Geneology - What's yours?

[Moosedog]

Hi, Todd,

Thanks, yes, he was definitely Anglican after he got here. I guess I just want to know more about the climate in Scotland at that time, and why he felt the need to leave.

Moosedog

[SteveB]

George Robertson,
Schoolmaster, chaplain of a man-of-war, 1692; settled Bristol Parish (Dinwiddie) VA., 1693-1739; patented 2000 acres of land in Prince George County, VA 1728; Episcopal; died Revelans, Bristol Parish, VA 1740.

There are no current descendants of George Robertson in the Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, from whose records the above is quoted.
The Colonial Clergy of Virginia by The Reverend Frederick Lewis Weis: 1955.
Slainte,
SteveB
Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Treasurer-General

[gilmore]

...There are no current descendants of George Robertson in the Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, from whose records the above is quoted.
The Colonial Clergy of Virginia by The Reverend Frederick Lewis Weis: 1955....

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Do you really trust Weis' work that much? Or is there another Weis who was active during that period whose genealogical works' accurarcy is often questioned? As I recall, the one I am thinking of attempted medieval genealogies quite a bit.

Just for fun, does he list Francis Fontaine, Williamsburg, Virginia, chaplain of the Virginia House of Burgesses, etc ?

Is there yet another genealogical society to join? Do they have a riband and medal? For some joining them is more addictive than kilts. (I, happily, have escaped that compulsion...so far.)

[Erikm]

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

[SteveB]

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.
Slainte

[gilmore]

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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?

[Moosedog]

Todd, Steve, thanks for the additonal info on Reverend George. I have quite a lot of info on the family since then, thanks to some cousins and a grandfather who spent the time and have kindly shared the info with me.

I took an interest in it early on--liike many southern kids it seemed important to know who you were related to. Was almost named Sidney Baxter Robertson, after my great- great- grandfather. I still have his reminiscences of the Civil War, written in pencil in a Big Chief tablet.

Moosedog