Ancestry/Genealogy

My parents were just crazy and being from both sides of the mason dixon line brought endless amusement.

My dad's family came here in the late 1500s from Wales by way of Barbados and were deeply involved in the war of independence by both signing the Declaration (my grandfather's reward was to have the family estate burned to the ground, cattle stolen and the people driven from their home.) My uncle assembled the final writing for the Constitution and penned the preamble and was Washington's ambassador to France during their revolution and he 600wrote their constitution as well.

My mother's family came to Tennessee from England in the early 1600s, fought on the side of the revolution as well and includes ambassadors and a SCOTUS justice.

When we get to the Civil War my families were on opposite sides of the war and hence the rancor about generations gone by.

As I said, these aren't my accomplishments.