tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post702390703717897708..comments2024-03-19T18:17:56.821-04:00Comments on Colonial Quills: Nathaniel Griffith's Perspective of the "City upon a Hill"Carrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-66058264359337271842013-06-20T10:10:11.916-04:002013-06-20T10:10:11.916-04:00Lynn, thanks for sharing this fascinating post. I ...Lynn, thanks for sharing this fascinating post. I just handed in a proposal for a series about the Pilgrims that I will be co-writing with Gilbert Morris. The research has been eye-opening. The Pilgrims that arrived on the Mayflower, and later the Fortune, were not Puritans. They were a group of loving Christians who did not wish to be under the thumb of the English government with the King Rita Gerlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348571506318182955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-13602484801040289032013-06-20T07:21:34.680-04:002013-06-20T07:21:34.680-04:00Anne, how interesting! I'd love to read the do...Anne, how interesting! I'd love to read the documents found in the church parish, and how very interesting that your husband's ancestor, an earl, was to be one of those who were banished. What a great history! Sounds like you have excellent material for a terrific novel!Lynn Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493660128797850584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-70361845643926803312013-06-19T18:10:17.992-04:002013-06-19T18:10:17.992-04:00Lynn--thanks for sharing this history. My husband&...Lynn--thanks for sharing this history. My husband's family with the surname of Sherman immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony and were banished with Anne H. and John W. I wrote a short blogpost about the Sherman's--it goes the the point that these immigrants paved a road to freedom with their toil and suffering. You can read it here:<br />http://coffeecupsandcamisoles.blogspot.com/2013/Anne Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164218328146605384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-44814494719900953002013-06-19T08:10:49.879-04:002013-06-19T08:10:49.879-04:00Intriguing, interesting and informative. I'm ...Intriguing, interesting and informative. I'm holding my breath in anticipation of Sarah's memoir. Do hurry, please. :-)Judith Roblhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896616623573839165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-24647964512739381372013-06-19T07:29:02.886-04:002013-06-19T07:29:02.886-04:00Wow, I loved reading this from that viewpoint! It ...Wow, I loved reading this from that viewpoint! It had to be very hard for the people of that era to try to become a new land. A City on a Hill, indeed. <br />Susan PSusan Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885508869904521374noreply@blogger.com