History is a vast collection of stories and perspectives from the beginning of time to the present day. Many people have only cursory knowledge of history and some of its important turning points. Few people stop to think about the experiences of those who lived through that history and what it must have been like during that time. Even fewer may be aware that they may have ancestors who were a part of that history. Through the combined methods of formal genealogy and historical research it is possible to see one’s own past come alive. This paper examines the ancestry of the 21st century history student ad uncovers the connections to past events in North American history. CHAPTER ONE: 11th Great Grandfather of Author William Allis was born around the year 1613 in Essex County, England to Richard Allis and Margaret Baines. At the age of seventeen, William Allis arrived in Massachusetts with the Winthrop Fleet. Allis was aboard the Mayflower, which was making its third voyage across the Atlantic. After the immigrants landed at Charlton Harbor, Boston in 1630, they began surveying the land and settling the area. In 1632, Allis shows up in Mount Wollaston, Massachusetts. Allis was one of those who helped to survey the 50 acres of land. In 1634, this land was annexed to Boston. Large amounts of this land were granted to certain residents, and Allis was one of those who received some land. Allis was granted 12 acres on February 24, 1640. Around May of 1640, William Allis took the Freeman’s Oath which gave him the right to hold office and vote in the Puritan society. Allis was most likely well-educated and was a member of the Puritan church. By this time, he was a skilled surveyor and a successful farmer. He was a prominent resident ... ... middle of paper ... ...mustered out on October 25, 1864 on disability. Anthony Gabler, after the war, would move from Detroit to Rubicon, Huron County, Michigan. Sometime after the war, he married again. His second wife was named Elizabeth. Anthony died on September 19, 1917 in Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan at the age of 83. History is an important thing to hold on to. It helps to gain an understanding not only of the past, but also of the present. The people who lived through the important turning points in North American history helped to shape what North America is today. History comprises not just the Jeffersons or the Lincolns, but it also comprises the Van Camps, Lyons, and Lanes. People need to remember the major and minor players in history. Researching one’s family history would be a perfect way to start exploring the makeup of the past and providing for the future.
“Tracing a single Native American family from the 1780’s through the 1920’s posed a number of challenges,” for Claudio Saunt, author of Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family. (pg. 217) A family tree is comprised of genealogical data that has many branches that take form by twisting, turning, and attempting to accurately represent descendants from the oldest to the youngest. “The Grayson family of the Creek Nation traces its origins to the late 1700’s, when Robert Grierson, a Scotsman, and Sinnugee, a Creek woman, settled down together in what is now north-central Alabama. Today, their descendants number in the thousands and have scores of surnames.” (pg. 3)
John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay, lead 900 migrant to the new world because he stated how England was “overburdened with people.” Winthrop and his associates governed this colony by transforming their joint-stock corporation into a political system. The Puritans visualized a reformed Christian society in New England. The Massachusetts Bay established Puritanism as its main religion. The leaders of the Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut gave land to proprietors, and then gave out land to male settlers. The Massachusetts Bay allowed most men whether or not they were rich or poor, to have a vote in town meetings. The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay looked to imitate the simplicity of the first Christians by believing in predestination. As a result, about 10,000 people migrated to this colony over the next
In 1946 graduated from high school as a Valedictorian and joined the U.S. Army. He trained in engineering school at Fort Lewis, Washington. He served 18 months in occupational forces in Japan.
Bibliography: Bibliography 1. John Majewski, History of the American Peoples: 1840-1920 (Dubuque: Kent/Hunt Publishing, 2001). 2.
Often when looking at American history, people tend to lump all the characters and actors involved as similar. This is especially the case in regards to Early American Colonial history. Because the Puritan communities that grew rapidly after John Winthrop’s arrival in 1630 often overshadow the earlier colony at Plymouth, many are lead to assume that all settlers acted in similar ways with regard to land use, religion, and law. By analyzing the writings of William Bradford and John Winthrop, one begins to see differing pictures of colonization in New England.
The study of past events have been a common practice of mankind since the verbal telling of stories by our ancestors. William Cronon, in his article “Why the Past Matters,” asserts that the remembrance of the past “keeps us in place.” Our individual memories and experiences shape how we act in our daily lives. In addition to influencing us at an individual level, our collective history binds us together as a society. Without knowing where we have been or what we have experienced, it is nearly impossible to judge progress or know which courses of action to pursue. The goal of the historian is to analyze and explain past events, of which they rarely have firsthand memory of, and apply the gained knowledge to make connections with current and future events.
The majority of the population living in this distinct place, who settled on today’s Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, lived off of the Puritan authoritative laws. New people were always arriving at the ports of these peculiar settlement areas because of their surplus of natural resources (plants, fish, etc...
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History can tell people many things about the past, about where people came from, how they developed. People can learn many things from history, and this can prevent humans from repeating the past and making a better future. This becomes especially important when taking into account medical history. Medical history can prevent harm of a specific patient, but also prevent harm and asses risks for their family members. Multigenerational medical history covers many generations of close and distant relatives and any medical issues they may have had. This can be especially helpful to promote prevention of a known family disease. If a person knows that their family is at risk for inheriting a genetic disease, they can start early on watching
Earlier historians believed that education in the history department would separate the social classes into two groups, the educated versus the uneducated. Knowledge of history should not be determined by society. You either know your material or you do not completely understand it due to how it is explained. What I did not know, was that our family trees provide us with an understanding of how our families contributed to our ever changing history. Predicting our futures with history can be challenging because we sometimes receive uninformative facts that our teachers or modern historians might not know. For example, Howard Zinn wrote a chapter in his book A People’s history on Christopher Columbus and why we should not celebrate Columbus
Thompson, John Herd, and Mark Paul Richard. "Canadian History in North American Context." In Canadian studies in the new millennium. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 37-64.
I have found my connection to my ancestors. It is neither language, nor country, nor family title. For more than three centuries, my predecessors have been striving, yearning, and devoting their lives in the hope of achieving something better for themselves and for future generations. To this day, it has not been realized. I plan to rectify that.
Roger Williams was born around 1603. The exact date has not been found yet, because his birth records were destroyed in The Great Fire of London. He is the son of James and Alice Williams. His father was a prosperous merchant in London.
After the decease of his mother Roy and his siblings were sent to St. Paul, Minnesota. There in Minnesota, lived his uncle and aunt who they were sent
To begin with, genealogists research family history. First I talked with family, I talked with my dad, and he has a lot of family history. Mrs. Michaelson talked about how people in different places say some words differently. Mrs. Michaelson brought in Tom Munson from the Sioux City museum, he talked about his family tree. The internet sight I used was Ancestry Classroom.