Martha DeWolf
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Hard Cider
by Martha DeWolf 10/4/2013
In the nineteenth century “hard” cider was a familiar libation. Unlike what we know as “cider” today, it was a fermented alcoholic beverage made from fruit juice, most commonly and traditionally apple juice,
Porch & Pigs in the Cellar: Continued
by Martha DeWolf 7/14/2013
I have republished and created Privy on the Porch & Pigs in the Cellar as a series. Parts 1 & 2 were part of the original version. Parts Three and Four continue the story.
The Bullard Farm Orchard and Cider Mill
by Martha DeWolf 4/6/2013
Henry Bullard noted in his journal on May 17th 1848 that a building was raised on the farm in Holliston. He did not specify what the building was for, but on May 30th, 1848, three days later, Henry noted that he “moved cider mill & c.” Horsepower; from the Ames Plow Company Catalog. The Ames Company had factories in Worcester and Ayer, Massachusetts; the company had stores in Boston's Quincy Market Hall as well as in New York City.
Privy on the Porch and Pigs in the Cellar
by Martha DeWolf 9/30/2012
Privy on the Porch and Pigs in the Cellar examines the lives of two neighboring 19th century families; one from Holliston and the other from East Medway (now Millis), Massachusetts and places them in the larger context of American history.
Mercy and Abijah Richardson
by Martha DeWolf 3/7/2012
Alice Bullard's mother, Bethia Wheeler’s ancestral lines, both male and female, like those of her husband Henry’s Bullard family, trace to the "great migration" that populated the Massachusetts Bay Colony beginning in the 1630s, concurrent with the Bullards.
Letters From The Attic
by Martha DeWolf 2/29/2012
Henry Bullard and his daughter Alice are central to this story.
Letters from the Attic
by Martha DeWolf 2/24/2012
This is a chronicle of one particular family whose ancestors were among the 20,000 English immigrants who sailed to America between 1629 and 1641. (http://www.farmerbrownsplowshop.net)
Cultural Resource Survey of Bullard Farm Planting Fields
by Martha DeWolf 2/18/2012
A piece of the puzzle... I am writing again regarding the proposed development of the planting fields on Bullard Memorial Farm Association property. Phase 1 Intensive archeological testing for a Cultural Resource Survey of the Bullard Farm was done in 1989 in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 in order to prove to the Algonquin Pipeline project that the route through the Bullard farm would do irreparable damage to the land.
The Settlement at The Farms: The Stone Fort and King Philip's War (part 2)
by Martha DeWolf 2/15/2012
Eight years later, Benjamin Bullard and his neighbors were reprimanded by name in the town bylaws. In 1659 the town of Medfield declared that the settlers at "The Farms” were prohibited from taking any more wood without permission from the town of Medfield because they had wasted it in “maintaining” their bridge. It appears that they complied. Lesser bridges figured prominently in the settlement of the wilderness, too. In 1665 George Fairbanks' daughter, Mary, married Joseph Daniell and settled with him just a mile or so away from her father, but on the other (south) side of Bogastow Brook.
The Settlement at The Farms; The Stone Fort and King Philip's War (Part1)
by Martha DeWolf 2/7/2012
Two years after the Pequot War, Ann Martyn Bullard was widowed in 1639 when her husband Robert succumbed at age 40 to an un-named illness. His was one of the earliest deaths recorded in Watertown. This article should have appeared before Martha's piece Benjamin Bullard and the Quit Claim Deed.
Benjamin Bullard and the Quitclaim Deed
by Martha DeWolf 2/5/2012
Following the 1675-76 war, the Colonial Government began to put pressure on all settlers to be sure they had complied with Colonial Law by obtaining legal land deeds from the sachems in the areas they settled.
Arrival in the New World
by Martha DeWolf 1/31/2012
(photo from Wikipedia) The history of a place and the attitude of the people inhabiting it are entangled and inseparable. The Bullards were the direct descendant of a yeoman farming family of Barnham, northwestern Suffolk County, England. Four brothers from that family came to New England in the early 1630’s.
Letters from the Attic
by Martha DeWolf 1/25/2012
Much has been written about nineteenth century presidents, artists and adventurers. Thin and few are the threads that remain to deepen our understanding of an ordinary 19th century home life in rural New England. (John Anson Bullard and his horse) The story of the Bullard family who farmed in Holliston, Massachusetts, can enlarge and enrich that appreciation.
Preserve the Bullard Farm Artifacts
by Martha DeWolf 1/23/2012
As a descendant of Henry Bullard, former member of the BMFA, former farm manager for the BMFA and current biographer of the nineteenth century Bullard farm, I know the property very well. In 1991 the Bullard Memorial Farm Association, (BMFA) argued that the land itself was an irreplaceable archeological resource due to the presence of some 300 prehistoric artifacts and was the possible site for future archeological research.
Letters Home to the Bullard Farm
by Martha DeWolf 12/30/2011
I never go to Holliston without meeting some new flame...
Letters Home to the Bullard Farm (part 1)
by Martha DeWolf 7/21/2011
Daily Life: Plowing Ahead (previously published, June, 2008)
Letters Home to Bullard Farm
by Martha DeWolf 8/28/2010
More Letters from the Bullard Farm (two years ago on HR)
Letters Home to the Bullard Farm
by Martha DeWolf 6/17/2010
Letters Home to the Bullard Farm "...a case of cutting off the top of the thighbone of a boy was somewhat unpleasant". (originally published June 17, 2009)
Letters to the Bullard Farm
by Martha DeWolf 12/3/2009
Letters to the Bullard Farm (originally published December 3, 2008) I thought they were all so cheap you could make use of them in your large family...