+JEFFERSON-RANDOLPH-RAY+ >three early anerican families have a synchronistic history with the star +THOMAS JEFFERSON+ >linked to degruy new orleans history via marquis lafayette's pioche +de LA VERGNE WIFE+ (de la vergne/dufouchard degruy) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >and his aide de camp duplantier< +SAULET PLANTATION+ >who bought degruy family property +FOR MARQUIS LAFAYETTE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ plus +sieur D'AYME de NOAILLES+ (antoine's 1739 general) >who married marie de collange in paris< (MADAME SEVIGNE'S FAMILY) >our la rochefaucauld (la vergne lover)< >father of the lousiana purchase<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >but with all of this the... +JOHN RAY LINK W/ THE RANDOLPHS+ +OF VIRGINIA IS THE STRONGEST+ +THOMAS JEFFERSON TIE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >yesterday i was able to purchase +"JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO"+ by william howard adams ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PRIMARY KNOWLEDGE+ >from the library on coronado island and it contains much information valuable to the descendents of +EUGENE RAY (1)+ and +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY+ (my patenal grandparents) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >you may recall that my father... +RANDOLPH JOSEPH RAY sr+ >was named after the ray family link with the randolph family of thomas jefferson's >mother jane randolph of virginia< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VIRGINIA COLNY 17TH CENT.+ >synchronistically naomi ray, daughter of john ray & jane randolph, married +AMERICAN ORIGINS+ >john bolling descendent of robert bolling and jane royce who was ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DAUGHTER OF JOHN ROYCE+ +AND POCAHANTIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ >(the rays and jeffersons also interfaced >in the revolutionary war as john ray +RANDOLPH-RAY-JEFFERSON+ >served in the first virginia regiment<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THOMAS JEFFERSON'S PASSION+ >about architecture/astronomy/books/ +MASONIC CONSTRUCTION+ >french culture/plantations/women +ELEGENT LIVING+ >and the foundation of america< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (not necessarily that order) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HE WAS A GREAT SCHOLAR WHO+ >self taught architect/astronomer< +CONSTRUCTED 3 FINE LIBRARIES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in 1815 he was saved financially >by selling his 2nd library to congress >(the first burnt in 1770 at his +SHADWELL+ >jefferson father's house<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +M O N T I C E L L O+ >(superior plantation archtype >definitely not a "farm"<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was his great life vision/experiment which was unfinished magnificent +CREATIVE HIGH ART+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >i have written about the roof dome< (PARISIAN PROGENITOR) >link w/ the degruy sugar mill< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE+ >paid him one last visit there in 1824 +POIGNANT REUNION+ >two years before jefferson's death<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEBT-ILLNESS-DECAY+ >jefferson died two years later, w/ a heavy debt of 100,000+dollars and >monticello in a sad stage of decay<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"WE HAVE QUITTED MONTICELLO"+ >mary randolph wrote her sister >as it was sold derelict in 1830<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (vultures descended) +PRECIOUS FRENCH FURNITURE+ +ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS+ +RARE ART AND ARTIFACTS+ >etc, scattered to the winds< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >unheralded reality< +ONE HUNDRED THIRTY AFRICAN+ +MONTICELLO SOULS SENT+ +INTO THE OUTER WORLD+ (god knows where) ^^^^^^^^^^ >to be continued... gene ray, san diego, california