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From: "Ray Powell" <>
Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Trip to Plymouth
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 16:42:06 -0700
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>From one Oregonian to another. While one of my Powell ancestors was in MA in
1658 (unproven by me) another one of my Powell ancestors was born in MA in
1792 and ended up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon in 1851. That is over
150 years ago and there were settlers out here for 15 or 20 years before
that. Still young in Comparison to MA but well over the 100 years you give
OR credit for.

Ray Powell


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Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Trip to Plymouth


>I lived in marshfield, Ma just north of Plymouth for nine years not knowing
>that my 8 x great grandmother and grandfathe, Kenelm & Elinor Winslow lived
>in the town. Elinor is buried in the Winslow Cemetery. We visited
>Plymouth many times.
>
> Our children's school books had the Plymouth story all wrong. It has been
> so hyped over the years but the true story is much more exciting.
>
> I'm planning a trip to Cape Cod this month. I'm meeting a bunch of second
> cousins I found on the web, in Boston. We will travel to Pittstown, NY to
> view the Gibbs cemetery where our 3 x great grandparents are buried. I
> will take them to Marshfield, Plymouth and Swansea, Ma.
>
> Our 8 x great grandparents, Samuel Eddy and his wife arrived in Plymouth
> in 1630. There is a monument to them in the park across from the "rock".
>
> The history of New England is fascinating.having been raised in Oregon
> where history is only a 100 yeears old at best.
>
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