On this date in our family history . . . the 31st day of August . . . in the year 1574 . . . Nicholas Pyne / Pine dies in England . . . this Nicholas is a 14th great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

Chart from The Visitations of the County of Devon (Google eBooks)

On this date in our family history . . . the 11th day of August . . . in the year 1720 or 1723 . . . Sarah Emery becomes the bride of Samuel Brackett . . . this Sarah and Samuel are 7th great-grand-parents of the Keeper of this family history blog . . . in his Brackett Genealogy, H.I. Brackett stated that they were married in 1720 . . . but records recently made available online from the city of Berwick in York County, Maine indicate that they were married in 1723 . . .