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John Sevier Branson
John Sevier Branson was born 17 March 1826 in Tennessee. He was named after John Sevier, the state’s first (and five-term) governor, and before that, governor of Franklin, a territory that petitioned for statehood but did not quite succeed in being admitted to the union, its land ultimately becoming a dozen of the northeastern counties of Tennessee. John Sevier the governor was not only the sort of much-admired founding father parents liked to name their sons after, but he was also a cousin of “our” John’s grandmother. The distinctive middle name makes John Sevier Branson a kind of genealogical landmark. An abundance of Bransons with common given names (William, Robert, James, John, Andrew, Thomas, Susan, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary) were born in the southern states between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Many of these Bransons were part of huge families. Many of their identities have since become obscured by the poor record-keeping of the day, or bygd
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Warinus "The Stride" dem la Strodeand his brother Alan Rufus(or uncle) were Breton knight companions of William the Conquerorat the Battle of Hastings. They were direct descendants of Conan Meriadoc, the 4th century conqueror of present-day Bretagne. Lord Rayleigh was also Conan's direct descendant in uninterrupted male succession.
John succeeded James Clerk Maxwellto serve as the second Cavendish Professor of Physicsat the University of Cambridge. He held the Chair from 1879 to 1884. Ernest Rutherford, the 4th Chair, held the position from 1918 until his death in 1937 (he's the eponym of rutherfordium).
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Mary (Boyle) Strode (abt. 1734 - abt. 1829)
Mary(Polly)Strode formerly Boyle
Daughter of James Boyle and Sarah (Swearingen) Boyle
Sister of Stephen Boyle
Mother of Elizabeth (Strode) Duncan, Edward Strode, Eleanor Strode, James Strode, Mary (Strode) McMillan, John Strode Jr, Nancy Ann (Strode) Brooks, Susannah (Strode) Lane, Jeremiah Strode, Thomas Strode, Letitia Strode, Stephen Strode, Thomas S Strode, Eleanor Strode and Wellsey Waller Strode
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Polly (Boyle) Strode performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Polly (Boyle) Strode is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A213659.
Defender of the Fort as per Drake, "Kentucky in Retrospect" page 207