Meriam's Corner and Along the Very Historic Trail

Josiah Meriam House

We peeked in through a lot of windows, and admired the scenery outside.

THE MERIAM HOUSEHISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT

(A 550+ page pdf)

Minute Man National Historical Park Concord, Massachusetts

Nathan's Burial site.

1885

MERIAM'S CORNER 

 ____ 

 THE BRITISH TROOPS 

 RETREATING FROM THE 

 OLD NORTH BRIDGE 

 WERE HERE ATTACKED IN FLANK 

 BY THE MEN OF CONCORD 

 AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS 

 AND DRIVEN UNDER A HOT FIRE

TO CHARLESTOWN

Near Here Is Buried

A British Soldier

April 19, 1775

Boston Harbor 16 miles

 Along the Battle Road Trail (above and below).

The above photos were taken along the Battle Road Trail in Concord, Massachusetts. See Minute Man National Park. The walking trail, a little over 5 miles begins at the Visitor's Center and ends at Miriam's Corner, see my first photo, and the one below. I walked about two miles, and these photos are what we saw.

Momence, Kankakee Co., Illinois -- Those Places Thursday

Momence, Illinois

Photos used with permission, thanks to Gary Hanna, my recently discovered 5th cousin. He and I share the Scramlin / Scrambling line and he is currently working on the Hanna line. If anybody has Hanna in their tree from Illinois, please let me know.

Those Places Thursday -- Home of Joshua L. Chamberlain

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Brunswick, Maine

On Tuesday, I posted his cemetery stone.

Water Damage to House, January 2014

Those Places Thursday -- Where an Ancestor Lived

Whenever I travel to a distant town, state or an island, I always check my genealogy records to see if an ancestor had ties to that location. So I was delighted when I discovered that my ancestor Thomas Mayhew (large wikipedia article*) was an early settler of Martha's Vineyard (island) in Massachusetts.


Many of the photos will be shown on my Flowers From My Area blog, but a few new ones are below. Naturally, the houses were not there in 1647, when Thomas moved from Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to Martha's Vineyard. But, I believe he probably saw the bluffs.


*"In 1641, Thomas secured Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands, and other islands as a proprietorship from Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Lord Sterling. This enabled him to transfer his business operations there. With the help of son Thomas, a settlement was established. Farming and whaling enterprises began."