Wild Iris and Other Blooming Memories
Here are pictures of some of the flowers I mentioned in today's podcast "Seventy Four Years Ago." Louisiana Iris, photo by Glenda Taylor, Earthsprings [...]
Poem: First Flowers
First Flowers The first flowers I remember (though there were earlier others, to be sure, as pictures exist of me, in my Sunday best, [...]
Ancestry–Baker Surname in Virginia 1620–1640
Ancestry, Baker Surname in Virginia 1620-1640 Note that this information refers to Baker, not Barker; see Barker in another post on this website. 1609 [...]
Ancestry: Stockdell–Stockstill–Stockdale–Stockden in Virginia 1623-1640
Stockstill/ Stockdell/Stocksdale/Stockden/Stockton in Virginia 1623-1640 Research by Glenda Taylor The pronunciation of this name undoubtedly was the cause of so many variations in spelling in [...]
A Gift of Wonder
Today is my grandson Jacob’s birthday, and I am pondering some of the ways he has taught me about the mysterious miracles of life. I [...]
Ancestry: Burges in England Prior to American Colonization, Part 2
At the end of the previous segment of this manuscript, as is usual when making genealogical connections, we leaped ahead of ourselves to bring in [...]
Ancestry: Some Burges In England Prior to American Colonization, by Glenda Taylor
Burges in England prior to colonization in the Americas. Burges in England prior to North American colonization include knights, barons, land holders, ordinary husbandmen, distinguished [...]
Ancestry: Burge, Burgh, Burges, Burgess in England and America
Burge, Burges, Burgess, Burgh, Burgeis, Burgis, Burgeys Burges (by any of these names) were among the earliest arrivals in the American colonies. (Spelling in the colonial [...]
Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
On the Fourth of July, I often think of Thomas Jefferson, who is an example of the complexity of human nature if ever there was [...]
Ancestry: Warrosquyoake Shire, Later Isle of Wight, Virginia
Warrosquyoake Shire (later Isle of Wight) one of Original Virginia Eight Shires The first permanent English colony in Virginia was established at Jamestown in [...]