Frederick Wickham and Settlement of the "Sufferers' Land"
I have a blog at http://firelands.wordpress.comhttp://firelands.wordpress.com that tells the history of the founding of the town of Norwalk, Ohio in 1817 during the settlement of the Firelands or “Sufferers’ Land,” a part of the Western Reserve that was given to “Sufferers” burned out of their homes by the British during the Revolution. The story of one of the early settlers of the Firelands, Frederick Wickham, who left a life as a captain of a Lake Erie schooner to settle in Norwalk and become a newspaper editor, is a major part of this history.
I post an episode of this history on my blog every Monday and will continue until November 2009. I have also posted a genealogy for the ancestors of Frederick Wickham that was compiled by my great-grandmother and grandmother. Frederick’s ancestor, Israel Thomas Wickham, settled in Rhode Island in 1662.
My fondest wish is that people interested in the history of the Wickham family will be entertained and informed by these postings and fill in gaps and correct inaccuracies in my research.
Thank you for your kind attention. I hope you visit my blog and enjoy my story of Frederick Wickham and the settling of the “Sufferers’ Land.”