This article is an excerpt from Margery Boyden\’s, A Guidebook to the Records for Samuel and Lydia (Harrison) Stewart:
New Perspectives from New Data and from Reviewing 100 Years of Collaborative Research, Part I, (Electronic version, Scudder Family Store, 2022).
Most of us want to know who our ancestors are and from whence they came. For some, this means a family history mystery that requires gathering enough clues to put the puzzle pieces together accurately. This is especially true for those who feel a gnawing skepticism about speculations some have made.
The appendices of Part I of Samuel and Lydia Stewart’s Guidebook version explore several speculative claims made in Settlers by the Long Grey Trail pertinent to Isaiah1 Harrison, Sr.’s roots, not based on record evidence, by comparing them within the context of other historical sources that are available.
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