One of them, touted in the Brunswick Stanwood family, had four griffins’ heads upon it. She described the work of John Cole, an unscrupulous man who was the likely creator of two fake coat of arms. I can find no authority for the New England family using arms save by tradition…Įthel Stanwood Bolton, the author of The Stanwood Family in America, also tackled this subject. There seem to be two Stanwood coat of arms. In connection with the origin of the family, comes the question of the right to a coat of arms in this branch of the Stanwood family. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 50:542 tells us of the Stanwood Coat of Arms. Continue reading → Stanwood homesteadįake coat of arms, likely drawn by John Cole, an individual who forged coat of arms in the 19th Century. Loyalist sentiments decreased among the population. Without whaling, the people of Truro had no income and no means of support. Whaling came to a near stop during the war, as ships were often captured by the British. Not only were families worried about the British taking their food and other scare resources, they were also greatly affected by the activity at sea. The revolutionary war came to Truro in 1775 “when a British ship lobbed cannonballs into the town and British marauders came ashore.” Families began to empty their homes to prevent the British from taking their valuable goods. Seafaring was a way of life for those living on Cape Cod. Truro boys and men whaled on Cape Cod, and also signed on to dangerous, long-term voyages in search of whales that would yield valuable oils. Truro was a pioneer whaling town and produced three famous captains. On 12 January 1773, the birth of Simeon’s son, John, was also recorded in the town records. Simeon Spencer resided in Truro in 1771, where he was taxed for two polls, and where his daughter, Martha, was born 4 August 1771. Seeing double: two lines to my Mayflower ancestors! “mistress, n.s.” A Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel Johnson. In this instance, the term “Mrs.” clearly recognized Sarah’s position in society!ġ. Notice marital status was not included! Further research shows Sarah Greenleaf was the unmarried daughter of Joseph and Thomasin (Mayo) Greenleaf, a family of prominence in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. “Mrs.,” an abbreviated form of mistress, was defined in Samuel Johnson’s 1755 dictionary 1 as follows:Ī woman who governs: correlative to subject or to servant.Ī woman who possesses faculties uninjured. A closer look, however, reveals something different. For years I wrongly concluded that Sarah Greenleaf was someone’s widow, having been married before. Take the above record of marriage, for example, in which “Mrs.” Sarah Greenleaf weds Benjamin Bradstreet. There are challenges when we view history through the lens of modern times. Sarah Greenleaf both of Newbury were married November ye 9th 1726
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