February 2019

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Alfred Edward Salway

Alfred Edward Salway By Eva Mary Rowe Salway Alfred Edward Salway was born 4 November 1880 at Plympton Devonshire England. His mother was Sarah Holman of Cornwall, his father Edward Salway of Devonshire. At an early age he traveled in a sailing ship to Jersey Channel Islands with his family,...

Deacon John Leavitt

A few highlights regarding our ancestor Deacon John Leavitt. In 1628, Four Brothers by the name of Leavitt fled from England on account of religious persecution. The story has been handed down that they came on the Mayflower which, eight years earlier, had brought the  “Pilgrim fathers” to Plymouth. the...