Re: The Wadley Crest
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In reply to:
Re: The Wadley Crest
Jerome Walton Burke 6/17/07
Good Morning, Mr. Burke,
It is good to see you are still checking in on this site.I am working in Maine for 2-3 months for FEMA, response to the big Nor'easter storm from earlier this year.I hope to get up to Canada to see you while I'm here.
You mentioned the copyright on the cover of my book.I have no problem with anyone using it for their personal purposes.What I would ask is that you contact me and tell me how you fit into the family.Not that I want to limit the use of the crest, I don't.I just am really interested in all of us that are in this really neat family.Email me at "[email protected]"
The more I'm finding out about us all, the more exciting it gets.Yes, I am working on a second edition of the book.I'm now up to about 3,600 direct descendants of John and Mary.And if there is a Robert Lee Wadleigh out there, I saw your post of a few years ago this evening.It looks to me like you have just a whale of a lot of information on a branch of the family that I don't have.In your line for instance, I don't have anyone after John7.
I'm working on the coast of York County, Maine.Right in the middle of this county's seacoast is this town of Saco.I think we've all heard of it.So I've done a little research.And I need some insight.
John and Mary did not land at the town of Saco in 1630.The town didn't exist in 1630.I don't doubt that they did land here at that time (well maybe a year or two later).There were a few explorers who came by the mouth of the Saco River, like Champlain, John Smith from Virginia to name the two I've found references to.The first settlement to stay over a winter near Saco, in an area called the Biddeford Pool, was a group of men who camped out one winter in the late 1620's.
Sir Fernandino Gorgas got a grant from the King of England.He gave a sub-grant to a Mr. Vines who came to Biddeford Pool with a group of settlers in 1630 who started the first permanent settlement which became Saco.They were joined in 1631 and 1632 with other settlers brought by Mr. Boynton and someone else whose name escapes me right now.
So, if John and Mary settled in Saco in 1630, they were among that very first group of settlers.His trade was a "planter and vintner" so it is very likely that he was a valued member of the group. A vintner, or grower of grapes and maker of wines, would have been invaluable because at that time drinking water was not something that someone would do if they could avoid it.Water was not near as safe to drink as wine or beer.
The reason I wonder if John and Mary were part of this first group is that little Robert would have been only 5 yrs. old and his two sisters would have been 3 and 1, and little John would not have been born yet.
So, I guess I'm asking if we try to determine that John and Mary were among these first settlers.HELP!
Oh, and Jerry, I do have my passport with me, so I will indeed be able to cross the border into Canada AND COME BACK before I head back to Chicago.
And everyone, let's stay in touch.
Don