tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5652643093368145016..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Aftermath of Asahel PorterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-47443522233854766042022-07-09T16:29:55.150-05:002022-07-09T16:29:55.150-05:00Thanks, George, for the additional information. It...Thanks, George, for the additional information. It looks like the present Baldwin Historical Society traces its own history only to the 1990s, but there might well have been a predecessor organization during the Bicentennial. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-87339722545266237022022-07-08T20:47:22.864-05:002022-07-08T20:47:22.864-05:00John, I hit the send button too fast. Phebe, widow...John, I hit the send button too fast. Phebe, widow of Daniel never remarried. Her daughter Phebe married a Pierce and Phebe the widow lived with them in Baldwin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-34196760752438937272022-07-08T20:34:34.664-05:002022-07-08T20:34:34.664-05:00John, a great article. This is the first time I...John, a great article. This is the first time I've visited your thread, after just seeing you as a source on FamilySearch.org. I'm writing a biographical sketch of Asahel for my next book and can share some thoughts with you: the Baldwin Historical Society refers to Baldwin, Maine. Baldwin became the final resting place of Phebe, widow of Daniel Thompson. As you know, he was the only other Woburn man killed on the 19th and was buried on the same day as Asahel, with a common ceremony. Phebe remarried to a Pierce, settled in Baldwin, and had a memorial stone placed to Daniel in the Pierce Cemetery there. It must have always been in the mindset of the family to keep the memory of Asahel alive, too. That would explain their taking the trouble to make sure that Asahel had a property marked grave in Woburn. Best regards, George Quintal Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-18022091075408965612010-04-22T11:35:20.975-05:002010-04-22T11:35:20.975-05:00It’s not entirely coincidental since earlier this ...It’s not entirely coincidental since earlier this spring I attended a talk by Bill Poole (focus of the <i>Globe</i> story) in which he discussed his ancestor Ebenezer Locke. That reminded me I had gathered information on Asahel Porter for some April. I’m now wondering about a posting on the <i>Globe</i> story by itself.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71281650744603116972010-04-22T09:28:26.500-05:002010-04-22T09:28:26.500-05:00It's interesting that you publish this story i...It's interesting that you publish this story in the same week as the Boston Globe:<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/19/who_started_the_revolution_heres_one_smoking_gun_theory/<br /><br />Or maybe I should say "in the same year", since it's expected that stories like this would be published in the 3rd week of April.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com