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My grandson knows I love history, and for Christmas he purchased for me 'Winchester Tales and Winchester Tales II'. Almost finished the first one, and it is very well written and informative. Very much appreciated, thank you for your efforts. I originally come from Massachusetts and there is amazing history there as well. Interestingly enough, George Washington's ancestors come from Tring, England as do mine. He is related to Charlemagne as is our family.
Where can your books be purchased?
I just seen the story about Elizabeth Sundown Larrick born around 1745.
She and Casper would be my 5th great grandparents. I have a similar story about them. Very nice to see the article, Thank you for sharing. ♥️
Congratulations on the turn out for your book signing. My wife and I arrived at 4 PM. The line was out the door (even in the rain.) So I thought I'd do some shopping and come back when the line went down. But when we came back an hour later the line was still out the door. I'll grab the books at Solenberger.
Fantastic set of books. Congratulations on your success.
Since we're on the topic of Orchardists I wanted to mention my great-great-granduncle James Langley Robinson who was a pioneer in the field. For those not familiar he was the grandfather of J. Kenneth Robinson who was a Congressman in this area.
Uncle Jimmy, as my grandmother referred to him was descended from Quaker stock being descended from Steer, Jackson and other Quaker families. His wife Sallie is also descended from Steer and Jackson and also Robert Mackay, Sr.
Here's their family Record:
Very cool!! Thank you for posting these, I used to love all the stories my father would tell me about this area growing up, and this reminds me of those times.
I'm trying ti find some history on the old Zeropak and the train depot just down the street. Any help would be grateful. Thanks
Anyone have an old photo of the house that was next to the Winchester Star. Its no longer there since the late 90's. It was my husband's grandmothers
I don't know if I shared this or not but I run the website Robert Mackay Clan which is about Robert Mackay Sr., a Quaker pioneer who settled in what is now Warren County. He had connections to Winchester. He along with his business partner Joist Hite were instrumental in settling the Valley of Virginia.
Our family is one of the oldest, if not the oldest Mackay (McKay, McCoy, McKoy etc) families in North America. Most other families came over during the time of the Highland Clearances. Check us out:
Stonewall Jackson and wife in front of the Taylor hotel
I'm really enjoying the old pictures of Winchester. Thank you.