samappleton.bsky.social
@samappleton.bsky.social
Dallas suburbs. Passionate apathetic.
My executed were Mary Estey, Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurse ggms
Sarah Good and Mary Parker gga
Elizabeth Howe and John Proctor aunt and uncle by marriage.
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Gallows hill was until they figured out it was Proctor's Ledge.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 AM
No real estate was confiscated during the Salem hysteria. That's an urban legend.
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 AM
None of the Salem victims were lynched. They all had trials. Farces of trials given that spectral evidence was allowed, but still a trial.
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Who was your ancestor? I have 3 ggms, 2 ggas and a gga and ggu by marriage.
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Love that. I spent my 2024 vacation in Lovecraft Country and found several spots analogous to locations in the book and actually visited the Newburyport library.
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM
When you guys were comparing French terms, you forgot the one that has us in this s**t show: L'etat c'est Moi.

I am the state.

Attributed to Louis XIV. Applicable to DonOld.
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I have identified hundreds of Puritan Great Migration ancestors of mine. I lived in Massachusetts as a boy. I've been back numerous times over the decades.

I know what I'm talking about.
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Historical accuracy isn't "nit picking".
January 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
By "the colony" you mean Massachusetts Bay which wasn't even all of Massachusetts at the time?
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
As the descendant of three victims, this angers me intently.
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
As a history major and descendant of Salem victim and accusers I'm curious. What are your thoughts because I see a lot of nonsense on social media about 1692 and it drives me crazy.
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As the descendant of victims... 💯
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
George Jacobs is buried near the family cemetery of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead.

Rebecca is my 10th ggm.
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Same here. I never use "heritage". Always ancestry.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I have a similar pedigree to her and I never use heritage. Probably from living in the south for so long. I always used "ancestry" and describe my ancestors as having lived here before the United States was a thing.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not so fun fact: Of the 100ish folks on the Mayflower, half died in the first winter.
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Actually the Natives that occupied the area that was the Plymouth settlement was wiped out by a plague some years earlier.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yes!
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Love this! I'm directly descended from Susannah too. Since 2018 I've visited the Golgotha monument with George's name, the monument to where their house was, North and South Martin Street and the Macy-Colby house with several 2nd and 3rd cousins where her cradle and spinning wheel are located.
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Who? I'm descended from 13 or 14 of the men on the Golgotha monument.
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gorgeous!
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Oh my God! I just noticed @muellershewrote.com has a stuffed axolotl. Love it!
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a Hasidic meeting? No.

And I just noticed you have tardigrade as your pfp. ♥️ it!
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM