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Somebody who is your direct ancestor fought for or supported the American Revolution. People are often surprised by just which organizations in which the genealogy is a qualifying condition that they can be members. E.g. I can be a SAR but also the other side's equivalent, the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
According to my dad's family tree (extensive research by a cousin) first arrival to new world is 1639 right behind the pilgrims.
Have several ancestors fighting in the revolution as well as the War between the States.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Absolutely. There are many organizations based on pride in what one's ancestors did which require proof of a blood-line to at least one particular person for membership.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
My 4 x great granpa came here from France & fought in the Rev. and was wounded
at the battle of Brandy Wine,Glad he came over & real happy he didnt get killed
I have ancestors that lived in Connecticut, and Virginia at that time but I can't make a connection as to weather they actually fought in the war or not.
Terry
My Mother is in the process of proving it so she can be in the DAR. We had one of the Lawhorn ancestors who was at Ft McHenry when the Star Spangled Banner was still waving the next morning. That was, of course, in the war of 1812, and not the Revolutionary war. We are trying to prove the earlier service. Some old records are difficult to corroborate.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
I was at a dedication for the Florida Cow Calvary Monument here in our town and talked to a guy from the Sons of Confederate Veterans. I told him that I had traced my ancestors and found that I had a G,G,G, uncle that fought in the Confederate 4th Maryland Light Artillery. I also explained that I was adopted as I was wondering if that would be an issue if I wanted to join. He told me that with the SCV they would accept the word of a Southern Gentleman as good enough, unlike the Daughters of Confederate Veterans that required every "T" crossed and every "I" dotted.
I guess it's all a mater of standards.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
The issue of race is also one of those things that sometimes bugs certain people tracing their roots. DNA is now answering some questions on this. Just look up the Melungeon if you've time.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
This is cool I also belong to the SAR on both my mom and dad side. My fathers side landed at Jamestown in 1620. I spent a lot of time seaching. I found a lot of information just takes time lots of time. I also tracked down a lot of Great Aunts that where members of the DAR.
BD
Congrats. You dont seem to know much about it but that is a special thing. I qualify to be in that also (though I have not joined yet). I am also in the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
I'm an eleventh generation American. My ancestor came over from England in 1635 as an indentured servant. My kin has fought in all of this country's wars. i found one ancestor who was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He was in a cavalry unit from Georgia; the Effingham Reg't M Light Horse.....he may have been a Red Coat! I'm still looking for more information.
"People who need long explanations at moments when everything depends on instinct have always irritated me." ~ Guy Sajer
Because of some family misfortunes affecting two generations, my dad had no real knowledge of his father's family tree. I ran across some paperwork after one of my aunts passed away that gave us a thread to start tracing, and it led back to the Revolutionary War (there are braches of his family that were in America well before 1700).
Found some Revolutionary war ancestors, both military (one a LtCol in a Maryland unit of ethnic Germans,* another a drummer boy who also guarded British prisoners) and D.A.R. listed "patriotic service" (a miller who supplied the Continental Army with flour).
Also found some fairly well-to-do people up there in the top branches of the family tree, but any money or property went to other lines long before my dad showed up.
*This one resigned his commission because he didn't get a regimental command. His son (a brother of my ancestor) went on to become a brigadier of the Maryland Militia and was one of three Baltimoreans who commissioned the sewing of the flag that flew above Ft. McHenry... and which inspired Francis Scott Key.
"You can pick your nose, but you can't pick your family."
deafrn
"I wasn't ignoring you, I just couldn't hear you. Okay, NOW I'm ignoring you."
Because of some family misfortunes affecting two generations, my dad had no real knowledge of his father's family tree.
We have some connection problems too. Redcoats burning courthouses maybe?
Anyhow, DNA is your friend when searching for relatives. You can find out a lot of interesting stuff. We didn't find the connection we are looking for, but that might take someone else following up with their DNA.
We found some things we never would have guessed or known.
'Course nowadays it probably just moves us up higher on the hit list.
. . . Grizz
the Good Confession >The Only Begotten Son of God >
Grizz wrote:We have some connection problems too. Redcoats burning courthouses maybe?
Nothing that exciting, I'm afraid.
In a nutshell, it's just a case - or so we think - of a mother's early death, followed by some intense daughter/stepmother antipathy, then finally the daughter losing her husband and having their son stray too far (geographically). One lady who gave me some information said that if you dig far enough, every family is soap opera material.
deafrn
"I wasn't ignoring you, I just couldn't hear you. Okay, NOW I'm ignoring you."
Gobblerforge wrote:We were red necks and illiterate in three languages. I'm so proud.
My family (both sides) have been in south Louisiana since the 1760s. They were notorious for staying out of "English" wars at least up until WWII. Most spoke both French and English but could not read or write either. We've been here a long time but none of us could qualify for the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution.