While over here in Shanghai enjoying some unseasonably warm weather, I have found some time to continue my research into my American ancestors. I have added some new pages to my website, including one on my 1st cousin, 8x removed, Erza Stiles. As well as being a Reverend, Ezra was friends with many notables from the American Revolution including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Ezra was also a founder of Brown University and President of Yale University. De

As I post my latest blog, it is Election Day in the United States of America. While America chooses her future leader, I have been exploring my ancestral past which has many ties to significant American events. Over the past few weeks I have been discovering my many Pilgrim ancestors, original settlers of New England, and their impact on the great country of America. I have just uploaded a new page dedicated to one such American hero, Ethan Allen, General of the Vermont Milit