Marty (Lenover) Acks
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Biography
Marty (Lenover) Acks is a member of the Acks Name Study Project.
Marty (Lenover) Acks is a member of the Lenover Name Study Project.
Marty (Lenover) Acks is a member of the Porterfield Name Study Project.
Marty (Lenover) Acks has Scottish Ancestors.
Marty (Lenover) Acks has English ancestors.
Marty (Lenover) Acks is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Samuel Fuller.
Marty (Lenover) Acks is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Marty is the 20th great grandson of King Edward III.
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This profile won Profile of the Week the fourth week of December 2017.
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2023
Marty (Lenover) Acks competed in the 2023 WikiGames.
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022
Marty (Lenover) Acks participated with Musty Dusty during the 2022 Clean-a-Thon.
Marty (Lenover) Acks participated with Musty Dusty during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon.
Marty (Lenover) Acks participated with Musty Duty' during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to ' previously unsourced profiles.
RootsTech Attendee: 2018
Martin "Marty" Stuart Acks was born to Nancy Kay Lenover on April 22, 1957. Nancy married George "Bill" William Acks in 1968. In the summer between junior high school and high school in summer of 1971, Marty was adopted by Bill Acks and took the name Martin Stuart Acks at that time.
Early life
Marty was born and raised in Decatur, Illinois. He graduated Stephen Decatur High School in 1975. He was a member of the last graduating class. The school in the downtown was torn down to build a Civic Center.
In 1975 he enrolled at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Marty started in the Liberal Arts College but transferred into Engineering School after taking a class in Fortran. He graduated with a degree in Computer Sciences from the College of Engineering in 1979. Marty attended the summer school at Illinois State University in the summer of 1976.
After college Marty lived in the western suburbs of Chicago. He settled in Downers Grove in 1982, where he currently serves on the board and volunteers at the Downers Grove Historical Society .
Family Life
Marty married his college sweetheart, Carine Mary Christiaens in 1980. The wedding was at the parish church in which she grew up, St. Willibrord Church in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. They have one son who is married and has two children.
Work life
Marty's first job was detasseling corn in central Illinois around the age of 14 or 15. Through high school and college, he worked at Eisner's grocery store (later acquired by Jewel). While at Eisner's, he was a five-year member of the United Retail Workers.
Upon graduating from college in 1979, Marty took a job in the computer software industry in the Chicago suburbs at Professional Computer Resources (PCR). He co-founded Silvon Software in 1987 with three colleagues from PCR. He has held a number of different positions in the software industry over the course of his career.
Retired Life
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I have served on the board and remain active in CAGGNI.
Links to notables (of interest to me)
Military Service
This section lists some of my ancestor who have served in the military. It is incomplete.
- George "Bill" Acks - my stepfather served in Europe and Africa in World War II.
- Lester Floyd Lenover - my grandfather served as a cook stateside during the Korean War.
- WIlliam Bowling - a 3rd great grandfather died serving for the Union Forces in the US Civil War.
- Samuel Porterfield - a 5th great grandfather served in the America Revloution.
Presidents
My closest presidential relative seems to be George Washington at 3rd cousin, eight times removed.
- 44. Barack Obama - 11th cousins, once removed via Joseph Tanner
- 43. George W Bush - 14th cousins, once removed via John Fleming
- 42. Bill Clinton - 16th cousins, 5 times removed via Elyas (Richmond) de Richmond
- 41. George H Bush - 14th cousins via John Fleming
- 40. Ronald Reagan - 14th cousins once removed via John Fleming
- 39. Jimmy Carter - 13th cousins, 3 times removed via Thomas Higginson
- 38. Gerald Ford - 17th cousins, twice removed via Peter Empson
- 37. Richard Nixon - 18th cousins, one removed via Thomas Holland
- 36. Lyndon Johnson - 19th cousins, once removed via Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel
- 35. John F Kennedy - 15th cousins via John Drummond
- 34. Dwight David Eisenhower - 18th cousins, 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
- 33. Harry S. Truman - 14th cousins via John Fleming
- 32. Franklin D Roosevelt - 14th cousins, once removed via Agnes Stewart
- 31. Herbert Hoover - 16th cousins, once removed via James Douglas
- 30. Calvin Coolidge - 12th cousin, 5 times removed via John Spencer II
- 29. Warren Harding - 15th cousins, twice removed via John Drummond
- 28. Woodrow Wilson - 11th cousins three times removed via John FLeming.
- 27. William Howard Taft - 12th cousins, 6 times removed via Walter (le Graunt) Graunt
- 26. Theodore Roosevelt - 18th cousins, twice removed via Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel
- 25. William McKinley - no blood relationship
- 23. Benjamin Harrison - 6th cousin, 6 times removed via Lucy Higginson
- 22. (and 24) Grover Cleveland - 16th cousins, 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 21. Chester Arthur - 20th cousins, twice removed via Edward I Plantagenet
- 20. James Garfield - 16th cousins, twice removed via John Beaufort
- 19. Rutherford B Hayes - 15th cousins, 3 times removed via Henry le Scrope
- 18. Ulysses S. Grant - 13th cousins, 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 17. Andrew Johnson - 19th cousins, 3 times removed via Alexander. 4th High Steward of Scotland
- 16. Abraham Lincoln - 15th cousins, 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 15. James Buchanan - 11th cousins, 5 times removed via James Livingston
- 14. Franklin Pierce - 12th cousins, 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 13. Millard Fillmore - 13th cousins, 5 times removed via John Beaufort
- 12. Zachary Taylor - 10th cousins, 8 times removed via John Beaufort
- 11. James Polk - 10th cousins, 4 times removed via John Fleming
- 10. John Tyler - 14th cousins, 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 9. William Henry Harrison - 4th cousins, eight times removed via Lucy Higginson
- 8. Martin Van Buren - no blood relationship
- 7. Andrew Jackson - 15th cousins, 7 times removed via William de Roos
- 6. John Quincy Adams - 14th cousins, 6 times removed via Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel
- 5. James Monroe - 10th cousins, 4 times removed via Margaret Gordon
- 4. James Madison - 12th cousins, 6 times removed via John Beaufort
- 3. Thomas Jefferson - 12th cousins, 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
- 2. John Adams II - 19th cousins, 3 times removed via Isabel (Beauchamp) le Despenser
- 1. George Washington - 3rd cousins, eight times removed via Elizabeth Martiau and George Reade Esq.
Magna Carta Gateway Ancestors
As of October 2023, I am descended from 4 Gateway Ancestors that came to America. This will possibly increase over time as more Gateway Ancestors are approved.
Puritan Great Migration
As of October 2023, I am descended from 6 ancestors that came to America as part of the Great Puritan Migrartion. This will possibly increase over time as moe ancestors are identified:
Surety Barons
Formerly, 14 of the 15 Magna Carta Barons are direct ancestors. Some have also moved back (and up generations). Most are believed to have multiple paths to me.
- William (Albini) d'Aubigny - 26th great grandfather
- Hugh (Bigod) le Bigod - 25th great grandfather
- Henry (Bohun) de Bohun - 26th great grandfather
- Gilbert (Clare) de Clare - 24th great grandfather
- John (Clavering) FitzRobert - 24th great grandfather
- Robert FitzWalter - 24th great grandfather
- William (Huntingfield) de Huntingfield - 26th great grandfather
- John (Lacy) de Lacy Knt -24th great grandfather
- William Malet - 26th great grandfather
- William (Mowbray) de Mowbray - 24th great grandfather
- Saher (Quincy) de Quincy - 26th great grandfather
- Robert (Ros) de Roos - 26th great grandfather
- Gilbert de Clarey - 24th great grandfather
- William (Lanvallei) de Lanvallay - first cousins 25 times removed
American Immigrants
Using Ancestor Explorer, as of January 2023. I have 178 immigrant ancestors:
- Generation/Count
- 3/1
- 4/2
- 5/1
- 6/1
- 7/7
- 8/10
- 9/20
- 10/41
- 11/40
- 12/32
- 13/22
- 14/1
Total: 178
Approxiamte Countries From:
- England - 84
- Ireland - 28
- Netherlands - 21
- Germany - 12
- France - 10
- Scotland - 5
- Wales - 2
- Norway - 1
- Unknown - 12
States emigrating to:
- Virginia - 70
- Pensylvania - 34
- New York - 19
- New Jersey - 15
- Delaware -13
- Maryland - 13
- Plymouth - 4
- New Netherland - 3
- Ohio -2
- Massachusetts - 2
- Kentucky - 1
- North Carolina - 1
- Illinois - 1
- Indiana - 1
- Connecticut - 1
Mayflower
In June 2019, I broke through a brick wall for the Bonham family and found a possible connection to Mayflower passengers Edward Fuller. The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth in 1620.
Huguenot Immigrants
I have two I know of; there are probably more.
- Jean Bondurant - (1677 - abt. 1734) and wife Ann Tanner
- Jean de Jarnette - (1679 - 1765) direct connection not yet made in WikiTree though.
Scottish Ancestors
The connection to the Porterfields through my maternal grandmother Juanita Porterfield is of particular research interest. There are ancestors in the following Scottish families through marriage. They tend to be lowland Scottish families. This list is incomplete. The Scottish lines run through my 9th gg grandfather, Alexander Porterfield and Agnes Blair. Relationship cited below are relationships to them
Alexander Porterfield
- Cunningham - multiple
- Fleming -
- Hoppringle -
- Houston -
- Maxwell -
- Somerville -
Agnes Blair:
- Boyd mother - Isabel Boyd, daughter of ...
- Campbell -
- Colquhoun -
- Drummond -
- Hamilton - great grandmother Isabel Hamilton, multiple
- Montgomery
- Ross
- Sempill - grandmother Grizel Sempill
- Sinclair
- Somerville
- Stewart -
TBD:
- Blair - wife
- Bruce
- Campbell
- Colquhoun
- Colville
- Cunningham (multiple)
- Douglas
- Drummond
- Edmonstone
- Fleming
- Hay
- Hepburn
- Kennedy
- Lindsay
- Leslie
- MacDonald
- Maxwell
- Montgomery
- Ogilvy
- Shaw
- Seton
- Sinclair
- Somerville
- Stewart
- Wallace
Ethnicity and Gateway Ancestors
This page tracks emigration patterns of my ancestors. I have no known American Indian relatives so my ancestors have all come from other countries. Most of my ancestors have lived in the United States since the American Revolution so this leads to a large number of immigrants from many different countries. This information is a few years old as of 2018. I have more current information to be published here.
England - 3.76%
- John Flood, my 6th great grandfather, was born in England in 1695. He was in the Virginia Colony by 1762 at the time of his marriage to Agnes Payne.
- John Garwood, my 7th great grandfather, was born in England in 1675. He was in the American Colonies by 1696 at the time of his marriage to Mary Farr in 1696.
- Edward Maxey, my 9th great grandfather, was born in London, England in 1674. He was in the American Colonies by 1710 when may have married Susannah Gates or Susannah may have come to America with him.
Germany - 1.563%
- Joseph Lenover, my 4th great grandfather, was probably born in Germany in 1775. He was in America by 1810.
Ireland - 1.563%
- John Guthrie, my 5th great grandfather, was born in Londonderry in 1725. He emigrated from Ireland after his marriage to Mary Jean Reed in 1745.
- Samuel Porterfield, my 5th great grandfather, emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania the 1720's. He came with with his father and 5 brothers and two sisters.
France - 0.195%
- Jean Pierre Bondurant, my 8th great grandfather, was born in France in 1677. He arrived in Virginia in 1700. His emigration from France was for religious reasons as he was a Huguenot. He married Ann Tanner also an immigrant from France.
- Ann Tanner, my 8th great grandmother, was born in France. She emigration from France was for religious reasons as he was a Huguenot. She married Jean Pierre Bondurant, also an immigrant from France.
Dutch Republic (now Netherlands) - 0.098%
- Jan Dirckse Van Der Vliet, my 8th great grandfather, was born in Waal in the Dutch Republic in 1660. He was in America when he married his wife Geertje Verkerk in 1682.
- Geertje Verkerk, my 8th great grandmother, was born in Buurmalsen in the Dutch Republic in 1658. She was in America when she married her husband Jan Dirckse Van Der Vliet in 1682.
Wales - 0.049%
- Robert Perryman, my 9th great grandfather, was probably born in Wales around 1650. He came to the area of Skimino Creek in the Virginia Colony in 1663 as an indentured servant. He sailed from the port of Bristol.
Still Researching
These surnames are ones I have not been able to find the ancestor that immigrated to America which are also brick walls.
- Acks - Adam or Albert Acks is my most recent common ancestor brick wall. He probably came from Baden as he moved to a community of immigrants from Ersingen, Baden. This is a step relative so this does not count from a DNA perspective.
- Boys - William Boys is a 4th great grandfather. He was born in Ohio. She was born in Indiana in 1808. The Boys/Boyce surname is most commonly an English name.
- Darlington - Elizabeth Darlington is my 10th great grandmother. She lived in York County in Virginia Colony in the mid 1600s. She was born around 1625. Probably of England descent.
- Scott - John Scott is my 10th great grandfather. He lived in the York County of Virginia Colony in the mid 1600s. He was born around 1625. Probably of England descent.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Martin Acks at registration.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Marty Acks and his uncle Floyd WIlliam "Bill" Lenover. Their most-recent common ancestors are their parents/grandparents, William Floyd "Floyd" Lenover and Juanita Porterfield. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family–1st Cousin, based on sharing 1,689 cM across 61 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Marty Acks and his first cousin once-removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Paul Russell Porterfield and Nelle Malicote, the great grandparents of Marty Acks and the grandparents of R.F. Predicted relationship from MyHeritage: 1st cousin once removed - 2nd cousin, based on sharing 361.5 cM across 19 segments.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Marty's formal name
- full middle name (S.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Marty or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Marty or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Marty (Lenover) Acks: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-Z236, FTDNA kit #292202, MitoYDNA ID T17891 [compare]
- Marty (Lenover) Acks: Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup T1a1
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Marty (Lenover) Acks:
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A770691 [compare], Ancestry member Martyacks
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B165610
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A770691 [compare]
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~3.12%
Pat Rountree
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Marty:
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 25, 2023.
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 25, 2021.
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 9, 2020.
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 30, 2020.
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 27, 2020.
- Marty Acks is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 7, 2020.
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Thanks for all the work you did separating the 2 John Porterfield's, Porterfield-231 and Porterfield-2243, and adding all the references so nicely. You're right, ancestry.ca and Family search seem to want to make them the same person...
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Where you have slotted me makes sense. I’m also pre-1500 certified, so I try to improve those profiles when I’m working on suggestions and during Thons. I like the idea of targeting EE as the basis for sourcing, but there are a large number of skilled members that like using hidden versus exposed URLs. Should we change those to use EE?
By the way, I noticed multiple typos on this page (style, narrative) on this page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Profile_Improvement_Project_Biography_Standards
Marty Acks
Thank you for contributing to the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
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Thank you for contributing to the November Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
I see you too are researching the Porterfields. I edited a profile you manage without realizing it was yours. Sorry if I overstepped! There's several more Porterfields that I was going to update the information on and add a few more of them related to the profiles you manage, but I wanted to check and see if it was ok with you before proceeding. I am using my Ancestry family tree as a source, but I am only adding in people where I haven't used anyone else's tree since those sometimes can contain errors. If it's not ok don't worry I understand and have plenty more that I can work on!
No worries about the edits. Just because someone "manages" a profile, does not mean they own it. Glad to have more Porterfield researchers on board at WIkiTree. Let me know if you have any questions.
I created a Porterfield surname page on WikiTree at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Porterfield_Name_Study. Feel free to review and contribute as you see fit.
We appear to be 7th cousins, twice removed. See the following report from WIkiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Kerbow-16&person2_name=Lenover-1
Marty Acks
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Feel free to use Google Groups or Discord. I do find Google Groups easier to use.
I am on Ancestry and 23 and me. I have DNA matches with Boyd, Wallace, Hamilton, Stewart, Cunningham and Fleming. They go back to Scotland. All on the Porterfield side. That must mean that somewhere I am connected to to the Porterfield from Scotland. Am I correct in my thinking ? Thanks Marty Kathy
Just have an autosomal match to people with surnames like Boyd, Stewart, and Cunningham and the like don't typically mean much in terms of a Porterfield connection as the marriages into those families in Scotland is too far back in time. Do you have tree matches (the leaf will appear next to the match) for these DNA matches?
To go earlier in time back to Porterfields in Scotland, YDNA would be a great way to determine which if all Porterfield lines share a common ancestry. YDNA can only be tested for males with a direct Porterfield lineage for our purposes. I have no male Porterfields in my line that I personally know. The closest male Porterfield seems to be from my great grandparent side. Do you have any Porterfield males you know that would be willing to do a YDNA test?
FTDNA is the only service today that tests YDNA. There is a Porterfield Surname YDNA project. It does not seem too active. See: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/porterfield/about.
Feel free to email me at [email address removed] if you like.
Marty Acks
Thank you so much Kathy Porterfield Craig
Thanks for your note. My interest in Porterfield surname is through my maternal grandmother, Juanita Porterfield. This line of Porterfields you are on, which is not (yet) connected to mine, I have been trying to connect to the rest of the Porterfields that come from Scotland for some time now with no luck. The oldest Porterfield I have found is William Porterfield See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Porterfield-734 for all the known sources I have found. One challenge is the lack of records in Ireland at that time. All the sources I am aware of for that William are listed on the profile.
I have also documented some of the various Porterfield lines that have not yet been connected back to Scotland here at this Porterfield Name study page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Porterfield_Name_Study.
Happy to collaborate on Porterfields. Let me know of you have any more questions.
Marty Acks
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
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Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
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Hi Marty,
Although we know you're a Musty-Dusty, if you should decide to do something just a little different this time, we'd love to have you join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. If you'd like to join us and help to develop our ever-expanding Scottish tree, please register on the G2G post here and be sure to mention you'd like to be on the Twisted Thistles team for Scotland.
We also have our team Chat page posted here.
I'm running Musty Dusty's so I cannot abandon ship. Feel free to send me some of your pre-1500 certified people. ;-)
Also, don't poach my people. We are already lean and mean. (Just kidding)
Marty
edited by Marty (Lenover) Acks
LOL! Best of luck and happy connecting. You're welcome to work on Scotland's pre-1500s btw.
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 500!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
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We haven’t heard back from you concerning the Scottish Clans Transition. If we haven’t received a response from you by 1 April 2020, you will be welcome to rejoin by answering the current g2g thread for joining the Scotland Project.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
My name is Amy and I am a co-Leader of the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin
Yes. Thanks for the note.
I am curious about where the exact definition of clan is for the purposes of the WikiTree.
My main Scottish surname of interest is Porterfield. I have a setup a surname project and at Maria Maxwells suggestion a Clan page. Wikipedia lists them as a a clan and only one print book mentions them and has inaccurate information tying them to Porters. Most books clan/tartan books do not mention Porterfields. They were a family that achieved gentry (landowner) status in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire but were never titled. Lord Lyons recognized the arms for the head of the Porterfield family and one woman (perhaps his sister or daughter) in the initial mad rush to register in the late 1600s (before there was a cost to register). The arms for the male leader of the family lost his arms in a well-documented court. He was on the wrong end of the law as there were rapid Covenanters at the time. If you check the Lord Lyons register they entry has slashes through it.
So… are the Porterfields a clan?
Marty Acks
Thank you for your question. It took me a while to find the page, now that we are in the process of reorganizing the project into a team. There is some information that may help answer your question here. I am in no way an expert in Scottish Clans, so if you wish a more definitive answer, I might suggest contacting the office of the Court of the Lord Lyon.
Please see: FAQs and Clan Attribution
Just thought I'd let you know that I'm working on a Canadian free-space page on the Petworth Immigration Scheme and will be doing some work on your Rapson profiles. Hope that's okay. Laurie, Ontario Team Leader
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Thank you for your reply. My comment was a knee-jerk reaction thinking that you were supporting incorrect information previously submitted by others. I apologize. Colin
Your recent update for William Rosewell of Loxton gives a Wikipedia reference. The link takes me to one of three Rosewell names. Which one are you referring to? Two of the Wiki articles provide Family trees showing their parents. So why are parents unknown? Cheers Colin
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