Through this sprawling tower of babel
Came a young man confused and alone
Determined and bound for America
And carryin’ everything that he owned
Sometimes when I look in my grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes
I see that day reflected and I can’t hold my feelings inside
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
So don’t take it for granted say grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes
I’m an American related to all colors of brethren
Priests and Pastors and Prophets and Reverends
Divided we fall united we stand together man
In this cultural melting pot there’s nothing better than
This land of the free and the home of the brave
Populated by ancestors of immigrants and slaves who met early graves
So we could see brighter days and we could proudly
Praise and raise the stars and stripes as Americans
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, I hear the workman singing and the farmer’s wife singing, the common people singing, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else. But their manners, speech, dress, friendships—the picturesque looseness of their carriage—the fluency of their speech—their aversion to anything indecorous or soft or mean—the fierceness of their roused resentment—their curiosity and welcome of novelty—their self-esteem and wonderful sympathy—their deathless attachment to freedom—the air they have of persons who never knew how it felt to stand in the presence of superiors—these too are unrhymed poetry. The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem, These states are the amplest poem.
Happy Independence Day, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!
I’ve gone through the postings on Teh Wheel, but now have the larger task of going through all of the email that has accumulated since I left.
Mrs. Paddy and I had a wonderful time, but are glad to be back home. We started in Dubin, then moved into the smaller city of Kilkenny, then moved farther out into the country, finally returning to more city life in Derry and finishing in Belfast before driving back to the airport in Dublin. The countryside is wild and beautiful and the people are friendly and hospitable. The history of Ireland shows how providential it was that we were able to break free from Great Britain.
Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a super day cause you just know I am.
I’m very proud of my ancestors who fought in the American Revolution, and this week I honor their sacrifices.
At least thirty-four descendants of Thomas Wellman participated in the American Revolutionary War:[Source: Wikipedia]
1 great-grandson Joseph Wellman (1737-1783/4) of Wrentham marched on Lexington in Captain Samuel Cowell’s company and served until 1779.
2 great-great-grandson Thomas Wellman (1742–1818) of Lynnfield marched on Lexington in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft’s company and served until 1777.
3 great-great-grandson Jonathan Wellman (1747–1822) of Lynnfield marched on Lexington in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft’s company.
4 great-great-grandson Stephen Wellman (1746-after 1805) marched on Lexington in Captain Abraham Pierce’s company of Waltham militia and was a corporal at the Battle of Dorchester Heights.
5 great-great-grandson Timothy Wellman (1757–1842) of Mansfield was a private in Captain Isaac Hodge’s company at the Battle of Dorchester Heights and the Battle of Rhode Island.
6 great-great-grandson Jacob Wellman (1746–1834) of Lyndeborough was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill as a private in Captain Levi Spaulding’s company.
7 great-great-grandson Joseph Wellman (1747–1831) was a private in Captain Abiel Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen.
8 great-great-grandson Peter Wellman (1750–1791) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and fought in the battle of Rhode Island.
9 great-great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1751–1835) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen.
10 great-great-grandson Ebenezer Wellman (1752–1831) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and fought in the battle of Rhode Island.
11 great-great-grandson Silas Wellman (1757-after 1818) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and served until 1782 at West Point, New York.
12 great-great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1760–1829) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen, serving until 1780, including the Battle of Trenton.
13 great-great-grandson Isaac Wellman (1757–1840) of Cornish was a private in Captain Jonathan Chase’s company at the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777).
14 great-great-grandson James Wellman (1754–1841) of Cornish was a ranger in Captain Josiah Russell’s company at the siege of Fort Ticonderoga and the Saratoga campaign.
15 great-great-grandson John Wellman (1758–1826) of Lyndeborough was a private in Colonel John Mellin’s regiment at the siege of Fort Ticonderoga and, in 1778, a corporal in Captain Samuel Dearborn’s company at the battle of Rhode Island.
16 great-grandson Reuben Wellman (1730–1798) was a private in the New Hampshire Regiment, reinforcing the Continental Army at New York during the winter of 1776/7.
17 great-great-grandson Solomon Wellman (1758–1841) of Cornish joined the Continental Army under General Horatio Gates for the Saratoga campaign.
18 great-great-grandson Jacob Wellman (1761–1829) of Mansfield enlisted in 1776 and served through 1783 as a corporal at the battles of Saratoga, Monmouth, and Yorktown.
19 great-great-grandson, Abraham Wellman (1762–1829) of Lynn, was a Continental Army drummer who was wounded at the Battle of Monmouth.
20 great-grandson Adam Wellman (1744/5-1802) of Wrentham was a gunner in Captain Perez Cushing’s artillery company from 1776 and a corporal in Captain Samuel Cowell’s company in 1778.
21 great-grandson Elijah Wellman (1733–1790) of Attleborough was a private in Captain Stephen Richardson’s company in 1777 and in Captain Samuel Robinson’s company in 1780.
22 great-great-grandson David Wellman (~1733-~1802) was a member of the Stoughtonham militia.
23 great-grandson Jedediah Wellman (1748–1826) was a member of the Keene militia in 1776.
24 great-great-grandson John Wellman (1755–1831) was a private in Captain Moses Knapp’s company from 1775 to 1776.
25 great-great-grandson Caleb Wellman (1761–1822) was a private in Captain Zadok Buffington’s company in 1777 and in Captain Addison Richardson’s company of Essex County militia in 1780.
26 great-great-grandson Oliver Wellman (1761–1848) of Mansfield enlisted in the First Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army from 1779 through 1781.
27 great-great-grandson Benoni Wellman (1765–1840) enlisted in 1782 as a private in Colonel Jackson’s regiment.
28 great-great-grandson Darius Wellman (~1761- ) was a corporal in the Athens, Vermont militia in 1782.
29 great-grandson Adam Wellman (~1744-1786) of Salem was a privateer serving as lieutenant aboard the schooner Success in 1776, and commanding the brigantine Rover in 1780 and the schooner Jackal in 1782.
30 great-grandson John Wellman (1748–1812) of Dedham was ship’s doctor aboard the brigantine Hawke in Commodore John Manley’s squadron.
31 great-great-grandson Jedediah Wellman (1762–1858) of Danvers shipped aboard a privateer in 1776 and was taken prisoner at Portsmouth
32 great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1727-before 1787) of Salem was captured by the British aboard the privateer sloop Gates in 1779.
33 Samuel’s son Oliver Kempton Wellman (1763-before 1790) served aboard the privateer Junius Brutus in 1780.
34 Samuel’s son Timothy Wellman (1768–1834) shipped aboard the sloop Tyrannicide in 1776 at the age of 8.
Good morning, GN -- Happy Independence DAY!!! God bless America and may she last another 250 years.
For today: Guy Clark -- Immigrant Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2VOv2ztejc
Through this sprawling tower of babel
Came a young man confused and alone
Determined and bound for America
And carryin’ everything that he owned
Sometimes when I look in my grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes
I see that day reflected and I can’t hold my feelings inside
I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
So don’t take it for granted say grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes
For today, in a much louder tone: Stuck Mojo -- I’m American
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY8J8o0QHME
I’m an American related to all colors of brethren
Priests and Pastors and Prophets and Reverends
Divided we fall united we stand together man
In this cultural melting pot there’s nothing better than
This land of the free and the home of the brave
Populated by ancestors of immigrants and slaves who met early graves
So we could see brighter days and we could proudly
Praise and raise the stars and stripes as Americans
For today: Just because it’s fun -- Rob Zombie covering Grand Funk Railroad’s We’re an American Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzlky9Klu4I
For today -- cuz it ain’t Independence Day without some Ted Nugent -- American Campfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DWUcEWJxjo
For today: Zakk Wylde -- America the Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxN1W4SiLLk
For today: From Walt Whitman’s poem, America
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
I hear the workman singing and the farmer’s wife singing, the common people singing,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else.
But their manners, speech, dress, friendships—the picturesque looseness of their carriage—the fluency of their speech—their aversion to anything indecorous or soft or mean—the fierceness of their roused resentment—their curiosity and welcome of novelty—their self-esteem and wonderful sympathy—their deathless attachment to freedom—the air they have of persons who never knew how it felt to stand in the presence of superiors—these too are unrhymed poetry.
The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,
These states are the amplest poem.
Happy Independence Day, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!
I’ve gone through the postings on Teh Wheel, but now have the larger task of going through all of the email that has accumulated since I left.
Mrs. Paddy and I had a wonderful time, but are glad to be back home. We started in Dubin, then moved into the smaller city of Kilkenny, then moved farther out into the country, finally returning to more city life in Derry and finishing in Belfast before driving back to the airport in Dublin. The countryside is wild and beautiful and the people are friendly and hospitable. The history of Ireland shows how providential it was that we were able to break free from Great Britain.
Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a super day cause you just know I am.
I’m very proud of my ancestors who fought in the American Revolution, and this week I honor their sacrifices.
At least thirty-four descendants of Thomas Wellman participated in the American Revolutionary War:[Source: Wikipedia]
1 great-grandson Joseph Wellman (1737-1783/4) of Wrentham marched on Lexington in Captain Samuel Cowell’s company and served until 1779.
2 great-great-grandson Thomas Wellman (1742–1818) of Lynnfield marched on Lexington in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft’s company and served until 1777.
3 great-great-grandson Jonathan Wellman (1747–1822) of Lynnfield marched on Lexington in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft’s company.
4 great-great-grandson Stephen Wellman (1746-after 1805) marched on Lexington in Captain Abraham Pierce’s company of Waltham militia and was a corporal at the Battle of Dorchester Heights.
5 great-great-grandson Timothy Wellman (1757–1842) of Mansfield was a private in Captain Isaac Hodge’s company at the Battle of Dorchester Heights and the Battle of Rhode Island.
6 great-great-grandson Jacob Wellman (1746–1834) of Lyndeborough was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill as a private in Captain Levi Spaulding’s company.
7 great-great-grandson Joseph Wellman (1747–1831) was a private in Captain Abiel Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen.
8 great-great-grandson Peter Wellman (1750–1791) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and fought in the battle of Rhode Island.
9 great-great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1751–1835) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen.
10 great-great-grandson Ebenezer Wellman (1752–1831) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and fought in the battle of Rhode Island.
11 great-great-grandson Silas Wellman (1757-after 1818) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen and served until 1782 at West Point, New York.
12 great-great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1760–1829) was a private in Captain Clapp’s Mansfield minutemen, serving until 1780, including the Battle of Trenton.
13 great-great-grandson Isaac Wellman (1757–1840) of Cornish was a private in Captain Jonathan Chase’s company at the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777).
14 great-great-grandson James Wellman (1754–1841) of Cornish was a ranger in Captain Josiah Russell’s company at the siege of Fort Ticonderoga and the Saratoga campaign.
15 great-great-grandson John Wellman (1758–1826) of Lyndeborough was a private in Colonel John Mellin’s regiment at the siege of Fort Ticonderoga and, in 1778, a corporal in Captain Samuel Dearborn’s company at the battle of Rhode Island.
16 great-grandson Reuben Wellman (1730–1798) was a private in the New Hampshire Regiment, reinforcing the Continental Army at New York during the winter of 1776/7.
17 great-great-grandson Solomon Wellman (1758–1841) of Cornish joined the Continental Army under General Horatio Gates for the Saratoga campaign.
18 great-great-grandson Jacob Wellman (1761–1829) of Mansfield enlisted in 1776 and served through 1783 as a corporal at the battles of Saratoga, Monmouth, and Yorktown.
19 great-great-grandson, Abraham Wellman (1762–1829) of Lynn, was a Continental Army drummer who was wounded at the Battle of Monmouth.
20 great-grandson Adam Wellman (1744/5-1802) of Wrentham was a gunner in Captain Perez Cushing’s artillery company from 1776 and a corporal in Captain Samuel Cowell’s company in 1778.
21 great-grandson Elijah Wellman (1733–1790) of Attleborough was a private in Captain Stephen Richardson’s company in 1777 and in Captain Samuel Robinson’s company in 1780.
22 great-great-grandson David Wellman (~1733-~1802) was a member of the Stoughtonham militia.
23 great-grandson Jedediah Wellman (1748–1826) was a member of the Keene militia in 1776.
24 great-great-grandson John Wellman (1755–1831) was a private in Captain Moses Knapp’s company from 1775 to 1776.
25 great-great-grandson Caleb Wellman (1761–1822) was a private in Captain Zadok Buffington’s company in 1777 and in Captain Addison Richardson’s company of Essex County militia in 1780.
26 great-great-grandson Oliver Wellman (1761–1848) of Mansfield enlisted in the First Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army from 1779 through 1781.
27 great-great-grandson Benoni Wellman (1765–1840) enlisted in 1782 as a private in Colonel Jackson’s regiment.
28 great-great-grandson Darius Wellman (~1761- ) was a corporal in the Athens, Vermont militia in 1782.
29 great-grandson Adam Wellman (~1744-1786) of Salem was a privateer serving as lieutenant aboard the schooner Success in 1776, and commanding the brigantine Rover in 1780 and the schooner Jackal in 1782.
30 great-grandson John Wellman (1748–1812) of Dedham was ship’s doctor aboard the brigantine Hawke in Commodore John Manley’s squadron.
31 great-great-grandson Jedediah Wellman (1762–1858) of Danvers shipped aboard a privateer in 1776 and was taken prisoner at Portsmouth
32 great-grandson Samuel Wellman (1727-before 1787) of Salem was captured by the British aboard the privateer sloop Gates in 1779.
33 Samuel’s son Oliver Kempton Wellman (1763-before 1790) served aboard the privateer Junius Brutus in 1780.
34 Samuel’s son Timothy Wellman (1768–1834) shipped aboard the sloop Tyrannicide in 1776 at the age of 8.