[Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

[Brian Reid]

https://www.trinityswedesboro.org

On 12/15/16 1:39 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> I believe Raewynne was rector of an Old Swedes in New Jersey.  Not sure
> where.
>
> Ginga
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> If no one has told you that they love you today,
>> let me be the first.
>> brud
>>