In a message dated 06/13/2001 7:59:37 PM Central Daylight Time, jlambert@northwestern.edu writes: > I have heard about the 1656 Lambert but did not think he had been > identified. Also, a couple of generations are missing, and they man not > all have been in America. Does anyone have the full story on him? I > understand that a cemetery mentions that a particular occupant is descended > from the 1656 John Lambert. The interesting questions is why the reference > is made. To merit such a reference, the person must have been a real > celebrity (like saying you were descended from Thomas Jefferson). There > was a famous general of that name from the Cromwell era. He is the only > Lambert listed in my Webster's New Collegiate biographical section, with > dates 1619-1683 (there used to be others, including the Alsatian physicist > Johann H. Lambert who discovered Lambert's law and after whom the unit that > measures brightness--the lambert--was named; and another man known only for > his huge weight!). The Cromwellian John Lambert is described in > biographies, and his descendants do not seem to match with the Alabama > burial, but it is still possible. Does anyone know anything more about > this beautiful mystery? > > Joseph B. Lambert > > Here's the ONLY reference to him that I have. It is not my research and I don't know why anyone would assume from what was written that there was anything special attached to him. It was a simple reference to the alpha and omega of the LAMBERT line that I knew. ================= Posted by Arleen LOFTON DOZIER on July 04, 1998 at 14:39:44: In Reply to: James C. Lambert -b. 1834 in Ala. posted by Dr. Louis E. Love on February 13, 1998 at 21:52:08: I'm showing a James Calhoun Lambert b. 1 Dec. 1832. in Alabama, probably Monroe County, as that is where his parents moved with his uncles. His parents are John Lambert b. ca 1794, burke county ,GA m. Sarah Gathright, b. ca 1797, SC John d. 1847, Monroe Co. AL. James Calhoun's siblings are: Perry Lambert b. 1817 Roanna Lambert m. OGBURN Sarah Ann Lambert b. 10 Nov. 1825, GA d. 17 Jan. 1894 John Perry Lambert b. 29 Nov. 1830 Isaac C. Lambert b. 6 Feb. 1835 Marry Elizabeth Lambert b. 15 Sept. 1837 Elbert Daniel Lambert b. 11 May 1840 Nancy Catherine Lambert b 30 May 1843 Prucilla Abigail Lambert b. 18 Dec. 1846, Hampton, Calhoun Co. Arkansas Rhoda Ann Lambert, b 18 Dec 1850 John's father is Andrew L. Lambert Sr. b. 1766 GA, m. Anna LEWIS, b. 1768, GA d. 1845, AL buried in Norris Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant AL. Andrew died 1846, Monroe Co AL buried also inNorris Cemetery. Inscription on Andrew's tombstone reads. Great Grandson of John Lambert of England 1656 there is a will of Andrew Lambert dated 22 Dec 1847. Andrew's father is James Lambert Sr. b. ca 1730 NC m. unk. d. ca 1804 GA There is a suspicion that James Lambert Sr.'s father is Andrew Lambert b. abt. 1695 VA and d. GA but this has not been proven. ====================