- 17 October 2026
Two new stories
Stories: The Countess and the Tower; A Ship Called Pole. Corrected: William Hawkins (d. 1589) was not a knight.
- 17 October 2026
Stories as a book
Stories are now organized as a book: parts and chapters, in order.
- 17 October 2026
Numbered citations
New stories carry numbered citations and a bibliography; older pages are being footnoted.
- 16 October 2026
Thirty Pounds and Two Beaver Hats
Story: Thirty Pounds and Two Beaver Hats, from Dionis Coffin’s beer case to the purchase of Nantucket.
- 16 October 2026
A page for every ancestor
Added: a page for every ancestor in the archive, linked across the site.
- 16 October 2026
Leroy E. Swift
Added: the story of Leroy E. Swift, Civil War naval officer, and the family’s Louisiana chapter.
- 16 October 2026
The Swifts in Louisiana
Added: the Swift family’s Louisiana chapter, 1868-1880, from church, census and marriage records.
- 16 October 2026
Leroy E. Swift: USS Mahaska
Verified: Leroy E. Swift’s Civil War service as an Acting Ensign aboard USS Mahaska, from Navy and Massachusetts records.
- 16 October 2026
The Swift portrait case
Sourced: the Swift portrait case, with its inscription transcribed; corrected to a tintype.
- 16 October 2026
Leroy E. Swift: naval service sourced
Sourced: Leroy E. Swift’s Civil War naval service now cited to the family portrait and inscription; service record still sought.
- 16 October 2026
Leroy E. Swift
Corrected: Leroy E. Swift’s Civil War service marked as under research pending a primary record.
- 16 October 2026
Early ancestors and the Mayflower
Corrected: early European ancestors relabeled to match their verified lines; Mayflower passenger generations corrected (Cooke and Warren 12th, Soule 11th).
- 16 October 2026
Generation labels checked
Corrected: generation labels across the family lines, now checked against the FamilySearch tree on every update.
- 16 October 2026
Twelve ancestors added
Added: twelve ancestors on the Winter and Warren & Arden lines.
- 16 October 2026
Generation labels corrected
Corrected: generation labels for Thomas Macy II, Tristram Coffin and Peter Folger (10th great-grandfathers).
- 16 October 2026
Nantucket: Founding Ancestors
Added: Nantucket founding ancestors table.
- 16 October 2026
The Contents index
Structure: the Contents index now builds from every ancestor table on the site.
- 16 October 2026
Ten ancestors added
Added: ten ancestors across the Swift, Warren & Arden, Jenkins and Coogan lines.
- 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.
- 16 October 2026
Peter Folger & Benjamin Franklin
Harriett Ann Folger's parents set from the records, and three confirmed routes back to Peter Folger.
- 3 October 2026
Sources & References
Rhode Island and Westcott sources added, with supplementary Nantucket sources. The bibliography is alphabetized within each category.
- 3 October 2026
Research Log
Plain-language links to each audit report.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 9 April 2026
Current Research
The active research projects listed on the About page.
- 7 April 2026
DNA Heritage
23andMe ancestry composition mapped to the documented family lines. Irish 23.6%, British & English 31%, French 0.5%.