Many families have oral history that can't be proven. I've also heard and read of a GARRISON story about a Swedish Princess who was shipwrecked and rescued by a GARRISON hunter. If the stories have any merit there would need to be some sort of evidence to support it. Show us the evidence. It reminds me of the story that went unchallenged for a hundred years in the HAINES family of Burlington County that Richard HAINES' wife Mary CARLILE was a Native American who was taken in by an English family and taught to read and write. The story was very elaborate and was spread from generation to generation until about 10 years when the evidence was found to prove that Mary CARLILE was of French huguenot descent explaining her dark eyes and hair that had been rumored to be Indian. Joan In a message dated 7/24/2008 11:17:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, july37@cox.net writes: I'm a Garrison descendant & the same oral history Mrs Hager presents has been in my family. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

"If the stories have any merit there would need to be some sort of evidence to support it. Show us the evidence." I agree with you that oral history needs some evidence to prove or disprove it. It's great that we now have DNA testing that can provide scientific evidence on ancient origins. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <njcumber@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Elizabeth Garrison Indian Maiden m.WilliamHenryTaylor Bridget... > Many families have oral history that can't be proven. I've also heard and > read of a GARRISON story about a Swedish Princess who was shipwrecked and > rescued by a GARRISON hunter. If the stories have any merit there would > need to be > some sort of evidence to support it. Show us the evidence. > > It reminds me of the story that went unchallenged for a hundred years in > the > HAINES family of Burlington County that Richard HAINES' wife Mary CARLILE > was a Native American who was taken in by an English family and taught to > read > and write. The story was very elaborate and was spread from generation to > generation until about 10 years when the evidence was found to prove that > Mary > CARLILE was of French huguenot descent explaining her dark eyes and hair > that > had been rumored to be Indian. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 7/24/2008 11:17:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > july37@cox.net writes: > > I'm a Garrison > descendant & the same oral history Mrs Hager presents has been in my > family. > > > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message