My journey with my former Boston Tea Party Ships/Museum persona, Mary Winegar Young, continues. I just got back from visiting Amenia, the town where she grew up and married Dr. Thomas Young. I’m working on a performance about her that will debut there next year for the 260th anniversary of Young’s naming of the town! It will also be the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, of which Young was among the chief organizers. 1. Amenia Union - Home of Dr. Thomas Young, who named Amenia, and Vermont; a Revolutionary Patriot, and Friend of Ethan Allen 2. the creek her home and her father’s grist mill was built beside 3. The site of her grandfather Uldrick Winegar’s home, where her immediate family also lived before building the grist mill. 4. Her mother Anna Katharina Winegar’s headstone (the names on the labels were a little wonky but the dates line up) 5. Her father Capt. Garrett Winegar’s headstone. He was an interesting character, apparently known for his strong relationship with the local indigenous people both back in Germantown and in Amenia. He and Johannes Rauh, a fellow Palatine German emigrant, left Germantown and were the first Europeans to settle in the area. They were particularly friendly with the Schaghticoke, the closest indigenous tribe, as well as the Moravian missionaries that lived among the tribes. 6. Her grandfather Uldrick’s headstone - he lived to 102! 7. Her eldest sister Susannah Rauh’s headstone, who I imagine she was particularly close to as she named her firstborn daughter after her. 8. Her firstborn daughter Susanna Nase (aka Knies)’s headstone. She was a schoolteacher before her death, and afterwards Mary went to live in Lenox with her two grandsons. Sadly this means her own gravesite is four hours away. It felt pretty special to visit the place where she grew up and see the burial sites of most of her close relatives! #history #gravestones #amenia #ameniany #newyork #headstones #bostonteaparty #americanrevolution #marywinegaryoung #drthomasyoung #sonsofliberty #revolutionarywar #schaghticoke https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3VjuXOGxa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
