Richmond C. Winter. Born Fall River, June 25, 1839. Died New Bedford, Jan 17, 1912. “My grandfather — my Mother’s father.”
Long Family Archive
A family research project. Southeastern Massachusetts, 1620–present.
With roots in Devon going back to 1066.
Thirteen connected families across four centuries in southeastern Massachusetts — from the Mayflower to the Revolution to the whaling ports of Cape Cod. Built from vital records, military rosters, and a box of family photographs with handwritten annotations.
What’s New — April 2026
- 49 family photos cataloged from the Warren-Winter collection
- Solomon Swift’s Revolutionary War service confirmed (Vol. 15)
- Jenkins-Swift-Green lineage chain verified through FamilySearch
- 7 new family line pages launched
- Interactive family tree with 6 connected lines
- Society of the Cincinnati research: 4 Green officer seats identified
How We Got Here
This archive traces the path of interconnected families across the centuries — from medieval England to colonial New England, from whaling ports to Revolutionary battlefields, from Cape Cod homesteads to the present day.
The Norman Conquest
The Mayflower
The Swifts Arrive
Nantucket Settled
The Revolution
Two Families
The Civil War
Summer at Waquoit
The Archive
“Many many years ago when I was very little.”
— handwritten in blue ink across a photograph of the Waquoit homestead, decades after it was taken
Family Lines & Stories
The Family Tree
Six interconnected lines — Swift, Winter, Jenkins, Green, Warren, and Arden — from 1627 to the present. Tap any ancestor to reveal their story.
→Photos · 12 imagesThe Winter-Swift Connection
Two families united by marriage. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and cabinet cards spanning five generations, with handwritten annotations from someone who wanted to make sure nobody forgot.
→1620Mayflower Passengers
Four documented ancestors aboard the Mayflower: Degory Priest, Richard Warren, Francis Cooke, and Stephen Hopkins. Verified through primary sources.
→Active ResearchSociety of the Cincinnati
Documenting connections to Revolutionary War officers. Solomon Swift’s service confirmed. The search continues through the Green, Warren, and Barber lines.
→Falmouth, MA · 1627–presentThe Swifts of Falmouth
Nine generations from William Swift I to Le Roy Warren Swift. Seafarers, farmers, and soldiers rooted in Cape Cod for four centuries.
→New Bedford · CharlestownThe Wall Connection
Herbert Miller Wall, the barquentine White Wing, Michael Thornton from Galway, and the Holy Hood Cemetery in Charlestown.
→InteractiveThe Migration Map
Eleven locations from Devon to Nantucket. Filter by family. Thirty miles of coastline, four centuries of interconnected families.
→Devon, England · 1066–1620The Portledge Centuries
Fourteen generations at one Devon estate. The traditional medieval Coffin line — presented as context, with confidence ratings throughout.
→1659 · The Island PurchaseThe Eleven Families of Nantucket
Tristram Coffin led nine purchasers to the island. Within a generation, eleven families formed the core of the community — interconnected by marriage, bound by the sea.
→How This Archive Is Built
Every claim in this archive is traced to a primary source where possible. Connections are rated:
Where we’re not sure, we say so.
Sources include FamilySearch (with PIDs for every verified ancestor), the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War compilation (Internet Archive, free public access), the Barney Genealogical Record at the Nantucket Historical Association, and family photographs with original handwritten annotations.
Thirteen Lines, One Archive
Swift — Falmouth, Cape Cod. 1627–present.
Winter — Fall River & New Bedford. 1839–1912.
Wall — New Bedford & Charlestown.
Jenkins — Falmouth. 1659–1842.
Green — Massachusetts. 1640–present.
Warren — SE Massachusetts.
Arden — Fall River area.
Peckham — Rhode Island.
Coffin — Devon, England → Nantucket. 1066–present.
Macy / Swain / Gardner — Nantucket founding families. 1659.
Priest / Warren / Cooke / Hopkins — Mayflower passengers. 1620.
Westcott — Rhode Island. Providence founders.
Pelletier — French-Canadian. 100+ ancestors.
Enter the Archive
Explore the family tree, browse photographs from the 1850s, or follow the ongoing research into Revolutionary War connections.