Born in Warwickshire, England, on this date in 1588: 9th great-grandmother Judith Gater. She was one of a slew of ancestors who immigrated to Massachusetts Colony in the early 1600s, and eventually married into the line of Anthony Colby. Read more …
Pictured at top is Warwick Castle (image from Wikimedia Commons). The most famous town in Warwickshire is Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare (14 years prior to our ancestor). Below is an image of Shakespeare’s home, painted by Victor Hugo(!)
Judith Gater’s husband, John Perkins, is part of a famous but controversial genealogy tracing back to the Plantegenet dynasty, which included King Henry III and many successors. Read more …