Joseph Gregory, "the Centenarian" (1742-1842)

Joseph Gregory,
Author: Josephine Gregory Spears
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1990
Genre: Southern States
ISBN:

Joseph Gregory (ca. 1742-ca. 1842) settled in northwestern Mecklenburg County, Virginia and married three times, moving when in his 90s to Rutherford County, Tennessee. Descendants and relatives also lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere.

When Scotland Was Jewish

When Scotland Was Jewish
Author: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786455225

The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored for centuries? This book argues that much of Scotland's history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that many of the national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers of Scotland were of Jewish descent, their ancestors originating in France and Spain. Much of the traditional historical account of Scotland, it is proposed, rests on fundamental interpretive errors, perpetuated in order to affirm Scotland's identity as a Celtic, Christian society. A more accurate and profound understanding of Scottish history has thus been buried. The authors' wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.