Take your own advice
BTW
John McCain is a war hero, who sacrificed 5 years of his life in Hanoi and
deserves a tad bit more respect and decency before declaring him a tired old
man and your hero Barry Obama as the most intelligent and brilliant person
since Socrates. I would afford Senator McCain a bit more honor and respect
at least for his service as a pilot and a long term US senator.
JPA
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
John,
Maybe you should take a course in discussion and discourse before presume to
tell someone what should be known before asking a question seeking details
on an assertion. I provided the name of "a book" that I am reading. If you
missed it, the book is: "An Imperfect God - George Washington - His Slaves
and the Creation of America" by Henry Wiencek of this list. The book appears
to be rather well researched and the author visited descendents of George
Washington living in the place of his birth to gather information for the
book.
If you are so up on your geneology, why is it so hard for you to list the
people between this Martiou guy and John Washington?
Anne
Anne Pemberton
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http://www.erols.com/apembert
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Philip Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
> Nicholas Martiou's wife is Jane Berkeley is the daughter of Henry
> Berkeley,
> 12Th Baron Berkeley.
> So let's try this again. Washington is descendant of the Berkeley's of
> England. Maybe Ms. Pemberton should take a genealogy course before
> espousing
> the plebian qualities of George Washington.
> Let's do some research before we believe 'a book' regarding the FOUNDING
> FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY.
> John Philip Adams
> Texas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
>
> Connie,
>
> Could you flesh out that descendency from Martiou to George Washington?
>
> My understanding is that John Washington married the daughter of Nathanial
> Pope, Ann, if I remember correctly. Is the connection from Martiou to Ann
> Pope?
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
> [log in to unmask]
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> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Connie Lapallo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
>
>
> Anne wrote: "I hate to burst your bubble but...George Washington's
> earliest
> ancestor was John Washington who came to Northern Neck as a ship's mate,
> and married well...."
>
>
> Actually, no.
>
> John Washington was only George's earliest ancestor named Washington--not
> his earliest American ancestor. That was Captain Nicholas Martiau (spelled
> various ways, including "Marten") Martiau was a French Huguenot who
> arrived
> in 1620 on the Francis Bonaventure. He was a French military engineer, a
> Justice of the Court of York, a member of the House of Burgesses, and a
> signer of the rebuttal concerning living conditions in the colony from
> 1607
> to
> 1619. In 1640, he was granted 1,300 acres (a fairly large tract in those
> days).
> He called his home "York," which is part of today's Yorktown.
>
> Martiau also built a fort, called "Martiau's fort," the subject of a 1989
> dig. In
> its report, the APVA states, "The fort was likely constructed c. 1630 by
> Nicolas Martiau, a trained French military engineer and owner of the land
> were
> the fort was situated."
>
> In 1635, Martiau was a leader in the uprising against Royal Governor John
> Harvey, an important event in Virginia's early history. The meeting which
> eventually led to Harvey's ousting took place, ironically, near Martiau's
> house
> and likely just a few hundred yards from the site of the later surrender
> of
> Cornwallis to General George Washington, Martiau's great-great-great
> grandson at Yorktown.
>
> A stone marker, dedicated in 1631 by Gen. Pershing, reads:
>
> SITE OF THE HOME OF
>
> NICOLAS MARTIAU
>
> THE ADVENTUROUS HUGUENOT
>
> HE WAS BORN IN FRANCE 1591
>
> CAME TO VIRGINIA 1620
>
> AND DIED IN YORKTOWN 1657
>
> HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE INDIAN UPRISING
>
> A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES
>
> JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF YORK
>
> IN 1635 A LEADER
>
> IN THE THRUSTING OUT OF GOVERNOR HARVEY
>
> WHICH WAS THE FIRST OPPOSITION
>
> IN THE BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY.
>
> THE ORIGINAL PATENTEE FOR YORKTOWN
>
> AND THROUGH THE MARRIAGE
>
> OF HIS DAUGHTER ELIZABETH
>
> TO COL. GEORGE READ HE BECAME
>
> THE EARLIEST AMERICAN ANCESTOR OF BOTH
>
> GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
>
> AND GOVERNOR THOMAS NELSON
>
>
> Like his grandson, Martiau was a leader of his time.
>
>
> Connie Lapallo
> Author of
> DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE STARS IN A JAMESTOWN SKY
> And its upcoming sequel
> THE SUN IS BUT A MORNING STAR IN A JAMESTOWN SKY
> www.ConnieLapallo.com
>
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