Yes it is, Kevin - I might have missed it except that I have a fascination for archeology. I forgot to mention that they have a picture of the porringer in the article, along with a rendering of the ship. >Celia-- > This is fascinating!!!! I'm very glad you shared this. > >Kevin. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Celia Snyder [mailto:cgsnyder@uiuc.edu] >Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:47 AM >To: RUDD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Increase Mosely/Modsley/Maudesley in National Geographic > > >Hi, > >If you haven't yet read the August 2000 issue of National Geographic, >you might be interested to know that Increase Rudd's gr-grandfather, >Increase Mosely/Modsley/Maudesley is mentioned. The subject is the >recovery of the remains of the ship, Elizabeth and Mary, which was >sunk in the English battle against the French at Quebec in 1690. > >Increase was the key to identifying the wreckage: "Three >initials-IMS-seen on the dolphin-decorated handle of a porringer, >helped identify the wreck as one from the English fleet commanded by >William Phips. "I" and "S" stand for the first names of a married >couple. "M" is for their last name. Records reveal one such >militiaman aboard the ship; Sgt. Increase Modsley. He and many >fellow soldiers never returned from fighting Frontenac's troops." > >Later in the article: "...Each name represents a family that waited >in vain for the owner to return with the fleet to Massachusetts. >"Sarah Modsley, widow of the sergeant whose porringer we found, >waited 13 years before remarrying," says Grenier." > >Here's the connection: > >Increase Mosely (Maudesley)/Sarah Trescott (second husband John Peabody) >Increase Mosely, Jr./Mary (Marcy) Hazen >Sarah Mosely/Joseph Rudd >Increase Rudd/Bathsheba Johnson > >Celia >in Illinois