Borrowing the Iroquois tradition of tracing lineage through maternal lines, this page leads back to the characters of this novel through the grandmothers of Lisa, Jake, Lindsay, Brycie, Clay, Ben, Alexis, Alek, Samantha, Rachael, Drew, Thor, Elizabeth and Alaric.
Pictured here their great-great-grandmother
Florence Orcutt holds her daughter,
your great-grandmother Helen.
Generation 11: Your Nanna
Generation 10: Helen Elizabeth Orcutt Wilson
“Granny” to her grandchildren
1906 – 1993
Wife of Harold Dwight “Pete” Wilson
Mother of your Nanna
Generation 9: Florence Pluma Waters Orcutt
“Ghaki” to her grandchildren
1871 – 1962
Wife of Robert William Orcutt
Mother of Helen
Generation 8: Martha Janette Scott Waters
Known as “Nettie”
1841 – 1916
Wife of Darwin Whiting Waters
Mother of Florence
Generation 7: Dolly Wright Scott
1808 – 1870
Wife of Frederic Scott
Mother of Martha Janette
Generation 6: Sarah Hard Scott
1780 – 1859
Wife of Aaron Scott
Mother of Frederic
Generation 5: Lydia Reynolds Scott
1748 – Unknown
Wife of Eber Scott
Mother of Aaron
Generation 4: Rebecca Frost Scott
1701 – Unknown
Second wife of Jonathan Scott Jr., called “Junior” in the novel
Mother of Eber
Generation 3: Hannah Hawks Scott
1675 - 1744
Wife of Jonathan Scott Sr.
Mother of Jonathan Jr, called “Junior” in the novel
Generation 2: Martha Baldwin Hawks
1647 - 1676
Wife of Sergeant John Hawks II
Mother of Hannah
Generation 1: Elizabeth Browne Hawks
ca. 1621 - 1689
Wife of John Hawks I, called “Hawks” in the Prologue
Mother of Sergeant John Hawks II
Compiled from the notes of Florence Pluma Waters Orcutt; Edward R. Smith’s The Family of Edmund Scott; Imogene Hawks Lane’s John Hawks: A Founder of Hadley, Massachusetts from Gateway Press, 1989; and History of Hadley, Mass by Sylvester Judd, Picton Press, 1999.
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