Category Archives: Massachusetts

Are you sure your ancestor came on the Mayflower? :)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Did you know that of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower only 26 heads of families have been recognized by the Mayflower Society as having descendants? Here is an excellent article all about this at the New England Historic Genealogical … Continue reading →

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Our Scottish POWs are now on Facebook!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Pepper) Today I have launched a “sister-site” to the Scottish War Prisoners Yahoo Group on Facebook. Please go take a look and LIKE us and JOIN us! My direct paternal ancestor, John Hamilton (Pepper line), was a Scottish prisoner of … Continue reading →

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Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Nantucket Ancestors

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I have recently started following this blog, Boston 1775, (Thanks to Dan H. for sharing about this site!), and if you love Colonial history, especially the American Revolution, then I think you will like it too! The owner/author of the … Continue reading →

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Been Soule Searchin’ Today!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Bishop) George Soule to be exact! 🙂 George Soule was a servant to Edward Winslow and came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. He is my 10th great-grandfather through my Grandmother Reita Bishop. So if you are a descendant of … Continue reading →

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John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Hamilton/Pepper) My 10th great-grandparents were Separatists and were some of the first Pilgrims to immigrate to the New World. I will be sharing more about them in the future, but until I get to that I want to share a … Continue reading →

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It’s all in a name!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Teresa Rust

(Hamilton/Pepper and Roork) I have started a new page today! I am creating two lists. One for my paternal surnames and one for my maternal surnames. This way, anyone can see all of the surnames that I have in my ancestry. My … Continue reading →

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Pepper DNA Project

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Pepper DNA Needed! Pepper DNA Project Judy and I are still looking for a male Pepper descendant from one of the following, Thomas Pepper in Massachusetts (1779-1854); Porter Pepper in Massachusetts (1811-1864); John Prouty Pepper in Massachusetts and Kansas (1833-1904); … Continue reading →

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American Revolution Prisoners of War

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Teresa Rust

I just learned from a podcast today that there were probably, four to one, more America Revolutionary soldiers that died from horrible conditions, while as prisoners, either in a building or on a British ship, than killed from battle wounds! … Continue reading →

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How DNA Changed My Ancestry! Part 1

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Teresa Rust

PEPPER, that is my maiden name, the name given to me at birth, inherited by my father, and his father and his father, etc. So, for over 34 years, off and on, I have been researching my PEPPER family history! … Continue reading →

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