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Shea Rose
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AGB & MJG barstools
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AGB profile on boat Red
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In the late 1600's, Edward Kenrick from England via Portsmouth, NH, bought land from the natives near the head of Pleasant Bay, and opened a store near their village. His grandson, John Kendrick, would grow up alongside these shoes and its peoples.
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Deep in the heart of the Nauset tribe, the family of John Kendrick made their home.
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As a boy in the 1740's, John Kendrick would have shared the waters of Pleasant Bay with his neighbors, the last of the Nauset tribe.
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Sunset at Paw Wah Point. Pleasant Bay and Nauset Beach beyond.
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The trails of Paw Wah Point. Home of the Potonumecot tribe of Nauset Indians, and boyhood stomping ground of Captain John Kendrick of the Columbia Expedition.
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Paw Wah Pond, near the Indian Meeting House at Potonumecot. Boyhood home of Captain John Kendrick of the Columbia Expedition.
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After militia service in the French & Indian War, John Kendrick moved to the growing whaling port of Edgartown to make his fortune.
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Woods Hole: On the ferry to the Vineyard. We're trying to find Capt. John Kendrick's home in Edgartown.
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On the bus to Edgartown, Matt watches a snow squall in Oak Bluffs.
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Aboard the Vineyard ferry, Matt assembles the new shotgun mic for our Canon HF100.
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Searching for Dukes County Registry of Deeds for any record of John Kendrick buying a house in Edgartown.
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Opening page of deed book from 1772 for Martha's Vineyard. Written with a quill pen.
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At the Martha's Vineyard Museum, Nancy Cole compares John Kendrick's deed to a map of 18th century Edgartown.
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Waiting for the bus back to Vineyard Haven.
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After touring the John Kendrick house in Wareham, we sat down with Thornton Gibbs to hear his stories of the place.
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Filming in the cemetery in Marion. Matt always gets the shot.
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Scouring the cemeteries of Marion, next door to Wareham, for the graves of the Kendricks.
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Some of the stones here are from before the American Revolution. Typical New England boneyard.
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Locating a Kendrick grave in Marion. So many of these early slate stones are for some very long-lived Yankees.
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Huldah, widow of John Kendrick...
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Ben Dunham, past president of the Wareham Historical Society, talks about John Kendrick's legendary personality: Big. Bold. Great storyteller.
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Contemplating the later life of Huldah Kendrick, widow of the Captain, and what may have led her from her home in Wareham to neighboring Marion.
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Robert Haswell, 19 year old Loyalist, who returned to Boston after the Revolution to become the Third Officer of the Columbia Expedition
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He has a model of Columbia in his office. Peter Drummey, Librarian at the Massachusetts Historical Society. HQ for all Columbiana. Watch this episode, The Ship, at www.blip.tv/hitandrunhistory.
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Kane realizing there really are people who get all excited about Columbia. Watch this episode, The Ship, at blip.tv/hitandrunhistory
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Columbia was built on the North River in 1773, by men from both Marshfield and Scituate. Watch this episode, The Ship, at www.blip.tv/hitandrunhistory.
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The uplands of the North River were covered with white pine and white oak - perfect for building ships like Columbia. Watch this episode, The Ship, at www.blip.tv/hitandrunhistory.
