Oct 22, 2011

Daniel and Mary Proctor

Dr. Daniel Proctor (1812-1895) and Mary Jane Story Proctor (1826-1917)

Growing up I remember seeing these tin-type photos hanging on our wall. They had lovely oval frames and I often looked at these two and marveled at the resemblance I saw between my father and his great-grandfather. See what I mean?

My father - also Dr. Proctor, about 2002

Daniel Proctor was a well respected member of his community according to his 1895 obituary:

Oct 1, 2011

Sis

SISTER, 12x12", Mixed Media by Alisa Proctor

Everyone always said Evelyn was the "pretty" one. So eventually Gertrude started to believe it too.

Aug 14, 2011

Proctor-Meacham Ancestry Highlights

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Revolutionary War Soldiers (RWS)

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(Daughters
of the American Revolution (DAR) documentation numbers in parentheses):

John AIKEN  (#A000868) 

Isaac GRISWOLD  (#A048684) 

Jabez KELLOGG  (#A064414)

Abraham MEACHAM  (#A076599)

Noah PARSONS  (#A088310)

George SAPP  (#A100189)

Ebenezer SNOW  (#A106649)

Thomas STANDISH  (#A108402),  

Tristram STORY 

Bela STRONG  (#A111471)

Capt. Thomas
WELLS  (#A100189)

Salem Witch Trials

*John PROCTOR -
Hanged 1692

*Elizabeth (THORNDIKE)
PROCTOR – John’s second wife (our step-grandma). Convicted, gave birth in
prison.)

*Rebecca (SHELLEY)
CHAMBERLAIN – Died in prison 1692.

*Rev. John HALE - Originally
an accuser, later was vocal against the trials and helped lead to the end of
the trials.

*Mary (BLISS) PARSONS– First
to be accused of witchcraft.  Tried
as witch twice.  Lots of   interesting  info can be found at 
http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/parsons/hnmockup/home.html

Mayflower
Passengers 

John ALDEN

Gov. William BRADFORD

William & Alice
MULLINS

Priscilla MULLINS  (John Alden and Priscilla Mullins later
married.)

Thomas ROGERS

Miles STANDISH

Richard WARREN

John TILLEY

Joan Hurst TILLEY

Elizabeth TILLEY

John HOWLAND

Interesting
Fact 

Nearly ALL of the Proctor-Meacham Family ancestors arrived by boat from England between 1620-1650, including 12 who arrived on the Mayflower.

Aug 3, 2011

Gertrude, with Bow

Gerturde E. Homan (1908-1998)

The Bow
8x10, Mixed Media by Alisa Proctor

Jul 11, 2011

Great G - Stella May Wood

Jun 20, 2011

My Family Tree - 4 generations

Introduction - Illustrating My Ancestors begins

Not long ago I began spending (too much) time online at Ancestry.com working on my family tree. Although I've always been interested in genealogy, and knew that there was some interesting family history in my tree, I was nevertheless astounded to find so much fascinating information about those who came before me. There are clearly so many interesting stories to be told.

From that fascination, this blog was born. Over the course of time I will continue to explore some of these ancestors in more detail...and will post my illustrations and tidbits about their lives.