Click on 1885 letter from Peter Clinch Essex (1842 – 1916) in England, to Phebe CAMPBELL Hoyt (1832 – 1916) of Nelson, PA (campbellluggblackwell.com) This may help with who is who:
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Note From Geo. Wilson to Thelma ELLISON Huyett About the Death of Mabel SHIPMAN Shaw
I had lots of phone conversations amd correspondence with our late Cousin, Thelma ELLISON Huyett. In many of them she shared with me information that Cousin Mabel SHIPMAN Shaw had shared with her. See: https://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/LtrGeoRWilson2ThelmaEllisonHuyett.html
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Originally published Sept. 17, 2021] In Part 1, we covered how the English Company’s settlers got from Philadelphia to Jersey Shore. Now let’s take them the rest of the way to the land Rev. Hey
Continue ReadingM. B. Seely’s Drug & Dry Goods Store, Nelson, PA ca 1920
The store was originally opened by A. W. Lugg as a “department store.” He took in Mark Seely as a junior partner and than sold it to Mark and relocated 11 miles west to Knoxville,
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[Originally published Sept. 9, 2021] “Getting There is Half the Fun” didn’t apply to moving in 1806 — especially moving to the wilderness. Our immigrants brought chests of their most precious belongings with them on
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[Originally published Sept. 1, 2021] Like 1804, 1805 also was a big year. In Jan. of 1805, Rev. Hey’s parishioners in Philadelphia purchased land to build a new church for him. In April of 1805,
Continue ReadingCotswolds & America (Part 14). [Originally Published Aug. 30, 2021]
1804 was a big year. On 1/27/1804, in Avenng, Gloucestershire, Ann Clinch is born to Thomas & Sarah Lugg Clinch. On 3/26/1804, the northernmost part of PA’s Lycoming Co — Tioga Twp. — is split
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This small, framed image of the coat of arms of the Campbells of Argyle hung oh a wall of my parent’s living room as far back as I can remember. All of the surviving writings
Continue ReadingCotswolds (Part 13). [Originally Published Aug. 27, 2021, revised 6/29/2022]
There were two Rev. John Heys preaching in Gloucestershire’s Bristol area in the late 1700s & early 1800s and some researchers have confused the two and commingled their data. One was an eminent clergyman and
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