I know nothing of the Porter families, but suspect that there is more out there. Willem Traphagen , the fiery Dutchman who help found a town in 1661 only to get kicked out 4 years later. One of my ancestors, Thomas Sayre , was one of the founders. An examination into the English Ancestry and American descent of John and Robert Pease who emmigrated from Great Baddow, Essex, England aboard the Francis in 1634. That's my dad on my grandfather's lap, surrounded by his brothers.
Scanners can do neat things.
A picture of my Grandmother and Grandfather Mott taken about 1910 just after they were married. My mother's High School graduation picture of 1930 . John Frederic Johnson, Private Alec Cuthbert Johnson, and Private Alfred Andrew Johnson, to whom these pages are dedicated. They were three sons of my great Aunt, Kate Spicer Johnson. May they rest in peace.