Goody Wing an American Foremother

Our Colonial Grandmothers Were Much Brighter And Cheerier Than The Myth Of Dour Stiff Black-And-White Women Who Have Been So Eternalized By Pilgrim-Era Paintings. Certainly Do Not Color Deborah Bachiler Wing As Wan And Morose. Like Most Foremothers Deborah Was Resolved And Resolute Determined To Create A Home Out Of A Cabin In The Midst Of A Primeval Forest. Deborah Braved Crossing The Atlantic As A Widow With Four Young Sons And Her Father The Reverend Stephen Bachiler An Irascible Fellow Who Attracted Misfortune As Though He Were A Magnet. While Their Crusade To Find Religious Freedom Was Thwarted In New England As It Had Been In England Their Experiences Helped Form The Persevering Character Of America.