I am an academic with a special scholarly interest in African and African American history, but also have a number of (some 25) Great Migration Ancestors: William Pynchon, John Prentys, Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Capt. Richard Lord, Jemina Coolidge White, George Giddings, John Skinner, William Lord, Richard Lord, Rev. Chad [Chaddus] Brown, John Greene (John Greene the Younger, John of London, John of Wickford and John of Quidnessett), William Warriner, Jr, Deacon Samuel Wright Sr., Henry Burt Jr. Richard Hawes (Hawleys, Haworths, Hawton, Haughton, Howes), Rowland Stebbins (Stebings, Stebbing, Stibbinge, Stubing, Stubbing), John Coolidge, Bartholomew Green, Lieut. John Sanborne, William Worcester, Nathaniel Ives, Capt. Nathaniel Merrimann, Andrew Messenger, Elizabeth Wardwell (formerly Crowell aka Crow, Perry), Gillett, Mary Ravens Coolidge, Arthur Perry. I am currently writing an illustrated book on the history of Newtowne (Cambridge), where I reside and work. I began to do my own genealogy as part of this project, and chose wikitree because I strongly support the wikipedia model - and thinking that I might have one or two ancestors. I had no idea there were so many. I find the information here to be very well sourced and discussed, and would love to communicate with others about these families and others. I am pre-1700 certified, have signed the honor code pledge. My # is Blier-23.
