http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/23/poor-old-bram/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/23/poor-old-bram/comment-page-1/#comment-855 George Cushing Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:40 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/23/poor-old-bram/#comment-855 I find it ironic that the Brits kicked old Abe off his pedestal. He's a distant ancestor. So distant that none of the wealth came my way. Of course, most of his sons were Loyalists (i.e. Tories), their property was confiscated at the end of the Revolution and they took up residence in Cananda. So their fate was much the same as the Iroquoi. The ancestors who share my surname were rebels for the most part. Many of them took advantage of the lands in western New York confiscated from the Iroquoi. So it evens out I guess. I find it ironic that the Brits kicked old Abe off his pedestal. He’s a distant ancestor. So distant that none of the wealth came my way. Of course, most of his sons were Loyalists (i.e. Tories), their property was confiscated at the end of the Revolution and they took up residence in Cananda. So their fate was much the same as the Iroquoi. The ancestors who share my surname were rebels for the most part. Many of them took advantage of the lands in western New York confiscated from the Iroquoi. So it evens out I guess.

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