Read to the bottom for How to Use this Blog . I have been exploring genealogy since I was little, listening to all the stories told by Aunts Connie and Helena, Cousins Ann and Howie and Maurietta, Uncles Leonard and Arthur. There were m ore dead people in the stories than live ones, and they were lots more fun. This was way before it was anyone's hobby, when I was the only one who was interested. Sneaking into the Archives underage and running around graveyards. I was lost to the present, either reading books about Pilgrims or building stories in my head. Always asking, asking, asking. "How is he related to us? Who is their mother? What was her name, and her name, and her name? " While Aunt Anna said, "I don't want to find out anyone was arrested for stealing sheep." Now I find I know more stories about more people than anyone else. And I have more photos of other people's grandparents than anyone else, thanks to a mother who started taking pictures wh...
Massacre at Pines Bridge Since our ancestor Jeremiah Rushton (see Revolutionary War Cowboy post) enlisted in the Westchester Refugees in March 1781, I will describe a raid in which he likely took part in May that year that became known as the Massacre at Pines Bridge. A monument to the American soldiers killed there now stands at Yorktown Heights, New York. 26 https://warrensculpture.com/project/battle-of-pines-bridge-monument/#:~:text=The%20Pines%20Bridge%20Monument%20commemorates,line%20along%20the%20Croton%20River. The Refugees raided a Continental outpost on the Croton River, killed American Colonel Christopher Greene, may have chopped up his body and left him to die, and wounded, captured, and killed many other soldiers of his regiment, the First Rhode Island. Since the First Rhode Island was made up of black and Native American soldiers, racism could be a reason behind the viciousness. 27 This supposition is supported by the future actions of Lt. Colonel DeLanc...