get updated as necessary.

In findagrave, one asks the manager to make a change that may or may not get done. Right now, John's and Ruth's records point to the four daughters. We have the other updates suggested and pending.

Remarks: Modified: 06/02/2019

06/02/2019 -- We are working this in conjunction with the Thomas Gardner Society, Inc. This case has lots of opportunity to show necessary work and to discuss methods, even technology.

Resources and work

2019-05-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, we wrote of an example from findagrave (Elizabeth A. (Blake) Lunt) where the parents were changed but it wasn't clear why. We had done earlier research and wondered what had been missed, if anything. There are lots of conflicting information mismatches on the web. It is not uncommon for different positions to be about equal in support. What to do?

Well, research further. This lady had a brother with an unusual first name, Alpheus. The 1850 U.S. Census had her and him in the household of their parents. But, that year did not have relationships detailed, so we get the cabbage patch child syndrome (see Flyover country for some bit of mischief that will be further detailed in the future - like a kid just appeared?). Anyway, there also was a Jeremiah, uncommon but not so much. We have already seen his bio written since he was an early developer out in Sonoma County, California (post Gold Rush time).

So, Alpheus stood out as the key item. Solve him, and things would fall into place. Or not (at which point, we would have further work). Well, turns out that Alpheus did the trick. He has a findagrave record with the same erroneous father and no mother. So, Elizabeth is seen as sibling, however, the other names are wrong.

But, in 2011, people in the town of South Daytona FL which had renamed themselves from Blake FL, were wondering, whence the name? We have seen this before as we have chased down the same thing for places noted as Gardner/Gardiner (need to summarize this work). In one case, the work is ongoing with a slew of information awaiting analysis so as to help foot-draggers make a decision. In this case, there are differing eye-witness accounts (for more information, see The Gardiner that was), however the records seem to support one view more than the others. So, that is a continuing bit of excitement.

In a sense, this last exercise was good; we always want to have more information that supports a position. Or, we want to find things that might suggest that we're off beam.

In any case, the next step is to get findagrave updated. As we did with Margaret using WikiTree, we are using WikiTree to collect the material for public consumption. There is one fact. As time goes along, digital records increase. As they come to fore, we can see how new stuff applies to what has been done so far. You know, DNA has caused a few wrinkles here and there.

In this case, a decade ago, there was not as much information for this family. Now, there is a whole lot more. The following list points to WikiTree where images were put up to use to write up the biographies. Given new insights by obituaries and such, we can extend the look for information on members of collateral families.

Oh yes, one bit of future work would be watching on-line postings of information. Too, there would be reviews of references to on-line postings. Meaning, anything that a group owns will not just sit there; it'll need active management; too, that'll suggest costs.

WikiTree for Alpheus P. Blake. Each of those references have pointers to related material that we need to look at. Oh yes, the obit mentions his sister and remaining brothers.
WikiTree for Elizabeth A. (Blake) Lunt. Her son, a lawyer, was quite explicit about what he knew of his ancestors. One of the images is the bio of Jeremiah Ladd Blake. He notes his ancestors as well as provided details about his life with his parents. Noted in Alpheus' obituary.
WikiTree for John Blake. Right now, the images show the Census record as well as the marriage of John's marriage to Ruth S(anborn) Ladd. There is one wrinkle. John had an older brother of the same name who died at the age of 8/9.

Alpheus has railroad connections that bear further study. Too, he was a founder of Hyde Park, a suburb of Boston. Per usual, the progeny of this family are scattered all over the place. We'll look into that, too.

Remarks: Modified: 05/23/2019

05/18/2019 -- There are several references to Alpheus at this site related to Winthrop, MA. This blurb mentions lots of activities that we need to look at further.

(Google: Street View, Map) Triton Ave. was given its Greek mythological name (messenger of the sea) by Alpheus P. Blake as part of development of land he purchased on Point Shirley in 1884. Alpheus Blake was born in Orange, New Hampshire in 1832. He later moved to Pittsfield, NH, then Boston, and eventually Winthrop. He his known as the founder of Hyde Park (Wikipedia). Described as a shrewd land speculator and railroad developer, his accomplishments included founding the Boston Land Company, chartering two railroads, "The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad" and the "Eastern Junction, Broad Sound Pier & Point Shirley Railroad", and was also at one time president of New England Brick Company. Point Shirley's was orginally part of what was called the Deane Winthrop Farm. In 1753 it was purchased from Thomas Pratt (see Pratt St.) for a fishing station, and them named Point Shirley. In 1808 it was purchased by Russel Sturgis to become a salt works. In 1844 it became the home of the Revere Copper Works. In 1884 the land was purchased for development by Alpheus Blake, with financial backing from former New Hampshire governor, Samuel W. Hale, and former Maine governor Joseph R. Bodwell. Blake was also involved in filling and development of Orient Heights and Beachmont. Mr. Blake had a winter home in Florida where he was connected with the company that built the Jacksonville St Augustine & Indian River Railroad. The town of Blake (now South Daytona) was named in his honor.

05/19/2019 -- Some reading material: Memorial Sketch of Hyde Park, Mass., for the First Twenty Years ..., Founding of Hyde Park, Hyde Park, ...

05/23/2019 -- Having spent about four days looking at the Blakes, it's time to write a post. Go to WikiTree (John Blake and find profiles of some of his children and a biography in progress). Alpheus had a sister Caroline whose husband became a veteran of the Civil War. We have linked his grave record to the record of his wife (which points to WikiTree as the focus for continuing work).

Problems with Find A Grave

2019-05-17T07:57:00.003-07:00

Find A Grave has the same problem as does Wikipedia, except it might be worse. In Wikipedia, as an editor, I can go in and make a change with supporting material. Many times, it's just removing graffiti. With the Talk page, one can discuss what is what with regard to what might be on the page. I have an example of that with Thomas Gardner's burial. We visited the cemetery and have details about what we learned. It took a long while to figure out an issue with where the cemetery staff directs people's attention. Essentially, the burial site was trashed, stones broken, some bodies moved, some stones moved, and the remainder of the bodies in an unknown condition. Yet, on Find A Grave, the most I could do was get them to mention this: Gardner's Hill Burial Ground (Defunct). In which, I might add, they say there will be no memorials. But, I have already started to collect names of those buried there.

Now, with regard to a newer burial, I pointed to a findagrave record from WikiTree for Elizabeth A. Blake Lunt. The WikiTree information is correct but incomplete. I have all of the documents required for several lines from this records due to working applications for organizations under the auspices of the Hereditary Society Community. But, yesterday, I went to look as I wanted to reference the record. I find this.

My first thought is that the adage of watching the web for changes to your stuff is very much correct. It ought to be daily. Companies might think real time and actually do. Then, I contacted the owner and pointed him to the WikiTree record. Too, I wondered who might have asked for the change.

Notice, please, that I put records related to Elizabeth there, yesterday. Alfred, her son, notes who her parents were. Also, he references some of her ancestors. His brother was S.A.R. based upon this. And, we have her brother's, Jeremiah's, word about his parents and their parents. Also, I made a new record for John and Ruth (sponsored by the TGS, Inc.) but will look further for their record on findagrave, if there is one. In any case, we need to get the WikiTree information supported with documents (which I have, it's a matter of time).

It occurred to me, though, that I started with AOL. My last entry there was about 2010. After we talked to a D.A.R. genealogist who was great, I started my own tree and filing system. It is huge based upon nine years of work. Though, I need to transfer to something readily available. As an aside, I have been looking. It is nice that the NEHGS recently offered another option (more later).

In 2014, I saw that there was a WikiTree record for Thomas Gardner. I made note of some discoveries about his wife and the mother of his children. Who, btw, had been dissed by the genealogists prior to our recent work. In 2018, they started to look at Margaret. I provided the material that I had collected and my written analysis. And, the discussion was done on WikiTree (where the NEHGS genealogists hang out, for one thing - or did). I'm not sure how the Thomas Gardner findagrave is right now. They have him moved to Harmony Grove Cemetery. That did not happen. Expect to hear more on this.

But, back to AOL. All over, you see these heritage groups saying, no AOL. Why? For one thing, those little shaky leaves. I knew nothing back in 2009 when I started to look at a tree on AOL. But, I remember this Colby connect; in fact, I have notes from then having blogged and kept a journal about this work from the beginning.

Per usual, there is a lot to discuss. But, this post is a FYI about developments and work that needs to be done. The internet allows good documentation; we ought to take advantage of that benefit.

And, about issues of wrong information? I found an article by the principal Gardner author from the late 1890s that was published. It had the pedigree of his grandmother. Nice, I thought. But, then, I see that it differs from what he published in his book in 1907. You see. Just like me having some stuff on AOL that might be publicly accessible (which I will go and point to WikiTree if I can), Dr. Frank never thought that his early work would be picked up by some digitizing effort over 100 years later and spread worldwide via the internet.

I have heard talk about Tudor propaganda. We can discuss. How will we know what is what in the future? Think of that. The Thomas Gardner Society, Inc. has that one it plate as something that you plan for. It'll require a mindset change; too, though, there is (will continue to be) a cost.

Who is looking at the broader picture in terms of genealogy? At least, some in science are seeing just how much of a problem is the computer. Actually, we not talking trivial. So, expect this theme to appear now and then, as well.

Remarks: Modified: 05/23/2019

05/17/2019 -- Or no problem. I found this brother of John Blake (father of Elizabeth who was mother of Alfred E. Lunt) who was named John and died early:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51509150/john-blake.

05/18/2009 -- Brother, Alpheus Perley Blake, died before Elizabeth. His obit mentions her as well as the surviving brothers.

05/23/2019 -- Having spent about four days looking at the Blakes, it's time to write a post. Go to WikiTree (John Blake and find profiles of some of his children and a biography in progress). Alpheus had a sister Caroline whose husband became a veteran of the Civil War. We have linked his grave record to the record of his wife (which points to WikiTree as the focus for continuing work).

Henry Lunt lot

2019-05-16T15:09:00.003-07:00

While studying the early days of Essex County, I have run into the work of Sidney Perley quite a bit. Recently, I found his Essex Antiquarian on-line at the Peabody Institute Library. Sidney published from 1897 to 1908. At that time, The Massachusetts Magazine started and published quarterly for a decade; it was the second attempt (from Salem), as there was one (from Boston) right after the American Revolution.

While looking at Vol. VIII (1904) of the Essex Antiquarian, I found this map which mentioned a Henry Lunt receiving land in Salem from Francis Skerry (see page 158). Looking at the Lunt book, this is Henry the son of John who was the son of Henry and Ann (see #20 on page 8).

We will be looking further into details of the Essex County experience. For this lot, here is a modern blog post about Massey's cove. Sidney considered that this is where Conant and his crew came into Naumkeag after leaving the Gloucester (Cape Ann) area.

Remarks: Modified: 12/14/2019

05/17/2019 -- Sidney's scope was the whole of Essex County. We will tie together post related to his work: Massey's Cove.

05/23/2019 -- It was following up on this information that we saw a problem on a findagrave record that needed attention. Then, we spent about four days looking at the Blakes; now, it's time to write a post. Go to WikiTree (John Blake and find profiles of some of his children and a biography in progress). Alpheus had a sister Caroline whose husband became a veteran of the Civil War. We have linked his grave record to the record of his wife (which points to WikiTree as the focus for continuing work).

12/14/2019 -- As we know, next year will be Plymouth everywhere. Gloucester has started their 400th planning (2023); Salem just threw its hat in the planning ring (2026).

Summary, 2018

2018-12-30T17:25:00.001-08:00

Prior years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017.

Remarks: Modified: 12/30/2018

12/30/2018 --

Update

2018-11-18T13:16:00.003-08:00

Of late, our creative juices have been spent on two avenues: Thomas Gardner Society, Inc. site and blog; Quora, the indescribable, so to speak. The first is related to this blog in that both families were of MA early. Thomas Gardner was of Cape Ann and Salem. Henry Lunt was of Newbury.

As we look at the influence of social media on society, we have to get back into that realm's need for truth engineering. We intend to use wind-speed social media as an anchor.

On Facebook, there is now a group with Henry Lunt as the focus. We will watch activity there.

Remarks: Modified: 11/18/2018

11/18/2018 --

Summary 2017

2017-12-30T17:29:00.002-08:00

Prior years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016.

Remarks: Modified: 12/31/2017

12/31/2017 --

Summary, 2016

2016-12-31T08:16:00.006-08:00

Prior years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015.

Remarks: Modified: 12/31/2016

12/31/2016 --

Isabella's Museum

2016-08-31T07:02:00.000-07:00

We have a Category of Descendants. One post lists some prominent descendants.

We need to add another: John Lowell Gardner, II. His lineage is detailed in Gardner's Memorial (1933) by Frank A. Gardner, M.D. Lunt comes in via Pickering.

His wife founded the Boston Museum using their collection.

Remarks: Modified: 08/31/2016

08/31/2016 --

Leap Day, 2016

2016-02-29T10:47:00.001-08:00

We started this blog in December 2010. So, this will be our second Leap Day. However, it might be interesting to see what was going during each of those earlier times.

2010

George C. Lunt (Silversmith

2012

progeny list

Whence issues

MSS series

Remarks: Modified: 03/01/2016

02/29/2016 --

Summary, 2015

2016-01-04T16:23:00.005-08:00

In 2015, there were 2 posts.

We did not do a summary in 2014.

Top 5 posts

Prior years: 2011, 2012, 2013.

Remarks: Modified: 01/04/2016

01/04/2016 --

Green Acre, 1912

2015-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:00

At least two descendants of Henry Lunt were at this meeting in 1912, Green Acre, near Eliot, ME. As we discover the others, we will update this post.

Remarks: 08/09/2015

08/09/2015 --

Sarah Osgood

2015-04-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

Thomas S. Lunt did a good job with his book. There are various other works that extend what we know about the descendants of Henry and Ann Lunt (example web site).

While looking at a site today, I saw that Sarah Osgood had married Joesph Lunt. On looking at T.S.'s book, I see that Joseph is #66. He is the son of Joseph Lunt (#15) and Martha Noyes. Martha was a descendant of Rev. William Noyes through his son, Rev. Nicholas Noyes.

Now, Sarah is interesting. She is the offspring of families that were troubled by the Witch Trials of 1692: Osgood, Dane, Clements. Her grandmother was Mary (Clements) Osgood who was accused. She is descendant of Rev. Francis Dane who was a vocal critic of the whole affair (Imagine a meeting).

T.S. mentions nothing further about Joseph and Sarah. But, on a closer look (Mass Vital Records), we see that they had a daughter, Sarah, born in 1741.

The next step is to see what became of this Sarah Lunt. Those families experienced a lot of tragedy. We seem to romanticize the experiences of the witch trials, but those who suffered did so in a dire mode (to wit, the Wilson family and a medical affliction on a whole generation).

Remarks: 04/03/2015

04/03/2015 --

Pages

2014-12-18T12:26:00.001-08:00

Added pages which allow a view beyond the temporal (usual listing) and category (not really used here).

See the Header for the tabs.

Remarks: 12/18/2014

12/18/2014 -- Need to remember the Title.

Find a grave

2014-05-03T18:55:00.004-07:00

findagrave.com is a very nice resource with a lot of potential. One can find a lot of good information using it, albeit, with the usual caveats (from whence the material and upon what is it founded).

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I ran across the Henry Lunt entry today. It has been there for some time, originally posted by a descendant of son, Henry. Thanks, Bonnie Weller. Now, the page is maintained by member, Catamount.

The write-up mentions Henry's wife, Anne, as being the daughter of Edward and Isabell Carrington of Nottingham. Anyone have additional information on this?

Remarks: Modified: 05/04/2014

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Summary, 2013

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This blog got its start in December, 2010. A Post of Interest was done in December of 2011. So far, there has been 31 posts with one category which is Descendants.

The image shows an ordered list of posts that shows the popularity for the Past 30 days and for All time. Compare with last year's.

Past 30 days All time

We expect to have more activity next year.

Remarks: Modified: 12/31/2013

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