Guildhall

Imagine finding a physical description of your 6th great-grandfather living in London back in 1725. Fascinating.  Samuel Wethered: “He is a thin Man, of a smooth Face, pale Complexion, dark Eye-brows, about five Foot eight Inches high, and appears to be 23-24 Years old, speaks French, and generally wore a light Wig and light colour’d

English Entanglements

With 512 7th Gr-grandparents, we’re bound to find something upsetting about our forebears when we dig deep. For me, it’s the Wethereds that are the most troubling. Before coming to Boston, the Wethereds lived in London, by the very center of its civilian power: Guildhall. The affiliated church, St. Lawrence Jewry, designed by Christopher Wren, is