Just in time for Halloween, here is a true story that took place and was probably well known local news to my Holmes ancestors who lived...

Christopher Dock was born about 1698. He immigrated to the United States by 1714, becoming a teacher at Skippack in Philadelphia County...

Without a doubt, the story was extremely moving. However, as with any legend, it is somewhat difficult to get at the real facts of this...

Click here for Part 2 Nearly ten years passed as Magdalena and Christian rebuilt their burned house and continued farming the land. ...

After I came across that letter, I did more digging and found an earlier reference to it with more (and different) information. (For...

The cows were acting funny. That is how the only official witch trial in Pennsylvania history began. Eight years before the infamous...

A tale of a young man during the American Revolution. While not a direct relative, one of his daughters married into the family. Johann...

Here is my post in honor of this year's Indigenous Peoples' / Columbus Day. Tatamy, also known as Tashawaylennahan, was born sometime...

Heinrich "Henry" Melchior Muhlenberg was born in 1711 in Einbeck, in the German Electorate of Hanover. He studied theology at the...

It is likely that everyone has heard of the Boston Tea Party that took place on 6 December 1773. It was one of the most iconic events of...

Here is the story of the murder case that was brought before the Court during Lino's trial while they were waiting for witnesses to...

What is it exactly about the story of Lino and Lucretia that has endured over the past 190 years? It is indeed a "truth is stranger than...

When Lucretia died, all five of her children became orphans. They were minors, except for Mary, the oldest. It would appear that...

After being acquitted in the murder of her husband, Lucretia returned to her home, hoping to resume her life. She would find that it...

After his conviction, Lino kept himself occupied by writing the history of his life. He had become even more of a celebrity and...

With Lucretia's trial out of the way, Deputy Attorney General Thomas Ross turned his attention to the upcoming trial of Lino. It was...

The successful separation of trials, although requested by Lino's counsel, was actually a boon for Lucretia. Tried together, they could...

On Monday, 12 December 1831, the Court of Oyer and Terminer opened in Doylestown. The Court consisted of a Supreme Court Justice and two...

About the time Lucretia was arrested, David Paul Brown, one of the most fully employed and successful of the many eminent "criminal...

The governor of Pennsylvania, having received authentic information following the examination of William's body confirming that he had...