Category: Revolutionary War
Posts about ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War
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This story is part of the celebration of America’s 250th birthday at Projectkin – Stories250. Look for more at https://projectkin.substack.com/p/stories250-now-in-timeline-and-map
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The No Kings event last Saturday wasn’t just a demonstration of anger or outrage; it was a statement that, like our ancestors before us, we are not willing to have our power taken away by bullies.
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The infamous “Brick Wall” is not the end of the story, but sometimes it can take years for the clue you need to find its way to you.
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On the precipice of a nine generation breakthrough If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, you know that I’ve been climbing the Hart branch of my family tree. Last week, I showed the documentary evidence connecting Alexander C Hart (1817-1871) to his father, Martin: Now we will look at Martin Hart (1792 –…
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Wavetops: James McCullough (Sr.) (1757-1838) When John McCullough died in 1766, he left four orphans without family or support in Rowan County, North Carolina. The courts bound each child to an apprenticeship, each with different terms. In her 1991 Ph.D. dissertation, Johanna Lewis1 noted that of 52 orphans placed as apprentices before 1770, only one…
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New Wavetop: William Bowen (Sr.) (1760-1854) To orient ourselves: Amanda Lydia (Walker) Callin (1856 – 1933) was my 2nd great-grandmother – one of My Sixteen. A few weeks ago, we talked about her maternal grandfather, William Bowen, Jr.: Today we’re talking about his father – William Bowen (1760-1854) – and some of the speed bumps…
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Why we keep doing research after we think we found all the answers Last week, we revisited a story about my 6th-great grandfather, a Hessian soldier who was captured by General Washington’s troops and sent to work in Mount Hope, New Jersey, for John Jacob Faesch, who needed laborers to continue making ammunition for the…
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Teasing meaning from the absence of evidence (part 3) Previously, in Still Finding James Callin, we looked at the Revolutionary War muster rolls, examining whatever they could tell us about him, and we talked about how they loosely support the statements made in George W. Callin’s 1911 Callin Family History. James, last noted in the…
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Teasing meaning from the absence of evidence (part 2) Last week, we were Still Finding James Callin – laying out records that may confirm that he was a Continental soldier in the Revolutionary War. We lack firm proof that the records show the same James Callin recorded in the Callin Family History in 1911, but…
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Teasing meaning from the absence of evidence (part 1) I owe a ton of thanks to two cousins for their part in getting my Callin Family History published: and John K. Callin. Joan is my 3rd cousin, 1x removed; John is my 2nd cousin, 1x removed. Our nearest common ancestors are William Callin and Elizabeth…
Mightier Acorns 