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Prominent Ancestral Lineages, Part 2

In my last post, I identified the four longest surname lineages in the Jonnes Family Tree: 11 Generations -- (339 years) 10 Generations -- (283 years) (284 years) (263 years) I don't have any surname lineages…
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My Pilgrim Ancestors

My son Peter gave me a book for Christmas that I really enjoyed - They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty.  It's a new history of Plymouth Colony by John G. Turner, a professor of religion at George…

Redoubt #10 at Yorktown

Okay, so here's our first sojourn over to my father's side of the family tree.  Sit up, Jonnes cousins! One of my father's favorite ancestors was Sgt. William Brown (1761-1804), arguably the most illustrious soldier in our family history. …