Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 137! We continue our series this week with a bit more about Joab Benney, with whom Agrippa Hull lived as a child, and what happened to his estate after he died. Life with Joab BenneyRick Wilcox, 2022 Last week we ended the post discussing Rose Benney’s admittance to the church and...
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Bidwell Lore – Joab Benney’s Property in Stockbridge
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 136! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post about the land acquired by Joab Benney and his connection to Agrippa Hull. Joab Benney’s Property in StockbridgeRick Wilcox, 2022 As we said at the end of last week’s article, the colonial government in Boston set up an Indian Proprietorship...
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Bidwell Lore – An Indian Town Recap
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 135! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post recapping the creation of Indian Town (later Stockbridge) so readers can better understand how land was acquired in that town in the 18th century. Indian Town – A RecapRick Wilcox, 2022 In order the understand the land granted to...
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Bidwell Lore – Joab Benney in Stockbridge
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 134! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post about Joab Benney in Stockbridge. Joab Benney and StockbridgeRick Wilcox, 2022 In our last installment, we discussed Reverend Jonathan Edwards and a freed Black man named Joab Benney who married Rose, a formerly enslaved man in the household of Rev....
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Bidwell Lore – Agrippa Hull and Jonathan Edwards
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 132! We continue our story of Agrippa Hull this week with a look at the Reverend Jonathan Edwards. Agrippa Hull and Jonathan EdwardsRick Wilcox, 2022 This week we want to share a little background on Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) to put the previous post in context. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards had...
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Bidwell Lore – Introducing Agrippa Hull
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 132! We are beginning a fairly long Bidwell Lore journey this week to share the story of Agrippa Hull. For the next couple of months, we will be devoting our Bidwell Lore stories to the life of Agrippa Hull (1759-1848). He was the son of formerly enslaved Black parents, fought...
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Bidwell Lore – Brewer, Field, and Brown: Elm Street to the U.S. Supreme Court
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 131! This week we are sharing a story about Reverend Adonijah Bidwell’s great-grandson, who went on to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court. Brewer, Field, and Brown: Elm Street to the U.S. Supreme CourtRick Wilcox The Rev. Adonijah Bidwell’s great-grandson, David J. Brewer, was born in Smyrna (now...
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Bidwell Lore – Would We Have Florida Without Barnabas Bidwell?
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 130! This week we will share a short story about Barnabas Bidwell and his role and making Florida part of the United States. Florida? Thank Barnabas Bidwell for Disney WorldRick Wilcox We are sharing a short story this week about work done by Barnabas Bidwell (1761-1833), who you may remember...
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Bidwell Lore – Nathan Jackson
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 129! This week we will share a short tale about Nathan Jackson, the son of Colonel Giles Jackson who you read about last week. Young Nathan Jackson Burns Down a School and Later Funds a Library;Or Did Someone Else Start the Fire?Rick Wilcox This week we will share the story...
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Bidwell Lore – Colonel Giles Jackson
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 128! This week we begin a short series about Colonel Giles Jackson and his son Nathan, both former residents of Tyringham. Giles Jackson Authors the Articles of Capitulation at The Battle of Saratoga on October 7, 1777, or was he just an Engrosser?Rick Wilcox 2022 This week and next we...