1681 Homestead...

Oh my heavens, this was one of my very first post four years ago!

Just thought I'd post again on this 4th anniversary of

Nancy's Notes!

Our Family Homestead~

The Nye Family Homestead and Museum

East Sandwich, Massachusetts

This is the beautiful and natural setting of the Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum in East Sandwich, Massachusetts. This house was built by Benjamin Nye in 1681. He was one of the first fifty men to settle in Sandwich and he also built one of the first grist mills in the country back in 1669. The house is now used for the Nye Family Association as a Museum. It's a remarable landmark and I am happy to share this with you. Most of the Nye's in the United States trace their roots back to Benjamin, the original Nye in America.

I am a very proud 12th Generation Nye. ( You know, I must get my Nye Book out and check that out, could be 13th)

There are family reunions every two years, Mike and I did attend two amazing and memorable reunions with my parents. I will tell you about the one in 1997, we went for my father's 75th birthday. Well, first off, I had never in my life seen so many Nye's at one gathering. It was remarkable to see my dad present his Nye Cattle Brand at the association meeting one night. It is now a part of the wonderful Nye Museum. The trips up to the reunions were probably the best I ever had with my parents. Spending time at the Homestead gave me a warm feeling of pride, amazing feeling to know my ancestors lived in there and it's all part of my heritage. I was in awe the entire time we were there. It was all so fascinating, I have a dream and that is to have all of our children and grandchildren attend one of the reunions together. One day!

Oh, I just have to mention this, besides the Nye Reunions, there are quite newsy Nye Newsletters sent out to us, a Nye Store in the Museum which is open to the public. Now, if you desire to have something for yourself or a gift perhaps with Nye written on it, you got it! The Nye Store is the place you would want to shop! I have to acknowledge this fact, the stationery is quite lovely with a picture of the Nye Homestead on the front, a very good buy.

Besides having a wonderful time at the reunions, we traveled along the Cape, Cape Cod seashores are absolutely stunning!  Just seeing each historical sight and the numerous landmarks was just thrilling. I still treasure the times we stopped and just looked around in all the quaint little shops along the way...all of the sights around the Cape were truly breathtaking.  The rest of our trip...another post.

Dad and Me

Middle row-just right of center

(Dad has on a gray sports coat and white dress shirt and I am in green and brown, I am to his right)

East Sandwich, Massachusetts, that's it with the red dot.

History:

Benjamin Nye was the son of Thomas Nye and Agnes (Rye) was born 04 May 1620 in Bidlenden, Kent, England. The same year that the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Benjamin became a ship hand, at the age of 15, with the Freedom Company. He sailed on the "Abigail" and came to America in 1635. Its not a known fact if Benjamin stayed in America or sailed back and forth for a few years. In 1640, at the age of 20, Benjamin married Katherine Tupper on October 19th, in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Nye men were sea merchants, shipped wrecked at Madagorda Bay. Now you know how (we) the Nye's arrived in Texas. 

Dates, details, etc, that's another post...



xo