Posted by Howard Cheek on July 28, 2015 at 8:24 AM
Some trivia for you today.. Through some ancestry background work, I verified what my grandparents Howard & Emma Matlack told us when we were kids..
That I along with my brother & sister are direct descendants of Timothy Matlack (our mothers side), who was given the task of actually penning our great Declaration of Independence.
WOW, how neat is that bit of family ties, and all good news too. No doubt the art of quality penmanship in those days won him the prestigious task or job as it were. Congratulations on this amazing connection here overall........
Obviously the most pronounced visual impact signature was or is John Hancock's. One of these days Howard I'll share a story about one of his direct descendants that was also a John Hancock himself. Not sure how many numbers of "great grandsons" he was in the chain so to speak, but it was an interesting story from my earlier business dealings years ago now......
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4 repliesSome trivia for you today.. Through some ancestry background work, I verified what my grandparents Howard & Emma Matlack told us when we were kids..
That I along with my brother & sister are direct descendants of Timothy Matlack (our mothers side), who was given the task of actually penning our great Declaration of Independence.
Obviously the most pronounced visual impact signature was or is John Hancock's. One of these days Howard I'll share a story about one of his direct descendants that was also a John Hancock himself. Not sure how many numbers of "great grandsons" he was in the chain so to speak, but it was an interesting story from my earlier business dealings years ago now......
That's quite a connection, Howard!
That is quite awesome!