When my father tried to trace back the roots of his family's line the farthest
he could get back was the time of the French Revolution. I like to think we are
descended from émigré Frog aristocracy.
Our family's motto? "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" ("Let them eat cake" ).
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
I mentioned in an earlier post that while watching the new version of the mini
series, Roots, that I noticed a person that I thought was an ancestor, Tom Lea,
father of Chicken George.
I did some genealogical research and found that I am a cousin of Chicken
George. Lawd H'mercy!
Turns out that he is a fifth cousin, twice removed, if I have it right.
My fourth great grand father was the Rev. Luke Lea, originally from
Spotsylvania Va., moved to Caswell county NC.His brother was Lt Major Lea, also
of Caswell county NC.
Lt Major Lea fathered Major Lea, who fathered Tom Lea. Tom Lea was Chicken
George's father. Chicken George is Alex Haley's great or great great
grandfather.
