Hitty Hannah Austin Rose was named after my 5th great grandmother Hannah Austin Rose, wife of James Rose, who lived on Block Island, Rhode Island. The Rose family of Block Island descended from Tormut Rose from Scotland, said to have come to New England as a Prisoner of War after the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose is inhaling the beautiful scent of the David Austin rose selected as Corgyncombe's choice for adding to our cottage garden this past year.
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose is inhaling the beautiful scent of the David Austin rose selected as Corgyncombe's choice for adding to our cottage garden this past year.
The gravestone on Block Island of my 5th great grandmother Hannah Austin Rose, wife of James Rose.
In Memory of
Hannah wife of Mr.
James Rose,
who departed this Life
December 1st 1791 in the
60th year of her Age.
She was a Kind wife, a tender
Parent, and beloved by all her
Aquaintance.
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The Block Island North Lighthouse.
The Corgyncombe Courant thanks their dear friends for the use of the above photograph.
The Corgyncombe Courant thanks their dear friends for the use of the above photograph.
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose wanted to see an old tall ship like in Rachel Field's book "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years". In the book, Hitty accompanies Phoebe Preble and her family on a whaling expedition. Phoebe's father was Captain of the whaling ship they sailed on.
At Mystic Seaport in Connecticut her dream came true as she went aboard the Charles W. Morgan, the last surviving American whaling ship. The Charles W. Morgan was built in 1841 and first launched from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport.
Hitty was thrilled!
Hitty was thrilled!
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose at the helm of the Charles W. Morgan.
It was a beautiful moment for Hitty as she felt almost as if she had returned to her ship.
All the memories of Hitty's adventures on the whaler came to her mind!
Here you can see the serene expression of awe and emotion in Hitty's face as she gazes up at the sails.
It was a beautiful moment for Hitty as she felt almost as if she had returned to her ship.
All the memories of Hitty's adventures on the whaler came to her mind!
Here you can see the serene expression of awe and emotion in Hitty's face as she gazes up at the sails.
Looking up at the sails of the Charles W. Morgan.
As we explored the ship, it felt like Hitty was showing us around!
Coming up from below deck on the Charles W. Morgan; the loveliest blue sky!
One of the Captains who sailed on the Charles W. Morgan was Capt. John Tinkham.
Captain Tinkham was a distant cousin of ours through our Tinkham family and we also share ancestor Peter Brown, a Mayflower passenger.
Capt. Tinkham had this special cabin made on deck for his wife as Mrs. Clara Tinkham suffered from seasickness.
Captain Tinkham was a distant cousin of ours through our Tinkham family and we also share ancestor Peter Brown, a Mayflower passenger.
Capt. Tinkham had this special cabin made on deck for his wife as Mrs. Clara Tinkham suffered from seasickness.
Tillie Tinkham, the seamstress mouse at Corgyncombe, made herself comfortable in the bed in Mrs. Tinkham's cabin on board the Charles W. Morgan. She was quite taken by the delightful quilt that looks to have pieced "sails", on Mrs. Tinkham's bed.
In Rachel Field's book "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years", the ship that Hitty sailed on with the Prebles was first called the "Diana" and later called the "Diana Kate".
Above, Hitty looks out at Tasha Tudor's illustration of the "Diana" in the book "Wings from the Wind". One can see the name "Diana" on the ship.
Above, Hitty looks out at Tasha Tudor's illustration of the "Diana" in the book "Wings from the Wind". One can see the name "Diana" on the ship.
The Whale Oil Lamps exhibit at Old Sturbridge Village.
The silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships" was released in 1923. The Charles W. Morgan was one of the ships used in the movie.
One thinks that perhaps Rachel Field could have seen this movie and been inspired by various things featured; the whaling ship and the detailed whaling adventure, the Quaker families, and dolls dressed as Quakers belonging to Patience Morgan the Quakeress. In the movie Clara Bow plays saucy Dot Morgan, who rebels against her strict grandfather and stows away on the whaling ship, disguised as a boy. Dot's friend Jimmie is the cabin boy on the ship.
In the early 1800s my third great grand uncle Nathan Herrington was a cabin boy on a ship that sailed out of New London, Connecticut.
One thinks that perhaps Rachel Field could have seen this movie and been inspired by various things featured; the whaling ship and the detailed whaling adventure, the Quaker families, and dolls dressed as Quakers belonging to Patience Morgan the Quakeress. In the movie Clara Bow plays saucy Dot Morgan, who rebels against her strict grandfather and stows away on the whaling ship, disguised as a boy. Dot's friend Jimmie is the cabin boy on the ship.
In the early 1800s my third great grand uncle Nathan Herrington was a cabin boy on a ship that sailed out of New London, Connecticut.
In Rachel Field's book "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years", published in 1929, Hitty goes on a whaling ship with Phoebe Preble and her family and later in the book Hitty dons Quaker dress and lives with a Quaker girl named Clarissa.
Hitty Rachel, who insists on being called Hitty Content when in Quaker dress, at the Quaker Meetinghouse (originally in Bolton, Massachusetts) at Old Sturbridge Village.
Some of my Quaker ancestors were from Dartmouth, Massachusetts, which is very close to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The New Shoreham Life-Saving Station was built on Block Island and moved to Mystic Seaport.
New Shoreham is another name for Block Island.
New Shoreham is another name for Block Island.
Captain Kidd from Scotland, was said to be a pirate.
In the Tasha Tudor illustration of Captain Kidd in "Wings from the Wind", we see a little boy and his corgi peeking apprehensively out from behind the barrel. Hitty had an urge to run into a comforting pocket to make a hasty retreat from Captain Kidd!
Captain Kidd was said to have stopped at Block Island and was rumored to have given Mercy (Sands) Raymond an apron full of gold in payment for room and board for himself and a woman he referred to as his wife.
In the Tasha Tudor illustration of Captain Kidd in "Wings from the Wind", we see a little boy and his corgi peeking apprehensively out from behind the barrel. Hitty had an urge to run into a comforting pocket to make a hasty retreat from Captain Kidd!
Captain Kidd was said to have stopped at Block Island and was rumored to have given Mercy (Sands) Raymond an apron full of gold in payment for room and board for himself and a woman he referred to as his wife.
As Hitty gazed into the looking glass, with its sailing motif, recollections of Hitty's time aboard the "Diana Kate" with Captain Preble and his family came to her mind. The looking glass is a reproduction of an old one from the Bixby house at Old Sturbridge Village.
The Bixby house at Old Sturbridge Village. Emerson and Laura (Doane) Bixby lived in the house in the 1800s. Laura was a distant cousin of ours through our Doane family who in early New England were from Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose's reflection in the looking glass at the Bixby house.
This old box decorated with a boat on exhibit at Old Sturbridge Village caught Hitty's eye.
Nanny Nettie-Kin readies tea for the girls.
Behind Nanny is a lovely old Victorian tea cozy.
Behind Nanny is a lovely old Victorian tea cozy.
Hitty Hannah Austin Rose and Hitty Sue have tea using Nanny Nettie-Kin's favorite Rose teapot and discuss roses, museums, genealogy, pirates and the sea!
Both Mystic Seaport and Old Sturbridge Village are wonderful museums with outstanding exhibits!
We have many, many more photographs of both museums that we hope to feature on the Corgyncombe Courant in the future.
Happy New Year to our Dear Readers!
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