Today is the 249th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the Revolution: Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant. He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode Island and then with Nathani ..read more

ON THIS DATE: BIRTHS: 3 Apr 1665 6x ggm Elizabeth Briggs was born at Sandwich, Ma. 3 Apr 1712 6x ggm Keziah Shuttleworth was born at Wrentham, Ma. DEATHS: 3 Apr 1693 10x ggf Edward Bumpas died at Marshfield, Ma. 3 Apr 18385x ggf Amos Upton died at Norway, Me ..read more

 ON THIS DATE  BIRTHS: 2 Apr 1678 7x ggf Henry Haskell was born at Gloucester, Ma. 2 Apr 1637 9x ggf Jonathan Morey was born at Plymouth, Ma. DEATHS: 2 Apr 1697 8x ggf John Ellis died at Sandwich, Ma 2 Apr 1833 5x ggf John Ames IV died at Canton, Me ..read more

 ON THIS DATE: BIRTH: 1 Apr 1646 8x ggm Deborah Barnes was born in Salisbury, Ma. MARRIAGE: 1 Apr 1639 9x ggp William Parker & Mary Rawlings were married in Scituate, Ma. DEATH: 1 Apr 1688 9x ggf John Beal died in Hingham, Ma. 1 Apr 1777 5x ggf Abel Moore died in Bolton, Ma ..read more

ON THIS DATE: MARRIAGE: 31 Mar 1727 7x ggp John Nutting & Mary Spaulding were married in Chelmsford, Ma. DEATHS: 31 Mar 1657 9x ggr John Ayer died in Haverhill, Ma. 31 Mar 1687 9x ggf John Tuttle died at Rumney Marsh, Ma ..read more

ON THIS DATE: DEATHS: 30 Mar 1703 8x ggf Benjamin Abbott died at Andover, Ma. 30 Mar 1665 10x ggf Richard Linton died at Lancaster. Ma ..read more

 ON THIS DATE: BIRTHS: 29 Mar 1726 5x ggf Thomas West was born at Kingston, Ma. 29 Mar 1638 8x ggf Thomas Rogers died at Duxbury, Ma. DEATH: 29 Mar 1671 9x ggf George Hayward died in Concord, Ma ..read more

  ON THIS DATE: MARCH 24TH  0N THIS DATE: BIRTH: 24 Mar 1689 7x ggm Zerviah Holt was born at Andover, Ma. 24 Mar 1684 7x ggf Jeremiah Dean was born at Dedham, Ma. MARRIAGES: 24 Mar 1645 10x ggp Robert Ware & Margaret Hunting were married at Dedham, Ma. 24 Mar 1919 gp Floyd Earl West Sr. & Cora Bertha Barker were married at Errol, N.H.  DEATHS: 24 Mar 1671  10x ggf Edmund Greenleaf died at Boston, Ma ..read more

  ON THIS DATE: BIRTH: 23 Mar 1821 3xggm Regine Xiane Frederika Kaufman was born in Wurtemburg, Germany   MARRIAGE: 23 Mar 1718 6xggp Ebenezer Ellingwood and Sarah Tuck were married at Beverley, Ma.    DEATHS: 23 Mar 1678 9x ggf Gamaliel Beaman died at Dorchester, Ma 23 Mar 1676 9x ggf John Ellis died at Plymouth, Ma. 23 Mar 1698 10x ggf Thomas Brewer died at Hampton, N.H ..read more

ON THIS DATE BIRTH: 15 Mar 1735 6x ggf Jonathan Williamson was born at Georgetown,Me. DEATHS: 15 Mar 1646 10x ggf Rice Cole died at Charlestown, Ma. 15 Mar 1641 9x ggm Isobel (Denton) Halstead died in Concord, Ma. 15 Mar 1708  7x ggf John Doane died at Eastham, Ma ..read more