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This week we are celebrating the Fourth of July, American Independence Day, by 
featuring notables from the American Revolution.

Per wikitree.com I am:

16 degrees from Thomas Jefferson
17 degrees from George III Hanover
12 degrees from Joseph Brant
20 degrees from George Eliott
17 degrees from Peter Francisco
17 degrees from Deborah Gannett
15 degrees from Christopher Greene
34 degrees from Tadeusz Kosciuszko h. Pierzchała
16 degrees from Fleury Mesplet
17 degrees from Richard Montgomery
16 degrees from John Sevier
22 degrees from Banastre Tarleton

More about them:

Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence,
founding father, 
and US President.

King George III, King of Great Britain and ruler of the colonies at the
beginning of the 
war.

Joseph Brant, Mohawk war chief and a leader of the Loyalist forces in the
Revolutionary 
War.

George Augustus Eliott, notable for his command of the Gibraltar garrison
during the 
Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasted from 1779 to 1783.

Pedro Francisco, "Virginia Giant" or :Giant of the Revolution" and American
Patriot.

Deborah Gannett, dressed as a man and fought during the war. The only woman to
earn 
a full military pension in the Revolution.

Christopher Greene, led the spirited defense of Fort Mercer in the 1777 Battle
of Red 
Bank, and the African American 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American 
Revolutionary War, most notably with distinction in the 1778 Battle of Rhode
Island.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish General who aided General George Washington during
the 
war.

Fleuri Mesplet, printer for the Continental Congress before moving to Montreal
to set up 
Quebec's first daily newspaper.

Richard Montgomery, leading figure in the Invasion of Quebec, until his
untimely death 
at the Battle of Quÿbec on 31 December 1775.

John Sevier, Sr., one of the commanders at the Battle of King's Mountain, US 
Representative for North Carolina & Tennessee, 1st Governor of Tennessee.

Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician known as "Bloody Ban" during
the war.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players,  singers and
musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers.  I guess
that 
I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by 
giving me some basic information by going to:

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