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The Families
of a
Small North American Village

In the 1700s
Main Characters

Warwick

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Octavia and Jamie Warwick
He arrived in the new world as an indentured servant, but his master Chester Dawson, an elightened man, knowing Jamie would be austersized by the community decided to keep that fact to himself.
Octavia arrived later as the governess for the wealthy Coates family. Jamie later owns Dawsons Inn and Public room, commonly refered to as the pub.

Updated family pictures and grandchildren please look here

Warwick Family

Keene

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Jack Keene fell in love with Kate at first sight, she too fell in love with him as she nursed him back to health. He met Jamie on the boat coming over from England, they were not friends but soon became friends after Jamie rescued him from what probably was certian death.

Amelia married Roland Swensen, see Swensen below

Johanna married Westly Timberlane, see below

Sons Alan and Adam, daughters Ava Maria and Jacqueline.

Dawson

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Chester Dawson married Maggie and took over his fathers public house and inn, they have one niece they raised now married herself to Dutcher the town miller(see Dutcher) They have no children themselves, but they love Jack, Jamie, Octavia, Kate and little Quentin as if they were their own..

Amberly

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The town founders and richest family in the area, rivaling, Landers, Timberlane, and even Swensen.A lot of people think the handsome Jacob could have done better then Maryetta Dupree daughter of Frenchie Dupree, who is a bit shy and plain. But Jacob knew there is more then looks to a good woman and soulmate. Jacobs grandfather Francis Amberly a son of a British lord founded the town, and built it from one small store to the village it is now.

Casper married Leatha Martin. they have two children Emily and Jordan


Many a girl has drooled over Paul, but who will win his heart, Jessica feels she will never find the right man someone her father will approve of. She likes Josiah, but knows her father will not tolerate it.

Clarise the Amberly's oldest daughter married Seth Martin (see Martin)

Martin

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Seth Martin took over running the farm from his stone mason father, and married Clarise
The woman of his dreams.
He also is the constable of Amberly.

Together he and Clarise are raising Seths brother and sister.


Warren admires his big brother and wants to be like him, Leatha married Casper Amberly.

They adopted a foundling baby Josiah and then had Ben and then Flora

Other Relatives
Clive Martin a the town cleric
Seth's father's youngest brother

Coates

Another long time resident family of Amberly. The Coates family from northern England originally. They own a woolen mill as well as employ weavers who work in cottage industry in Amberly.

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Edmond Coates the Second, kept his fathers business going and married Caroline Landers, sister of John Landers.


Jenny (see Timberlane), Madolyn sweet and smart, Edmond the third likes to be called Eddie, and the little Betsy make up this family.


Pet cat Rusty

SWENSEN

The Swensen high born Swedish family who moved to the new world to build a fortune and did.

Oly Swensen
Patriarch and squire of the Swensen family,married Agatha who passed away last winter, Agatha was the love of Chester Dawsons life until he met Maggie.
Oly remarried in the summer of his fifty eighth year, twenty-four year old Janette Landers

Janette, Caroline's Landers Coates cousin and dear friend, was unfortunately married to Morris Sherry, it was an arranged marriage by her father. Then after his arrest she goes to the church and has the marriage annulled.

Morris Sherry's only child Myrah, who is adopted by Oly Swensen, and doted on by him as if she were his own. She is in love with a young man she does not think her adopted father would approve of.

Janette so far has three sons with Oly.


Orsen, Ivan, and Victor

Oly has two adult children, Neils and Astrid Swensen Landers (See Landers)

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Neils met Olga while visiting Europe when he was fifteen, he asked for her hand and sent for her when they were twenty and nineteen after four years of letters.

They have five children
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Roland who married Amelia Keene, they have one child Matthew
Roland runs the local paper and Amelia unknown to the public helps write many of it's columns, most think maybe she puts in the recipes but those come from her father.

Milicent who married a merchant in Portland

Alexander who is quite the flirt


Valerie and Olaf the last of Neils children.

The Swensens own the drayman and shipping business, also extensive farms.

Oly Swensen used to be very much a snob, very upper class, but he has changed, and now Neils seems to be th snob of the family.

Landers

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Astrid Swensen Landers, the widow of John Landers, purchased her new husband Lewis.

Justin married Faith Dunbar a girl he met when he went to school in Riversedge. He now manages the Landers many farm projects freeing Lewis up to do what he does best hang out at the pub and be a father to his children.


Astrid's sons Todd and Thoren and daughter Ingrid with Lewis

John Landers was a wealthy man who made money in livestock and fine blooded horses. When he died suddenly leaving his wife with a son to raise, Astrid being her mothers daughter took matters in her own hands. Frustrated with the lack of good quality men in town and rebuffed by Seth Martin, she bought Lewis's ticket, and struck a deal with Chester Dawson, neither would tell where they got the men they brought to Amberly. Oh if her father were to find out Lewis was an indentured servant. Not to mention a common British thief, although the son of a Lord, born on the wrong side of the blanket. He would cut Justin out of his will.

Timberlane

Timberlane has made his fortune in buying and clearing and selling land. He has a mill and sells everyone in town their wood. He is a bit greedy and some say his greed caused his death.

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Whitney Timberlane married Alice Faylan just to get her fathers land, some town gossips say.

Westly now heads the company, he is nothing like his father, he tries to educate his men and improve the lumber business he also works with his cousins Cass and Kane -----
Alvin and Josephen Westlys younger siblings.


Rufus and Lady, Alice's dogs, she breeds herding dogs as a hobby.

Other relatives. Whitney's deseased brother Ruberts sons
* Cass Timberlane and his brother Kane Timberlane

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Cass and his estranged wife Jenny Coates and his widowed brother Kane.

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Cass and Jenny's daugher Cassandra

Kane's children Silas and Darin

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