Westward Days

Nathaniel Day was the fifth child of English immigrants Anthony Day and Susanna Ring Matchett who lived on the Annisquam River in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where I drew last summer. Nathaniel was born on December 9, 1665, and he’s my 6x great-grandfather. His family moved around Cape Ann—north of Boston—quite a bit, before settling by Pole’s

Beach Bothered

Perhaps I was trespassing when I visited and drew by Bass Rocks, overlooking Gloucester’s Little Good Harbor Beach on a beautiful evening in June. Nearby was a sign telling me that visitors were not welcome. However, I felt a little entitled to be there, actually. You see, nine generations ago, my ancestor John Rowe, an