Appendix C. Part 2.

Rev. Thomas Harrison and His So-Called Siblings and Supposed Parents.
The “4” or “14” Brothers Myths and Isaiah1 Harrison’s [1] Mythical “Cousins” in America,
Comparing Traditions Based on Coats of Arms with Data Based on History and Y DNA
by Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, with permission, © 2022

[1] Chapter One, “Isaiah Harrison, Sr., the Enigmatic Blacksmith, and His Long Island Roots: Why Was He at Smithtown in 1684, with Scudders from Huntington, Long Island, Three Years before His Supposed Arrival in America at Oyster Bay?” Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal, Scudder Association Foundation, volume 4, no. 1, (Spring 2022). Excerpt from Boyden, 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, Long Island Roots and Relationships.

 

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