Thanks. I have biographical material on the man. He apparently didn’t leave any personal documents. His house has been reconstructed at Plimoth Plantation. I’ve been to Plymouth, England and visited the harbor where the Mayflower sailed from, and been to Plymouth, Massachusetts, but those were long before I even knew of him being my 9th great-grandfather. I’ve wanted to get to the museum where his rebuilt house is, but walking around the whole place would be difficult for me these days.
I find it fascinating that we go to visit places that turn out to be part of our family history. I had no idea my ancestors came from MA and ended up writing a book on a stool in a donut shop that if I turned around I was facing my ancestral cemetery and the home of my ancestor, John Woodcock. Just bizarre.
Know what you mean about walking. I gave up walking far a long time ago. I travel from bench to bench, like mother did. Only I don’t carry a statistics book with me to read on the bench like she did. She was working on her master’s degree when she died.
I’ve been to Plymouth but can’t remember if I’ve been to Plymouth Plantation. Mostly I remember touring Sturbridge in MA and Williamsburg down south. Also been to a lot of upper NY forts.
By the way, MA is so great for original documents. I’ve gone into city halls and actually seen original 16th century documents there.