Land Ho! and Welcome to Edwinstown

Our pilgrims have safely made the jourey across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Edwinstown on September 19th, in this, the 1637th year of our Lord. They quickly unloaded the ship and prepared to greet many loved ones. Sadly, a few of their relations had perished, for there had been an outbread of some illness (smallpox?). However, this was providential, since so many people would be joining the colony and would need places to live.

The new arrivals might share three homes, but a fourth would add to their comfort. The men, Joshua (Josh), Edward Bowing (Benjamin) and Walter Holbrooke (the and will share a cottage, Given Chambers (Bee), her newborn babe, and daughter, Hope (Vanessa), along with Dorothy Mae Holbrooke (Kitty) would share a recently built home, while Mary Leland (Elf), her family's indentured servant Denise Thorpe (Rudy) and Mem Smith (Pooch) shared a home near the garden, but farther away from the newly built homes.

The men diligently hammered away, and before the day had ended, Margaret Atherton (Ladybug) and her daughter, Mercy (Olivia), Remember Palmer (MJ) and her (recently orphaned) ward Emma Joy (EX) moved their belongings into their new home! The ladies inventoried the stores and divided them among the four homes. They busied themselves making their houses comfortable homes. The colonists enjoyed a meal of pottage and freshly picked berries, with mugs of (root) beer to wash it all down. It was quite amazing watching the men construct a house in a day and the ladies turn rude cottages into homes. Enjoy a few pictures of the day: