Family Stories – Page 16 – Tales of a Family

Compass

Published on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant3 Comments

Since I am so fascinated with how my maternal and paternal lines often found themselves living in close proximity or even the same small towns and villages, I added another element to this family tree. Now, I can easily track their locations and timelines!

Connecticut

New London

Kinne

Abigail Kinne (1733–1805) ~ Death (M)

Norwich

Kinne

Abigail Kinne (1733–1805) ~ Birth 13 AUG 1733 • Norwich (M)

Preston City

Moses Kinne (1710–1788) ~ Death 18 JUL 1788 • Preston City, New London, Connecticut (M)

Thomas Kinne (1678–1756) ~ Death 1 OCTOBER 1756 • Preston City, New London, Connecticut (M)

Massachusetts

Andover

John Bradstreet (1652–1718) (P)

Newbury

Henry Kinne (1623–1696) (M)

Birth 08 JUL 1623 • Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
Death 19 JUN 1696 • Newbury, Essex Co, MA

Salem

Kinne

Moses Kinne (1710–1788) (M)

Birth 8 MAY 1710 • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Thomas Kinne (1655–1687) (M)

Birth 11 MAR 1655 • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Death 1 JUN 1687 • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Thomas Kinne (1678–1756) ~ Birth 27 JULY 1678 • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (M)

Topsfield

John Bradstreet (1652–1718) (P)

7 Days in 7 Lines

Published on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Ann Marie BryantLeave a comment

7 Days in 7 Lines

Write a poem where each line is about each day of your week. This challenge has so many fun possibilities!

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The Land of Milk and Honey

Published on March 16, 2019February 3, 2020 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
Numbers 14:8

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April Themes

Published on March 10, 2019April 7, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
–Carl Sandburg

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Suffer the Little Children

Published on March 9, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant6 Comments

Carmen leapt from the gym, like some kind of spider-woman in a puffy prom dress and landed partially wrapped around my neck, shoulders and one arm pit.

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The Bachelor

Published on March 3, 2019March 4, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant8 Comments

“The future for me is already a thing of the past –
You were my first love and you will be my last”
― Bob Dylan,

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The Ties that Divide

Published on February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant18 Comments

Like many grand narratives, some of the best were often rooted in legends and a bit of mystery. This tale was no exception. As details emerged, so did the many questions that raced through my mind as I hit one brick wall and then another.

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Life Was Simple

Published on February 22, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

My “once again,” love and miss you mama….

Tales of a Family

The other day, after digging through some old papers, I came across some old papers from a poetry class that I took in college. Today, I found an assignment in which I had to take a conversation and turn it into a poem. This assignment did bring tears to my eyes because I used my mom as my subject. Until today, I had forgotten about that conversation about her life on the ranch with her family.

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Home

Published on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant4 Comments

In the fall of 1961, a smiling couple poses for a photo. The handsome man drapes his arm around his lovely bride while she holds their three-month-old daughter. In the background, the family ranch stretches across the mesa.

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Ballistic Buddies Adventures

Published on February 17, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant1 Comment

It’s actually frustrating at times like this, how your brain can be so much faster that your body. I fully understood what was about to happen while the sound of his shot was still in my ears…

–Gary A. Wilson

Do you ever wonder how some people actually survived their childhood adventures? Well, my friend, Gary A. Wilson, may be one of those folks, but I know this man truly had some rough and and tough angels watching him around the clock!

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