On Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 4:51:23 PM UTC-4, Douglas Richardson wrote: > Dear Jan, John, and Kelsey - > > Your research collaboration has been most impressive. Kudos to all of you for your collegial approach to problem solving the Heart-Mowat ancestral line. Way to go! > > Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah Thanks, Douglas, and thank you for the sources you identified and suggested to us and for your discussion about and encouragement of this research. Now that I am convinced about the identity of John Heart's parents, I expect to turn some attention to your suggestions about the Elphinstone family and details of the life of Earl Robert that may identify Christian's mother. Fundamental to this whole project was John Brandon's initial insight that John Heart may have been a son of David Heart and Jean Mowat, his finding the 1638 charter signed by David Heart and his sons William Heart and Mr. John Heart, his identification of many other documents relevant to this family (including the existence of a marriage agreement for Margaret), and his noticing the Mather letter that suggests that John Heart had a son named David.

The descendants of Rev. Thomas Craighead and Margaret Wallace include numerous Presbyterian ministers, the author Jean Craighead George, and Dr. Annie Alexander of Charlotte, NC, supposedly the first woman with an M.D. to practice in the South. http://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/annie-lowrie-alexander-1864-1929/