Hannah Feake Bowne, Not Just Your Average Quaker
Born: 1637, Winthrop, MA
Died: 1677, London, England
Sally’s 9th Great-Aunt
Tales From the Neutral Ground; James Lyon (Part 2)
Born: 1761
Died: 1850, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandfather
Tales From the Neutral Ground; James Lyon (Part 1)
Born: 1761
Died: 1850, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandfather
Tales From the Neutral Ground; Martha Banks
Born: 1764, Greenwich, CT
Died: 1849, Bedford, New York
Sally’s 5th Gr. Grandmother
So, Why “Hell Gate”?
Back in the mid 1600s, my 9th Great-Grandfather William Hallett owned a farm on the western edge of Long Island, in the area that is now present day Astoria. It was known as “Hellgate”, or “Hellgate Neck” named after the dangerous portion of the East River that bordered it. But why the name “Hellgate”?
William Hallett, the Original King of Queens
Born: 1615, Dorset, England
Died: 1705, Queens, New York
Sally’s 9th Gr. Grandfather
The Winthrop Woman
Born: 1610, Sussex, England
Died: 1673, Queens, New York
Sally’s 9th Gr. Grandmother
SK / GK Roots 
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