Hi all, Sounds like Bill's Green was no genealogist. More than 80 percent of people in time get interested in where they came from, their parents, grandparents. Genealogy is just that, a study of one's parents. Sounds like Mr. Green (below) already knew more than he wanted to know about his parents, and that may have been his response to that knowledge. At 10:33 AM 1/20/99 PST, Bill Green wrote: >Hello Tom, >I have finily received the the Book "The man from Winton" by Nathan >Green Jr. I found this on page 30-32. I thought you might find it >interesting. > > >"Nat Grafton's family was not one of the F. F. V.'s, so called. His >father was an honorable, thrifty, industrious man, and his mother an >energetic, kind woman. Both parents were worthy members of the >Primitive Baptist Church, and thier family piety and Christian walk were >unexeceptionable. Nat's father was a man of substance. He had a large >farm and much cattle, and a good many servants, who, in that day, were >slaves. He was a very upright man, and, though not highly educated, he >had strong common sense, and was well informed. He had a great contempt >for the pretensions of some of his neighbors, who set themselves up for >aristocrats, and had their families represented on canvas in the shape >of a tree with all the branches, and this framed and hung up in their >parlors. He ridiculed their grand notions, and taught his sons that, so >far as birth is concerned, they were as good as anybody. > He was particular always to tell them, whenever such matters came up >in the family talks, that he himself fought under Washington in the >great struggle for liberty;; but that his own grandfather was a >tallow-chandler in England---all f whas was doubtless true. He might >have said that while his ancestor was making candles to light up the >world, he was engaged in a far better business." > >I think this only adds to the puzzle. What do you think? > >Bill > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >