Actually a phone book is more useful as it can, like a tax list, help
document the presence of an individual during a given time at a specific
place.
Barbara Vines Little, CG
Dominion Research Services
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Orange, VA 22960
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Tom Gilmore wrote:
> If we are going to get into genealogy, fine, but please, let's not
> mistake a list of names and dates for genealogy. Knowledgeable
> genealogists, like other trained researchers, know that It is their
> responsibility to conduct suitable studies and* report them in sufficient
> detail to permit evaluation and confirmation by others. * Paul Drake wrote
> something like this: Genealogy without evidence is worthless." . May I add,
> that a list of names and dates without citations is about as useful to a
> genealogist as the telephone book.
>
> --Tom Gilmore
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:39 PM, John Philip Adams <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>
>> 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]
>> http://www.erols.com/apembert
>> 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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