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To: johnny7

"Hard to believe that the Sons of Liberty came from this state."

COL JOHN DURKEE was on of the sons of liberty a revolutionary war hero who's father, William was an Irish Slave of Cromwalls. Durkee immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and in fact may have been the 1st Irishman to settle in the Colony (Yes that's right Durkee's before Kennedy's). He arrived on Nov. 9, 1663 as the indentured servant of Thomas Bishop. I am one Texan that would love to visit the area my ancestor 12 generations back fought so gallantly for.


24 posted on 08/14/2005 10:52:04 AM PDT by BellStar (Rack the action on a shotgun. Yes, it really is the international language)
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To: BellStar
I am one Texan that would love to visit the area my ancestor 12 generations back fought so gallantly for.

I'm sure that you... AND your ancestors... would be very disappointed.

30 posted on 08/14/2005 11:43:41 AM PDT by johnny7 (“I like ya, Lloyd. I always liked ya. You were always the best of 'em.”)
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