So, I'm digging again. And I will keep digging, until I can find that nugget of information that proves it, or until I can get with dad's cousin and see the proof firsthand. I've already found a few things worth noting: One of the wills I looked at (transcribed obviously) depicts what I can only guess is a man who was proud of the things he had accumulated for himself: a couple of cows which were listed in the will and bequeathed to his sons (Blossom and Star), a couple of guns which he bequeathed to his other two sons, his second wife (his first wife passed the same year he lost his father and then he married his 2nd wife that same year) he refers to several times as "my Loving Wife" was to receive a portion of his land and "everything she brought with her when we was married". It's endearing to see the language involved in some of these wills, because it gives just the slightest glimpse into who these people were. Even more strangely, this comes just as I had begun to accept things as they are, rather than looking for reasons why my life has brought me along the Path that it has. It's as if something, somewhere.. be it an ancestor, or the Divine, WANTS me to keep looking, WANTS me to know more. I'm not about to turn away from it either.
It's been quite some time since I touched the family tree, largely because I find it difficult to do much research without the ancestry subscription. Tonight, at 10pm which I found ridiculously strange, I get a phonecall from my dad. He proceeds to tell me that while he was talking to his cousin a few days ago, she'd told him that some of her family tree research had turned up some interesting information that he thought I might want to know about. I have not confirmed with her (but you can bet your sweet ass I plan to), but the information that she has found has traced a branch of my grandmother's (his mother's) line back to Salem, Massachusetts. Apparently that branch of the family got the hell out of Dodge when the witch hunts had started. Again, I am trying my absolute best not to get my hopes up, but it's difficult. This is the brass ring I was rather hoping I might find when I really got into digging around before.
So, I'm digging again. And I will keep digging, until I can find that nugget of information that proves it, or until I can get with dad's cousin and see the proof firsthand. I've already found a few things worth noting: One of the wills I looked at (transcribed obviously) depicts what I can only guess is a man who was proud of the things he had accumulated for himself: a couple of cows which were listed in the will and bequeathed to his sons (Blossom and Star), a couple of guns which he bequeathed to his other two sons, his second wife (his first wife passed the same year he lost his father and then he married his 2nd wife that same year) he refers to several times as "my Loving Wife" was to receive a portion of his land and "everything she brought with her when we was married". It's endearing to see the language involved in some of these wills, because it gives just the slightest glimpse into who these people were. Even more strangely, this comes just as I had begun to accept things as they are, rather than looking for reasons why my life has brought me along the Path that it has. It's as if something, somewhere.. be it an ancestor, or the Divine, WANTS me to keep looking, WANTS me to know more. I'm not about to turn away from it either.
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HexenCootie
7/1/2014 09:38:37 pm
Sweet! Keep us posted!
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