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In reply to the discussion: A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)29. Hello cousin
I am a Wetmore descendant. My great great grandmother was Sarah Bogardus Wetmore. The Wetmores settled Middletown CT in the 1630s. My fave Wetmore ancestor is Izrahiah Wetmore, Yale class of 1748. He was parson of church in Stratford CT during the Revolutionary War, and was giving a sermon when the news arrived of the British surrender at Yorktown. He told his congregation that it would be unseemly to cheer aloud, so he led them in a silent Hip Hip Hooray, three times.
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Lemieux? Hmm....you might just be related to the world famous hockey player, methinks.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#15
One of my ancestors built the house that was famously occupied by Bacon's followers, apparently.
AverageJoe90
Jul 2013
#14
I have Harwoods. 19th century - England >> New Jersey >> Illinois >> Nebrasa
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#22
Dunno about J.M. or his father, but his grandfather, Joseph, Sr. may have been from Lancaster Co.;
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#41