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William "Henry" Huntington (1820-1885): Paris Correspondent and Antiquities Collector
I thought I was going to NYC this week to look at C. P. and Maria Perit Huntington's youngest son's important collection of Founding...
Maggie Meahl
Feb 195 min read


New England Farm Life: A Field Trip to Old Sturbridge Village and Photo Dump
What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?
Maggie Meahl
Nov 23, 20242 min read


Bankruptcies, Early Deaths, and More: C.P. and Maria Huntington's Merchant Sons
The pious and "steady habits" lifestyle of Norwich Huntingtons would be smashed by the rough and tumble risks of New York City.
Maggie Meahl
Oct 28, 20244 min read


Field Trip! The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum, Surrounding Countryside and Misc.
Went to Connecticut in early August. I had a packed agenda including a presentation at the historic Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum...
Maggie Meahl
Aug 25, 20242 min read

Upcoming Presentation: The Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
I am happy and honored to be speaking at the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum on Saturday, August 3rd at 1P.M.: 36 Huntington Road,...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 1, 20241 min read


Norwich's Washington Street, Then and Now
"Norwich" was the traditional land inhabited by Eastern North American indigenous groups, including the Mohegan tribe. They struck a deal...
Maggie Meahl
Mar 24, 20242 min read


Jenny, Zina, and Zilpah: Wealth-Makers for Eastern Connecticut Patriot Enslaver Families
There is one Black woman, in the mid-eighteenth century Huntington-family orbit, who had children and contributed greatly to Huntington...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 18, 20245 min read


Andrew Huntington (1745-1824): Revolutionary War Commissary Helps Sickly French Troops
I still continue to slowly wade my way through my book. Have had an extremely busy year of shoulder surgery, travel, and family...
Maggie Meahl
Oct 22, 20234 min read


Field Trip: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and the Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
Recently I had the chance to go down to Connecticut to do some more research at the newly-re-branded Connecticut Museum of Culture and...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 17, 20232 min read


Field Trip: Early Seventeenth-Century Norwich, England (Part I)
MARGARET BARET HUNTINGTON STOUGHTON (1595-1665) GREW UP AND RAISED HER OWN CHILDREN HERE. After waiting through the pandemic, I finally...
Maggie Meahl
May 1, 20232 min read


When Life Gets in the Way of Writing
Recently I had shoulder surgery. Needless to say, it has somewhat stymied my research and writing. Before that, were the holidays which...
Maggie Meahl
Feb 27, 20232 min read


Major General Jabez Huntington (1719-1786): His World and Some of his Kin
This post offers just a glimpse into some of the people close to Jabez during his lifetime. There are so many it will be impossible to...
Maggie Meahl
Nov 7, 20223 min read


Wading Through the 18th-Century Hannah Huntingtons of Norwich, CT
Warning: Studying New England Puritan/Yankee families requires extreme patience due to the repetitive use of the same given names up,...
Maggie Meahl
Aug 7, 20222 min read


Field Trip To Norwich, CT: Day 1, the Geography
The Norwich, CT area is extremely historic, geographically beautiful, but challenging at the same time. Lots of hills! Recently I had a...
Maggie Meahl
May 30, 20224 min read


Hannah Perkins Huntington (Lynde Lothrop) and Joshua Huntington: A Norwich Merchant Marriage in 1718
By the early eighteenth-century, Norwich was a bustling trading center with some high-end merchants. Although not Boston or New York...
Maggie Meahl
Mar 19, 20224 min read


Sachem Uncas, the Mohegan and Norwich in the Seventeenth Century
It is not right to write about the speed in which the English Puritans were settling Connecticut (and profiting from the land) without...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 5, 20225 min read

Simon Huntington, Sr.(1629-1706): The Value of a 1706 Probate Record
There is nothing more satisfying to this researcher than finding an early probate record. It can really help form a picture in my mind...
Maggie Meahl
Jul 28, 20213 min read


The Saybrook Years (1647-1660): Christopher and Simon Follow Mason
As I described in previous posts, Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton (1595-1665) emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 with...
Maggie Meahl
May 19, 20213 min read


Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton (1595-1665): Daily Life in 1636 Matianuck/Windsor, CT
This is an updated post on Margaret. I will be speaking about her next Saturday, August 3, 2024 at The Huntington Homestead Museum at 1...
Maggie Meahl
Apr 1, 20213 min read


Field Trip: The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Motherhood continues to take priority over my research and writing. It frustrates me, but I feel my young adult children do need me...
Maggie Meahl
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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