An early morning we head into downtown Portsmouth with Mom and have breakfast at a lovely cafe in the town square. We then head to a museum called "Strawberry Banke". In 1623 the first settlers came to New Hampshire and set up their first permanent residence at the mouth of the river between what is now Maine and New Hampshire. The village existed primarily on the fishing industry. Strawberry Banke has many of the towns original homes which are available to go inside and explore with period furniture. Staff dresses up in period costume and share with the guest the way that life in the 1600's and 1700's were in what was to become the United States. We learned about the roll of the Nutter family in the Portsmouth society of the time (that is Sean's Paternal Great - Grandmother's maiden name).
After a tasty lunch back at Auntie Elli's we headed to Dover to learn more about the Nutter family in this area, which dates from 1633. We went to the Woodworth museum, and learned about the Nutter's which were some of the original settlers of this area. One of the real treats of the day was when Mom found a decree written by the 'City of Dover' signed by both Sean's ancestors, and my ancestors, espeically fun because there were only three signatures of the document.
We were pooped and headed back to Auntie Ellie's and made dinner, when she got home from work we ready to eat our tasty salad and lasagna. We made popcorn and watched the first two episodes of the "The Tudor's" on DVD.
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