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Chargement... By Faith Alone: One Family's Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantismpar Bill Griffeth
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  fdholt | Jul 16, 2019 |   Griffeth came late to genealogy, and in fact most of the genealogy work in the book was done by cousins, whom he credits. When a cousin sends him the family tree, Griffeth is surprised and a bit shocked to find that he's related to Rebecca Nurse and Mary Estey, executed during the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Exploring further, he also finds Mayflower ancestors (Pilgrims) as well as Puritans. He makes the trips that many of us only dream about, to Plymouth, England and Leiden, Holland, and then to Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Boston area, and Salem and Danvers, Massachusetts. (Danvers is the current name for Salem Village where the witchcraft accusations centered, and the Rebecca Nurse homestead is a museum there.) Finding a Methodist circuit rider in the family, he also visits locations in New York and New Jersey in search of family history. As best I can tell, Griffeth is a church-goer. He seems comfortable when asked to preach at a Methodist church founded by a collateral ancestor, though he does cop out by reading excerpts from the ancestor's journal. I felt that the book was "padded" somewhat with a few too many excerpts and complete quotations -- the Mayflower Compact, the Lord's Prayer, services from the Book of Common Prayer -- mostly very familiar stuff to me, since I share much of Griffeth's family religious history and more besides. Quoting the entire baptismal service from the Book of Common Prayer, for example, seemed excessive to me, but perhaps Griffeth was erring on the side of caution so that unchurched readers would not be mystified. I think this would have been a better book if the author had talked about his own religious upbringing and faith and how he and his wife are raising their two children, rather than simply making the book an encomium to his ancestors. But perhaps I'm just envious because this is the book I should have written, or should still write. (  ) auntieknickers | Apr 3, 2013 |  )2  thornton37814 | Apr 28, 2012 | The author succeeds at putting his ancestors in a broader historical context. Even though I share no ancestors with him (as far as I know), I had ancestors who lived in the same locations and were affected by the same historical events. I thought of my own ancestors and their journeys as I read. I was also slightly envious of the author because of all the places he was able to visit. Maybe one day I'll be able to make my own family history tour! (  )2 cbl_tn | Jan 9, 2009 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"The first photo I took of St. Nicholas Church [in Great Yarmouth, England] . . . is still my favorite of all the pictures I took. It is difficult to describe adequately what I felt standing before the church my ancestors had called home four hundred years ago. This was where it had all begun for my family ten generations ago, and I was in awe." Bill Griffeth had been a TV journalist covering Wall Street and the world of high finance for a quarter of a century. But when he made the startling discovery that his eight-times great-grandmother was convicted and executed during the Salem witch trials of 1692, he began to research the biggest story of his life: the four-hundred-year history of his family and of our country’s Protestant roots. It was a history that dated back to the seventeenth century and the English Puritans and Separatists who fled to North America for an uncertain future. His travels took him to the fishing village in England where his earliest ancestors lived and worshipped; to the Netherlands where they sought refuge from persecution; and to the sites in New England and New York where they were members of colonial villages with legendary names: Salem, Plymouth, and New Amsterdam. They were Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Methodists, and they had a surprising connection to the founder of the Mormon Church. Griffeth’s account includes not only the stories of his long-forgotten relatives but also of some of their neighbors and colleagues whom history still remembers, including Plymouth’s great governor William Bradford, New Amsterdam’s swashbuckling director general Peter Stuyvesant, the infamous Salem witch trial judge Colonel John Hathorne, and the stouthearted Methodist bishop Francis Asbury. By Faith Alone is a rich history of our country’s Protestant heritage. It is also one man’s journey of more than ten thousand miles and four centuries, and it captures his personal desire to understand the courage and faith of his distant family members and to better appreciate how religion and the context of history shape his own life even today. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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He begins in Kent, England and travels to Rotterdam and Leiden in the Netherlands. He relives the founding of a New World and the witch trials; quotes from the diary of his many times removed uncle who rode the circuit in the east and founded several churches; and much more. The book is rich with the detail of everyday life and historical events.
The books contains maps, a genealogical table based on his cousin's work and expanded, and photos that the author took on his travels. However the photos are not identified but one needs to consult a separate list to verify the subject, although many are self explanatory. He does not footnote the text, but has end notes that contain sources he considered important to the text. There is a bibliography, but be aware that some sources cited in the notes are not in the bibliography. There is also an excellent index.
We all have stories about where our ancestors originated. Mine differs greatly, being mostly German and English in the area of eastern Pennsylvania with Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican roots. But the end result is the same - a new world and a melting pot that became America. (