Scott C. Steward
Scott C. Steward was the founding editor at Vita Brevis; he served as NEHGS Editor-in-Chief 2013-2022. He is the author, co-author, or editor of genealogies of the Ayer, Le Roy, Lowell, Saltonstall, Thorndike, and Winthrop families. His articles have appeared in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEXUS, New England Ancestors, American Ancestors, and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and he has written book reviews for the Register, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Thanks, Jan, this is great -- a sadly typical story for the period...
On The world’s a stage
Thanks, Jo Anne -- it was fun (and certainly surprising, as I was finding things in something like real time).
On The world’s a stage
Maria, I would go right to MMGVintage (the former Jay Parrino's The Mint) and search for her name (especially a…
On The world’s a stage
Pat, you can reach me at scott.steward@nehgs.org -- thanks!
On Boston riches
Are you in touch with Nancy's grandchildren -- my first cousins -- Chip Steward, Thad Steward, and Babbie Chimera? I…
On Boston riches
Dear Patricia: Many thanks for your lovely note! Your story about Frank and Regina Gray's honeymoon makes me laugh: that,…
On Boston riches
Thanks, Linda! She was named both for her aunt, Hedwiga Regina Shober (d. 1866), and for a great-grandmother, Hedwiga Regina…
On Boston riches
Thanks, Annie!
On Boston riches
Thanks, Joanne, Linda, Carolyn, Theodore, and Virginia -- it's a tremendous diary, for all the reasons you note!
On Boston riches
I think you're right about the dress! It is also true that Mrs. Gray's eldest surviving niece was Isa Gray,…
On ‘A great thing for Ned Boit’