Secret History X

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I noticed that in the Rodovid Genealogy Tree Aud Gamle is entered as “Aud Jorundsson (Gamle , Инглинги) d. 495.” The Russian name after Gamle, is pronounced “Eengleenree.”  Kind of sounds like Angle, as in the tribe that settled in England and gave it its name?

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Aud was an Yngling. Which is used to designate descent from Yngve, and which means literally “Yngve’s offspring. “  The tribal affiliation of Yngve and his offspring was originally an invading Swyddian (Pronounced Swithian) tribe that was related to the Indo-Iranian people of  the  Carpathian and Black Sea region (Scythian/Dacio-Sarmation Getae). Their tribal name gave rise to the modern name Sweden “Sverige” as they began to dominate over the neighboring tribes. Newest evidence is indicating a same area of origin for the Angles that settled in southern England during a later colonial period. The Angles early on has status as “Foederati” or military confederates of the early Roman Republic. Many of these relocated to and remained in North West Europe when the Republic fell in 450 AD.

Cher Almoustine,

This is a response to your request for information with regard to relationship between the Bulkeley Family and the Avery and Prescott family. It seems both families in question share a common bond to the island of Roatan in the person of Charles “Kyle” Bulkeley, an early 18th century pirate captain and buccaneer.

In 1723/1724 an approximately 20-year-old-man from New England, Philip Ashton, managed to survive as a castaway on the island for sixteen months until he was finally rescued[1]. During that time they were governed by King Bull Kyle, a red-haired white man, unusual for the location considering it is an island of hispanics.

But who was King Bull Kyle? Researching further I discovered in Ashton’s memoirs additional mention of this mysterious king including his full name. Bull Kyle was the name given to him by the natives, however in discourse with Ashton, he revealed his name as Edward Chauncy Bulkekey. A marooned privateer sailor gone native.

His middle name gave me a clue which led to the unfolding of this man’s origins although much of his personal story remains a mystery. We do not know the full tale of how he ended up the Pirate King on a tropical island off the coast of Honduras. His father was Captain Peter Bulkeley (son of Rev Gershom Bulkeley and Sarah Chauncey) and his mother was Dorothy Hoare Prescott. Dorothy Prescott was the daughter of Captain Jonathan Prescott by his second wife Elizabeth Hoare (daughter of John Hoare and granddaughter of Charles Hoare the Sheriff of Gloucester England).

1669 Gold Guinea

That King Kyle kept his family (including his good reverend Grandfather) well supplied is evident by the will left by Rev Gershom wherein he bequeaths to his daughter in law (King Kyle’s mother) a gold Guinea, and to his daughters in law Hannah Avery[5] and Rachel Wolcott, each a golden ducat. To King Kyle’s uncle the Reverend Gershom bequeathed his grandfather clock (a rumored treasure cache), his seal, his gilt spoon, and silver porrigers, and all his legal books and additional tools for the timber mills [4] which supplied his son’s shipbuilding business.

It is interesting to note that in his journal, Revered Bulkeley mentions in passing the delivery of the clock stating that it was so heavy that one of the men who bore it broke a collar bone.[6]

[1] See Edward E. Leslie, “Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls”, 1988, pp.100–120

[2] See Charles S. Hall, “A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF THE LINEAL ANCESTORS OF THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL HOLDEN PARSONS HALL AND HIS WIFE EMELINE BULKELEY OF BINGHAMTON NY …”, GP PUTNAM’S SONS 1896: p

[3] ANSON S Voyage. Bulkeley and Cummins Voyage to the South Seas, and Narrative of the loss of the ship ” Wager.” 8vo. 1743

[4] Roatan was also named “Isle del esPina” (Island of Pines)

[5] Hannah Avery’s maiden name was Raymond. She was married to Charles the son of Reverend Bulkeley. Her husband died whilst she was pregnant with Charles’ child (a daughter whom she named Hannah, who was born in India). She remarried quickly to Captain Thomas Avery the son of Captain James Avery.

[6] Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 131, No. 4, 1987)

Cher Almoustine,

In researching the family connections of the men who sailed aboard the Amity with Thomas Tew in 1692, I stumbled upon the following will and testament illustrating the relationship between Thomas Lewis and Barent Rynder (both men aboard the Amity).

“In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Lewis[1], of New York, merchant, being in good health, but now bound out on a voyage[2], and knowing that the time is uncertain when it will please God to take me out of this vile and transitory world.” And to the end that no variances might hereafter arise do make this my last will and testament. I give to my son, Thomas Lewis, €5, when he is 21, over and above all other legacies. The rest of my estate I leave to my wife, Frances Lewis, during widowhood, with full power to sell houses and lands with the advice and consent of my brothers, Leonard Lewis and Barent Rynders. If my wife should marry, then she is to have and enjoy the household stuff and wearing apparell, jewels, rings, diamonds, etc., and one half of my estate in houses and lands. When she remarries, the estate is to be divided, and the share of my children is to be put into the hands of my brothers, Leonard Lewis and Barent Rynders, who I name as executors.

Dated January 10, 1699/1700[2].

Votre Ami,

Pamela Bradford

[1] Genealogy charts for Barent Rynders and Thomas Lewis are available on Rodovid.org

[2] This will was written prior to Thomas’ second voyage with Tew.  The cache of treasure (apparel, jewels, rings, diamonds) from his first voyage is mentioned in his will to be given to his wife if she be widowed, and divided evenly if she remarries.

King Argenteus of Tartessos

This king, whose name is rendered in a variety of ways, is credited by ancient historians with a lifespan of 120 years. According to Herodotus, King Arganthonios ruled Tartessia for 80 years, from 630 BC to 550 BC. It is probable that he is thus credited with this longevity due to a the fact that is name is a title rather than a proper name, and the historians inadvertently credited one man with the works of several generations of kings.

What is certain is that the Biblical kingdom of Tartessos was ruled by this proto-Iranian/Gaelic King  from a capital city  located beyond the Straits of Gibraltar on the southwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula. The prophet Jonah attempted to flee from God’s command by escaping in the hold of a ship that was bound for the capital city of Tartessos (as far away from Nineveh as he could get). After an agonizing journey in the rough waters of the Mediterranean, he was discovered as a stowaway (no doubt while he was barfing from seasickness) and put off on shore.

This King of Kings held mining concerns in Spain, Cornwall, and Wales, with vast trade networks that spanned the Globe. (No small feat for kings in the millenia before the common era). The precious metals and coinage that were exported from his kingdom eventually brought about the collapse of the Persian monetary system. The bible and other ancient histories tell of rich fabrics, leather, peacocks, ivory and exotic foods and spices that were provided to the ancient world via the “Ships of Tartessos“.

This Gaelic king ruled a highly literate population, spoke a language that seems to be some sort of hybrid of the several major languages in extant at the time. I am willing to bet that the tradesmen of this Kingdom/Empire of Tartessos, based as it was on maritime trade, originated of many of the earliest maps that showed not only the coast lines of other continents (including Africa, and north/south America), but showing them with such incredible detail and accuracy that during the middle ages many of them were gathered and burned along with the gnostic scriptures and other historical documents as part of an orchestrated effort of modern Rome to conquer and subdue the peoples of Languedoc and Iberia.

Georgeos Diaz-Montexano

The jewelry depicted in the portrait of Argenteus, by artist Georgeos Díaz-Montexano , actually exists. The rest of the portrait is conjecture based upon the archeological evidence of local custom with regards to style and ethnic connections.

More on the history, culture, kings, capital cities, and records of antiquity with regard to the kingdom of Tartessos including its ties to anti-diluvean Atlantean kingdom of Dilmun and the Tainite Confederation has been authored by Mr Montexano. His research is thorough, factual and based on empirical evidence rather than the radical emotionalism and religious fervor that traditionally accompany other assertions and theories regarding the location of the elusive “Island of Atlantis.”

Pame’ Cherie

The days have been dark and cold here in the north. But my research efforts continue among the MikMaq.  I understand with sympathy that it is against their heart to participate in the DNA test. Their language, writing, and heritage has been much abused and I feel they are afraid. The problem is to explain what it is we are looking for in the tests. I can explain that the tests are means to unite families but their families are not fragmented as ours; so that explanation is helpless. How can I explain to them that after many centuries their blood is now a common element in the families of many …non native peoples. Then the mistrust thinking these tests are ways to destroy their identity as a people. I explain that immigration patterns went both ways during the early years of exploration. Many of their people left the land of the Mikmaq to explore the land of the Europeans. Some of them had families or left descendants among the English, French, Dutch and Portuguese.  Some of these people are looking for the roots of their early heritage in the new world. Again, the explanation awakens mistrust that a new intrusion on their identity as a people is attempted. For gathering the data I must talk privately to each person. There is no help to talk to the group at once since the Mikmaq do not have a central leadership. Ay!

Et couper les cheveux en quatre! The Quebecois have an interesting language. I am certain they speak Franglish. Can you find me a Parisian to Francadian dictionary. I must spend most of this winter in the library here, and learning Franglish (ha ha ha). We will see what developments happen in the spring with the research.

Votre Ami,

Almoustine

P.S. You should soon receive a call from Donald Panther-Yates to arrange availability of test DNA packages to include the Native mericanmarkers. Please update the site to offer these packages to interested readers for a discount.

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Learn more about DNA testing and the Native American Tribes:

• Taino and Native American Testing
• What are the Risks to Tribes?
• How DNA testing protects Tribal Rights
• Losing a Tribe (DNA studies and Religious Reconciliation)
• Rethinking Clovis
• mDNA-X
• Maps of American Ancestries
• Indigenous Peoples of America
• North American Mestiso Families

Stone Circle at Col d'Petit St. Bernard

The Col du Petit Saint-Bernard located in Savoie, France, to the south of the Mont Blanc Massif, is a high (2188 metres) mountain pass in the Alps on the France–Italy border. At the site of the pass is a massive stone circle. The diameter (72 m – 236ft) of this stone circle makes it one of the most important stone rings in mainland Europe.

The site has not been precisely dated but from coin finds at the site and from references by various ancient historians, the site has been attributed to the Iron Age Tarentaisian (La Tene) culture (c. 725 BC–450 BC). A Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter was later erected nearby along with a Roman mansion to serve travelers along the pass. The site of the circle is typically only accessible between the mid-Summer Solstice (June) and Samhain (October).

The Oculus Astra

Regarding the Etymology of the Val d’Aosta on the eastern side of the pass, the name is sometime believe to have been derived from the Roman appellate Augusta Pretoria; however earlier historians have alluded to an alternate etymology as reference to the region as a gateway to the “Astra Pretoria”Col d’ Petit St Bernard. This stone circle is now in ruins but originally consisted of 52 stones encircling a central pillar into which was set the (Oculus Astra) a rather large pigeon-blood Star Ruby which some referred to as the Jovis Eye.

A dolmen consisting of three large stones aligned to the sunset at summer solstice once stood in the center of the circle, but was removed during the modern age to build a road. The Romans historians referred to the central pillar as the Columna Jovis (Jove’s Column) and the mountains themselves on either side as the Altars of Hercules. It is believed by many scholars (me included) that the Carthaginian general Hannibal used this route to cross the Alps into Italy during his infamous conquest of Rome.

St Bernard, as a result of a vision wherein he is visited by St Nicholas, destroy the central pillar and its “escarbucle” as they were obstructions to the spread of Christianity. What Bernard did with the ruby is a mystery (although rumors exist of various jewels housed in the Vatican Archives), but the central pillar now serves as the pedestal of the statue in Bernard’s honor.

Following is an excerpt from the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter.

“In the high Alps where the rocks trodden by the Greek god slope downward and allow men to approach them there is a place sacred to the altars of Hercules the winter seals it with frozen snow and heaves it up on its white top to the sky It seems as though the sky had fallen away from there the beams of the full sun do not soften the place nor the breezes of the springtime but the soil stands stiff with ice and winter’s frost its frowning shoulders could support the whole globe.

When Caesar with his exultant army trod these heights and chose a place from whence he looked far over the fields of Hesperia and lifted his voice and both hands to the star and said ‘Jupiter Lord of all … I call you to witness that I do not willingly summon the War God to these hosts and that my hand is not raised willingly to strike But I am driven on by need.’

As he spoke these words aloud the Delphic bird gave a happy omen and beat the air as it flew then from the left quarter of a gloomy grove strange voices sounded and fire flashed thereafter. And the orb burned brighter than Phoebus wont and set a burning halo of gold about his face.”

The Fugate Family of Kentucky

Cher Almoustine,

While you are up enjoying the brisk Canadian Weather, I am busy holding down the fort here at home. My son and his family just moved into the apartments downstairs, the house is busy but the up side is I get to enjoy my granddaughter on a daily basis. it slows down the research somewhat but is will worth it.

Regarding the blue men legends… I encountered a tidbit about our shared ancestry that may interest you. It seems many of the descendants of the Muscheon/Legant/Fougere family of Huguenots (at least those who maintained the maritime trade between the East/West Indies, Europe and Middle Colonies during the 1600s) are carriers of Methemoglobinemia (aka. the “Blue Blood/Pictish Gene”).

So far we can identify three main branches of the family who settled in Scandinavia (Musteen/Muscheon), Ireland (Leggat/Legant/Legare), and Kentucky (Fugate/Fougere).

This trait results in a blue tint to the skin (particularly lips and nail beds) and can lead to blue baby syndrome (babies born blue but with otherwise healthy Apgar scores). Also, contrary to popular belief… Methemoglobinemia is not a disease (unless it is occasioned by chemical poisoning, or a heart defect) nor is it deadly; studies indicate that individuals (even the most blue) frequently live lengthy, healthy, lives. Hereditary Methemoglobinemia it is an autosomal recessive genetic trait with a yet undetermined origin. Although the blue skin tones associated with this trait usually fade during infancy, population bottlenecks where cousins frequently intermarry may give rise to a race of people who have blue skin permanently. This bottleneck phenomenon has been documented in Finland, Ireland, and Kentucky.

Almoustine, you and I are both carriers of this trait. Your ancestor, Thomas “The Musteen” of Virginia had ties to the East Indies, Madagascar, East Asia, and Haiti, the Musteen’s of Finland were frequent traders between Scotland, Scandinavia, and Holland along the Baltic and Barent Sea routes. My family tree links to both Fougere and Legant (all documented carriers of this trait).

I am posting this on the site in case anyone interested in helping me to research this unique lineage may contact either of us via our Research Page on Methemoglobinemia .

Pamè Mon Chèrie

Ce matin je suis dans le port de Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Je suis sur ma façon de rencontrer Mikmaq local.Je poursuis le insaisissable “mDNA-X”. Je vous garderai informés de mon progrès. J’essaierai aussi d’écrire plus dans l’anglais.

Je sais que votre nom de jeune fille est Magee, donc vous le trouverez bizarre. Les Miqmaq s’appellent comme le Megu-maagee.

J’envoie les informations d’ADN au laboratoire à Salt Lake City. Vous pouvez vérifier avec notre contact là pour voir les résultats. Les données à propos l’histoire et la langue du Miqmaq je vous enverrai directement.

Je votre ami,
Almoustine

Tennessee Williams

Cher Almoustine,

Thank you so much for your feedback on my new play. I appreciate you taking the time from your busy schedule to read it. I am glad you liked it. You are absolutely right in suggesting that the play seems to be part of something bigger. The story is definitely worth expanding into a full length play. I have way more material than a simple one act can hold.

You do make me blush however when you compare it (stylistically) to the works of Tennessee Williams.  That is an honor that I feel is way more than I deserve. Ironically regarding Tennessee Williams, you might be curious to know that he happens to be my paternal grandmother’s 4th cousin once removed. Both my grandmother Viola and ” Tennessee”, aka Thomas Lanier Williams, are descended from Joseph Williams and Rebeca Lanier of Virginia.

Pamè Mon Chèrie

Le merci pour les magnifiques caractères du Daguerrotype, et pour le poste de Robert Cornelius.  Avez-vous été capables de poster la généalogie de Robert sur Rodovid.com ?

J’espère que ses descendants apprécieront cet article, commentaires post et contribueront davantage à la recherche sur cette famille.

Je reste le vôtre.

Almoustine