I am a retired chemical R&D director, who has conducted genealogical research for several decades.

Great-grandson of Adam Larkin Rickord, who fought with Company F of the Iowa 32nd Voluntary Infantry during the Civil War

G2 grandson of William A. Wallace, who fought in Company I of the Illinois 100th Regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge during the Civil War.

G2 grandson of Adam Cavers, who served 21 years in the British Army with the 3rd Light Dragoons, 7th Royal Veteran Battalion, serving with Wellington in the Peninsular War in Portugal, Spain, and Ireland. Twice wounded. Marched as a member of the supporting force to Waterloo reaching the site after the battle.

G4 grandson of Daniel P. Locke, who in Captain Winslow's Company of the New York Militia, fought in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburg.

G5 grandson of Lt. Abraham Locke who fought in the Revolutionary War in the First Middlesex County Regiment of Massachusetts.

G4 grandson of Joseph Clarke who enlisted under General Stark. Was a minute man and served in the battles of Bennington, Saratoga, and Stillwater as a wagon master.

G4 grandson of Onesimus Risdon who served as a private in the Vermont milita during the Revolutionary War serving four enlistments, the first with Captain Warner's Company of Rangers in Col. Herrick's Regiment. Was in the Battle of Bennington under General Starks.

G4 grandson of Reuben Rundall, Sr., who enlisted in the company of Joseph Hobby, under the command f Col. John Mead during the revolutionary war.

G4 grandson of British Soldier Enoch Groom who was given 100 acres of land in Prince Edward Island by the King of England for his participation with the 54th Regiment of Foot during the American Revolutionary War.

G5 granddon of Elisha Risdon who served in the Vermont militia during the Rev.War.

G5 grandson of Matthew Wallis, a private in Capt. Aaron Jewett's Company of Col. Samuel Bullard's regiment. He enlisted 10 September and served with the Northern Army in the battle of Saratoga.

G6 grandson of Pvt. George Leslie, a member of Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment in 1755, who provided aid in an expedition against the French forts at Crown Point on the west shore of Lake Champlain.

G10 grandson of Captain John Johnson, a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638 in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, British North America. He was a Surveyor General of arms and ammunition for the colony and had the notoriety of having 17 barrels of powder blow up in one of the outbuildings of his house. He was aboard the ship Arbella of the Winthrop Fleet as it left England on April 6, 1630.

I am a retired chemical R&D director, who has conducted genealogical research for several decades.

Great-grandson of Adam Larkin Rickord, who fought with Company F of the Iowa 32nd Voluntary Infantry during the Civil War

G2 grandson of William A. Wallace, who fought in Company I of the Illinois 100th Regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge during the Civil War.

G2 grandson of Adam Cavers, who served 21 years in the British Army with the 3rd Light Dragoons, 7th Royal Veteran Battalion, serving with Wellington in the Peninsular War in Portugal, Spain, and Ireland. Twice wounded. Marched as a member of the supporting force to Waterloo reaching the site after the battle.

G4 grandson of Daniel P. Locke, who in Captain Winslow's Company of the New York Militia, fought in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburg.

G5 grandson of Lt. Abraham Locke who fought in the Revolutionary War in the First Middlesex County Regiment of Massachusetts.

G4 grandson of Joseph Clarke who enlisted under General Stark. Was a minute man and served in the battles of Bennington, Saratoga, and Stillwater as a wagon master.

G4 grandson of Onesimus Risdon who served as a private in the Vermont milita during the Revolutionary War serving four enlistments, the first with Captain Warner's Company of Rangers in Col. Herrick's Regiment. Was in the Battle of Bennington under General Starks.

G4 grandson of Reuben Rundall, Sr., who enlisted in the company of Joseph Hobby, under the command f Col. John Mead during the revolutionary war.

G4 grandson of British Soldier Enoch Groom who was given 100 acres of land in Prince Edward Island by the King of England for his participation with the 54th Regiment of Foot during the American Revolutionary War.

G5 granddon of Elisha Risdon who served in the Vermont militia during the Rev.War.

G5 grandson of Matthew Wallis, a private in Capt. Aaron Jewett's Company of Col. Samuel Bullard's regiment. He enlisted 10 September and served with the Northern Army in the battle of Saratoga.

G6 grandson of Pvt. George Leslie, a member of Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment in 1755, who provided aid in an expedition against the French forts at Crown Point on the west shore of Lake Champlain.

G10 grandson of Captain John Johnson, a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638 in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, British North America. He was a Surveyor General of arms and ammunition for the colony and had the notoriety of having 17 barrels of powder blow up in one of the outbuildings of his house. He was aboard the ship Arbella of the Winthrop Fleet as it left England on April 6, 1630.