Documents: Black History Here
Documents: Black History Here During Black History month, [...]
Documents: Selling Prince
Documents: Selling Prince A deed of sale preserved [...]
Exhibition Note: Recalling Lyme’s Runaways
Exhibition Note: Recalling Lyme’s Runaways By Carolyn Wakeman [...]
Documents: Harry Freeman’s Burial
Documents: Harry Freeman’s Burial by Carolyn Wakeman Witness [...]
Exhibition Note: David Gardiner’s Manor
Exhibition Note: David Gardiner’s Manor Unseen in the [...]
Letters: Freedom on the Ballot in the 1856 Election
Letters: Freedom on the Ballot in the 1856 Election [...]
Profiles: A Lyme Resident, Descendant of Slaves
Profiles: A Lyme Resident, Descendant of Slaves By [...]
Exhibition Note: Fresh Fields–New Light on Familiar Settings
Exhibition Note: Fresh Fields–New Light on Familiar Settings [...]
Documents: “At this time”: Remembering Samuel’s Emancipation
Documents: At this time”: Remembering Samuel’s Emancipation On [...]
Landmarks: Viewing Joshua’s Rocks
Landmarks: Viewing Joshua’s Rocks The 2020 exhibition Fresh [...]
Glimpse: The Case of Henry Freeman
Glimpse: The Case of Henry Freeman by Carolyn [...]
Documents: Lyme Family Slaves, Part 1- Arabella’s Dwelling Place
A Negro slave named Arabella, of unknown origin, served in Lyme’s first parsonage. There she attended Rev. Moses Noyes (1643–1729) and his family until she passed by will to his daughter Sarah. The original Noyes homestead has been demolished, but Arabella’s dwelling place can still be imagined from a sketch drawn by artist Ellen Noyes Chadwick (1824–1900), based on her father’s descriptions.
