Changelog

This archive is a living record. Most research happens in the winter months, when New England work moves indoors. Updates are posted here as they land. Corrections are logged, not hidden.

  1. 16 October 2026

    Twelve ancestors added

    Added: twelve ancestors on the Winter and Warren & Arden lines.

  2. 16 October 2026

    Generation labels corrected

    Corrected: generation labels for Thomas Macy II, Tristram Coffin and Peter Folger (10th great-grandfathers).

  3. 16 October 2026

    Nantucket: Founding Ancestors

    Added: Nantucket founding ancestors table.

  4. 16 October 2026

    The Contents index

    Structure: the Contents index now builds from every ancestor table on the site.

  5. 16 October 2026

    Ten ancestors added

    Added: ten ancestors across the Swift, Warren & Arden, Jenkins and Coogan lines.

  6. 16 October 2026

    Nantucket: The Founding Families

    The Folger-to-Perry families on the founders page, with vital-record and Barney citations. The Foster line enters through Betsey Foster.

  7. 16 October 2026

    Peter Folger & Benjamin Franklin

    Harriett Ann Folger's parents set from the records, and three confirmed routes back to Peter Folger.

  8. 3 October 2026

    Sources & References

    Rhode Island and Westcott sources added, with supplementary Nantucket sources. The bibliography is alphabetized within each category.

  9. 3 October 2026

    Research Log

    Plain-language links to each audit report.

  10. 30 May 2026

    The 17th-Century Upheavals

    How two upheavals of the mid-17th century, the English Civil War in Devon (1640s) and Cromwell's 1654 confiscation in Cork, set both sides of the family in motion, and how four centuries later their descendants converged at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where Carol Perry and John Patrick Long met as students in the 1970s.

  11. 24 May 2026

    Notable Ancestors and Cousins

    A directory indexing the documented network of kin: the founding families of Nantucket, four Mayflower passengers, and documented cousins including Benjamin Franklin and Lucretia Coffin Mott, each linked to its proof.

  12. 13 April 2026

    The Coogan Line: Hounds of War

    From the ancient kingdom of Uí Maine in Connacht to the political families of Fall River. Four generations documented, motto: Non metuo. I do not fear.

  13. 9 April 2026

    8 Revolutionary War Battle Pages

    Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth, Newport, Yorktown, and more. Documenting every engagement where our ancestors served.

  14. 9 April 2026

    The Liberty Tree

    Our family on both sides of the most famous tree in American history. Nathaniel Coffin Jr. cut it down.

  15. 9 April 2026

    Benjamin Franklin. Our Cousin

    Through the Folger line of Nantucket, a documented cousinship preserved in the family record. The full descent is rendered on his dedicated page.

  16. 9 April 2026

    Current Research

    The active research projects listed on the About page.

  17. 7 April 2026

    DNA Heritage

    23andMe ancestry composition mapped to the documented family lines. Irish 23.6%, British & English 31%, French 0.5%.

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