Thomas and Margaret (Fryer) Gardner of Salem, MA

Popular culture likes to equate Salem with witches, especially this time of the year. The events behind the stories are about the lives of r...

Some see it as the pond. Earlier, it required a long trek over water with a lot of unknowns. It? Yes, the big ocean over which came the gre...

While reading a 2004 book ( Such men are dangerous: the fanatics of 1692 and 2004) , by Frances Hill, I saw this: John Hathorne married, at...

Some of the early arrivals, such as Higginson, wrote about their experiences. Then, there were the later lookbacks by others, like Conant. ...

Thomas and Margaret had three daughters . We have detailed some information on Sarah , the oldest daughter. The next two daughters were Miri...

About a hundred years ago, there was an effort to recognize a 'forgotten' man who had been overlooked since he was overshadowed by ...

John deserves recognition for several reasons, not the least of which is that no account of Thomas' and Margaret's arrival and subse...