Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
From Mighty Acorns

Category: Worcester County, MA

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • Seeking the Wavetop for my Hart family A year ago, I wrote about my maternal grandmother’s paternal grandmother (one of My Sixteen), Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle (1874-1945): I followed Florence’s ancestry from there through her mother, Harriet Isette (Wells) Hart. Today, I am looking at her paternal ancestry. Seymour C Hart (1851–1934) was the youngest…

  • Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find the first Hart in my tree. We start with: Florence Mabel Hart – 02 Nov 1874 – 03 May 1945 Florence was the paternal grandmother of my maternal grandmother,…

  • Step 3 on our climb to Providence Last week, we examined the evidence supporting rung #2 in our ladder to Providence: Florence Mabel (Hart) Tuttle. This week, we take another step up . Harriet Isette “Hattie” Wells was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, to Harlow C Wells (1827-c.1880) and Sarah…

  • Step Two on the Ladder to Providence Last week we took a close look at the records that provide supporting evidence for what we know about my maternal great-grandfather. This week, we will review the evidence for his mother: Florence Mabel Hart married John Jackson Tuttle on 28 May 1891 in Succasunna, Morris, New Jersey.…