Fascinating read! If you like this sort of thing, try Andrea Wulf’s “Founding Gardeners.” It’s about our Founding Fathers and their various gardening projects and enthusiasms. Lots of plates (many in color) and maps to study. Naming a boy “Capability” probably gives him a bit of a leg up in life. Remember when we finally learned Insp. Morse’s given name was Perseverence? (If I remember correctly. . . ) Just think if he’d been named Pusillanimity or Poofter.
‘Founding Gardeners’ is on my Wish List for books to read one day. All of Andrea Wulf’s books look interesting! I also like Amy Stewart and her garden & plant-related books. (I’ll leave it to you to look her up if you’re not familiar.)
My Great Grandmother’s name (English, on my Dad’s side) was, ‘Lavinia Thankful Jennings.’
I like to think I carry some of her with me because if nothing else, no matter how much I complain about Mother Government on other threads here, I AM ‘Thankful’ for all of the many, many Blessings I have been given, just by being an American by birth. :)