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VANITY: How Many Freepers Have Patriot Ancestors?
none | 30 May 07 | me

Posted on 05/30/2007 10:57:22 AM PDT by nanetteclaret

If the proposed Amenesty Bill passes, our country will change in ways we can't forsee. In thinking about this, I thought it might be inspiring to find out how many Freepers have Patriot ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War. Naming those who gave so much for the establishment of this Republic will make their sacrifices (their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor) more real to us. It will remind us of their determination in the face of all odds and give us encouragement to "keep the Republic."


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: ancestor; godsgravesglyphs; patriot; revolutionarywar
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To: CougarGA7

but the way she described it to me seemed a bit convoluted.

21 posted on 05/30/2007 11:42:10 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: nanetteclaret
Jacob Katterman, b 1720,( arrived America 1738) Stouchsburg, Pa, Revolutionary War.

Johnnes Weyrich Katterman, son of Jacob, b 1751, Stouchsburg, Pa, Revolutionary War.

22 posted on 05/30/2007 11:45:51 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: nanetteclaret
I think every soldier in every war that was fought for the preservation of this country is a patriot. There is not stopping the love the soldiers from the revolution on to today. It is a shame that this country is going to be split apart again by this bill in congress. Face it the reps want them for servants and the demos want them for minority voters. Each side is against the people who have to live in normal society with these people.The only ones who agree with this bill are the elites. Maybe my family did not fight in the Rev. war. but WW1, WW2, Korea, Viet Nam , the Gulf War and now this one in Iraq does that count. $ purple hearts and one congressional medal of honor on my side here. Maybe I can not trace my family back to the rev , but I think they are all pretty special to me and my family.
23 posted on 05/30/2007 11:46:30 AM PDT by betsyross1776 (i)
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To: nanetteclaret
OOOPs I forgot I had relations who fought in the civil war also. Just thinking here also some made it to Arlington. Lucky person here, why do you think I got the nickname Betsy Ross.
24 posted on 05/30/2007 11:48:37 AM PDT by betsyross1776 (i)
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To: JamesP81
If they are here and they settled here. One way or another they loved America. Don’t sell yourself short, our ancestors built this land, with hard work and patriotism.
25 posted on 05/30/2007 11:50:16 AM PDT by betsyross1776 (i)
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To: nanetteclaret

I go back to Jamestown, but here’s some of the Revolutionary families - Karnes, Wax, Persinger,Massey, Morrison, Mills, Mendenhall,Thornberg, Baldwin, Beeson, White, Mills, Mendenhall, Moon, Edwards, Uptain, Whitecotton, Griffin, Stringfellow, Johnson, Garrison, Walker, Dodson, Smith, Key, Collins, Gatewood, Butler, and Stump.


26 posted on 05/30/2007 11:51:12 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: nanetteclaret

Don’t forget the rev War started America . A lot of soldiers died to keep it. God bless them all !


27 posted on 05/30/2007 11:51:17 AM PDT by betsyross1776 (i)
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To: betsyross1776

Thank your family for their service. It is greatly appreciated. Anyone who fights for this country is a patriot.

I think it is very enlightening, though, in light of Benjamin Franklin’s comment about “keeping our Republic” how many Freepers have ancestors who were Patriots. I think they would be proud to know that their progeny have not forgotten them or their sacrifices and that we are trying, in whatever way, not to let this Republic end.


28 posted on 05/30/2007 11:51:43 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: nanetteclaret

Not me. I am only the second generation born here. On the other hand, my grandparents came to America to become Americans. Learned English, although they spoke their native tongues in the home (mostly in the kitchen!). They became citizens, as quickly as they could.

And I still remember visiting the White House on a tour. My grandfather wept openly. He was so proud that in this country, an immigrant could walk through the home of the most powerful man on Earth.

So, hey, maybe they were patriots after all.....


29 posted on 05/30/2007 12:16:50 PM PDT by trimom
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To: nanetteclaret

I do- but don’t ask me to name them. My mother researches and keeps all that info.


30 posted on 05/30/2007 12:19:00 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (I would rather vote for Lindsay Lohan than Lindsey Graham.)
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To: trimom

What a fabulous testimony! Your grandparents are the ones who made this country great - the ones who came here to become Americans and citizens as quickly as possible, and who learned English. They upheld the values of this country, so by definition, they were patriots.


31 posted on 05/30/2007 12:23:20 PM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: nanetteclaret

Related to John Adams(not directly).


32 posted on 05/30/2007 12:28:05 PM PDT by GQuagmire (Giggety,Giggety,Giggety)
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To: nanetteclaret
Mr G is directly descended from the Mayflower on both sides of his family. On his dad’s side they are from John and Priscilla Alden, and I don’t recall the name from his mom’s side.

I am from old Dutch stock that came here in the 1700’s to escape religious persecution. I also have Samuel F B Morse, inventor of Morse code, in there.

33 posted on 05/30/2007 12:52:45 PM PDT by Grammy ("Ms Pelosi is a very difficult person to embarrass." Fred Thompson, 4/11/07)
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To: betsyross1776

No Blue blood here.great Granddad came from Germany in 1860s..
My dad fought is Europe in WW2.. He would be the closest.


34 posted on 05/30/2007 1:26:41 PM PDT by Yorlik803 ( When are we going to draw a line a say"this far and no farther")
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No Blue blood here.great Granddad came from Germany in 1860s.. My dad fought is Europe in WW2.. He would be the closest.

On which side?

just kidding...just kidding /ducks.

35 posted on 05/30/2007 1:55:59 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (I really don't know what I want to put here.)
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To: nanetteclaret

My GGGGG Grandfather, Gaius Allison, fought with the Va Dragoons in the Revolution. My Great-Great Grandfather fought in the 138th PA Vol Infantry and my other GGG Grandfather fought with the 9th VA Calvary in the Civil War. My Grandfather fought in WWI, had several uncles in WWII including the 82nd Airborne and my father was a Marine corpman in Korea.

We even had family in the French and Indian war. Both sides of my family have long traditions in our wars and have been here for a long time. Gais Allison’s family received a land grant from William Penn’s son in the late 1600’s.


36 posted on 05/30/2007 1:58:48 PM PDT by ussc1863
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To: nanetteclaret
I have direct descendants that settled in Jamestown in the early 1600’s, and some sailed with Sir Frances Drake. The family tree is not handy, but they were on my grandmother’s father’s branch with many killed in the Revolution. The settler’s names were Leeh and Leigh and later some were Lee, and we know some where directly related to General Lee.
37 posted on 05/30/2007 2:17:16 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
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To: DocRock

descendants should read ancestors...


38 posted on 05/30/2007 2:20:58 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
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To: nanetteclaret
I was told there was a John Culpepper on the Mayflower.

My Dad was a 22 year old LT (j.g.) in command of U.S. LCT 457 on UTAH Beach.

He had bulldozers and TNT on his boat. He and his boat were on the way to the Pacific when the war ended.

39 posted on 05/30/2007 2:58:01 PM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: nanetteclaret

I never miss a chance to tell the story of my many-times-great-grandfather, Captain John Manning, known affectionately to the family as Cap’n John.

Cap’n John was born in England in 1727, and came over here during the Revolutionary War as part of the Redcoat forces. He was around 50 then.

Near the end of the war, Cap’n John fell in love with his commanding officer’s daughter, Nancy, who was about 16, so 35 or 40 years younger than him. They eloped because her father found Cap’n John too old for his baby girl.

Nancy and Cap’n John had twelve children. Nancy died in the 1820s. Cap’n John lived until 1837 - he had just hit his 110th birthday when he shuffled off this mortal coil, and from all accounts was a rounder to the end.

It’s nice to have role models in the family.


40 posted on 05/30/2007 3:05:38 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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