Lisa (Phelps) Linn M.S.Ed.

Do you happen to know Harold Hilton? He lived in Chicago and sent me the Flansburg Genealogical Report in response to comments I had made on the Herin Genforum post. That genealogy opened up the whole family of John McQuown/McEwen b. 1745 and allowed me to track down the whole family.

I hope you are doing well and still interested in genealogy.

Cordially, Bruce McEwen

https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/5242/1/Kevin_McKenny_20140718104429.pdf https://durrushistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/irishlandedgentr00ohar.pdf

From the second source we have a list of Bryans who were mentioned among the "49 ers" and Francis and William Bryan are there for all to see. 10.—THE "FORTY-NINE" OFFICERS. Inrolments of the Adjudications" in favour of the (a.d.) 1649 Officers (formerly denominated " The '49 Lots ") : Preserved in the Office of the Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Dublin.—See Records of Ireland,Marked <' 1821-1825," pp. 610-637. Bryan Francis, Bryan Humphry, Bryan John, Bryan Patrick and Bryan William. (Surname first). These are Royalists who rendered service to the cause for resisting Cromwell in Ireland and for which compensation in money or land was provided for in the Charles II act of Settlement after the Restoration of the monarchy circa 1670. If this is the Francis who was the son of WSB then it may help resolve the issue of validity of WSB.

Further there is much mention of a William Smith attempting compensation and restitution and though much yet to be done could this be the father of Ann Smith from whence WSB gets his name? A William Smith was a claimant: 2243 William Smith, Gent. Estate for Lives. By Deed dated the 9 February (81). Witness Hen. Hickman, & al. Castles, Town, and 2 Plowlands called Cahirmoroghove and Cahirmore. B. Clondiralae. Co. Clare. Lord Clare 2244 William Smith, Gent. Estate for Lives. By Deed dated the 16 of February, (71). Witness John Harte, & al. The Lands of Tullagover and Gower-Hast. B. Moyarta. Co. Clare. Lord Clare

Given the extent of Bryan land ownership in County Clare and these entries on very reliable documents can we still categorically deny that at least some of the legend is likely true?

Thank you for your participation in October’s 2020 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 your comment at G2G on the Casteel Name Study. I ran our kit numbers at GEDmatch and found that we share 3 segments, the largest match at 6.7cM. Hi cousin!

Jan

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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Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 1000!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!

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Thank you for the comment. Regarding the Warrens, I have included what I know on my tree. I filled the source box with texts from the censuses and other helpful items. Things get questionable behind Emma Lee or Emily Warren, who had my 2x great grandmother Alice "Allie" (and her siblings, William, Leona, and Enoch) with a man named William Warren. William Warren appears to have died shortly before 1900, after which Emma married Carl Radmer. Allie and William are cast to other families and Leona and Enoch disappear entirely. People seemed to believe Emma's maiden name was Warren, but sometimes I wonder. Her first husband is impossible to find mention of outside of Allie's Death Certificate and SS# Application. Too many Williams! Frustrating!

Please don't delete any sources from the profiles I manage. You are free to ignore it if you like.

On sources, WT considers Ancestry etc to be sources, even if they are not primary sources. Your link is a newsletter and uses definitions used by Genealogy research papers.

This is a good example why a linked Ancestry source is useful. After re-inserted it, I went to the link and found that I had either mis-typed the POD or the Ancestry source owner had changed it. OTherwise, It would have been harder to track down and I would not have been able to correct it.

Dorothy B. Co- Captain. Southern Super Sweepers!!

I haven’t heard back from you about the break up of the United Kingdom Project. I hope all is well with you. I assume you don’t wish to join any of the country-level projects at present, and will go ahead and remove the United Kingdom badge. If you wish to join England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland in the future, you would be most welcome to do so via the respective G2G sign-up post.

Many thanks for all your contributions,

Susie :-)

Thank you for your comment about Comfort Vanderbilt/Beall. Most genealogies show her maiden name as Vanderbilt, but none have documentation to back this up. I spent years along with another Vanderbilt researcher trying to find any documentation and no such given name appears anywhere in the various Vanderbilt lines. As a matter of fact, in the mid 1700s all the given names for this family were still in Dutch, not English. That was the first clue that there was something not quite right. Then old family papers sometimes name her as Beall, so this is what I have in my tree for the moment. At least until proven otherwise. Karen Nichols-Rexwall