quote:'s great-great-great grandfather Judge
had settled after the American Revolution.
was the first to plead and win a case for the freedom of a black woman, Elizabeth Freeman, Mum Bett, under the Massachusetts Bill of Rights that declared all men to be born free and equal.
's mother was the daughter of Henry Wheeler de Forest (President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and direct descendant of Jesse de Forest whose Dutch West India Company settled New Amsterdam). Her paternal grandfather was
, historian and acclained author.
's family has been long established in Massachusetts history, with members frequently painted by the artist John Singer Sargent. Her great-great-great grandfather, William Ellery, was a signator of the Declaration of Independence.
Yep!quote:Op dinsdag 19 september 2006 01:19 schreef Yurithemaster het volgende:
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