Rev. Nicholas Noyes ( 1647–1717) – Son of Nicholas Noyes, a founding settler of Newbury, and nephew of Dr. Thomas Parker, he was a pastor at Salem, MA. Rev. Noyes was officiating clergy during in the Salem Witch Trials, although some of the accused were related to him (& us!). He later regretted and [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Silhouette: Rev. Nicholas Noyes
February 11, 2007Out on a Limb: Little House on the Prairie
February 10, 2007Almonzo Wilder, husband of Laura Ingalls Wildler of the Little House on the Prairie stories, was a neighbor to the Mitchell’s. The Mitchell’s and Wilder’s lived and grew up together in the town of Malone, NY. Wilder later moved to Minnesota where he met Laura and became the father of daughter, Rose.
Reading “Farmer Boy” [...]
Silhouette: John Mitchell
February 10, 2007John Mitchell – Was one of the first settlers of Burke, NY having obtained a military land grant.
Militia lieutenant in 1819 and Sherrif in 1822, he was the executioner of Malone County, NY’s first murderer. It is told that upon the occasion he wore his full regimentals, and mounted on a white horse, sprung the [...]
Silhouette: Maj./Col. Charles Frost
February 10, 2007Maj./Col. Charles Frost ( ) – Notorious “Indian Killer” of Maine, his mother and sister having been taken into captivity and murdered. In 1658 he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of Maine. After a long military history of protecting settlers from Indians he finally fell at their hands at Ambush Rock, Elliot, ME [...]
