[Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

[Charles Wohlers]

Raewynne was at Old Swede's in Swedesboro, NJ - not Wilmington, DE. I 
remember a listmeet there, long ago ...

Chad Wohlers
buttoning up the house for the winter (it's windy out there!) in
East Bridgewater, MA USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jon Egger
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:31 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

Ginga, at GC2003, in Mpls, we got together for a big listmeet.  I bought a
mug for Old Swede's from someone. (Raewynne?) It is my favorite mug. :)


On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't know a lot about DE history, but I believe it was settled by 
> Swedes
> early in 17th Century.  Not too many years later, it came under English
> control.  Believe DE was the first state.
>
> The area is rich in history.
>
> Ginga
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > One of my ancestors, a Captain Bryant McDonnell (or McDonald, spelling
> > being somewhat fluid in those days!) settled in that area around 1689. 
> > He
> > had got on the wrong side of one of the wars of succession and 
> > apparently
> > thought it more prudent to depart for the colonies, as indeed it proved
> to
> > be.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Our daughter, Ginny+ is priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Old Swedes,
> > > Wilmington, DE.  The building in a National Historic Place, build in
> > 1698.
> > > First Swedish Lutheran, then Dutch Reformed, then Church of England,
> and
> > > following Revolutionary War, Episcopal.  The windows show Jesus as
> really
> > > blond and blue-eyed.
> > >
> > > FWIW,
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Perren Hayes is in Lewes, DE, which is a very early settlement. Nice
> to
> > > > visit in summer, but probably not now. I was offered a travel
> > assignment
> > > > there which would have been summer-early fall. I still regret not
> > taking
> > > > it!
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Southern Rhode Island and Connecticut are very beautiful (although
> we
> > > > tend
> > > > > not to tell people ... keep sending them to the Cape). The first
> half
> > > of
> > > > > the train ride from Boston to New York is a revelation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Maine is like another universe and is lots more like Canada than
> the
> > > USA
> > > > > (for many reasons). You still see bedsheets hung on porches (in
> > hunting
> > > > > season) with inked messages: animals dressed, five cents a pound.
> You
> > > can
> > > > > drive for miles&miles without seeing more than a village or two, a
> > > couple
> > > > > of farms.The coast, of course, is mostly summer people. Winter
> > > caretakers
> > > > > this time of year, a few lobstermen. Even the bears are
> hibernating.
> > > > > -M
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:27 AM, Roger Stokes <
> > > > > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 15/12/2016 01:26, Judy Fleener wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> I see you are taking the southern route this time.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I thought of the weather. The states I haven't been in yet
> included
> > > the
> > > > > > likes of Utah, Nevada and South Dakota to the West or the
> > > North-eastern
> > > > > > ones like Maine, Connecticut and (perhaps surprisingly) Rhode
> > Island.
> > > > > > Driving there did not seem appealing at this time of year.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roger
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>



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