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Surname Saturday: Tillinghast

Tillinghast is an English locational surname meaning “one who came from Tillinghurst”, according to the 4Crests web site, and a place where auctions were held.  While most family heraldry came into wide use during the Middle Ages, it appears that the Tillinghast...
Feisty Females:  Phillis Wheatley

Feisty Females: Phillis Wheatley

Today’s “Feisty Female” came to America as a slave, and during her all-too-brief life, made history by becoming the first African American woman to have her own book of poetry published.  Most scholars believe she was born in Senegal around 1753. In 1761 the young...
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