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| Toddler injured in accident at Falmouth boat ramp Sunday July 13, 2025 |
| FALMOUTH ? A toddler was injured in an accident at the boat launch at Green Pond Marine on Green Harbor Road in Falmouth about 10:45 AM Sunday. The victim was transported by ambulance to St. Luke's Hospital trauma center in New Bedford. Further details were not immediately available.
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| Just in: Crash closes section of Route 28 in Osterville Saturday July 12, 2025 |
| OSTERVILLE ? A traffic crash shutdown a section of Falmouth Road (Route 28). The collision happened about 8:50 PM Friday closing the highway between Osterville/West Barnstable Road and South County Road. No serious injuries were reported.
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| Driver escapes injury in Falmouth rollover crash Friday July 11, 2025 |
| FALMOUTH ? A driver escaped injury after their vehicle rolled on its side in Falmouth about 8:40 AM Friday. The crash happened on Sandwich Road south of Brick Kiln Road and is under investigation by Falmouth Police. Further details were not immediately available.
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| West Nile confirmed in Barnstable Friday July 11, 2025 |
| BARNSTABLE ? West Nile virus has been confirmed in the Town of Barnstable. The disease was detected in a sample of mosquitoes taken from the town, but no human case has been reported. The disease was also recently reported in Falmouth mosquitoes, with containment efforts underway by the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project. While the [?]
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| Guardians of New England Heritage: The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands Thursday July 10, 2025 |
| Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket?these iconic New England locales are not just summer destinations but the cradles of some of America's earliest colonial settlements. To preserve and celebrate the legacy of those who first settled in this unique region, a lineage society known as The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (DCCI) was founded. This society brings together individuals who trace their ancestry to the early founders of Barnstable County and the surrounding islands, helping to keep this rich regional history alive for future generations.
Founding of The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands was formally established in 2005 as a nonprofit lineage society. It was founded by a group of genealogists and historians with deep family roots in southeastern Massachusetts. Their goal was to create an organization that would honor and preserve the heritage of families who helped shape the cultural and historical identity of the Cape and Islands region, which includes:
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Elizabeth Islands
The society reflects a growing interest in regional lineage organizations?groups that focus on specific geographic areas rather than national figures or wars?providing a more localized and community-based lens into early American life.
Purpose and Mission
The mission of the DCCI is threefold:
To identify and honor the descendants of the early settlers of Cape Cod and the Islands.
To encourage the study of the early history of the region through research, writing, and education.
To preserve historical sites, records, and stories connected to the colonial era in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties.
The society also supports genealogical research and collaborates with historical societies and libraries throughout the region to ensure that vital records and family histories are conserved and accessible.
Who Qualifies as a Descendant?
To become a member of DCCI, individuals must prove direct lineal descent from a settler who lived in Cape Cod or the islands before the year 1700. These settlers include those who:
Arrived with or soon after the Mayflower,
Migrated from Plymouth Colony to Cape Cod towns,
Established early island settlements like Edgartown, Nantucket, and Falmouth.
Early settlers eligible for lineage documentation include prominent family names such as:
Freeman (Sandwich)
Hinckley (Barnstable)
Mayhew (Martha's Vineyard)
Starbuck and Coffin (Nantucket)
Applicants are required to submit primary genealogical documentation, including birth, marriage, and death records, wills, land deeds, and church registers.
Historical Significance of the Region
Cape Cod and the Islands hold a special place in colonial American history. Some highlights include:
1620: The Mayflower made its first landfall at Provincetown, where the Mayflower Compact was signed before the settlers moved on to Plymouth.
1630s?1650s: English Puritans settled Cape towns such as Barnstable, Sandwich, Yarmouth, and Eastham.
1642 onward: Thomas Mayhew Sr. and Thomas Mayhew Jr. established settlements on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, initiating early missionary work among the Wampanoag.
The region became a hub for whaling, shipbuilding, and commerce throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
Preserving this early colonial footprint is central to the DCCI's mission.
Activities and Preservation Efforts
The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands engage in a variety of activities:
Hosting annual meetings and conferences with speakers on colonial New England history.
Supporting genealogical publications, including family group sheets and transcriptions of early records.
Placing historic markers at cemeteries and significant homes.
Partnering with organizations such as the Cape Cod Genealogical Society and the Nantucket Historical Association.
Members also contribute to newsletters and collaborative research projects and are encouraged to submit their own family stories for publication.
Sources
The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands ? Official Website
Cape Cod Genealogical Society
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602?1890. Penguin Books, 2003.
Martha's Vineyard Museum ? Archives and Colonial Collections
Conclusion
The Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands offers more than just a connection to the past?it provides a living legacy of coastal resilience, community-building, and historical preservation. For those with ancestral ties to the sandy shores and windswept harbors of southeastern Massachusetts, DCCI offers a unique way to celebrate and safeguard the memory of the region's earliest European settlers.
If your family tree reaches back to Barnstable, the Vineyard, or Nantucket before 1700, you may find yourself part of a story that helped shape the very roots of American history.
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| The Family of My Heart Thursday July 10, 2025 |
| Reflections on a Family Reunion
My last name is Brooks, but in my heart, I am a MacKenney.
I recently spent a long, four-day weekend in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts with my mother's side of the family, something I've not had the opportunity to do for way too many years. My cousin Kara and her husband Scott have organized a couple of family gatherings at their seaside home in recent years, bringing the MacKenney clan back together for fellowship, feasting and fond memories. I've not been able to make these until this year, when I determined I would no longer let work demands dictate my calendar. I'm so glad I did, and I doubt I'll ever miss another one.
My mother grew up as a MacKenney in Medfield, Mass., the middle of three siblings, with an older brother named Larry and a younger brother named Bobby. Back in the early to mid 1900s, this was a small country town west of Boston, and the MacKenney kids grew up down the end of a long, winding, barely paved road along the Charles River. Summers were spent outside the town of Falmouth on Cape Cod, in a small cottage my grandfather owned. It was out there that my mother met a dark haired, dark eyed, wild city boy named Terry, whose family also spent summers at the Cape. They fell in love and eventually married, and my mother exchanged her MacKenney name for Brooks.
My father soon learned, as he once recounted to me, that he didn't just marry a girl named Nancy, he married into a loving, loyal family of deep Scottish heritage. He quickly came to deeply love this family he had married into, in some ways more than his own birth family. There are rich Scottish roots on my mother's side, and they are a warm, welcoming clan. My father's heart found a second home among the MacKenneys.
A MacKenney reunion, circa 1981 or 82.
Born from MacKenzie and Davidson roots, MacKenney reunions on my mother's side, in memories of my childhood, were always filled with laughter, hugs, games, and lots of food. And they were always held outside, in an expansive backyard under towering oak and willow trees overlooking the Charles River, or by the waters of Hamblin Pond, a small bay near Falmouth Harbor on the Cape.
I have memories of extended family at those reunions, great uncles and aunts, 2nd?3rd cousins I don't remember all that well. Yet I vividly recall times with the immediate MacKenney family- my grandparents, my Uncle Larry and Aunt Judy, Uncle Bobby and Aunt Marion, and my small but tight knit group of cousins, Lauren, Kara, Lisa, and Scotty. With us three Brooks boys, the seven cousins grew up very close, and I loved my uncles and aunts dearly, cherishing every moment with my MacKenney family, year after year.
Time and age eventually saw us all go our separate ways over the years, pursuing our own paths, starting our own families. Sadly, in the years that followed, we met together less frequently, and seemed to meet up most often for funerals. Both grandparents passed on in the 1990s, and we all gathered for those occasions, drifting back to our own lives and families soon after. Then my father died in 2021, my Aunt Marion a couple of years later, and several of us cousins decided it was time to start getting the family back together, rather than waiting for the next funeral. The three original MacKenney siblings were still alive, all of us cousins were still alive and well, so it was time to jumpstart the old reunions again.
Our 2024 trip to Cape Cod, with my grandson, at the beach I grew splashing around in as a child.
The first one was held in June 2024, yet because of a prior commitment to an overseas mission trip, I was regretfully unable to attend. I did have the opportunity to bring my family up to visit with a few cousins in September of last year, on my birthday. We enjoyed several days with Kara and Scott, my cousin Michelle on my father's side, and a surprise visit from Lisa, Uncle Bobby's daughter, and her husband Dan. I had not seen Lisa since grandparent funerals in the 1990s. It was also the first time I returned to Hamblin Pond, where both sides of the family had cottages for generations. I stepped into the soft sand and cold salty water that I had splashed around in as a child, for the first time in nearly half a century. Holding my little grandson Brooks while standing in those waters was a deeply moving moment for me.
Plans were already being discussed for a reunion in 2025, and I determined I would not miss that if at all humanly possible. And I did not. My own family would not be able to accompany me this time, but once in the new year, I booked my tickets and made my plans. I blocked out four days, a long weekend, to spend with the Mac family, and arrived Friday evening in time for an outdoor feast. Nearly everyone was present this year, the only exception being Lauren, Uncle Larry's oldest daughter, whose husband is battling stage four cancer.
MacKenney Reunion, 2025. Uncles & aunts, cousins & loved ones. A house of love.
We spent the long weekend feasting on incredible seafood, laughing at funny stories from our MacKenney history, even celebrating anniversaries and new beginnings for several in the family. The years and the miles just melted away between us all, and it felt like the fun outdoor reunions I remember from my youth. I learned things and heard new stories from Larry, Bobby and my mom's younger years that I'd never known before, and came to love them and my cousins even more. It was a glorious time by the sea.
I know many who dread family reunions, for all kinds of reasons. But this one brought me such joy, like the MacKenney reunions of old, that I about grieved its ending Sunday night and Monday, as everyone filtered back to their respective homes and lives. I was the last one to leave, with a late flight out of Providence, RI Monday evening, so I got to spend a few more hours lingering by the beach before heading to the airport. I reflected on the deep love that this side of my family has for each other, the loved ones that have been grafted in being embraced so fully as well, and how important these times are that we carve out to spend together. None of us are getting any younger, we've already said goodbye to two loved ones (my father and Aunt Marion), and all three MacKenney siblings are now in their 80s. Time is getting short, and getting more precious.
I dearly love these people, every one of them. My last name is Brooks, but in my heart, I am a MacKenney.
Rob
The view from Kara & Scott's back deck, overlooking Mattapoisett Harbor, Cape Cod beyond. |
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