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Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Lucy Jane Wylder Kith and Kin
Author: My High Line
Author: Jessye Ann HighPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
John High (b.ca.1599) immigrated from England (via St. Christopher, a Leeward island in the West Indies) to Charles City County, Virginia about 1635. Descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, California and elsewhere.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Dennis & Chorn Kin
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Zebedee Dennis was a soldier in the North Carolina forces during the American Revolutionary War.
The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, and Her Times
Author: Richard DaveyPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146561656X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
The tragedy of Lady Jane Grey is unquestionably one of the most poignant episodes in English history, but its very dramatic completeness and compactness have almost invariably caused its wider significance to be obscured by the element of personal pathos with which it abounds. The sympathetic figure of the studious, saintly maiden, single-hearted in her attachment to the austere creed of Geneva, stands forth alone in a score of books refulgent against the gloomy background of the greed and ambition to which she was sacrificed. The whole drama of her usurpation and its swift catastrophe is usually treated as an isolated phenomenon, the result of one man’s unscrupulous self-seeking; and with the fall of the fair head of the Nine Days’ Queen upon the blood-stained scaffold within the Tower the curtain is rung down and the incident looked upon as fittingly closed by the martyrdom of the gentlest champion of the Protestant Reformation in England. Such a treatment of the subject, however attractive and humanly interesting it may be, is nevertheless unscientific as history and untrue in fact. An adequate appreciation of the tendencies behind the unsuccessful attempt to deprive Mary of her birthright can only be gained by a consideration of the circumstances preceding and surrounding the main incident. The reasons why Northumberland, a weak man as events proved, was able to ride rough-shod over the nobles and people of England, the explanation of his sudden and ignominious collapse and of the apparent levity with which the nation at large changed its religious beliefs and observance at the bidding of assumed authority are none of them on the surface of events; and the story of Jane Grey as it is usually told, whilst abounding in pathetic interest gives no key to the vast political issues of which the fatal intrigue of Northumberland was but a by-product. To represent the tragedy as a purely religious one, as is not infrequently done, is doubly misleading. That one side happened to be Catholic and the other Protestant was merely a matter of party politics, and probably not a single active participator in the events, except Jane herself, and to some extent Mary, was really moved by religious considerations at all, loud as the professions of some of the leaders were.
Encyclopedia of American Family Names
Author: H. Amanda RobbPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.
Writing Seminars in the Content Area
Author: Brooke WorkmanPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Choices in search for a vital method for teaching both literature and writing.
The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia, and Allied Families
Author: Lodowick Johnson HillPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342659074
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Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The National Preacher
Author: Colonel Noah Lee of Salisbury, Conn., and Castleton, VT., and His Descendants
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ISBN: 9780962553004
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Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
John Lee, the immigrant ancestor, immigrated in 1634 to Cambridge, Massachusetts from Essex County, England. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1635 and in 1641 to Farmington, Connecticut. Col. Noah Lee (1745-1840) married 1770 Dorcas (d. 1830), the daughter of James and Abigail Gridley Bird. They had eight children. In 1766 Col. Noah Lee purchased land at Castleton, Vermont.