Project Connections

Yes! Definitely interested in this and also any other project connections. Thanks for starting this discussion.

I would love to know! Gov Bradford is my favorite Mayflower and I'm going to open a Project for him soon.

Also there is an Alden descendant who was an accused witch.

Ok, here goes: Ann (Alcock) Foster married Andrew Foster, his father was Andrew Foster, his father was Thomas Forster, his father was (Sir) Forster. His brother was Thomas Forster, IV. His son was Thomas Forster, Jr., his son was Thomas Forster, III, his son was Cuthbert Forster who married Elizabeth Bradford. She was the sister of William Brandford, II. His son was Gov. William Bradford.

When I use the push pins, which I should have thought of in the first place, it shows a much shorter path. Gov. Bradford is Andrew Foster's first cousin's wife's father. The path I gave you I had stumbled upon because I have a Foster branch on my tree, and the names were familiar.

Upcoming releases of Project will include the abilities to merge, umbrella, nest and link Projects. We're inventing our own geni-obulary. :)

In the meantime, when you edit the Project overview, do try and include a hyperlink to a related project.

I've also fooled around with categories ("tags") based on Wikipedia categories. As an example (this is from my "Project Template," which is available here for copy and paste:

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http://search.lib.virginia.edu/?CatalogSearchBtn=Search&f%5Bfor...
stumbled upon the University of Virginia's library-- searched for online books on Salem witchcraft...

Anyone heard of the Hartford (CT) witch trials? I found a "witch" hung there in 1663, Rebecca Greensmith. Increase Mather wrote about some of the Hartford witches.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctahgp/history/witch.htm

Rebecca was married 3 times, Nathaniel Greensmith being her 3rd husband. I think he may have been hung, also. I'm not sure of her maiden name, one source said Greensmith, but I'm going to try to check that out further.

By the way, I think there may be a distant Proctor (as in Salem Witch Trials) connection to this family, which is how I found Rebecca in the first place.

I've made some more discoveries about Rebecca Greensmith.
1. The connection to John Proctor, Salem Witch Trials is too distant to matter.
2. There is a closer connection to George Proctor of Bacon's Rebellion.
3. Rebecca is my 9th gr grandmother! I didn't have a clue! What a shock. I had no idea I had witches in my family.

My husband's 7x great grandfather, William Thomas, was accused and arrested for witch craft at the Salem witch trials. He escaped execution. Those who were arrested with him, were executed. I found the story in Smithsonian Mag. Did others see it?

William Thomas (c 1665-1734) fled to Middleboro MA and lived there for several years before returning to Salem. Is there a list other escapees?