Last fall I had the incredible opportunity to visit Mowsley, England and speak at St. Nicholas, the 13th century church my ancestor, Barnabas Horton, would have been baptized at in July of 1600. He later wed Mary Horton, and though the records no longer exist, it was very likely at the same Anglican church. Mary and Barnabas, my ninth great-grandparents, …
The Southold Chronicles: A Cover Reveal
The dream to write a novel about Mary Horton began in Southold, Long Island, 1999. I flew to the east coast with my mother, Helen Horton Worley, to visit the lighthouse named after her eighth great-grandfather, Barnabas. He was a widower when he came from England in the 1600’s, via Massachusetts, to Southold with his two little boys and a …
A Fruitful Fall Harvest: Apples to Apples
As I watch our tall weeping birch dripping yellow leaves I know fall has arrived. I love this time of year with the scent of cherry wood smoke in the air, heavy gray clouds lumbering by and the warmth of a favorite cozy sweater. And I have apples everywhere! Red, green and yellow beauties, crisp and sweet. This year was …
Women’s History Month: Alice Bradford
March is Women’s History Month, and in my last entry I introduced you to my 9th great-grandmother, Mary Horton, my favorite fearless female in history, and the heroine in my first novel, A PLACE IN HIS HEART. It releases in June! Today I’d like to tell you about another fearless female who kept popping up whenever I did research for …
In Honor of Women’s History Month: Mary Horton
Reading Randy Seaver’s blog, Genea-Musings, I just discovered that March is Women’s History Month! Saturday his blog featured another genea blogger, Lisa Alzo’s post Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month. Lisa offer’s thirty-one ideas to honor our female ancestors and I absolutely love this idea. Thank you, Randy and Lisa! In 1999 I took my mother, Helen Jean …