The True Origins of the Newport Tower.

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Never before revealed facts about the Newport Tower. The legacy of the Easton family in the unknown history of North America.

The Newport Tower is one of the locations in the overall saga discussed here that a great deal of mythology and lore has been applied to. Though the evidence is overwhelming that the tower was built in the seventeenth century many speculate that the Tower’s origins lay in possibly “Viking” explorers who came to North America who had left the tower as a sign that hey were once there thus legally claiming the continent for their culture or Royal entity.

This alternate theory of the Newport Tower’s origins does have some rationale but upon closer examination it is revealed that the tower was indeed built in the seventeenth century under the auspices of the same family group that would later have an impact on many mysterious places and events including concepts like the Oak Island Treasure, Beale Treasure, Kensington Rune, and more. Along the way this family group built several monuments that served as private meridians that all pointed to these places of intrigue. The Newport Tower is one such place and may have actually been built as a talisman of a great fortune that had been removed from New England waters as early as 1615. All of the subsequent talismanic temples that were built in the United States references this family group via their relations and the use of a specific set of symbology and architectural forms to mark their presence.

None of this information disputes the fact that people may have come to Newport prior to Columbus’ arrival in the West Indies in 1492. It is likely given an examination of the entire scheme overall that Newport was visited. At this time a star log was collected, the proper ceremonial aspects were acted out and a cairn of local stones was left to mark the point of observation. Some of the original stones from this cairn were likely included later in the construction of the tower. Subsequent unknown visitors to this site may have left hastily formed inscriptions on some of the stones in the cairn to show that they had been there. This would account for Gary Gianotti’s discovery of the same symbols on the tower that are present on the Kensington Rune and also seen in the logo of the College of William and Mary. The presence of Gosnold and Archer later of Jamestown may attest to this possibility.

This is why there is no record beyond the Verazanno map that supplies a rationale as to why anyone would think the tower was there prior to colonial times. In fact the tower marked on his map may serve to simply mark a point from which known observations were made at one time that became part of his navigational catalog as collected from other European sources like Spain who had sailed past that point many times prior to him and had not recorded the presence of a tower there. At that time the tower on the map was simply a symbol telling you there had been a point collected there that is useful in navigation. Many times towers or monuments are constructed at these points much later in time than the original use that caused them to be valued in such a manner.

The Spanish especially were known to have a distinctive array of map symbols with specific meanings that often resembled alchemical symbols. For instance the symbol for “good timber” resembles the diamond shaped goddess symbol of Puella with the line extending downward from the diamond or rotated square. It is not out of the question that the tower on the map is simply a map symbol.

There is some evidence to suggest that Spain was involved in the collection of the star log that was once done at Newport. Given this there is a strong connection or association in the membership of many Scottish Nobles in the Order of Santiago. Many of these men were Knights of Santiago including Sir James Douglas, and William Sinclair, who may have perished or disappeared from the pages of history at the battle of Teba in Spain. Prior to the battle many sources state that these men visited Santiago de Compostela and had indeed taken part in the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela from the port of A Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Incidentally A Coruna is home to both the Torre de Hercules lighthouse (ca. 6^th century) and a legend that states Queen Scota’s King observed Ireland from this lighthouse compelling them to come to the British Isles eventually having a great impact on the cultures of Scotland and Ireland. This may be why the modern Celtic compass design at the Torre de Hercules points the way to the Newport tower.

If these men had disappeared and came to North America it is possible that they came and had left the cairn and collected a star long. If true this would have involved other members of their order who were Spanish. It is also possible that Spanish ships were used on this clandestine mission. The involvement of Douglas and company would also match the supposition that Henry Sinclair had once come to North America as these men were directly related to him including William Sinclair who disappeared with Douglas at Teba. It is far more likely that the Lord Admiral os Scotland would send these lesser degreed and younger family members on such a voyage.

Given this it is still possible that people as early as Charlemagne or more likely Frederick II had come and at least claimed this land if not attempted to stay and explore further. There are other hints using the Axis Mundi that may also indicate a knowledge of N. America on the part of Trajan and subsequent Byzantine rulers. This may indeed may have supplied the route by which Charlemagne had been aware of the continent. Conversely later people aware of this tradition may have speculated that these men knew about these regions simply because their octagons pointed that way.  Later people aware of this may have also placed Coptic, Egyptian, and Greek imagery in many of these places in order to confuse opposing factions, secret societies, and even national interests.

Much of the same imagery that may prove Byzantines came to Oak Island for instance was and is used by secret societies present in that area from the eightieth century to present time. With this in mind why would one assume the Byzantines were there without proof that extends beyond the metaphors and suggestions we are left to ponder by their presence alone. This same concept would apply to the use of Runes on the Kensington Rune that were also included in a known Masonic cipher dating from the same time as the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company? This coupled with the stone’s location at the margins of the Rupert’s Land (original HBC claim) and French Louisiana? C’mon people.

This stone is clearly a boundary marker added no earlier than the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1670. Already noted earlier is the association between the namesake of Douglas County where the Kensington Stone is located and his direct relation to Governor Arnold whom many attribute with the construction of the Newport Tower. There is family present in Alexandria Minnesota that have a legacy of the value of the Christian oriented symbols present on the Kensington Stone whom also controlled the Great Northern Railroad. The Hill family of Minnesota also related to the Easton’s via the Meriwether Clarke family with Hills also having married into the famly of French explorer Marquette. The same family of Horace Hill in Nashville who seems to be behind the construction of the replica of the Parthenon there and Samuel Hill who built the Peace Arch, Mayhill Stonehenge and Art Museum, and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. All of these structures also “point to” other places involved in the legacy of many different mysteries and treasure myths.

Despite these theories no solid evidence has been collected that anyone prior to the 1000 AD construction of L’Anse Aux Meadows Newfoundland had been to North America. After that date there are clear connections between the Norse culture and that of their Norman brothers in England, Scotland, Italy and beyond. Frederick II has direct Norman descent via his Hauteville mother as was his contemporary and rival Charles I Anjou. The Hauteville’s were contemporaries with the de Eston or Mortuo Mori family of Rouen France. There is a distinct Norman and Saxon family overlay to this entire tradition as seen in western culture.

Discussed earlier are the many archaeological and historical narratives that display the Newport Tower having been constructed in the seventeenth century. Two early colonial administrators of the Rhode Island settlement wrote about using the tower as a windmill at that time. This includes Nicholas Easton and Benedict Arnold Sr. Archaeological testing of the site and analysis of the mortar used in the structure confirm an early seventeenth century date. One of the structures compared to the mortar in the tower was indeed the house of the Easton family at that time.

Much of the confusion with regard to the historical context of the Newport Tower has been obscured by political movements and philosophies such as the “Norumbega” political movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century United States. These political views harkened back to an earlier age that still has relevance in today’s society. This political philosophy was based on keeping the United States an exclusive and racially mandated country.

Many narratives of the Kensintgon Rune include the fact that a Viking Ship was constructed and displayed and the Chicago Exposition to dispute the fact that Columbus had discovered North America. As we may see Christopher Columbus was part of the same family philosophy that dictated the most controversial symbols seen on the Kensington Rune. All of the same Christian oriented symbols seen on the Kensington Rune repeat themselves throughout this controversy including their presence in the Greek lettered signature of Christopher Columbus himself. Right on the Kensington Rune they are telling you “Christopher Columbus.” Alpha Christos Omega. The Labarum symbol is what is being told to you along with the mystery of its origins.

To see how this all relates to the Newport Tower we must examine the age of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century in North America. The year 1602 marks an important time in the English interest in the entire eastern seaboard from Georgia to Labrador. At this time Captains under the flag of Elizabeth I explored what would become the Rhode Island region. Captains Gosnold and Archer visited the region in 1602 and were known to be within sight of Newport yet did not record the presence of a Tower there. They were known to have visited what was Noman’s Island and established a trading post at Cuttyhunk though it was later decided to leave no one there. During this time they foraged for sassafras root that was thought to cure syphilis and other ailments.

Given their exploits on sea and land foraging for sassafras it is odd that no mention of the tower is made. It is possible that they were instructed to keep this a secret for some unknown reason. One would also be forced to consider the possibility that the Tower was not there at this time.

Within this theory is included the fact that Gosnold and Archer did have access to an ephemeris that had been collected at the future site of the Newport Tower at some earlier date. This could possibly include the band of Englishmen who came as early as 1594 according to the theory of the Newport Tower Museum director and owner Jim Egan (Go see Jim if you are in Newport). Mr. Egan supposes that at this time the area was visited and the Tower was actually constructed. This indeed fits the scheme of the date of construction of Star Castle in England whose octagonal form creates an arc on the globe that points directly to the Newport Tower. Mr.Egan’s findings match those stated here in many ways though he does not endorse the theories put forth here. The construction of Star Castle also marks the first mention of the Beale family in relation to what would later be termed the Beale Treasure of Virginia.

During their trip in 1602 Gosnold and Archer first visited a site along this same arc on the globe in Provincetown Harbor. Later the Mayflower Compact would be signed in this very geographical context. Archer and Gosnold may have even claimed North America for England at this time. Provincetown Harbor also represented their first landing in New England. The fact that both of these events occurred on an arc suggested by the orientation of Star Castle and the Newport Tower suggests that both structures were built in order to legally describe their claim their colony in relation to a fixed point. The site of the Newport Tower was somehow already important as to why things were done this way. It is this factor involving a use of the site prior to a structure being built that leaves the door open for some of the theories of the earlier involvement of Vikings or as we have seen even Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor and Charlemagne. There exists a clear family and Royal legacy from Charlemagne, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor, and Prince Rupert of the Rhine first acting governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

This same family line and tradition would also express itself in the Arnold and Easton families of early Newport as well as the First Families of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the other colonies. This includes the legacy of the Kensington Stone and Williamsburg as discussed earlier. From Oak Island to the mysteries of California this same concern of interwoven families and philosophies helped to establish the United States while carving out an economic and sometimes spiritual empire of their creation. As we will see the Easton family of Rhode Island may have possessed one of the most interesting and treasure laden legacies of all of the First Families.

The Easton family was directly related to famous Pirate Peter Easton who also was sent to protect the fisheries of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in 1602 under charter of Queen Elizabeth herself. Later in his tenure in this region Easton would help to protect the developing colonies of Cupid’s and Ferryland Newfoundland. His charter as a privateer allowed him to harass any foreign shipping in the area while protecting the English fisheries at the same time. During this era Easton established several bases of operations in the maritime region of Canada possibly even extending to Oak Island and Newport Rhode Island the future home of his direct descendants Nicholas Easton and his son Peter. In order to really understand the importance of this family’s involvement in the development of the United States and more we must look at the earlier components of the Easton family line. An examination of the heritage of the Easton’s of Newport and Peter Easton reveals many royal connections. Most surprisingly the original family arms of the Easton’s display the mythical form of a creature known as the Quinotaur. Peter Easton would go on to display a value of an additional axis in Europe that points the way to the Newport Tower.

The Quinotaur is a metaphorical symbol associated with the legendary Merovingian Bloodline of Jesus Christ himself. The concept of the Quinotaur in mythology echoes both the creation of Europe and the arrival of the blood of Jesus via the sea or Mari in Latin and some other languages. At least one level of interpretation of the symbol of the Quinotaur would include it referencing the Merovingian Blood of Christ.

The origins of the name Easton in England is first of native origin then adapted by a Norman family as their own. The de Eston Norman family would later intermarry with others who had the landed title or name of Easton due to their association with none other than Alphred the Great of England himself. Part of Alphred’s title included “of Easton.” The Norman families association did not come until about the eleventh century but included quite a legacy in Normandy at that time. De Eston in fact was one of the original families that came to England with William the Conqueror. Later de Eston’s would be of note in both the ecclesiastical and military history of England, France, The United States, and Monaco.

Even the de Eston families of England may have represented the use of the name de Eston in Normandy later after Alphred the Great. This moniker may have boomeranged its way back from England to Normandy. The family that originally came from France to become Eston or Easton originated near Rouen Normandy and even established a Cistercian Monastery that still bears their original name of Mortuo Mari Anglicized to Mortimer. Litereally Mortuo Mari translates to “Dead Sea.” Another interpretation that may link to the family arms including the Quinotaur would include it meaning “Dead Mary.” This would also match the prefix of the word “Merovingian” or “of the sea” i.e. “of Mary from the Sea.” All of this imagery combined may infer that the Mortimer’s nee de Eston’s believed that they were of the Merovingian Bloodline. The name Merlin may link scholars or magi of this line to the same meaning.

It is also of note that the initials of Motouro Mari and the same as Mary Magdalene. These initials are combined in the logo of the College of William and Mary and the Auspice of Maria symbol. This symbol also resembles two side by side letter’s X possibly a dual reference to Mortouro Mari, Mary Magdalene, and St. Andrew. The name Merlin may link scholars or magi of this line to the same meaning.

Interestingly the de Eston’s and Alphred the Great were from the region of Cornwall England where there are many legends of Jesus and Mary Magdalene having visited there. Is it possible the presence of the Mortuo Mari family here have an impact on the truth or myth of Jesus coming there? Were they perpetrating a myth or protecting a truth? How are Peter the Pirate and the Easton’s of Newport connected to all of this? Remember Gary Gianotti discovered similar symbology in meaning on the Newport Tower akin to that of the Kensington Rune, Palacio de Monctezuma in Spain, Rosslyn Chapel, the signature of Christopher Columbus, and the logo of the College of William and Mary. All of these symbols contain a value of the cult of St. Andrew which may have also been applied by some to Mary Magdalene later.

It should also be noted that de Eston or Peter Easton also came to have an impact on a region of Newfoundland that included the name of Avalon. The Avalon Peninsula is where the Cupid’s Colony and Ferryland were located. Peter’s family had in part originated in the region that many refer to as Avalon in England with all its romantic Arthurian and Holy Grail overtones. These factors are interesting given the involvement of Bacon and Lord Calvert/Baltimore in the establishment of colonies in Newfoundland. It seems that by using the name Avalon it may be that a kind of sacred landscape philosophy was being applied to this region during this era from which legends and sagas of its own could originate.

Some of the estates and churches sponsored by the de Eston’s or Easton’s over the centuries are arrayed along the famous Michael Line in England. One of these Churches includes a story that involves two ancient corpses being found inside the archway of the Chapel. This story and many others may relate a legacy that includes Merovingian origins to the Mortuo Mari de Eston group prior to any intermarriage with the Plantagenet line of possible Merovingian blood. Some aspects of Peter Easton the Pirates life do include the fact that he was given royal courtesy beyond the point many other associated families would be given.

As time went on Elizabeth passed leaving James I with the English Crown. James revoked Peter’s charter to privateer in North America. This is interesting in that many accounts still have him protecting both the Cupid’s Colony established in 1610 as well as the later Ferryland Colony of Lord Calvert (Baltimore). Despite this history tells us that Peter Easton turned to Piracy at this time. Twice it is told that James I offered him clemency and forgiveness of all crimes yet somehow Easton never received this news both times and continued to cruise the West Indies and even the Mediterranean searching for targets. Is it possible that James I was aware of the royal legacy of the Easton’s with regard to Alphred the Great? Was this the reason that Elizabeth trusted Easton and why James had shown him consideration and clemency? This is possible.

The entire scheme as valued by Easton may also be applied to the theory that he knew about the axis of Portus and used it to situate his ventures on the globe and maybe even later hide items of value that he may or may not have recovered. In turn we may speculate that his additional family were given the responsibility of managing or keeping hidden the axis that had been established in Newport. The fact that they likely built the Tower and used it somehow may have contributed as a kind of coverup using the tradition of building an octagonal structure in the tradition of Constantine and the Tower of the Winds in Athens.

By way of a refresher we will note the locations here pointed to by an arc on the globe suggested by the hexagonal form of Portus that seemed to be important to Peter Easton. This would include the following locations all suggested by the northwest orientation of the hexagon of Portus. This includes Monaco (reasons to be made clear shortly), Cupid’s Newfoundland, Oak Island Nova Scotia, and the Newport Tower.

This arc on the globe from Portus passes just a few miles north of the Newport Tower. Also discussed are the associations and possible knowledge of what Peter had also been aware of on the part of Robert E. Lee and other First Family of Virginia interests such as the Washington and Jefferson families. An examination of both family genealogies displays direct relations between the family of Jefferson and de Eston that also includes intermarriage in colonial times with the Washington and Lee families. In fact one of Thomas Jefferson’s children with Sally Hemmings was given the name Eston as a first name. This relation may indeed be the reason this person was named such.

Peter Easton was one of the only “Pirates” to escape with massive amounts of loot and live out the rest of his life in comfort.  The standard history of Peter states that he and his fleet of over twenty vessels escaped to the Mediterranean and were given shelter by the Duke of Savoy. Peter apparently escaped with upwards of what is described as “2 Million pounds of gold.” Eventually he was given the title of the Marquis of Savoy and settled in the Principality of Monaco. Remember the Port of Portus points to Monaco as well as several other places that seem to be key in the saga of Peter Easton.

Easton’s ‘escape’ to Monaco was occurring right at the time his relatives were establishing Newport Rhode Island and likely constructing the Newport Tower to mark the same axis that Peter had been aware of. It is possible if not likely that Nicholas Easton had named his male child Peter after Peter Easton. It is more than possible that Nicholas Easton and Peter Easton were aware of each other and worked together to propagate a family legacy that included talismanic uses of monuments and temples that in turn created Prime Meridians regardless of their faith or standing in society. 

Buried in this tale is the significance of the name Nicholas (Easton). St. Nicholas is the Patron Saint of sailors among other things. In fact the largest Cathedral in Monaco where Peter Easton settled as the Marquis of Savoy is named for St. Nicholas. Though this edifice was constructed in the nineteenth century it replaces a  thirteenth century cathedral using the same orientation and footprint as the newer structure.

The St. Nicolas Cathedral in Monaco includes a massive centrally located octagonal tower.

To the southeast this tower may be used to infer an arc on the globe that leads directly to the hexagonal Port of Portus near Rome. The very axis that we earlier speculated Peter had used to situate his ventures and places of value. The exact opposite direction suggested by this “Tower of the Winds” in Monaco points and arc on the globe directly to the Newport Tower in Newport, Rhode Island.  What a coincidence we have here ladies and gentlemen.

The architecture in Monaco reflects the philosophy of likely one of its richest citizens and nobility ever. The mind boggles at what “2 million pounds” of gold is worth on today’s market even if this was expressed in English monetary “pounds.” Amazingly it seems as if Peter Easton was aware of what the Newport Tower is and what it represents to his fellow family members including The Easton’s of Newport and Thomas Jefferson.

Illustrative of Easton’s relation to Thomas Jefferson is the fact that the very arc that points to the Newport Tower from the St. Nicholas Tower of Monaco then continues on to intersect with Jefferson’s octagonal Poplar Forest. The St. Nicholas Tower in Monaco points to the Newport Tower and Jefferson’s octagonal estate in a single arc on the globe.

Genealogical information does suggest a relation between the Easton and Randolph family of Jefferson’s mother (Ranulf de Eston). What are the President and Peter the Pirate attempting to tell us with this arrangement? How is it possible that this geographic association is a chance occurrence given the entire tradition as examined here and in an additional work “The Sacred Towers of the Axis Mundi?”