American Revolution

A House Divided: The Collvers in the American Revolution

Two hundred fifty years ago, the Revolution split this family into two houses — one for Congress, one for the King, both loyal to their cause. The story of the divide, and of the four weddings that mended it.

genealogy

Set Up the King's Standard: The Land, the Treason, and the Flight of Jabez Colver

Listen to this post 0:0015:37 Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyMore apps In the summer of 1774, a Connecticut-born minister named Jabez Colver laid out £545 in proclamation money and became the owner of 163.98 acres on the east side of the Minisink Mountain, at the northeast end of