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    Does anyone have any Gaddy-Geddy or Ged ancestry in there family history?

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    Gilmore,
    The Reverend Frederick Lewis Weis did not attempt medieval genealogy. He was strictly interested and published in the American Colonial period. I have had a chance to dig through many of the reference works in my personal library on this.
    To add to the above on George Robertson
    b: Perthshire, Scotland 1662. St Andrews, Scotland M.A. 1683. Ordained London, England 20 Dec 1691. m. 1698 Mary Worsham. Record of a son James b., 1708.

    Francis Fontaine b.1697, son of James Fontaine; K.B. for VA 30 Dec 1720; settled Manakintown, King William Parish (Powhatan), VA 1720-1721. Settled Saint Margaret's Parish (Caroline) VA 1721-1722; settled Saint Peters Parish (New Kent) VA 1722. Settled Yorkhampton Parish (York) VA 1722-1749; Professor of Oriental Languages, William & Mary College 1729. d. Yorkhampton Parish, 1749.

    The Blue Book of Genealogical and Hereditary Socities is rather fat, for there are many. I belong to several, and one of them inspired me to return to my kilted (Scot) heritage. Ihave only joined a few groups, as I really need to feel as if I can contribute to the group before I take the time to do all that genealogical research and documentation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveB View Post
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    The Blue Book of Genealogical and Hereditary Socities is rather fat, for there are many. I belong to several, and one of them inspired me to return to my kilted (Scot) heritage. I have only joined a few groups, as I really need to feel as if I can contribute to the group before I take the time to do all that genealogical research and documentation.
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    That's a good idea.

    I came across this that you might be interested in: http://www.hereditary.us/decorations.htm I counted something over 40 of those societies that am eligible for membership in. It's noteworthy that the fourth, fifth and sixth oldest are said to be St Andrew's Societies, those of Philadelphia (1747), State of New York (1756), and Washington, DC (1760.) I don't know how they managed that last one, since the date of the founding of the Society predates the District of Columbia and Washington City by some thirty years.

    I have sometimes thought of trying to organize a hereditary society for people like me, whose ancestors have never, since coming to America, born arms in defense of their country, but only to overthrow the government, as in the American Revolution and the US Civil War.

    Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Troublemakers?
    Last edited by gilmore; 3rd November 08 at 09:20 PM.

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