Thanks to Bob and Marilyn for the info on the Winthrop Society. I found the person I was looking for. I had information that he had come with that group and was glad to find more. Lt. Griffin Craft/Crofts settled in Roxbury MA and was a leader in the community (from other info that I have). Marylin On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:32:41 -0600 [email protected] writes: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. rhubarb OT (Marilyn Otterson) > 2. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Robert E. Armstrong) > 3. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Marilyn Otterson) > 4. OT Topics ([email protected]) > 5. Re: OT Topics (Marilyn Otterson) > 6. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Robert E. Armstrong) > 7. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Marilyn Otterson) > 8. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:38:58 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] rhubarb OT > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > My grandmother was a Maine lady from many generations of Mainers. > She had a > lot of uses for rhubarb besides pie...rhubarb sauce, for one. It > was just > rhubarb, sliced, poached until tender with a little water, sweetened > with > sugar. We just ate that in a bowl. > > Then there was "spring tonic" which, I think, was the concentrated > liquid > from cooking rhubarb in a small amount of water...if anybody knows > what too > much rhubarb will do to you, I think that's why it was called spring > tonic: > it cleaned folks out and got them going after a long winter, or I > suppose > that's what it did. (Thanks goodness I never had to try it!) Also, > if she > had indigestion, she had a blue bottle from the pharmacist of > "rhubarb and > soda" which I think was probably bicarbonate of soda and some > concentrated > rhubarb "juice." > > Rhubarb, in these parts, anyway, is the first plant that pokes > through the > still icy earth in the garden and is the first fresh plant available, > > especially in the olden days when you couldn't buy strawberries from > Florida > or California in the market, for sauces and pies and other goodies. > No > wonder it was called "pie plant." Although it's a vegetable, it's > use is > that of a fruit. The leaves of rhubarb are poisonous...I believe > they are > loaded with oxalic acid ( or some such)...but the stalks are very > useful. > > Besides using it for pies, tarts, upside-down cake, fruit bread, > jam, > conserve, etc., I like to cook rhubarb, add sugar, then strain the > rhubarb > and use the sweetened "juice" for punch. It's terrific mixed with > lemonade. > People don't know what the flavor is, but love it, and I've had > people who > say they hate rhubarb love rhubarb punch. And, of course, there's > John up > in Alaska making his rhubarb wine... > > I remember when I was a little girl my grandmother would tell me > that the > huge leaves, made lacey courtesy of some kind of chewing insect, > were > parasols to make shade for garden fairies...kind of a nice image. > > Cousin Marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill Johnston" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:59 AM > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] rhubarb OT > > > > And another great twist is strawberry-rhubarb! Ice cream > optional. > > > > Jill in Washington state > > > > > > From: "C. Koch" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:04 PM > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] Fw: OT > > > > > >> does everyone in the world love rhubarb pie or just A*'s??? > it's my > >> absolute #1 favorite and i haven't had it for years since my > grandmother > >> made it for me on the farm. she tricked me into eating it - to > my later > >> delight. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:41:07 -0500 > From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Dear Marilyn, > Governor Winthrop brought a fleet of ships to Massachusetts in 1630. > Try > looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." > A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This group of people > were > known as the Puritans. > Sincerely, > Bob Armstrong > in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. > > > > Marilyn Otterson wrote: > > >Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for > an answer > >to your query: > > > >www.Winthropsociety.org > > > >Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of > ships and > >also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of > passengers by > >surname. > > > >Cousin Marilyn > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM > >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > > > > > > > > > >>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but > couldn't > >>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? > Thanks > >>Marylin > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Armstrong > in Houston, TX > picture > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and > without > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of > > America, author of the veterinary > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or > eBook, > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & > Noble > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:54:06 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Thanks, Bob...I think Marylin said she had already tried looking for > the > Winthrop fleet and hadn't found what she wanted. That Winthrop > Society > website is very good...lots of info, even portraits. I started to > get too > interested and had to stop to do some cooking but want to get back > to > it...good links, too. > > Cousin Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > > > > Dear Marilyn, > > Governor Winthrop brought a fleet of ships to Massachusetts in > 1630. Try > > looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." > > A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This group of people > were > > known as the Puritans. > > Sincerely, > > Bob Armstrong > > in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. > > > > > > > > Marilyn Otterson wrote: > > > >>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for > an > >>answer > >>to your query: > >> > >>www.Winthropsociety.org > >> > >>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of > ships and > >>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of > passengers > >>by > >>surname. > >> > >>Cousin Marilyn > >> > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM > >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but > couldn't > >>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? > Thanks > >>>Marylin > >>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Bob Armstrong > > in Houston, TX > > picture > > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and > without > > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association > of > > America, author of the veterinary > > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or > eBook, > > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes > & Noble > > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 08:59:25 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I LOVE THIS LIST!!! Sometimes the repartee coupled with wise > counsel helps > me get through the day - which are a little grim at times. Ah, me.. > > Not since I lived at home with four younger siblings have I felt > such family. > Mary > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:09:37 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > That's really nice, Mary. Glad you enjoy it! It's really > interesting how > all of a sudden the list has become so busy and active, even if it's > mostly > OT right now. In the summer it was so quiet I almost forgot it was > here. > > Glad to see you and hope you are cooling off in GA. > > Cousin Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:59 AM > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics > > > >I LOVE THIS LIST!!! Sometimes the repartee coupled with wise > counsel > >helps > > me get through the day - which are a little grim at times. Ah, > me.. > > > > Not since I lived at home with four younger siblings have I felt > such > > family. > > Mary > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:18:11 -0500 > From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Robert E. Armstrong wrote: > > >Dear Marilyn, > > > >As everyone probably knows the Pilgrims came to the "new world" in > 1620. By the time John Winthrop set out, half of the Pilgrims were > already dead. > > > >Governor Winthrop brought a small fleet of ships to Massachusetts > in 1630. Try > >looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." His flag ship was the Arabella. > >A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This entire group of > people were > >known as the Puritans. > >Sincerely, > >Bob Armstrong > >in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. > > > > > > > >Marilyn Otterson wrote: > > > > > > > >>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for > an answer > >>to your query: > >> > >>www.Winthropsociety.org > >> > >>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of > ships and > >>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of > passengers by > >>surname. > >> > >>Cousin Marilyn > >> > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM > >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but > couldn't > >>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? > Thanks > >>>Marylin > >>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Armstrong > in Houston, TX > picture > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and > without > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of > > America, author of the veterinary > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or > eBook, > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & > Noble > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:28:58 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Hey, Bob, > You lost me now...I was just answering Marylin's question about not > being > able to find much about the Winthrop Fleet by Googling for it...just > thought > that Winthrop Society site was very helpful. > > I'm not sure if you have me mixed up with Marylin who asked the > original > question...there are so many people of a similar moniker right now > that I'm > not surprised if anybody is confused. > > I wonder if there's a rootsweb list for the Winthrop Group...would > not be > surprised if there is. > > Cousin Marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:18 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > > > > Robert E. Armstrong wrote: > > > >>Dear Marilyn, > >> > >>As everyone probably knows the Pilgrims came to the "new world" in > 1620. > >>By the time John Winthrop set out, half of the Pilgrims were > already dead. > >> > >>Governor Winthrop brought a small fleet of ships to Massachusetts > in 1630. > >>Try > >>looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." His flag ship was the Arabella. > >>A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This entire group of > people > >>were > >>known as the Puritans. > >>Sincerely, > >>Bob Armstrong > >>in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. > >> > >> > >> > >>Marilyn Otterson wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below > for an > >>>answer > >>>to your query: > >>> > opsociety.org > >>> > >>>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of > ships and > >>>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of > passengers > >>>by > >>>surname. > >>> > >>>Cousin Marilyn > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: <[email protected]> > >>>To: <[email protected]> > >>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM > >>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but > couldn't > >>>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? > Thanks > >>>>Marylin > >>>> > >>>>------------------------------- > >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>------------------------------- > >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Bob Armstrong > > in Houston, TX > > picture > > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and > without > > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association > of > > America, author of the veterinary > > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or > eBook, > > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes > & Noble > > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:32:31 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The pilgrims were primarily Presbyterians. > After they has assinated the Archbishop of St Andrews, they became > hunted > and killed. One of the popular means of dispatch was to tie them to > a stake in > the tidal flats of a bay. Then slowly watch them drown. That is the > > motivation for the words "You take the high road, and I'll take the > low road, and > you'll be in Scotland before me." > They learned fast. They became the most cruel ruling government > America has > ever known. > Ken Kimble > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ARMSTRONG list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ARMSTRONG mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 106 > ***************************************** > >

Dear Marylin, I have the passenger list, and could have looked them up for you. Here is what I have on them. Griffin Crafts "From London or Essex. Freeman 18 May 1631 (M.C.R., I, 366). Deputy and Lieutenant. Died 1690 Alice Crafts "Wife of Griffin. Born 1600, died 1673 aged 73 (Pope). Hanna Crafts "Daughter of Griffin. Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX [email protected] wrote: >Thanks to Bob and Marilyn for the info on the Winthrop Society. I found >the person I was looking for. I had information that he had come with >that group and was glad to find more. Lt. Griffin Craft/Crofts settled >in Roxbury MA and was a leader in the community (from other info that I >have). > >Marylin > > >On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:32:41 -0600 [email protected] writes: > > >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. rhubarb OT (Marilyn Otterson) >> 2. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Robert E. Armstrong) >> 3. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Marilyn Otterson) >> 4. OT Topics ([email protected]) >> 5. Re: OT Topics (Marilyn Otterson) >> 6. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Robert E. Armstrong) >> 7. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 (Marilyn Otterson) >> 8. Re: ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 ([email protected]) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:38:58 -0400 >>From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>Subject: [ARMSTRONG] rhubarb OT >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; >> reply-type=original >> >>My grandmother was a Maine lady from many generations of Mainers. >>She had a >>lot of uses for rhubarb besides pie...rhubarb sauce, for one. It >>was just >>rhubarb, sliced, poached until tender with a little water, sweetened >>with >>sugar. We just ate that in a bowl. >> >>Then there was "spring tonic" which, I think, was the concentrated >>liquid >>from cooking rhubarb in a small amount of water...if anybody knows >>what too >>much rhubarb will do to you, I think that's why it was called spring >>tonic: >>it cleaned folks out and got them going after a long winter, or I >>suppose >>that's what it did. (Thanks goodness I never had to try it!) Also, >>if she >>had indigestion, she had a blue bottle from the pharmacist of >>"rhubarb and >>soda" which I think was probably bicarbonate of soda and some >>concentrated >>rhubarb "juice." >> >>Rhubarb, in these parts, anyway, is the first plant that pokes >>through the >>still icy earth in the garden and is the first fresh plant available, >> >>especially in the olden days when you couldn't buy strawberries from >>Florida >>or California in the market, for sauces and pies and other goodies. >>No >>wonder it was called "pie plant." Although it's a vegetable, it's >>use is >>that of a fruit. The leaves of rhubarb are poisonous...I believe >>they are >>loaded with oxalic acid ( or some such)...but the stalks are very >>useful. >> >>Besides using it for pies, tarts, upside-down cake, fruit bread, >>jam, >>conserve, etc., I like to cook rhubarb, add sugar, then strain the >>rhubarb >>and use the sweetened "juice" for punch. It's terrific mixed with >>lemonade. >>People don't know what the flavor is, but love it, and I've had >>people who >>say they hate rhubarb love rhubarb punch. And, of course, there's >>John up >>in Alaska making his rhubarb wine... >> >> I remember when I was a little girl my grandmother would tell me >>that the >>huge leaves, made lacey courtesy of some kind of chewing insect, >>were >>parasols to make shade for garden fairies...kind of a nice image. >> >>Cousin Marilyn >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jill Johnston" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:59 AM >>Subject: [ARMSTRONG] rhubarb OT >> >> >> >> >>>And another great twist is strawberry-rhubarb! Ice cream >>> >>> >>optional. >> >> >>>Jill in Washington state >>> >>> >>>From: "C. Koch" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:04 PM >>>Subject: [ARMSTRONG] Fw: OT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>does everyone in the world love rhubarb pie or just A*'s??? >>>> >>>> >>it's my >> >> >>>>absolute #1 favorite and i haven't had it for years since my >>>> >>>> >>grandmother >> >> >>>>made it for me on the farm. she tricked me into eating it - to >>>> >>>> >>my later >> >> >>>>delight. >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:41:07 -0500 >>From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]m> >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >>Dear Marilyn, >>Governor Winthrop brought a fleet of ships to Massachusetts in 1630. >>Try >>looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." >>A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This group of people >>were >>known as the Puritans. >>Sincerely, >>Bob Armstrong >>in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. >> >> >> >>Marilyn Otterson wrote: >> >> >> >>>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for >>> >>> >>an answer >> >> >>>to your query: >>> >>>www.Winthropsociety.org >>> >>>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of >>> >>> >>ships and >> >> >>>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of >>> >>> >>passengers by >> >> >>>surname. >>> >>>Cousin Marilyn >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM >>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but >>>> >>>> >>couldn't >> >> >>>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? >>>> >>>> >>Thanks >> >> >>>>Marylin >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> >>>> >>the >> >> >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >>> >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Sincerely, >>Bob Armstrong >>in Houston, TX >>picture >>"I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and >>without >>regret." Roderick Haig-Brown >> >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >> Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of >> >>America, author of the veterinary >> mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or >>eBook, >>ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and >> INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & >>Noble >> Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ >> >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 3 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:54:06 -0400 >>From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; >> reply-type=original >> >>Thanks, Bob...I think Marylin said she had already tried looking for >>the >>Winthrop fleet and hadn't found what she wanted. That Winthrop >>Society >>website is very good...lots of info, even portraits. I started to >>get too >>interested and had to stop to do some cooking but want to get back >>to >>it...good links, too. >> >>Cousin Marilyn >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:41 AM >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >> >> >> >> >>>Dear Marilyn, >>>Governor Winthrop brought a fleet of ships to Massachusetts in >>> >>> >>1630. Try >> >> >>>looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." >>>A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This group of people >>> >>> >>were >> >> >>>known as the Puritans. >>>Sincerely, >>>Bob Armstrong >>>in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. >>> >>> >>> >>>Marilyn Otterson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for >>>> >>>> >>an >> >> >>>>answer >>>>to your query: >>>> >>>>www.Winthropsociety.org >>>> >>>>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of >>>> >>>> >>ships and >> >> >>>>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of >>>> >>>> >>passengers >> >> >>>>by >>>>surname. >>>> >>>>Cousin Marilyn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: <[email protected]> >>>>To: <[email protected]> >>>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM >>>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but >>>>> >>>>> >>couldn't >> >> >>>>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? >>>>> >>>>> >>Thanks >> >> >>>>>Marylin >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>>> >>>>> >>without the >> >> >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> >>>> >>the >> >> >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>Sincerely, >>>Bob Armstrong >>>in Houston, TX >>>picture >>>"I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and >>> >>> >>without >> >> >>>regret." Roderick Haig-Brown >>> >>> >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >>> Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association >>> >>> >>of >> >> >>>America, author of the veterinary >>> mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or >>> >>> >>eBook, >> >> >>>ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and >>> INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes >>> >>> >>& Noble >> >> >>> Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ >>> >>> >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 4 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 08:59:25 EDT >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >>I LOVE THIS LIST!!! Sometimes the repartee coupled with wise >>counsel helps >>me get through the day - which are a little grim at times. Ah, me.. >> >>Not since I lived at home with four younger siblings have I felt >>such family. >>Mary >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 5 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:09:37 -0400 >>From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; >> reply-type=original >> >>That's really nice, Mary. Glad you enjoy it! It's really >>interesting how >>all of a sudden the list has become so busy and active, even if it's >>mostly >>OT right now. In the summer it was so quiet I almost forgot it was >>here. >> >>Glad to see you and hope you are cooling off in GA. >> >>Cousin Marilyn >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:59 AM >>Subject: [ARMSTRONG] OT Topics >> >> >> >> >>>I LOVE THIS LIST!!! Sometimes the repartee coupled with wise >>> >>> >>counsel >> >> >>>helps >>>me get through the day - which are a little grim at times. Ah, >>> >>> >>me.. >> >> >>>Not since I lived at home with four younger siblings have I felt >>> >>> >>such >> >> >>>family. >>>Mary >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 6 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:18:11 -0500 >>From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >>Robert E. Armstrong wrote: >> >> >> >>>Dear Marilyn, >>> >>>As everyone probably knows the Pilgrims came to the "new world" in >>> >>> >>1620. By the time John Winthrop set out, half of the Pilgrims were >>already dead. >> >> >>>Governor Winthrop brought a small fleet of ships to Massachusetts >>> >>> >>in 1630. Try >> >> >>>looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." His flag ship was the Arabella. >>>A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This entire group of >>> >>> >>people were >> >> >>>known as the Puritans. >>>Sincerely, >>>Bob Armstrong >>>in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. >>> >>> >>> >>>Marilyn Otterson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below for >>>> >>>> >>an answer >> >> >>>>to your query: >>>> >>>>www.Winthropsociety.org >>>> >>>>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of >>>> >>>> >>ships and >> >> >>>>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of >>>> >>>> >>passengers by >> >> >>>>surname. >>>> >>>>Cousin Marilyn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: <[email protected]> >>>>To: <[email protected]> >>>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM >>>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but >>>>> >>>>> >>couldn't >> >> >>>>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? >>>>> >>>>> >>Thanks >> >> >>>>>Marylin >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>>> >>>>> >>without the >> >> >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> >>>> >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Sincerely, >>Bob Armstrong >>in Houston, TX >>picture >>"I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and >>without >>regret." Roderick Haig-Brown >> >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >> Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of >> >>America, author of the veterinary >> mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or >>eBook, >>ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and >> INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & >>Noble >> Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ >> >> >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 7 >>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:28:58 -0400 >>From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>To: <[email protected]> >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; >> reply-type=original >> >>Hey, Bob, >>You lost me now...I was just answering Marylin's question about not >>being >>able to find much about the Winthrop Fleet by Googling for it...just >>thought >>that Winthrop Society site was very helpful. >> >>I'm not sure if you have me mixed up with Marylin who asked the >>original >>question...there are so many people of a similar moniker right now >>that I'm >>not surprised if anybody is confused. >> >>I wonder if there's a rootsweb list for the Winthrop Group...would >>not be >>surprised if there is. >> >>Cousin Marilyn >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Robert E. Armstrong" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:18 AM >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >> >> >> >> >>>Robert E. Armstrong wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dear Marilyn, >>>> >>>>As everyone probably knows the Pilgrims came to the "new world" in >>>> >>>> >>1620. >> >> >>>>By the time John Winthrop set out, half of the Pilgrims were >>>> >>>> >>already dead. >> >> >>>>Governor Winthrop brought a small fleet of ships to Massachusetts >>>> >>>> >>in 1630. >> >> >>>>Try >>>>looking up "The Winthrop Fleet." His flag ship was the Arabella. >>>>A second smaller group of ships came in 1635. This entire group of >>>> >>>> >>people >> >> >>>>were >>>>known as the Puritans. >>>>Sincerely, >>>>Bob Armstrong >>>>in Houston, Texas, and originally from Yakima, Washington. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Marilyn Otterson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Marylin...see, we do do some genealogy on this list. See below >>>>> >>>>> >>for an >> >> >>>>>answer >>>>>to your query: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>opsociety.org >> >> >>>>>Click on "Ships" at the top of the page. You'll get a list of >>>>> >>>>> >>ships and >> >> >>>>>also a place where you can click on an alphabetical list(s) of >>>>> >>>>> >>passengers >> >> >>>>>by >>>>>surname. >>>>> >>>>>Cousin Marilyn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: <[email protected]> >>>>>To: <[email protected]> >>>>>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:35 PM >>>>>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Somebody mentioned the Winthrop Group. I tried Googling it but >>>>>> >>>>>> >>couldn't >> >> >>>>>>find anything about the ship they came on. How do I find it? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>Thanks >> >> >>>>>>Marylin >>>>>> >>>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>>>> >>>>>> >>without the >> >> >>>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>>> >>>>> >>without the >> >> >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>>Sincerely, >>>Bob Armstrong >>>in Houston, TX >>>picture >>>"I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and >>> >>> >>without >> >> >>>regret." Roderick Haig-Brown >>> >>> >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >>> Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association >>> >>> >>of >> >> >>>America, author of the veterinary >>> mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or >>> >>> >>eBook, >> >> >>>ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and >>> INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes >>> >>> >>& Noble >> >> >>> Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ >>> >>> >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~ > > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 8 >>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:32:31 EDT >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 100 >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >>The pilgrims were primarily Presbyterians. >>After they has assinated the Archbishop of St Andrews, they became >>hunted >>and killed. One of the popular means of dispatch was to tie them to >>a stake in >>the tidal flats of a bay. Then slowly watch them drown. That is the >> >>motivation for the words "You take the high road, and I'll take the >>low road, and >>you'll be in Scotland before me." >>They learned fast. They became the most cruel ruling government >>America has >>ever known. >>Ken Kimble >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>To contact the ARMSTRONG list administrator, send an email to >>[email protected] >> >>To post a message to the ARMSTRONG mailing list, send an email to >>[email protected] >> >>__________________________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] >>with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >>the body of the >>email with no additional text. >> >> >>End of ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 106 >>***************************************** >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX picture "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without regret." Roderick Haig-Brown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of America, author of the veterinary mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or eBook, ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~