Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 167! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family. As we near the end of our Agrippa story, we go this week to a post about Evergreen Hill in Stockbridge. Visiting Evergreen HillRick Wilcox, 2022 We will begin this installment of the Agrippa story by going back to...
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Bidwell Lore – The Disposition of Joab Benney’s Land
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 140! This week in our Agrippa Hull series we will talk about the disposition of Joab Benney’s land to help you understand the world that Agrippa Hull was a part of in 18th century Stockbridge. The Disposition of Joab Benney’s LandRick Wilcox, 2022 This week we are going to backtrack a...
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Bidwell Lore – Life with Joab Benney
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. While...
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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....