Okay, technically he’s my 8th great grandfather.
Though I can’t say I see the resemblance.
I’ve been shaking the family tree again and found Sir Adrian Scrope…. born in 1601, matriculated at Harts Hall, Oxford. A military man, he obtained the rank of colonel before it all went bad.
Very, very bad.
Scrope was one of the regicides who surrendered at the Restoration of Charles II. The House of Commons voted to pardon him under the Act of Indemnity, but the House of Lords demanded that all the regicides should be brought to trial. Scrope was condemned to death when Major-General Richard Browne testified that Scrope had justified Charles I’s execution to him even after Charles II’s return. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross on 17 October 1660.
An account of his behaviour in prison and at the gallows describes him as “a comely ancient gentleman”, and dwells on his cheerfulness and courage.
Cheerful at the gallows?
Well, good for him.
I can’t say his 8th great granddaughter would have been quite so chipper.
River's world..... 
At least he died doing what he loved best: Screaming in agony.
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And looked good doing it as well.
I’m so proud…
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Are you …as they say; guilty by association?
Guilty of what? You ask.
Hmmm, that is the real question.
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I’m always guilty of something…
So yes, probably.
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Very cool. Through some research we found that a friend of mine is a 9th cousin. We have lots of fun with that, especially since we have the same last name. “How are you two related?” “We both had the same grandparents in Long Island in 1624.”
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How fun! My husband recently found out a friend of a friend was related… but he can’t stand him so it wasn’t welcome news.
🙄
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How cool it is to find something so interesting with shaking your family tree. I’ve tired to research my family tree and al I find are nuts. 🙄😕
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Nuts can be interesting too. Keep shaking!
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No ‘GOT’ hanging in your family tree???
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Not yet…
But I’m still looking!
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Hanged AND drawn & quartered? Hm. If he was hanged, why draw & quarter a dead body? Doesn’t that come under overkill? “He is not just merely dead, he is most sincerely dead…”
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Apparently with my relatives… one wants to be sure.
🤣
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LOL!
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Wow! What a tough guy! That’s braggin rights right there, to say you are related to this guy!
How did you find this out? It’s so interesting!
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I started on Ancestry.com and went from there.
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My ancestor was in Oxford around the same time. Wonder if they knew each other?
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Maybe….
your ancestor hung mine? Which would have been more fun for yours of course.
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some people are into that kind of thing
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I sometimes think about researching my family tree, but I doubt it would be as interesting. Not really sure how much I’d be able to find out, anyway, as there were a couple adoptions on both sides of the family.
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You never know where genealogy will take you. That’s half the fun!
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Regicide! Another new word I learned… and one that will, alas, never meet the Randomator.
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Personally I think the Randomater needs to exclude all prepositions and words less than 5 letters. Regicide would be perfect!
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Here’s my most notorious relative:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Martin
Like yours, she was hanged.
Unlike yours, she was not drawn and quartered.
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Now that’s a fascinating part of history to be related to!
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I’ve read part of her trial transcript ~ fascinating stuff.
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So how close is the relation…?
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About the same as yours with your ancestor. She’s my great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother on my father’s side.
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The great thing about that is… if someone ever calls you a witch? You can say – almost!
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Yup!
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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If you’re humming a tune, I’m going to need a few more notes.
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LOL
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