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The Sea Beggar: An Apprentice is the first of a series of a historical novels about Ephraim Bogardus who was a Hudson River mariner. He was a Dutch American who lived in the Hudson Valley and operated Hudson River Sloops. Ephraim Bogardus lived between 1687 and 1770. In this novel Ephraim tells his story of how he learned to a privateer during early days Queen Anne's War (1702-1713). The term sea beggar or in Dutch watergeuzen means a sea ro...

Mary Chilton was the first Pilgrim to step on Plymouth Rock. The First Step tells the story of Mary Chilton Winslow who along with her parents came to the new world aboard the Mayflower and settled in Plimoth Planation. Mary tells how and why she and her parents left Leiden in the Netherlands to settle in the new world and of her experiences in the early days of Plimoth Plantation including being the first person on Plimoth Rock and participat...

This book is the story of the ancestors of June Scott Battles. It tells the story of her rich Scott/Irish heritage and connections to the Scott Clan. June's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren all share this Scott heritage. The Scotts have a tradition handed down from our Border Reiver ancestors that we should be proud of and share this family story.

Sometimes family history merges our national or state histories. In my case the story of my ancestors can help understand the founding of Connecticut. I have three of my ancestors who helped found the colony of Connecticut in the early 17th century. This is the story of the Phelps, Porter, and Avery families who helped found what is now the state of Connecticut. By telling their real stories can help one understand the early days of the Connec...

Knight of the black leg or The Legend of Cilmin-Troed-Dhu is a Welsh medieval tale dating back to 830 AD. The story tells of a brave young knight Cilman who has to free his town from evil demons and a hideous giantess who live in the nearby mountains. It is the Legend of Cilmin-Troed-Dhu that forms the basis of the family crest of the Gilman family. Even if you are not a member of this family you will enjoy the story none the less. The illustr...

Clinton Delos Bundy was the youngest child of Peter Bundy III and his second wife Charlotte French Bundy. He was born in 1849 in Andover, New York and died young at the age of only twenty six in 1875 in Lima, New York. Clinton serves as a bridge between his rich Pilgrim and his present day decendants. His ancestor was Mayflower passenger James Chilton. The Bundy connection comes when John Bundy married James Chilton's grandaughter, Martha Clan...

This is a two act play which is the story of James Chilton, the oldest pilgrim passenger on the Mayflower. He was born a Roman Catholic in Canterbury, County Kent, England and died a committed separatist off Cape Cod in the new world. His wife Susanna was the only pilgrim female to have been excommunicated by the Church of England. James and his family were harried out of the country in the words of King James because of their religious belief...