Drawing Uncertainty

I’m not sure I should have drawn this old house in Rowley, Massachusetts. I researched it like all the other places in my series of drawings, but the problem is the link to my ancestry in this case is just a hunch—maybe more like an educated guess. I’m still missing a crucial fact. Perhaps this

Deacon Francis Parott Esq.

Francis Parrat, my 8x great-grandfather, arrived in America back in 1638 with his two sisters, Ann and Faith. They were part of a big group of followers of Reverend Ezekiel Rogers who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from Rowley, Yorkshire, England. Soon after arriving, Francis married Elizabeth Northend, another immigrant who also came over

Rowley Settlers

On my first drive through Rowley, Massachusetts, I passed this house and wished it was mine—to draw, that is. I love drawing old houses and the more wear and tear they have, the better. However, research led me further down the street to a far less interesting spot — a bend in the road where