Sunday, June 15, 2003
Aemilia Lanyer (1569 - 1645)Daughter of Baptista Bassano, court musician of Elizabeth I (and later Charles I) of England, Aemilia frequented the fringes of the court of Elizabeth I and became the mistress of Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon, forty-five years her senior. Pregnant at the age of twenty-three, she married her cousin by marriage, Alphonso Lanyer, also a Queen's musician in October 1592. Lanyer was granted a monopoly for the weighing of hay and straw in London, a monopoly that would provide Aemilia with a precarious income after his death in 1613.
Published in the same year as the King James Bible (1611), Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Hail, God, King of the Jews, 1611) is a poem about the Passion of Christ. Dedicated to women and addressed to women, Lanyer makes no apology for publishing a serious work of poetry under her own name. Arguing for women's religious and social equality in the introductory dedicatory poems, Lanyer continues her feminist theme when she reinterprets the biblical creation story as well as the stories of Christ's life and death from a feminist point of view. Indeed, her entire Passion story is viewed from a feminist perspective.
Here is her introduction
. To the Virtuous Reader.
Often have I heard, that it is the property of some women, not only to emulate the virtues and perfections of the rest, but also by all their powers of ill speaking, to eclipse the brightness of their deserved fame: now contrary to this custom, which men I hope unjustly lay to their charge, I have written this small volume, or little book, for the general use of all virtuous Ladies and Gentlewomen of this kingdom; and in commendation of some particular persons of our own sex, such as for the most part, are so well known to myself, and others, that I dare undertake Fame dares not to call any better. And this have I done, to make known to the world, that all women deserve not to be blamed though some forgetting they are women themselves, and in danger to be condemned by the words of their own mouths, fall into so great an error, as to speak unadvisedly against the rest of their sex; which if it be true, I am persuaded they can show their own imperfection in nothing more: and therefore could wish (for their own ease, modesties, and credit) they would refer such points of folly, to be practiced by evil disposed men, who forgetting they were borne of women, nourished of women, and that if it were not by the means of women, they would be quite extinguished out of the world, and a final end of them all, do like Vipers deface the wombs wherein they were bred, only to give way and utterance to their want of discretion and goodness. Such as these, were they that dishonored Christ his Apostles and Prophets, putting them to shameful deaths. Therefore we are not to regard any imputations, that they undeservedly lay upon us, no otherwise than to make use of them to our own benefits, as spurs to virtue, making us fly all occasions that may color their unjust speeches to pass currant. Especially considering that they have tempted even the patience of God himself, who gave power to wise and virtuous women, to bring down their pride and arrogance. As was cruel Cesarus by the discreet counsel of noble Deborah, Judge and Prophetess of Israel: and resolution of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite: wicked Haman, by the divine prayers and prudent proceedings of beautiful Hester: blasphemous Holofernes, by the invincible courage, rare wisdom, and confident carriage of Judeth: & the unjust Judges, by the innocency of chaste Susanna: with infinite others, which for brevity sake I will omit. As also in respect it pleased our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, without the assistance of man, being free from original and all other sins, from the time of his conception, till the hour of his death, to be begotten of a woman, borne of a woman, nourished of a woman, obedient to a woman; and that he healed woman, pardoned women, comforted women: yea, even when he was in his greatest agony and bloody sweat, going to be crucified, and also in the last hour of his death, took care to dispose of a woman: after his resurrection, appeared first to a woman, sent a woman to declare his most glorious resurrection to the rest of his Disciples. Many other examples I could allege of divers faithful and virtuous women, who have in all ages, not only been Confessors, but also endured most cruel martyrdom for their faith in Jesus Christ. All which is sufficient to enforce all good Christians and honorable minded men to speak reverently of our sex, and especially of all virtuous and good women. To the modest sensors of both which, I refer these my imperfect endeavors, knowing that according to their own excellent dispositions, they will rather, cherish, nourish, and increase the least spark of virtue where they find it, by their favorable and best interpretations, than quench it by wrong constructions. To whom I wish all increase of virtue, and desire their best opinions.
Published in the same year as the King James Bible (1611), Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Hail, God, King of the Jews, 1611) is a poem about the Passion of Christ. Dedicated to women and addressed to women, Lanyer makes no apology for publishing a serious work of poetry under her own name. Arguing for women's religious and social equality in the introductory dedicatory poems, Lanyer continues her feminist theme when she reinterprets the biblical creation story as well as the stories of Christ's life and death from a feminist point of view. Indeed, her entire Passion story is viewed from a feminist perspective.
Here is her introduction
. To the Virtuous Reader.
Often have I heard, that it is the property of some women, not only to emulate the virtues and perfections of the rest, but also by all their powers of ill speaking, to eclipse the brightness of their deserved fame: now contrary to this custom, which men I hope unjustly lay to their charge, I have written this small volume, or little book, for the general use of all virtuous Ladies and Gentlewomen of this kingdom; and in commendation of some particular persons of our own sex, such as for the most part, are so well known to myself, and others, that I dare undertake Fame dares not to call any better. And this have I done, to make known to the world, that all women deserve not to be blamed though some forgetting they are women themselves, and in danger to be condemned by the words of their own mouths, fall into so great an error, as to speak unadvisedly against the rest of their sex; which if it be true, I am persuaded they can show their own imperfection in nothing more: and therefore could wish (for their own ease, modesties, and credit) they would refer such points of folly, to be practiced by evil disposed men, who forgetting they were borne of women, nourished of women, and that if it were not by the means of women, they would be quite extinguished out of the world, and a final end of them all, do like Vipers deface the wombs wherein they were bred, only to give way and utterance to their want of discretion and goodness. Such as these, were they that dishonored Christ his Apostles and Prophets, putting them to shameful deaths. Therefore we are not to regard any imputations, that they undeservedly lay upon us, no otherwise than to make use of them to our own benefits, as spurs to virtue, making us fly all occasions that may color their unjust speeches to pass currant. Especially considering that they have tempted even the patience of God himself, who gave power to wise and virtuous women, to bring down their pride and arrogance. As was cruel Cesarus by the discreet counsel of noble Deborah, Judge and Prophetess of Israel: and resolution of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite: wicked Haman, by the divine prayers and prudent proceedings of beautiful Hester: blasphemous Holofernes, by the invincible courage, rare wisdom, and confident carriage of Judeth: & the unjust Judges, by the innocency of chaste Susanna: with infinite others, which for brevity sake I will omit. As also in respect it pleased our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, without the assistance of man, being free from original and all other sins, from the time of his conception, till the hour of his death, to be begotten of a woman, borne of a woman, nourished of a woman, obedient to a woman; and that he healed woman, pardoned women, comforted women: yea, even when he was in his greatest agony and bloody sweat, going to be crucified, and also in the last hour of his death, took care to dispose of a woman: after his resurrection, appeared first to a woman, sent a woman to declare his most glorious resurrection to the rest of his Disciples. Many other examples I could allege of divers faithful and virtuous women, who have in all ages, not only been Confessors, but also endured most cruel martyrdom for their faith in Jesus Christ. All which is sufficient to enforce all good Christians and honorable minded men to speak reverently of our sex, and especially of all virtuous and good women. To the modest sensors of both which, I refer these my imperfect endeavors, knowing that according to their own excellent dispositions, they will rather, cherish, nourish, and increase the least spark of virtue where they find it, by their favorable and best interpretations, than quench it by wrong constructions. To whom I wish all increase of virtue, and desire their best opinions.
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Mujeres Barrocas The sudden appearance of Emilia Bassano (Madame Lanier) might seem strange in this series on women musicians, for Emilia was not a musician, and it is above all as a poet that she is present for us today. But when researching the musical life of Venice in the late 16th century by chance one discovers the Bassano family and the fascinating destiny (though still laden with mystery) of Emilia, how can one resist the desire of sharing this stroke of luck? In the wake of Emilia, the beautiful Moor, appear other characters who are more well known, including a certain Shakespeare....
Lanier Marriages in England * LANIER, Alphonse, son of Nicholas Lanier and Lucreece Bassano, married on 18 Oct 1592 in England to BASSANO, Emelia, feminist poet, daughter of Italian musician Baptisa Bassano and Margaret Johnson.
Current News about the Shakespeare Authorship Debate Hughes sided with A.L. Rowse in identifying the Dark Lady as Emilia Bassano Lanier, a lady of some distinction in the Court in the 1590s, of Mediterranean extraction (and hence "olive-skinned"), and intellectually an equal of Oxford/Shakespeare (she published a book of her original poetry under her own name in 1611, the first such book ever published by a woman in England, and a book that--like the Sonnets--had very few surviving copies).
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Good night, Sweet Prince!
Marriages extracted from Lyme Town Records
Darius Peck & Elizabeth Beckwith m. 19 Apr 1757
Reynold Peck & Deborah Beckwith m. 8 Mar 1764
Descendants of deacon Paul Peck
52. ELIADA5 PECK (BENJAMIN4, PAUL3, PAUL2, DEACON PAUL1) was born July 16, 1770 in Litchfield, CT. He married SALLY BECKWITH October 28, 1798 in Litchfield, CT.
Children of Eliada PECK and Sally Beckwith are:
i. MARIA S.6 PECK, m. JOSEPH WHITTLESEY, Litchfield, CT.
ii. BENJAMIN PECK, b. November 07, 1799, Litchfield, CT; m. ABIGAIL WHITTLESEY, June 04, 1806, Litchfield, CT.
iii. HENRY D. PECK, b. May 23, 1807, Litchfield, CT.
iv. SHELDON PECK, b. August 31, 1809, Litchfield, CT.
v. JAMES PECK, b. February 05, 1812, Litchfield, CT; d. 1813, Litchfield, CT; m. JULIA SHERMAN, May 07, 1826, Litchfield, CT.
Children of Samuel PECK (b1729) and wife Hannah BECKWITH, all b Lyme, CT:
1- Richard PECK b Aug 1753, mar 1st Sarah TENNANT in 1775 and mar. #2 Elizabeth CHAMBERLIN. Removed from Lyme, CT in 1783 and settled in Lexington, NY (Green Co.) He died in Durham, NY 24Oct1837
2- Samuel b ?, mar #1 Lucretia INGRAHM 18Oct1781, mar #2 Elizabeth CONKLIN - d Lyme, CT in fall of 1837
3- Eliff b abt 1757, mar William FELLOWS, d in Watertown, NY
4- Hannah b 27May1759, mar Silas ROBBINS 13Dec1782, d Lyme, CT 1Jan1840
5- Abner b 4May1761, mar Hannah TINKER 30Nov1786; He died in Shelburne, Mass. 4Jun1842. He was a soldier in the Rev War and one of the guards around the gallows at the execution of Major ANDRE.
6- Phebe b Sep1764, mar Solomon FELLOWS, died in Albion, NY
7- Jason b 5Jun1769, mar Rhoda WHITCOMB 27Nov1794, died in Reading, NY 2 Oct1845 He had settled in Reading in 1808. [Reading was part of Steuben co. before 1854, then part of Schuyler co. from 1855.)
8-Doras b 5Jan1772, mar Benjamin FARNSWORTH, d 23Oct1858 in Charlemont, Mass.
Children of Darius PECK (b 11Sep1733) & wife Elizabeth BECKWITH b Lyme, CT:
1-Martin PECK b 8Oct1759, mar #1 Lucy SENNET who d 19Aug1805; mar #2 Frances SOBURN she d 7Apr1853 and he died at Hector, NY 30Sept1808 where he had settled abt 1800
2- Elizabeth b 10Dec1781, mar Simeon HOLTON of Montague, Mass.
3-Darius b 2Feb1764, mar Lydia MACK 20Jul1786, d in Phelps, NY 31Jul1814. He removed from Lyme, CT to Conway, Mass. in 1789, & to Phelps, NY in 1804.
4-Simeon b 3Jan1766, said to have married ----- LAMPHERE and to have lived & died in Deerfield, Mass.
5- Andrew b 2Feb1768, said to have been mar & to have died in one of the western States
6-John Moore b 1Feb1770, mar Abigail PRATT abt 1797, d in Bethany, NY in Sep1831 where he had gone in 1830.
7-Huldah b 31Aug1772, mar Elisha RICE & had daus Phebe & Betsy
8-William b 18Jul1774, d in Lyme, CT abt 1794
9-Elisha b 16May1777 - died abt 1820 in Lyme, CT, unmarried.
10-Timothy PECK b 15Aug1779, mar #1 Catharine SMITH 18Sep1805 who d 30Apr1833; mar #2 Mehitable SMITH who d 19Mar1843; mar #3 Betsy BROCKWAY who d 6Nov1845. He was for 30 or 40 years a Deacon of the Church of Lyme, CT & d there 14Mar1851.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Monday, June 09, 2003
Richmond County, VA - Early Vital Records; William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 2
Born, Anne, daughter of Thomas & Anne Beale, Aug. 10, 1672.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Anne Beale, Jan. 29, 1675.
Born, Charles, son of Thomas & Anne Beale, Oct. 20, 1678.
Born, Anne, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Beale, Sept. 3, 1711.
Born, Winefred, daughter of Newman & Catherine Brockenbrough,
March 21, 1723-'24.
Born, Winefred, daughter of Newman & Catherine Brockenbrough,
March 4, 1726.
Betty Beckwith departed this life April 7, 1726.
William Brockenbrough departed this life, Jan. 25, 1733.
Born, Tarpley, son of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Oct. 2, 1718.
Born, Jonathan, son of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Nov. 14, 1720.
Born, Betty, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Aug. 15, 1723.
Born, Margaret, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, July 29, 1725.
Born, Mary, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, June 12, 1727.
Born, Richard, son of Thomas & Eliza Beale, Dec. 19, 1723.
Born, Reuben, son of Thomas & Eliza Beale, Dec. 19, 1725.
Born, William, son of Samuel & Anne Barber, Aug. 27, 1728.
Born, Eliza, son of James & Frances Booth, Aug. 31, 1728.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Sarah Beale, May 17, 1729.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Anne Barber, Feb. 28, 1729.
Born, Samuel, son of Samuel & Anne Barber, Jan. 16, 1730-'1.
Married, Thomas Beale & Sarah McCarty, April 27, 1728.
Born, Anne, daughter of Thomas & Anne Beale, Aug. 10, 1672.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Anne Beale, Jan. 29, 1675.
Born, Charles, son of Thomas & Anne Beale, Oct. 20, 1678.
Born, Anne, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Beale, Sept. 3, 1711.
Born, Winefred, daughter of Newman & Catherine Brockenbrough,
March 21, 1723-'24.
Born, Winefred, daughter of Newman & Catherine Brockenbrough,
March 4, 1726.
Betty Beckwith departed this life April 7, 1726.
William Brockenbrough departed this life, Jan. 25, 1733.
Born, Tarpley, son of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Oct. 2, 1718.
Born, Jonathan, son of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Nov. 14, 1720.
Born, Betty, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Aug. 15, 1723.
Born, Margaret, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, July 29, 1725.
Born, Mary, dau. of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, June 12, 1727.
Born, Richard, son of Thomas & Eliza Beale, Dec. 19, 1723.
Born, Reuben, son of Thomas & Eliza Beale, Dec. 19, 1725.
Born, William, son of Samuel & Anne Barber, Aug. 27, 1728.
Born, Eliza, son of James & Frances Booth, Aug. 31, 1728.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Sarah Beale, May 17, 1729.
Born, Thomas, son of Thomas & Anne Barber, Feb. 28, 1729.
Born, Samuel, son of Samuel & Anne Barber, Jan. 16, 1730-'1.
Married, Thomas Beale & Sarah McCarty, April 27, 1728.
Marriages in Richmond County
MARRIAGE BONDS AT WARSAW, RICHMOND COUNTY
Griffin, Steptoe, Ball, Beale, Armistead, Rust, Fauntleroy, Colston, Carter, Chicheley, Pierce, Lewis, Belfield, Beckwith, Digges, Miskell
PROVIDENCE FORGE
The place above named is a well-known station on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, nearly
half-way between Williamsburg and Richmond. It first appears as the property of the Rev.
Charles Jeffery Smith, A.M. a Presbyterian minister from Long Island, N.Y., and his partner,
William Holt, who also held together
MARRIAGE BONDS AT WARSAW, RICHMOND COUNTY
Griffin, Steptoe, Ball, Beale, Armistead, Rust, Fauntleroy, Colston, Carter, Chicheley, Pierce, Lewis, Belfield, Beckwith, Digges, Miskell
PROVIDENCE FORGE
The place above named is a well-known station on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, nearly
half-way between Williamsburg and Richmond. It first appears as the property of the Rev.
Charles Jeffery Smith, A.M. a Presbyterian minister from Long Island, N.Y., and his partner,
William Holt, who also held together
James Tarpley I Family gold rings to his friends Col. Willoughby Allerton; Capt. Daniel McCarty, and Mr. Daniel Dobbins and Capt. Thomas Beale and their wives
also:
John and Jane Williams
Robin Hood
Tarpley, Barber, Beckwith
also:
John and Jane Williams
Robin Hood
Tarpley, Barber, Beckwith
Fayette County Park, West Virginia
The park lies on Laurel Creek approximately 2-1/2 miles above Beckwith, WV. From Rt. 19 at the Fayetteville intersection, travelers need to take Rt. 16 N toward Beckwith and Gauley Bridge. It is 4-1/2 miles form the intersection to a left turn off Rt. 16 N, onto a two lane road which is marked as Fayette County Park Road. It is then approximately 1-1/2 miles to the welcome sign for the Park road enterance.
The park lies on Laurel Creek approximately 2-1/2 miles above Beckwith, WV. From Rt. 19 at the Fayetteville intersection, travelers need to take Rt. 16 N toward Beckwith and Gauley Bridge. It is 4-1/2 miles form the intersection to a left turn off Rt. 16 N, onto a two lane road which is marked as Fayette County Park Road. It is then approximately 1-1/2 miles to the welcome sign for the Park road enterance.
Saturday, June 07, 2003
Undergraduate Scholorship Recipients - Rogina D. Beckwith It has been a very busy and successful year for me as a Morris K. Udall scholar. As I reported in my Morris K. Udall scholarship application, I have a vision of serving my tribe and Indian country in general, in the area of tribal public policy as it directly relates to health and social issues.
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