Michigan historical collections . FRANCIS MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER, (Widow Bedott). FRANCES MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF FIIANCES MIKIAM BERRYWHITCHER, AUTHOR OF WIDOW BEDOTT PAPERS. BY HER DAUGHTER^ ALICE MIRIAM WOOD. In giving this short sketch of the life and writings of my mother,1 must first speak of her ancestry, which sheds light on other phasesvof her character than the humorous side. The ATells family, originallyfrom England, later settled at Saybrook, Conn., and still later the orig-inal founders of Cambridge, Mass., were among her direct grandfather, Edwar
Michigan historical collections . FRANCIS MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER, (Widow Bedott). FRANCES MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF FIIANCES MIKIAM BERRYWHITCHER, AUTHOR OF WIDOW BEDOTT PAPERS. BY HER DAUGHTER^ ALICE MIRIAM WOOD. In giving this short sketch of the life and writings of my mother,1 must first speak of her ancestry, which sheds light on other phasesvof her character than the humorous side. The ATells family, originallyfrom England, later settled at Saybrook, Conn., and still later the orig-inal founders of Cambridge, Mass., were among her direct grandfather, Edward Wells, and six sons were in the revolutionarywar. My mothers mother, Elizabeth AVells, married Lewis Berry,whose family early settled in New Jersey. In this manner my mothers ancestry may be said to have beenstrictly colonial on both sides. My mothers father, having endorsednotes for a friend in Cambridge, lost thereby most of his property, andwas compelled to move away from Cambridge and seek some spotwhere he could make a liv
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