The Washingtons. Volume 4, Part 2

The Washingtons. Volume 4, Part 2
Author: Justin Glenn
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 875
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1940669367

This is the fourth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations of John and Anne Washington’s descendants, including General George S. Patton, author Shelby Foote, and actor Lee Marvin. Volume Three traced the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this “Presidential Branch” back in time to the aristocracy and nobility of England and continental Europe. Volume Four resumes the family history where Volume One ended. It presents Generation Eight of the immigrant John Washington’s descendants, containing nearly 7,000 descendants. Future volumes will trace generations nine through fifteen, making a total of over 63,000 descendants. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These in turn strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. Volume Four, Part One covers the descendants of the immigrant John Washington’s child Lawrence Washington. Volume Four, Part Two covers the descendants of the Immigrant’s children John Washington, Jr., and Anne (Washington) Wright.

Magazine

Magazine
Author: Alabama Genealogical Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1989
Genre: Alabama
ISBN:

The Green and the Gray

The Green and the Gray
Author: David T. Gleeson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469607573

Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of David T. Gleeson's sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, Gleeson considers the role of Irish southerners in the debates over secession and the formation of the Confederacy, their experiences as soldiers, the effects of Confederate defeat for them and their emerging ethnic identity, and their role in the rise of Lost Cause ideology. Focusing on the experience of Irish southerners in the years leading up to and following the Civil War, as well as on the Irish in the Confederate army and on the southern home front, Gleeson argues that the conflict and its aftermath were crucial to the integration of Irish Americans into the South. Throughout the book, Gleeson draws comparisons to the Irish on the Union side and to southern natives, expanding his analysis to engage the growing literature on Irish and American identity in the nineteenth-century United States.

Barshingers in America

Barshingers in America
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2001
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Jacob Bertschinger was born 29 April 1716 near Zumikon, Switzerland. He emigrated in 1735 and settled in Pennsylvania. He married Magdalena Bechtler (1708-1774), daughter of Georg Bechtler and Elizabeth, 5 April 1736. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.