December - no date

1833 Tabitha Bond in Illinois.  She married 1) Larkin Mundy ca. 1852 and had six children.  She married Hudson Robertson ca. 1869.  Hudson the son of David & Rebecca (Clark) Robertson was born ca. 1822 in Ohio.  He married 1) Nancy Shannon and had two children.  He and Tabitha had two children.  Hudson died in 1873 in Wayne Co., IL and is buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery in IL.

1849 Jane Gurley daughter of Lewis & Cynthia (Head) Gurley in Illinois. 

1866 Aden Cottrell in Illinois the husband of Martha Lathrop

1873 Charles Robertson the son of Hudson & Tabitha (Bond) Robertson in Illinois.  He married Martha ? in 1904 and had five children. 

December 31st

Birthdays:

1602 Joseph Lathrop baptized in Etton, England the son of Thomas & Jane (?) Lathrop

1690 Israel Moss the son of John & Martha (Lathrop) Moss in Wallingford, CT.

Wayne City Christian Church Sunday School Class ca. 1910
Lou Emma Gurley seated 2nd from left
Can anyone identify the rest?

1865 Lou Speer in Jeffersontown, KY the daughter of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer.  She died in Fairfield, IL in 1957.

December 30th

Many happy returns . . . 

1594 Thomas Doggett the son of William & Avis (Lappage) Doggett

1649 Rachel Marvin baptized in Hartford, CT.  She was the daughter of Matthew & Alice (?) Marvin.

1792 Polly Goodnight in Mercer Co., KY the daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth (Hoover) Goodnight

December 29th

Tressie Lathrop

Birthdays:

1723 Elisha Lathrop son of Esquire Samuel & Deborah (Crow) Lathrop. 

1904 Tressie Lathrop in Wayne Co., IL the daughter of Joel & Louisa (Dove) Lathrop.  Tressie never married.  She died in 1982 in Wayne Co., IL and is buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery.

Kathy Oliver daughter of Morris & Vera (Nosek) Oliver

Jordan Oschwald the son of Joseph & Gaila (Fink) Oschwald

December 28th

Birthdays:

1689 Elizabeth Royce in Wallingford, CT the daughter of Nathaniel & Sarah (Lathrop) Royce

1726 Joanna Clark daughter of James Clark.  She married Peter Lyon

1832 Rachel Belding in Jackson Co., IN the wife of James Waskom.  She died in 1921 and is buried in Waskom Cemetery in Indiana.

1849 Willis Jones in Marion Co., IL the husband of Matilda Parks.  Matilda was the daughter of Bezelria & Melinda (Edwards) Parks.  They had two children.

1856 Selestine Gentle daughter of John & Mary (Parrish) Gentle in Illinois.  She married Enoch Green the son of Mercer Green in 1880.  They had six children.  Selestine died in 1937 in Jefferson Co., IL and is buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery.

December 27th

Jennifer Hogue

Birthdays:

1631 Sarah Marvin baptized in Great Bentley, England the daughter of Matthew & Elizabeth (Gregory) Marvin.  She died in ca. 1702 in Stratford, CT.

1833 Anna Morehead daughter of Charles & Fanny (Warder) Morehead.  She died in 1836.

Christina Prather wife of Donald Clark

Harold Leblanc husband of Donna Ledet  

Jennifer Hogue daughter of Phil & Jackie (Holler) Hogue

December 26th

Happy Birthdays all around:

1602 William Beasley baptized in Henley, England the son of Richard Beasley. 

1639 Samuel Joy in Boston, MA the son of Thomas & Joan (Gallop) Joy

1793 Mary Young daughter of Jacob & Rachel (Goodnight) Young.  She died in 1873.

1842 Eli Edwards in Lawrence Co., IL the son of William Edwards.  He moved to Clay Co., IL in 1864 where he married Emily Wilson the daughter of Alexander & Lorena (Cornwell) Wilson.  They had two daughters.

Merry Christmas

Enjoy some Christmases past:

Jim, Bill and Dorothy Lathrop
Albert, Grace, Barbara and Betty Lathrop

Dennis Holler, Bonnie Holler, Bill Lathrop, Jackie Holler & Dorothy Lathrop as Santa

Stephen Lathrop, Dennis, Jackie & Mark Holler

Mickey Lathrop, Bea Bolton, Debbie Lathrop
Dennis, Jackie & Mark Holler

Ivan Holler, Phil Utley, Bea Bolton and Stephen Lathrop

December 25th

Christmas babies:

1736 David Janes the son of Jonathan & Irene (Bradford) Janes

1770 Ebenezer Harbert in New Jersey or Pennsylvania the son of Thomas & Sarah (?) Harbert.  He died in Johnson Co., IN in 1846.

1797 Joseph Speer son of Andrew & Elizabeth (Shelton) Speer.  He died in Leesville, IN in 1876.

The Mayflower - December 25th, 1620

Plymouth Plantation - reconstruction

. . . and the 25th day began to erect the first house for common use to receive them and their goods.

And after they had provided a place for their goods, or common store, (which were long in unlading for want of boats, foulness of winter weather, and sickness of diverse,) and begun some small cottages for their habitation, as time would admit they met and consulted of laws and orders, both for their civil and military Government, as the necessity of their condition did require, still adding thereunto as urgent occasion in several times, and as cases did require.

The Pilgrims observed only the Sabbath as a holy day.  December 25th is ahistorical based on an ancient Roman festival.  They believed they would defile themselves by the observation of Christmas. It was treated as just another day.

December 24th

Birthdays:

1622 Rev. James Fitch in Bocking, England the son of Thomas & Annie (Reve) Fitch.  He came to America with his family at age 16.  He became a minister in 1646 and served as the first minister of Saybrook.  He died in Lebanon, CT in 1702.

1903 Ivan Erkman son of Martin & Mary (Schewberger) Erkman in White Co., IL.

1917 Charles Oliver in Louisville, IL the son of Samuel & Gaynell (White) Oliver.  He died in Louisville in 1995.  

 

Sophia Colclasure

Sophia Colclasure daughter of Steve & Vonda (Newman) Colclasure

December 23rd

St. Mary's Church, Newent, England

Birthdays:

1583 John Perkins baptized in St. Mary's Church, Newent, England the son of Henry & Elizabeth (?) Perkins.  He married Judith Gater ca. 1610 in Hillmorton, England.  They had eight children and immigrated to Massachusetts  in 1630.  They moved to Ipswich, MA in 1633.  John died there in 1654.

1693 Lt. Caleb Loomis in Windsor, CT the son of Josiah & Mary (Rockwell) Loomis.  He died in East Haddam, CT in 1784.

1821 William Colclasure in Indiana the daughter of John & Rachel (Galbraith) Colclasure.  He married Harriet Spiker the daughter of Jacob & Eva (Winebrenner) Spiker.  They had nine children.  Harriet died in Clay Co. in 1876.  William died in Clay Co., IL in 1904.

December 22nd

Birthdays:

1875 Anolia Clark the daughter of Levi & Emily (Rose) Clark in Lawrence Co., OH.  She died in 1890 and is buried in Aid Cemetery in Lawrence Co., OH.

1887 Dayton Hendershot in White Co., IL the son of J.E. & Louise (Luthe) Hendershot.  He died in Enfield in 1959 and is buried in Enfield Cemetery.

1905 Gladys Klederhouse wife of Clarence Dulaney.  She died in 1990.

1908 Armor Petty son of Glen & Mattie (Lathrop) Petty in Sumner, IL

December 21st

Birthdays: 

1821 Elizabeth Wheeling in Henry Co., KY the daughter of William Wheeling & Elizabeth Vanhorn.  She died in 1887 in Johnson Co. IN 

1888 Elnora Zeller the daughter of John & Clara (Erkman) Zeller in Omaha, IL.  She married George Beal and they had three children.  Elnora died in 1934.

 

Archie Johnson & his sister Susie

1910 Archie Johnson in Wayne Co., IL the son of Charles & Hannah (Robertson) Johnson.  He married Marie (?) and had three children. Archie died in 1983.

December 20th

Just birthdays today:

1584 Rev. John Lathrop baptized in Etton, England the son of Thomas & Mary (Salte) Lathrop.  He died in 1653 in Barnstable, MA.

1815 Marquis Speer the son of John & Mary (Grove) Speer in Kentucky.  He was named for the Marquis de Lafayette.  He died in Oldham Co., KY in 1867 and is buried in the family cemetery behind his father’s home. 

1868 Idella Robertson daughter of James & Mary (Maulding) Robertson in Wayne Co., IL.  She died in 1942 in Illinois.

1888 Lewis Peugh in Ingraham, IL the son of Daniel & Laura (Hamilton) Peugh.  He died in 1959 in Marshall Co., IL. 

December 19th

Many happy returns to . . . 

1848 Mary Morehead the daughter of Charles & Catherine (Sheldon) Morehead.  She died in 1850.

1869 John Clark son of Levi & Emily (Rose) Clark.  He died in Lawrence Co. OH in 1944 and is buried in Aid Cemetery.

1871 Helena Butler in Jefferson Co., IL the daughter of Minor & Mary (Williamson) butler.  She married Oscar Reese in 1888 and they had five children.  Oscar was born in 1867 and died in 1937.  Helena died in Jefferson Co., IL in 1958. 

1894 Roy Lathrop son of Henry & Luvina (Hostettler) Lathrop.  He died in 1898 and is buried in Amity Cemetery in Richland Co., IL

December 18th

Birthdays: 

1837 John Clark son of Samuel & Phebe (Sayre) Clark.  He died of wounds received at Fort Donelson in 1862.  His remains were brought home and buried in Ancona Cemetery in Livingston Co., IL.

1858 Robert Colclasure the son of Abraham & Catherine (Galbraith) Colclasure.  Robert married America Haas and they had eight children. 

December 17th

1805 William Saltzman in Grayson Co., KY the daughter of Peter & Catherine (Bailey) Saltzman.  He died in Missouri in 1885.

1876 Sarah Gentle the daughter of Ezekiel & Andromeda (Wright) Gentle

1886 Roy Erkman in White Co., IL the son of John & Catherine (Burkhardt) Erkman.  He married Agnes Lichtenberger the daughter of Charles & Mary (Lamp) Lichtenberger born in 1886 and they had four children.  Agnes  died in 1973.  Roy died in 1976.

The Mayflower - December 16th, 1620

. . . but the 16 day the wind came fair and they arrived safe in this harbor.  And afterwards took better view of the place and resolved where to pitch their dwelling; . . . 

December 16th

1628 Mary Marvin the daughter of Matthew & Elizabeth (Gregory) Marvin was baptized in Great Bentley, England.  She died in 1713 in Norwich, CT.

1694 Rachel Morton in Creenagh, Ireland the daughter of William & Elinor (?) Morton.  She died in York Co., PA after 1768.

Chester Whitlow in Merriam, IL the son of John & Flossie (McCollum) Whitlow.  He died in Fairfield, IL in 2000 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield. 

The Mayflower - December 15th, 1620

On the 15 of December they weighed anchor to go to the place they had discovered and came within 2 leagues of it, but were fain to bear up again; . . . 

December 15th

Rebecca (Clark) Robertson's tombstone

1804 Rebecca Clark in New Jersey the daughter of Samuel & Mary (Darby) Clark.  She died in Wayne Co., IL in 1873 and is buried in Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery

1837 John Speer the son of Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer

1908 Lois Dulaney in Douglas Co., IL the daughter of William & Ida (Lathrop) Dulaney

1912 Zula Withrow in Sequoyah Co., OK the daughter of Everett & Ola (Franks) Withrow

F Names

Fairy – guardian or tutelary spirit

Fannie/Fanny – 9 – Frenchman

Farrel – descendant of Fearghal, man of valor

Farron – not found

Fay/Faye – 6 fairy or faith

Felia – not found

Felix – lucky, successful

Fern – 2 plant

Ferris – rock

Fielding – surname, lives in field

Fillman – not found

Fines – Nubian or serpent’s mouth

Finley – white warrior

Flaura – flower

Fleming – from Flanders

Fleta – swift

Flora – 2 - flower

Florence – 11 flowering

Flossie – 6 mythical Roman goddess of flowers

Floyd – 4 gray

Forrest – 2 woodland

Frances/Francie/Franky – 21 Frenchman

Francesca  - Frenchman

Francis/Frank/Frauncis – 36 Frenchman

Franklin – 3 freeman

Fred/Freddie/Frederic/Frederick/Fredrich – 25

Freda/Fredia  – 6 reconciliation, peace

Fredericka – 2 peaceful ruler

Fresene – not found

December 14th

Birthdays:

1654 Sarah Fuller the daughter of Samuel & Jane (Lathrop) Fuller.

Mabel Butler

1861 Andrew Dietz son of Michael & Fredericka (Probst) Dietz in Indiana.  He married Amanda Bollen ca. 1883 and they had two children.  Amanda was born in Kentucky in 1861.  Andy died in Enfield, IL in 1932.  Mandy died in 1943.  They are buried in Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, IL.

1918 Mabel Butler in Illinois the daughter of Morton & Mary (Robertson) Butler.  She died in 1996 in Evansville, IN and is buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL.

Helen Tribe the wife of Craig Lathrop

Jeff Braddock the son of ? Braddock & Diana (Howell) Braddock  

Rachael Fink daughter of Bradley & Carol (Pille) Fink

Marriages:

1713 Josiah Rockwell & Rebecca Loomis.  Josiah born 1678 in Windsor, CT the son of Samuel & Mary (Norton) Rockwell.  Rebecca born in 1682 in Windsor, CT was the daughter of Nathaniel & Elizabeth (More) Loomis. Josiah died in 1742.

1856 Robert Colclasure & Frances Tracy in Clay Co., IL.  Robert born in 1835 in Clay Co., IL was the son of John & Rachel (Galbraith) Colclasure.  Frances the daughter of James & Mary (Wooly) Tracy was born in 1838 in Allen Co., KY.  They had five children.  Robert died in 1864 in Clay Co. IL. Frances died in 1907

December 13th

Birthdays:

1810 Willey Parrish in Rowan Co., NC the son of Ezekiel & Temperance (Perry) Parrish

Mary Bryan the daughter of Norva & Anna (Colburn) Bryan

1975 Joshua Rainwater the son of Larry & Sondra (Purcell) Rainwater 

 1824 James McCoy & Sarah Clark in Lawrence Co., OH.  Sarah born 1805 was the daughter of Samuel & Mary (Darby) Clark. 

1975 Steven Haarman & Janice Kincaid in Effingham, IL.  Janice is the daughter of Leroy & Helen (Oliver) Kincaid.  They have two children. 

December 12th

Happy Birthday!

1591 John Steele baptized in Fairstead, England the son of Richard & Elizabeth (?) Steele.  He died ca. 1665 in Farmington, CT.

1591 Elizabeth Lake baptized in Essex, England the daughter of John & Elizabeth (Sandell) Lake.  Elizabeth married 1) Andrew Paschall and had two sons.  Andrew left a will in 1613 which was probated in 1614.  She married 2) John Breadcake and had a daughter.  John died at sea in 1636 while in command of the Thomas on a voyage around Gibralter.  Elizabeth died in 1651 in Essex, England.

1698 Elizabeth Rockwell in Windsor, CT the daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth (Drake) Rockwell.

December 11th

Birthdays:

Mary Quinn's tombstone

1839 Mary Quinn the daughter of John & Roxanne (Brooks) Quinn in Muskingum Co., OH.  She died in 1840 and is buried in McGinnis Cemetery in Muskingum Co., OH.

1897 Austin Matney in Carrollton, MO the daughter of Orville & Louisa (Brown) Matney.  He married Viola Baden.  

Magdelene Smith the daughter of John & Effie (Montoney) Smith.  She married Lindell Snell and they have three children.

Lola Butler daughter of Francis & Sarah (Darr) Butler

The Mayflower - December 11th, 1620

On Monday they sounded the harbor, and found it fit for shipping; and marched into the land, and found diverse cornfields and little running brooks, a place (as they supposed) fit for situation; at least it was the best they could find, and the season, and their present necessity, made them glad to accept of it.  So they returned to their ship again with this news to the rest of their people, which did much comfort their hearts.

December 10th

Birthdays:

1682 Rebecca Loomis the daughter of Nathaniel & Elizabeth (More) Loomis in Windsor, CT.

Gladys Martin wife of Raymond Smith

Steven Fink son of Marvin & Sandra (Lathrop) Fink

Adrienne Lathrop daughter of Craig & Helen (Tribe) Lathrop

Sarah Jones the daughter of Rodney & Kelly (Chenet) Jones 

Tyler Fabish the son of Joseph & Jennifer (?) Fabish

Ian Romanas son of Gordon & Catherine (Ferrell) Romanas  

 1613 Gov. William Bradford & Dorothy May in Leiden, Netherlands.  William the son of William & Alice (Hanson) Bradford was born in 1588 in Yorkshire, England.  The couple had a son in the Netherlands before immigrating on the Mayflower.  Dorothy died Dec. 7, 1620 shortly after the arrival of the Mayflower.  There is some speculation that she may have committed suicide.  William survived the first winter in Plymouth and was made governor of the colony.  He married 2) Alice Carpenter in 1623.  They had three children.  William died in Plymouth in 1657.

1884 Gustav Suter & Itha Smith.  Gustave the son of Gustav & Eloise (Hoyer) Suter was born in Marine, IL in 1862.  Itha was born 1866 in Madison Co., IL the daughter of John & Susannah (Smart) Smith.  They had at least one daughter.  Gustave died in St. Jacob, IL in 1918 and Itha died there in 1923.

December 9th

Many happy returns . . . 

1696 Martha Huntington daughter of John & Abigail (Lathrop) Huntington.

William Dove family from the
Wayne Co. IL Farmers Directory

1838 William Dove in Casey Co., KY the son of John & Jane (Beasley) Dove.  He died in 1918 in Wayne Co., IL and is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery. 

1874 John Miller the son of William & Jane (Edwards) Miller in Moores Vinyard, IN.  He married Nola Shenman who was born in Menard, IL in 1875.  They had at least one son and lived in Harlan Co., NE.

1875 Nellie Harrison in Clay Co., IL the wife of William Colclasure

The Mayflower - December 9th, 1620

. . . for after midnight the wind shifted to the northwest and it froze hard.  But though this had been a day and night of much trouble and danger unto them, yet God gave them a morning of comfort and refreshing (as usually he doth to his children), for the next day was a fair sun shining day, and they found themselves to be on an island secure from the Indians, where they might dry their stuff, fix their pieces and rest themselves, and gave God thanks for his mercies, in their manifold deliverances.  And this being the last day of the week, they prepared there to keep the Sabbath.  

T Names

Tabitha – 3 - gazelle

Tacy – be silent

Taj – crown

Talbert – surname, meaning unknown

Taleha – not found

Tamara – 2 – palm tree

Tammy – 5 – palm tree

Tamsen – twin

Tana – 2 – not found

Tanner – one who tans hides

Taylor - tailor

Telulah – leaping waters

Tallulah Gorge, Georgia

Temperance – 2 – moderation or restraint

Teresa/Theresa  – 10 – summer or to harvest

Terri – 2 ruler of people

Terry – 8  ruler of people

Thane/Thaney – thegn which is a servant, attendant, retainer

Thankful – thankful

Thelma – 5 invented by author Marie Corelli, means will

Theodore – 2 – gift of God

Theron – 2 – hunter

Thomas/Tom/Tommy – 176 – twin

Thomasin/Thomasine – twin

Thompson – son of Thomas

Thornton – thorn town

Thurston – Thor’s stone

Tiffany – Gods incarnate

Tillman – virile

Tim/Timothy – 18 – God’s honor, God fearing

Tina – 8 feminine ending for other names

Tinlea – not found

Tobias – God is good

Todd – 2 – fox

Toni – flower

Tonia/Tonya – 6 – flower

Tony – 4 – flower

Tori/Tory – victory

Towana – not found

Tracy – 3 – of Thracia, a region in Greece & Turkey

Travis – 3 – place name, person living near a bridge or ford, toll taker

Tressie – 2 not found

Trevor – wise

Tricia/Trish/Trisha – noble

Trina – pure

Tristan – a knight

Trixie – bringer of joy, brings joy, happy

Troy – 2 – curly haired

Trudy – universal strength

Truman – 2 – loyal

Tsuzumi – Japanese drum

Turner – 2 – one who works with a lathe

Twyla – twilight, star, woven of double thread

Tyler – 4 – tile maker, roofer

Tysyn – firebrand 

December 8th

Birthdays:

1562 Alice Hanson baptized in Austerfield, England the daughter of John & Margaret (Gressam) Hanson.  She was buried in Austerfield in 1597.

1609 Richard Morehead in Edinburgh, Scotland the son of David & Marioun (Lowsone) Morehead.

1714 Abigail Janes the daughter of William & Abigail (Loomis) Janes

1755 Deborah Admason in Pennsylvania.  She married Caspar Johnson ca. 1775 and they had ten children.  Deborah died in 1836 in Pennsylvania.

1840 Thomas Goodnight the son of John & Agnes (Jones) Goodnight in Clear Creek, IN.

The Mayflower - December 8th, 1620

But about midnight they heard a hideous and great cry and their sentinel called, "Arm, arm"; so they bestirred them and stood to their arms and shot of a couple of muskets, and then the noise ceased.  They concluded it was a company of wolves or such like wild beasts; for one of the seamen told them he had often heard such a noise in Newfoundland.  So they rested till about 5 of the clock in the morning; for the tide, and their purpose to go from thence, made them be stirring betimes.  So after prayer they prepared for breakfast, and it being day dawning, it was thought best to be carrying things down to the boat.  But some said it was not best to carry the arms down, others said they would be the readier, for they had lapped [wrapped?] them up in their coats from the dew.  But some 3 or 4 would not carry theirs till they went themselves, yet as it fell out, the water being not high enough, they laid them down on the bank side and came up to breakfast.  But presently, all on the sudden they heard a great and strange cry, which they knew to be the same voices they heard in the night, though they varied their notes and one of their company being abroad came running in, and cried, "Men, Indians, Indians"; and withal their arrows came flying amongst them. Their men ran with all speed to recover their arms as by the good providence of God they did.  In the mean time, of those that were there ready, two muskets were discharged at them, and 2 more stood ready in the entrance of the there rendezvous, but were commanded not to shoot till they could take full aim at them; and the other 2 charged again with all speed, for there were 4 had arms there and defended the barricade which was first assaulted.  The cry of the Indians was dreadful, especially when they saw their men run out of the rendezvous towards the shallop, to recover their arms, the Indians wheeling about upon them.  But some running out with coats of mail on, and cutlasses in their hands, they soon got their arms and let fly amongst them and quickly stopped their violence.  Yet there was a lusty man, and no less valiant, stood behind a tree within half a musket shot, and let his arrows fly at them.  He was seen shoot 3 arrows which were avoided.  He stood 3 shot of a musket, till one taking full aim at him and made the bark or splinters of the tree fly about his ears, after which he gave an extraordinary shriek, and away they went all of them.  They left some to keep the shallop, and followed them about a quarter of a mile, and shouted once or twice, and shot of 2 or 3 pieces, and so returned.  This they did, that they might conceive that they were not afraid of them or any way discouraged.  Thus it pleased God to vanquish their enemies, and give them deliverance; and by his special providence so to dispose that not any one of them were either hurt or hit, though their arrows came close by them, and on every side them, and sundry of their coats, which hung up in the barricade, were shot through and through.  Afterwards they gave God solemn thanks and praise for their deliverance, and gathered up a bundle of their arrows, and sent them into England afterward by the master of the ship, and called that place the first encounter.  From hence they departed, and coasted all along, but discerned no place likely for harbor; and therefore hastened to a place that their pilot (one Mr. Coppin who had been in the country before) did assure them was a good harbor, which he had been in, and they might fetch it before night; of which they were glad, for it began to be foul weather.  After some hours sailing it began to snow and rain, and about the middle of the afternoon, the wind increased and the sea became very rough,  and they broke their rudder, and it was as much as 2 men could do to seer her with a couple of oars.  But their pilot bade them be of good cheer, for he saw the harbor; but the storm increasing and night drawing on, they bore what sail they could to get in, while they could see.  But herewith they broke their mast in 3 pieces, and their sail fell overboard, in a very grown sea, so as they had like to have been cast away; yet by God's mercy they recovered themselves, and having the flood with them struck into the harbor.  But when it came to, the pilot was deceived in the place, and said, the Lord be merciful unto them, for his eyes never saw that place before; and he and the master mate would have run her ashore, in a cove full of breakers, before the wind.  But a lusty seaman which steered, bade those which rowed, if they were men, about with her, or else they were all cast away; the which they did with speed.  So he bid them be of good cheer and row lustily, for there was a fair sound before them, and he doubted not but they should find one place or other where they might ride in safety.  And though it was very dark, and rained sore, yet in the end they got under the lee of a small island, and remained there all the night in safety.  But they knew not this to be an island till morning, but were divided in their minds; some would keep the boat for fear they might be amongst the Indians; others were so weak and cold, they could not endure, but got ashore and with much ado got fire, (all things being so wet,) and the rest were glad to come to them . . . 

Take a look at a 1620 musket.

The Mayflower - December 7th, 1620

Cape Cod at Low Tide

When morning was come they divided their company, some to coast along the shore in the boat, and the rest marched through the woods to see the land, if any fit place might be for their dwelling.  They came also to the place where they saw the Indians the night before, and found they had been cutting up a great fish like a grampus [a dolphin or a whale] being some 2 inches thick of fat like a hog some pieces whereof they had left by the way; and the shallop found 2 more of these fishes dead on the sands, a thing usual after storms in that place by reason of the great flats of sand that lie of.  So they ranged up and down all that day, but found no people, nor any place they liked.  When the sun grew low, they hasted out of the woods to meet with their shallop to whom they made signs to come to them into a creek hard by, the which they did at high water; of which they were very glad, for they had not seen each other all that day, since the morning.  So they them a barricade (as usually they did every night) with logs, stakes and thick pine boughs the height of a man, leaving it open to leeward, partly to shelter them from them from the cold and wind (making their fire in the middle and lying round about it), and partly to defend them from any sudden assaults of the savages, if they should surround them.  So being very weary, they betook them to rest.  

December 7th

Happy birthdays:

1645 John Lathrop in Boston, MA the son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop

Arthur Johnson &
Bill Lathrop

1646 Ephraim Joy the son of Thomas & Joy (Gallop) Joy in Boston, MA.

1907 Arthur Johnson in Jefferson Co., IL the son of Lee & Jennie (Robertson) Johnson.  He was a farmer and lived in Belle Rive, IL.  Arthur died in Mt. Vernon, IL in 2003 and his is buried in Belle Rive Cemetery.

Myrtle Garrison daughter of William & Catherine (Richardson) Garrison

December 6th

1615 Hendrick Dewees baptized in Beverwijk, Netherlands the son of Adriaen & Hillegard (Goverts) Dewees

1724 Charity Perkins the daughter of Jabez & Charity (Hodges) Perkins. 

1802 John Saltzman in Kentucky the son of Peter & Catherine (Bailey) Saltzman.  He died in Missouri in 1877.

1831 Harriet Morehead daughter of Charles & Fanny (Warder) Morehead

1890 John Zeller in Omaha, IL the son of John & Clara (Erkman) Zeller.  He married Lilly Zackery

Twins Garland & Grace Rogers children of Dock & Martha (Withrow) Rogers. 

Doug Porter the son of Eshmal & Betty (Lathrop) Porter

Marriages:

1819 Joseph Speer & Priscilla Flinn.  Joseph born 1797 was the son of Andrew & Elizabeth (Shelton) Speer.  Priscilla was born 1799 in either Virginia or North Carolina.  They had ten children.  Joseph died 1876 in Leesville, IN and in Priscilla died there in 1882.  They are buried in Pinhook Cemetery, Leesville, IN.

The Mayflower - December 6th, 1620

. . . the 6th of December they sent out their shallop again with 10 of their principle men and some seamen upon further discovery, intending to circulate that deep bay of Cape Cod.  The weather was very cold and it froze so hard as the spray of the sea alighting on their coats, they were as if they had been glazed; yet that night betimes they got down into the bottom of the bay and as they drew near the shore they saw some 10 or 12 Indians very busy about something.  They landed about a league or 2 from them and had much a do to put ashore anywhere, it lay so full of flats.  Being landed, it grew late, and they made themselves a barricade with logs and boughs as well as they could in the time and set out their sentinel and betook them to rest and saw the smoke of the fire the savages made that night.

December 5th

175? Lucy Powell daughter of Rowland & Mary (Richardson) Powell below

1746 Elizabeth Avery the daughter of Rev. Ephraim & Deborah (Lathrop) Avery

1860 Harriet Roney in Missouri the wife of Gilbert Lathrop.  She died in 1944 in Illinois and is buried in Amity Cemetery in Richland Co., IL.

Louise Barrett wife of Bryan Fitzgerald

Roy Estheimer son of Fred & Chresta (Pruitt) Estheimer

Marriages:

1750 Rowland Powell & Mary Richardson.  Rowland born 1731 in Lebanon, CT was the son of Rowland & Mary (Tilden) Powell.  Mary daughter of Amos & Abigail (?) Richardson was born in 1729 in Lebanon, CT.  They had eight children.  Rowland died in Hartford, VT in 1801 and Mary died there in 1806.

1906 Thomas Hays & Clara Ehrhardt.  Clara born 1889 was the daughter of John & Louisa (Dietz) Ehrhardt.  They had two daughters.  Clara died in Peoria, IL in 1914.