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New Hampshire Matrilineality and Mothers Day

Posted on 9 May, 2020 by Janice Brown

This year for Mother’s Day, I thought I’d try something different when it comes to story telling. I was looking at my personal matrilineality–the tracing of kinship through my female line. In some cultures people are identified through their “matriline” … Continue reading →

Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, Personal History | Tagged Charlestown, DNA, Goodwife, Great Island, Hampshire, haplogroup, Jane, K1a4a1b, new, New Castle, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, Walford, Weymouth, Wilford, witch, witchcraft, Wolford, Woolford | 17 Comments

New Hampshire Glossary: Lithobolia–The Stone Throwing Devil

Posted on 7 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Lithobolia, or the Stone-Throwing Devil, was a term used to describe a type of poltergeist that reportedly harassed a New … Continue reading →

Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, New Hampshire Glossary | Tagged Devil, diabolic, Hannah Jones, lithobolia, New Castle, New Hampshire, Newcastle, NH, seacoast, stone, throw, Walford, Walton, witchcraft | 10 Comments

Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Peace Conferences

Posted on 18 November, 2006 by Janice Brown

On December 10, 2006, the Theodore Roosevelt Nobel Peace Prize Luncheon will be held at Wentworth By the Sea Hotel … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, History | Tagged hotel, Japan, New Castle, New Hampshire, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace Conference, Portsmouth, Russia, Theodore Roosevelt, war, Wentworth By the Sea | 2 Comments

New Hampshire’s Castles

Posted on 4 May, 2006 by Janice Brown

For a fairly small state, we sure have our fill of castles…

there is New Castle, Castle in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Structures, Travel | Tagged Anam Cara Castle, castle, Castle in the Clouds, famous, Hales Castle, Hampshire, J.B. Hunt Castle, Kimballs Castle, Moultonborough, new, New Castle, New Hampshire, NH, Rindge, Searles Castle, Wentworth Castle, Windham | 3 Comments

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