Nye Family of America Association

February 2015

 

News


The Nye Family of America Association, Inc. was reorganized in 1959 for the purpose of acquiring, restoring and operating as a museum, the 17th century Benjamin Nye Homestead on Old County Road, East Sandwich, MA, and as a genealogical and research organization for all Nyes.

      

 

 East Sandwich was hit pretty hard by the blizzard of January 26th, with power outages,flooding and severe coastal damage. At the Homestead & Museum we had a few frozen pipes due to the power outage, otherwise we are OK.

 

                                  Shoveling out!

 

Thanks to John and Lynn Cullity who shoveled many inches of snow in preparation for our west restoration which began a few days after the blizzard.

  

 West Parlor Restoration

 

 

The West Parlor - The fine paneling dates from the mid-1700s, when Joseph Nye (1695-1750) occupied the house.  Our current restoration effort will focus on replacing the 1920s hard pine floor with a wide white pine floor that is characteristic of the 18th century.
   

 

 

 

 

 In this recent view, the hard pine has been removed.  To our surprise, we found no early timbers - the sills, floor joists and sub-floor had been replaced, probably in the late 1920s by the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife, who owned the property at that time.  About a foot of dirt will be removed after being sifted by Archaeologist, Craig
Chartier.  The sills and joists will be replaced with oak lumber, then a white pine floor.

 

 

 

2014 Annual Appeal  respondents - Thank you for helping with this project!

 

 

         History Talks at the Grange Hall
 
Due to inclement weather and limited parking spaces because of large snow banks, the lecture scheduled for February 8th has been canceled.
 
 The Next lecture will be on Sunday March 8th. Hope to see you then!
 
 

  

 

Nye Family Reunion

 

Mark your calendars for Saturday September 19th!

 

This year we are planning to have a clambake catered by the Osterville Fish Company. The menu consists of your choice of lobster, steak or chicken, served with clam chowder, mussels, steamers, corn, potatoes, linguica, coleslaw, dinner rolls and watermelon.

 

Click on the link below to download and mail in your registration for the event!

Reunion Registration 

 
 
 
  

New item for 2015!
 
Show your support of the Nye Family of America with an oval bumper sticker and see how many  NYE'S we can find while driving about the country!
 

 

 

 

It's

It's time to renew your 2015 Membership !

 

 Membership Benefits include unlimited free admission to the   Museum, and a 10% discount on Museum store purchases

 

 

 

  Memership Card