Descendants at Menokin
THE EVER GROWING GALLERY BELOW FEATURES DANIEL GORDON, ENSLAVED AT MENOKIN, DESCENDANTS OF THE ENSLAVED PERSONS AT MENOKIN BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, AND THOSE SUPPORTING THIS ONGOING JOURNEY OF ANCESTRAL DISCOVERY
Partial Menokin Descendants Tree, Menokin Visitor Center
Recent Posts
Menokin First Descendants’ Day Photo Galleries are Live
New galleries of photos from our photographers of the day and attendees are now live on the website here. See highlights from throughout the day, and keep sending your photos in to descendants@menokin.org. Thank you!
"You See Me...I See You"
Read Frank Albert Johnson Jr.’s blog post about his thoughts and connections to the waterways as he stands at the Menokin shoreline via this link. Frank is a member of the Menokin Board of Trustees, Co-Chair Menokin Descendant Engagement Team, and direct Descendant of the Gordon family that had been enslaved at Menokin.
The Search for the Menokin Enslaved
Genealogist Bessida White was engaged by the Menokin Foundation to identify persons who were enslaved at Menokin, and to locate their present-day descendants. Read Ms. White’s approach and discoveries here with this amazing ongoing effort.
Image of Daniel West Gordon, an Enslaved Person at Menokin
Happy Birthday Pearl
On May 23, 2022, Pearl Foster Brown celebrated her 94th birthday! The daughter of William and Nannie Gordon Foster, Pearl is the only living grandchild of Daniel West and Elizabeth Saunders Gordon. She is a New Jersey native and lifelong resident.
CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES PEARL!