tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post5999281023416514269..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: A Pilgrim StoryTerry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-82629621199546290422010-12-03T16:32:32.620-08:002010-12-03T16:32:32.620-08:00Well, hi cousin. Mary's grandson, Sylvanus Gi...Well, hi cousin. Mary's grandson, Sylvanus Gifford, moved to Lee, MA, and then his daughter, Deborah Gifford Phinney Tobey moved on to points west. How do you descend?Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-63445760479203743652010-12-03T04:28:10.895-08:002010-12-03T04:28:10.895-08:00Thank you for this post. I also am descended from...Thank you for this post. I also am descended from Mary Mills and have appreciated her bravery to stand up for what she believed in.<br />SandraSandra Hildreth Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284841585033500677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-35628317062982265532010-11-26T13:33:08.134-08:002010-11-26T13:33:08.134-08:00Fine post, history at it's best--up close and ...Fine post, history at it's best--up close and personal. I agree about the Quakers taking things too far with the absence of tombstones. Few things can teach us the important lesson of the transitory nature of life as can an old cemetery where even the monuments themselves have begun to weather away. Sic transit gloria mundi.Milton T. Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063079657696373189noreply@blogger.com