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My 12x Great Grandfather Sir John Derek Miller II (1522–1592) : Honorary Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I and Ancestral link to American Statesmen and Two U.S. Presidents
Explore how Sir John Derek Miller II (1543–1592), my 12th great-grandfather, served as an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I, bridging Tudor faith, family, and royal service. He is also the direct ancestral link to a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a signer of the Constitution and two U.S. Presidents!
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Winterhay, Miller, and Hodge: Imagining the Lives of My British Ancestors
Explore the everyday lives of my British ancestors—Winterhay, Miller (Meller) and Hodge—through history, imagination, and lineage, and reflect on ancestry, identity, and inherited memory.
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Cats
The best pet is a cat!
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Rummaging Through Time: Where One Part of My Story Begins
Explore the everyday lives of my British ancestors—Winterhay, Winterheigh, Winterhaye, Winterhey—through history, imagination, and lineage, and reflect on ancestry, identity, and inherited memory.
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Renée Clarke Children’s Library and Media Center
If you could have something named after you, what would it be? I would love to have a children’s library named after me.
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Golden Rock Plantation Absentee Planters and Enslavers: John Mills of Woodford Bridge, Sir William Templer Pole, Henry Combe Compton, and MY Enslaved Family of St. Kitts
An in-depth historical exploration of Golden Rock plantation in St. Kitts, tracing the 1807 deed linking Sir William Templer Pole and Henry Combe Compton to absentee plantation ownership—and to the enslavement of my ancestors Fanny Golden Rock, Old Fanny, and James Adams. Through archival records and ancestral research, this powerful narrative uncovers the human cost…
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Joan Armatrading: The Kittitian-British Trailblazer Who Redefined British Music
Joan Armatrading is a pioneering Kittitian-British singer-songwriter and the first Black British woman to achieve international musical success. With a genre-blending sound and a career spanning over five decades, her legacy is defined by artistic independence and lasting influence on British music.
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The Best Compliment I’ve Received
What was the best compliment you’ve received? I was walking down the street at about age 19. A heavily inebriated man walked up to me and said…”Hi there you vision of loveliness.” He might have been seeing doubles I don’t know but that line stuck with me. lol
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A Life Punctuated by Loss: Phoebe Mac my 3x Great Grandmother
A Life Punctuated by Loss: Phoebe Mac and Womanhood in the Caribbean. The life of Phoebe Mac reveals how marriage, motherhood, and grief shaped women’s lives in the nineteenth-century Caribbean.
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Lady Sarah Hodge and the 1758 Execution of Enslaved Men in Anguilla
In 1758, two enslaved men, George and Pero, were executed in Anguilla for alleged treason during the Seven Years’ War—one burned alive, one hanged. This documented case reveals the brutal realities of colonial law, slavery, and imperial power on a small Caribbean island.
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Rev. Dr. Charles Douglas Martin: St. Kitts–Born Moravian Leader, Harlem Pastor, and 1917 Civil Rights Organizer
Born November 7, 1873, in St. Kitts, British West Indies, Rev. Dr. Charles Douglas Martin (1873–1942) rose to become the first and only Black minister of the Moravian Church in the United States. Founder of Beth-Tphillah, the Fourth Moravian Church in Harlem, he served for nearly 30 years while helping organize the historic 1917 Silent…
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Discovering my Jamaican Ancestry: Tracing Family Roots and Caribbean History
A personal journey into my Jamaican ancestry, exploring genealogy, family history, migration, and Caribbean identity across generations.
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Fave Shoes
My fave sneakers!
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The Best Gift I Ever Received!
My greatest gift was passing along my knowledge to my son not just at home, but in the classroom as well.
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Phoebe Berridge: My African-Born Ancestor’s Survival from West Africa to St. Kitts
The story of Phoebe Berridge my great, great, great, great grandmother, born in West Africa and enslaved in St. Kitts, traced through census records, motherhood, and survival across generations.
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“TELL OUR STORY”: An Emotional Visit to the African Burial Ground in Modern New York
A moving reflection on visiting the African Burial Ground reveals how New York’s foundations are rooted in resilience, memory, and truth.
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My Ideal Day in Paradise
My ideal day would be in my homeland of St.Kitts. Getting up not too early and heading to the beach.
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The King David Slave Ship Revolt of 1750: Resistance, Survival, and St. Kitts’ Hidden History
The King David revolt of 1750 exposes African resistance at sea and St. Kitts’ deep ties to the transatlantic slave trade.
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Igbo Landing and The Prince of Orange St.Kitts Tragedy: Resistance, Memory, and the Refusal of Enslavement
The story of Igbo Landing and The Prince of Orange explores two of the most powerful acts of resistance in Atlantic World history and its lasting meaning in the African diaspora.
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Something On My To-Do list That Never Gets Done: My Signing Up For Swimming Lessons
It might seem very unlikely that someone from the Caribbean would not be able to swim.
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Who Started Slavery in the Caribbean? Power, Profit, and Colonial Expansion
This post examines how European colonization, economic ambition, and racial ideology laid the foundations of slavery in the Caribbean island of St.Kitts.
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Telling Jumbie Story: Caribbean Folklore, Family, and St. Kitts Roots
Born and raised in St. Kitts, I grew up with the Caribbean tradition of “telling jumbie story,” passed down by my great-grandmother, Miss Anne—stories rooted in folklore, family, and memory.
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Before the Caribs were the Ciboney or Siboney People
A reconsideration of Caribbean history before the Caribs, challenging assumptions and uncovering the region’s deeper Indigenous past.
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My childhood Playing Cricket in the Road (Cultural Memory Post)
Children Playing Cricket: Everyday Life and Memory in the Caribbean. A reflection on my childhood playing cricket in Caribbean streets, revealing how colonial history lingers in ordinary moments of joy.
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Books that I want to read…
Books I want to read
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My Yeet Quilt
Learning and growing with my quilts
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St.Kitts Native Marcus Davis aka Marcus of the Woods: Enslaved Resistance and Survival in the Colonial Caribbean
A narrative account of Marcus, an enslaved man labeled a “notorious runaway,” revealing how resistance, fear, and survival shaped colonial Caribbean slavery.
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These days I enjoy quilting and writing my blog.
Quilting and learning about life.
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Life Isn’t Perfect—Neither Is My Quilt
Life lessons through quilting.
