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  • America 250

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      Dear Reader, This is the last newsletter before America’s 250th, so I want to spend it on the ancestor who started all of this for me — the first patriot I was ever able to actually prove was mine. You know him already. Captain Edward Beeson, my fourth great grandfather, the patriot I wrote…

  • America 250

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      Dear Reader, I’ve been deep in the weeds writing the Conner family book, and sometimes the time is just perfect. As I traced my husband’s Martin line back I found he has a Patriot ancestor, and what better time to share such a find than the week of the 4th of July.  Meet Richard…