by Robert Inhoff | Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized, Wales
We revisited Nantucket in 2009 to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. While there we also had the opportunity to enjoy not only the beauty of the island, but to also explore some of its rich history. Ruth’s grandmother, Susan Hervey Wales’ (1889-1989)...
by Robert Inhoff | Nov 7, 2015 | Wales
Job Lane (1689-1762) On a sunny August Sunday afternoon in 2008, Ruth and I visited a home first built by Ruth’s 7thgreat-grandfather, Job Lane (1689-1762). Located on the Old North Road, just north of Bedford, Massachusetts, the home was built by Job Lane for his...
by Robert Inhoff | Oct 9, 2015 | Research, Wales
There is conflicting evidence regarding the parents of John Gifford who married Comfort Hart. John Gifford died in Little Compton, Rhode Island on 18 Dec 1802 “in his 95th year.” One line claims Christopher Gifford and Deborah Perry as his parents; the...
by Robert Inhoff | Jul 17, 2015 | Research, Wales
We have always known Ruth’s grandmother as Susan Hervey Wales Rollason. In researching her birth documentation, we found a record of a Dorothy Wales on Family Search, born to George R Wales and Mabel Hervey in Brookline, MA on 2 November 1889. ...
by Robert Inhoff | Jun 10, 2015 | Wales
Tucked deep in the back of the drawer of John Wales Rollason’s desk was this very old book, about 15” tall by 6” wide. Found again after his death in 2008, we discovered that the book is a store ledger from 1794-1795. The shop keeper was also a John Wales...