A Coronation In Scotland In The Thirteenth Century

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"A coronation in the thirteenth century was more than a mere gorgeous ceremony, for it was in a certain sense one of the titles by which a king held his crown. Men's minds were still much influenced by the external forms which were slowly giving way to deeds and written documents, and they were apt to look upon the prince, whose coronation they had witnessed, or who had been proclaimed their king in any other manner to which they were accustomed, as the rightful sovereign, without further question of his title." [Source]

The House Of Unfulfilled Desire

The house of unfulfilled desire was written by Harlan P. Rowe and published in 1911.  Harlan was the nephew of Carrie (Merrill) Owen.  Was the Harlan Rowe who was born on 9 August 1881 in Bay County, Michigan, the same man who lived in France in 1935 and in Detroit as a merchandising manager in 1940 and even earlier? [Yes, it appears to be the case]


A deed between Carrie and her sister Mary (Merrill) Rowe Rawlings here (excerpt from blog post: *Mary's first husband was Harlan Page Rowe.)

Carrie was the mother of Grace (Owen) MacDonald, wife of Francis MacDonald.  Francis's sister, Harriet, was the 1st wife of Albert Edward Cameron; Harriet died in childbirth.

United States Census, 1900
Event Place: ED 26 Verona township Bad Axe village, Huron, Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Elias P Rowe M 54 Michigan
Son Harlan P Rowe M 19 Michigan
Daughter Laura M Rowe F 9 Michigan
Mother Mary W Rawlings F 71 New York

Harlan Page Rowe was a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1905.

I  believe that the author was this Harlan Page Rowe who, because of the illness and death of his father, Elias P. Rowe, abandoned his literary career for the sake of the family.  He lived in France, a circumstance related in this newspaper column (Thumb Notes - Bad Axe).

He died in 1950.

Trouble For The Regulators

This blog posts combines quotes from President Jimmy Carter's novel, The Hornet's Nest, as well as historical data and other blogs (including my In Deeds).  My real-life ancestors, the Trousdales, were there during this era of North Carolina history.

There were characters in The Hornet's Nest who migrated from Philadelphia to Orange County, North Carolina, in 1765. My Trousdales were in Orange County in the 1700's and probably lived in Pennsylvania before moving there, somewhat paralleling the lives of the fictional Pratt brothers.

The western North Carolina farmers in the area of Orange County chafed at the colony's governance, particularly the power wielded by Governor Tryon and Edmund Fanning (Fanning was described as someone who was supposed to be "just the register of deeds, but [made] all the final decisions at the courthouse..".

A deed involving John Trousdale and James Trousdale mentioned the Haw river and Great Alamance:

Whereas John Trousdale, some time ago having purchased a tract of land from Mary E. McCulloch, being the tract in the fork of Haw river and Great Alamance, and containing six hundred and twenty acres... .

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"....the Stockards, the Trowsdales, the Freelands, the Albrights....".

A small group of politically active men with grievances formed the Sandy Creek Association.  One of the characters, Henry Pratt, who was a member of the association, "joined up with some other men, both in Orange and other western counties, to form a group known as the Regulators."

William Trousdale and John Trousdale both signed a document vouching for the character of a Regulator who was in trouble, according to this document (and this site).

When the government's militia confronted the Regulators, there was trouble -- big trouble, culminating in the Battle of Alamance.

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My ancestor, Alexander Trousdale, moved from Orange County, North Carolina to Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Adventures In China

Samuel Wells Williams, who spent much of his life in China, wrote "The Middle Kingdom: a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, and history of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants" and also Volume II of the same title. He also wrote "Our relations with the Chinese empire." as well as "Notices of Fu-sang, and other countries lying east of China, in the Pacific Ocean." Mr. Williams is also the author of "A Journal of the Perry Expedition to Japan (1853-4)."

In 1858 Mr. Williams inherited property in Detroit as an heir of his father, William Williams. He selected his brother, Robert, of Utica, New York, as his Power of Attorney, because he was living in Canton, China, at the time.

S. Wells Williams' sister-in-law, Martha Noyes Williams, wrote her own book about China, entitled "A year in China : and a narrative of capture and imprisonment ... on board the rebel pirate Florida, With an introductory note by William Cullen Bryant." She wrote another book, "Voices from the silent land; Leaves of consolation for the afflicted," a compilation of essays about death.

Frederick Wells Williams wrote a book about the life of his father, Samuel Wells Williams, with items of genealogical interest in it.

China is now an important factor to our economy and our way of life; what was it like in the 1800's?