Lorna's family forest - James & Christian (OUTERSON) RICHARDSON of Morebattle

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

— Abraham Lincoln
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

— Cary Grant
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

— E. B. White
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

— e. e. cummings
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

— Saint Augustine
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

— Mark Twain
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau
If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

— John Cardinal
In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

— Anonymous
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

— John Adams
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

— Abraham Lincoln
History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

— ?Santayana?
What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

— Last of the Summer Wine
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

— Terry Pratchett
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

— Terry Pratchett
.. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

— Petronius (210 BC)
The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

— Proust
So just as it is not the desire to become famous but the habit of being laborious that enables us to produce a finished work, so it is not the activity of the present moment but wise reflexions from the past that help us to safeguard the future

— Proust "Within the Budding Grove"
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

— William J. H. Boetcker
Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

— Lorna
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

— George Bernard Shaw
A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

— Anon
Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

— Anon
The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

— Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

— Thomas Carlyle "The Hero as Man of Letters"

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A small selection of James & Christian's descendants.
Children baptized at the Gateshaw Sessions, with a final son Adam Brown born in Quebec (1835) whence they had emigrated in 1832.
Andrew in Quebec and Robert in Wisconsin both had Christian with them in assorted censuses.
My theory was that this James had first married Margaret MABON, who died in 1812, albeit that Christian and James didn't marry until 1820.
A descendant of James & Christian's family is a dna match to Ralph, a descendant of William of Pringlestead.
However, although we now also have a dna match to a descendant of James and Margaret (MABON) RICHARDSON, the connection looks to be more remote than a shared James.

DNA tested line

James⁰ Richardson (cir. Apr 1775 - Jan 1841)
- Christian Outterson (cir. 1796 - Dec 1888)
  - David¹ Richardson (Dec 1820 - Apr 1898)
    - Catharine Cameron (1822 - Mar 1915)
      - Ella M.² Richardson (Mar 1851 - Jan 1943)
        George Donald (Sep 1846 - )
      - Irving A.² Richardson (cir. 1859 - aft. 1940)
        Cora M. Williams (cir. 1862 - )
  - Andrew¹ Richardson (Jun 1822 - Mar 1905)
    - Jane Beerwort (cir. 1825 - bet. 1891 - 1901)
      - Frederick² Richardson (1845 - )
        Sarah A. Spear (Oct 1848 - )
        Willis L.³ Richardson (cir. 1865 - )
        Harold F.³ Richardson (cir. 1869 - )
        Edwin C.³ Richardson (cir. 1876 - )
        Warren³ Richardson (cir. 1881 - )
        Oscar G.³ Richardson (May 1883 - May 1945)
        Anna Luce (Jan 1888 - )
        Kenneth F.⁴ Richardson (cir. 1912 - )
        Gerald A.⁴ Richardson (May 1916 - Jun 1981)
        Mildred UnknownSurname ?Thornton (cir. 1922 - )
        Claude⁴ Richardson
      - James E.² Richardson (Oct 1857 - 1929)
        Medora H. Jewell (May 1867 - Sep 1929)
        Andrew L.³ Richardson (Jul 1892 - Dec 1972)
        Vera M. Brown (1893 - 1978)
        Carroll R.⁴ Richardson (Jul 1919 - Jul 2006)
        Thelma P. Prinn (1920 - Jan 2009)
  - Henry¹ Richardson (Feb 1824 - )
  - Robert C.¹ Richardson (Mar 1826 - Jun 1909)
    - Charity Minckler (Feb 1830 - Jun 1897)
      - Alice² Richardson (Jun 1850 - )
      - Arthur W.² Richardson (Jul 1852 - )
        Bridget M. McMahon (Apr 1854 - aft. 1910)
        Arthur L.³ Richardson (cir. 1873 - )
        Georgie Fordham (cir. 1883 - )
        Agnes M.⁴ Richardson (cir. 1904 - )
        Otto Dickerson (say 1904 - )
        Gideon W.³ Richardson (cir. 1876 - Oct 1930)
        Tillie UnknownSurname (Apr 1878 - bet. 1900 - 1910)
        Clarence W.⁴ Richardson (Aug 1897 - Oct 1961)
        Bernice A. Pugh (Dec 1899 - Jul 1987)
        Kenneth A.⁴ Richardson (cir. 1908 - )
        Bueford M.³ Richardson (May 1890 - May 1971)
        Vivian UnknownSurname (cir. 1913 - )
        Wesley E.⁴ Richardson (Jun 1937 - Aug 2008)
      - Sarah L.² Richardson (Jun 1854 - )
      - Carrie F.² Richardson (Aug 1856 - )
      - David F.² Richardson (Oct 1858 - )
      - Robert O.² Richardson (cir. 1861 - )
      - Calvin R.² Richardson (Nov 1861 - )
      - Coryell² Richardson (Feb 1864 - )
      - Nettie M.² Richardson (May 1869 - )
    - Eunice L. Lamb (May 1834 - Dec 1913)
    - Emma E. Dustin (cir. 1835 - aft. 1905)
  - Janet¹ Richardson (Feb 1828 - )
  - Samuel¹ Richardson (Aug 1829 - )
  - Christopher¹ Richardson (Nov 1830 - )
  - Archibald M.¹ Richardson (Oct 1832 - )
  - Adam B.¹ Richardson (Feb 1835 - Sep 1929)
    - Elizabeth Phipps (Oct 1836 - Jan 1909)
      - James² Richardson (say 1858 - )
      - Frank I.² Richardson (cir. Sep 1861 - 1954)
        Josephine Anderson (cir. 1865 - aft. 1930)
        Frank³ Richardson (cir. 1905 - aft. 1930)
      - William M.² Richardson (cir. 1863 - aft. 1940)
        Naomi L. Keeney (Feb 1871 - Jul 1946)
        Elmer³ Richardson (Sep 1892 - aft. 1920)
        Clyde³ Richardson (Oct 1898 - )
      - Thomas A.² Richardson (cir. 1866 - aft. 1929)
        Isabella UnknownSurname (cir. 1870 - )
        Dana³ Richardson (Sep 1892 - )
        Roslyn S.³ Richardson (May 1895 - )
      - George² Richardson (cir. 1867 - Aug 1941)

DNA tested line