The Perversion of September Eleventh

This is a blog post that never in my dreams I would ever have imagined I would need to write. On a day where I cannot help but want to break down into sobs because of fifteen years ago. 

I cannot I am being forced to write this blog post because of the despicable individuals perverting this day.

Today is September Eleventh 2016. 

It is Sunday, the Lord's Day, fifteen years later.

It is a Tuesday morning I will never forget. 

My heart is heavy, burning, and wanting to explode from and in grief this morning. 

It is the most vivid day of my life. September Eleventh 2001. I remember it more than any other day. It was so horrifying and heartbreaking.

It was the day everything, and I mean everything, changed.

Then, to see where we have come as a nation. To think players in the NFL are protesting our flag... today of all days! 

I feel like Jeremiah, the weeping prophet.

September Eleventh 2001 should have brought us to unceasing  prayer permanently. 

Now, people are kneeling in protest on this day of all days! Turning September 11th into a day of protest. How dispicable. We deserve whatever judgment God wants to give us. We have fallen so far.

Today of all days, we should unify and stand strong as a nation. We should stand in one solid line, hand in hand, showing our unity. We should stand together and not allow anything or anyone to break our bond as a nation. And we should be begging for forgiveness as we confess the sins of our nation. 

Instead, we are protesting our nation on the day nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists. We are protesting the flag when all of the military personnel gave their hearts and lives to the war that followed in response to 9/11. 

We protest when our military still has nightmares from having to go to war to defend our nation. A war we had to fight because we could not ignore September Eleventh. 

I refuse to watch football today. I am a fan, let me add.

To watch football when our military shed blood and lost lives for September Eleventh would be truly deplorable. I will not support what they are protesting.

3,000 Americans lost their lives. Innocent Americans. People like you and me. 

They were innocent and our NFL wants to turn this into a racial divide?

What ever happened to us being ONE nation UNDER God?

One nation. United together.

Do you want to know my ethnicity? I am American! Not white. American! 

I stand for those lost on September 11th and for those who fought the war because of 9/11. 

I refuse to make September Eleventh about me or injustices. It is about them alone. 

Remember and Pray on 9/11

Remember what happened 15 years ago today.

September 11th, 2001.

Pray for those still alive and carry around the scars from that day and pray those who were lost that big beautiful blue sky Tuesday morning.

Pray for the families and friends, first responders, law enforcement, and all those that were there on September 11th.

Pray for the U.S. military and their families who responded because of September Eleventh.

Pray for our government that they do not forget this day in 2001.

And above all, never forget. Keep praying without ceasing about this day and for our nation.

September 11th, 2001... The day the world changed.

Lord, help us never forget this day and may we live every day with September Eleventh in mind. May it bring us to our knees in unceasing prayer for our nation. May this day remind us how important prayer and confession is for us individually and as a nation.

Lord, comfort and strengthen everyone touched by this day.

1611-1619 Timeline

Note: I will keep adding to this, so please make sure to check back here periodically.

1616

1616 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was released from the Tower of London so he could go on a second expedition looking for El Dorado. However, he found more trouble when members of his crew ransacked an outpost of Spain. To appease the Spanish, he was arrested and then executed later on October 29, 1618.

1618

October 29, 1618 is when Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh died. He was age 65. He died in London, England, when and where he was beheaded.

Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh

Name: Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh

He is a distant ancestor on my family tree.

January 22, 1552 or 1554, Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was born in Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England.

Links for Raleigh's birthplace:

1 http://www.britishexplorers.com/woodbury/hayesba.html

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Budleigh

3 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2698

October 29, 1618 is when Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh died. He was age 65. He died in London, England, when and where he was beheaded.

Occupation and title: Explorer, soldier, courtier, spy, poet, and writer.

Schooling: Oriol College, Oxford

Wife: He was married to Elizabeth Throckmorton.

Religion: Protestant

Children: Damerei, Walter "Wat," and Carew

His parents were: Walter Raleigh, Sr. and Catherine Champermowne.

1584 Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh Royal Charter to set up a colony in lands that are not Christian lands.

He gained favor with Queen Elizabeth I and she knighted him in 1585.

What should he be remembered for? He was instrumental in making a permanent English settlement in North America in Virginia.

1591 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh married Elizabeth Throckmorton in secret. She was one of Queen Elizabeth the First's ladies-in-waiting. They did not have the queen's permission and because of this, both Walter and Elizabeth (his wife) were sent to the tower of London.

Links about the Tower of London:

1 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/#gs.6Mnef04

2 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/#gs.vyiyGNo

3 http://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/events-timeline/#gs.TfSH8YQ

4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London

5 http://www.britainexpress.com/articles/London/tower-of-london.htm

6 http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-london/tower-of-london

When Walter was released from the Tower, they retired to his estate in Sherbourne, Dorset.

Links about Sherbourne, Dorset:

1 http://www.sherbornetown.com

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherborne

3 http://www.sherbornedorset.co.uk

4 http://www.sherbornedorset.co.uk/history-2/american-links/

Raleigh got into a fair amount of mischief or trouble. First, there was she's secret marriage. Then...

1594 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh heard the reports of a city of gold located in South America. He sailed off to find it, but didn't, and he exaggerated his experiences, which led to the myth of El Dorado.

1603 Queen Elizabeth I died.

1603 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was imprisoned in the Tower of London because he was involved in a plot against King James I.

1616 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was released from the Tower of London so he could go on a second expedition looking for El Dorado. However, he found more trouble when members of his crew ransacked an outpost of Spain. To appease the Spanish, he was arrested and then executed later on October 29, 1618.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Stay tuned. I will keep adding information here.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke is also known as Roanoke Colony.

The Roanoke Colony was located on Roanoke Island in today's Dare County, North Carolina in the States.

Information about Dare County today :

1 http://www.co.dare.nc.us

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina

This was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth I establish a permanent English colony in America.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (see) was the one who originally organized and financed this venture. Then, his half-brother Sir Walter Raleigh took over the charter from the queen. Raleigh then assigned Sir Richard Grenville (his distant cousin) and Ralph Lane as his delegates.

The Roanoke Colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh.

MORE TO COME.

1560-1569 Timeline

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1565

1565 Sir Richard Grenville married Mary St. Leger.

Learn About American History Here

Want to learn more about American history? That is the whole purpose of this blog. Except, this blog has a slightly different slant in that here, we learn about American history through my family tree. Historical facts are shared here, along with some short stories of American historical fiction to help make history come alive.

So, welcome. This blog is for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the USA.

My Family

I also write this blog, and share all of this, with the hope it will help my family (anyone on my family tree, direct relation or indirect) to get to know our history and American history.

I hope my family will find these stories, fact and short stories based on fact, helpful to imagine what our family went through in the day.

Therefore, if anyone knows any true stories, I hope you'll share them so I can in turn share them here. Use the contact form on this blog, email me, or add a comment at the end of any blog post.

I also help we can help each learn as much about our family as possible.

Every person lived and should be remembered, along with their stories. This is the goal of this blog and my writing.

Thomasine Cole

Thomasine Cole is a distant ancestor on my family tree.

Thomasine Cole was the wife of Sir Roger Grenville, who died in 1545. He was the captain of the ship, "Mary Rose," which sank in the Portsmouth Harbour.

Daughter of Thomas Cole of Slade.

Thomasine remarried Thomas Arundell.

1590-1599 Timeline

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1591

1591 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh married Elizabeth Throckmorton in secret. She was one of Queen Elizabeth the First's ladies-in-waiting. They did not have the queen's permission and because of this, both Walter and Elizabeth (his wife) were sent to the tower of London.

September 10, 1591 Sir Richard Grenville died near the Azore Islands. He died from wounds sustained in a battle at sea with Spain. He was 49 years old.

1594

August 1594 to March 31, 1603 was the Nine Years' War (Gaelic Irish Chieftqins vs. England). It's also known as Tyrone's Rebellion.
1594 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh heard the reports of a city of gold located in South America. He sailed off to find it, but didn't, and he exaggerated his experiences, which led to the myth of El Dorado.

Sir Richard Grenville

Sir Richard Grenville is a distant ancestor on my family tree.

Also known as Greenfield, Greynvile, Greeneville, tec.

June 15, 1542 Sir Richard Grenville was born in Bideford, Devon, England.

September 10, 1591 Sir Richard Grenville died near the Azore Islands in the Battle of Flores. He died from wounds sustained in a battle at sea with Spain. He was 49 years old.

Sir Richard Grenville was the heir and eldest son of Sir Roger Grenville (died in 1545) and Thomasine Cole. His father died in 1545 when Richard was an infant while he was the captain of the "Mary Rose," which sank in the Portsmouth Harbour.

The Grenville family were lords of the manors of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, England.

His mother remarried to Thomas Arundell. He was of the Clifton Arundell House. This was where Grenville spent a great feel of his childhood.

Grandfather of Sir Bevil  Grenville (1596-1643).

Sir Richard Grenville was the cousin of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh.

He served in parliament from 1562-1563.

When he was 21, he inherited his grandfather's Estates in Buckland Abbey in Devon, Bideford, and Stowe, Cornwall, England.

He married Mary St. Leger in 1565. She was the daughter of Sir John St. Leger and was then an heir to her brother.

Grenville and family lived at Buckland Abbey 1575-1576 (MORE RESEARCH NEEDED ABOUT THESE DATES.). See these links:

1 http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckland-abbey

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckland_Abbey

3 http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/devon/houses/buckland.htm

4 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g315961-d584741-Reviews-Buckland_Abbey-Yelverton_Dartmoor_National_Park_Devon_England.html

5 http://www.cider-house.co.uk/index.php

6 http://www.indrakeswake.co.uk/Society/Research/buckland.htm

7 http://www.devonmuseums.net/Buckland-Abbey,-Garden-and-Estate/Devon-Museums/

In 1585, Sir Richard Grenville acted the Admiral of a fleet of seven ships which brought English settlers to form a military colony on the island of Roanoke.

Look at these links about Roanoke Island and colony:

1 http://www.roanokeisland.com

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Island

3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony

4 http://roanokeisland.net

5 https://www.outerbanks.org/outerbanks-the-lost-colony/

6 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60755-d108283-Reviews-Roanoke_Island_Festival_Park-Manteo_Roanoke_Island_Outer_Banks_North_Carolina.html

7 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60755-d143137-Reviews-Fort_Raleigh_National_Historic_Site-Manteo_Roanoke_Island_Outer_Banks_North_Carolin.html

8 https://www.nps.gov/fora/index.htm

9 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Raleigh_National_Historic_Site

10 http://www.outerbanks.com/fort-raleigh.html

See The Lost Colony of Roanoke for more information at this link on this blog:

http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke.html

He served in the Royal Navy of England. His rank was Admiral and he held command of "Revenge." He served in  these battles and war: Second Desmond Rebellion, Anglo-Spanish War in 1585, Battle of Gravelines, and Battle of Flores in 1591.

Where is his birthplace of Bideford, Devon, England? See these links:

1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bideford

2 https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g190807-Activities-Bideford_Devon_England.html

3 http://www.devonguide.com/bideford

4 http://www.bideford-tc.gov.uk/your-history-and-our-friends/bideford-history/town-history

Queen Elizabeth I

She was the Queen of England and Ireland.

She is also known as: Elizabeth of England, Elizabeth of Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, The Virginia Queen, Good Queen Bess, and Gloriana.

Lived September 07, 1533 to March 24, 1603. She died when she was 69 years old.

Reigned November 17, 1558 to March 24, 1603.

Coronation date (when she took the throne) was January 15, 1559.

April 28, 1603 is when Queen Elizabeth I  was buried at Westminster Abbey.

Her parents were: King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

Her royal lineage: She was from the House of Tudor.

Her religion: She was Anglican.

Her mother, Anne Boleyn,  was executed when Elizabeth was two and a half years old. Anne's marriage to Henry VIII was annulled and Elizabeth received a declaration of being illegitimate.

She did not have any children.

1550-1559 Timeline

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1552

January 22, 1552 or 1554, Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was born in Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England.

1554

January 22, 1552 or 1554, Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was born in Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England.

1558

November 17, 1558 is when Queen Elizabeth I began her reign.

1559

January 15, 1559 is the coronation date of  Queen Elizabeth I.  This is when she took the throne.

1530-1539 Timeline

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1533

September 07, 1533 is when Queen Elizabeth I was born.

1538

November 17, 1558 Sir Humphrey Gilbert was born.

1600-1609 Timeline

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1603

March 24, 1603 is when Queen Elizabeth I died. She died when she was 69 years old.

August 1594 to March 31, 1603 was the Nine Years' War (Gaelic Irish Chieftqins vs. England). It's also known as Tyrone's Rebellion.

April 28, 1603 is when Queen Elizabeth I  was buried at Westminster Abbey.

1603 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was imprisoned in the Tower of London because he was involved in a plot against King James I.

1606

1606 Sir Walter Raleigh received the high honor of being one of eight who received Letters Patents by King James I. This particular patent was to establish two colonies: the Plymouth Colony and the London Colony.

December 1606 Captain Christopher Newport of the London colony (aka the London Company) set sail.

1607

May 13, 1607 Captain Christopher Newporthe reached the Chesapeake Bay. Jamestown was founded.

May 31, 1607 Sir Walter Raleigh and George Popham of the Plymouth colony  (aka the Plymouth Company) left from Plymouth, England.

August 01, 1607 Sir Walter Raleigh and George Popham arrived in what we now call Maine. Many colonists died that winter there. MORE INFORMATION NEEDED HERE.

Just the Facts, Then the Stories

I think you will see as I write this blog, and its blog posts, I'm going to first share the historical facts. Then, I will write the biography of each of my ancestors. Then, I will write the short stories of historical fiction of several of my ancestors.

This is the process of how I have decided to write this blog, where I'm learning, and have learned, American history through my research of my family tree and doing the genealogy.

Thank you for your patience as it takes time to set up the historical background.

The good news is I am compiling a who's and what's what informational index, encyclopedia, and dictionary in the process. It's an all you ever wanted to know about American history blog, told through the lens of my family tree and some short stories in historical fiction.

Adrian Gilbert

Distant relation and ancestor on my family tree.

Brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

February 06, 1584  brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Another spelling is: Sir Humphrey Gylberte.

He is a distant relation and ancestor of mine.

He lived 1538 to September 09, 1583. Age 44 or so was when he died.

He was born in Greenway, Brixham, Devon, England. 

Parents are: Otho (or Otto or Otes) Gilbert and Catherine Champermowne. Otho was of Compton Castle and was the son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabel Reynward. Otho was born August 05, 1513 to 1518 and died February 18, 1547 to 1547. 

He was the fifth son of his parents, according to one source. He was the second son, according to another source. I will research and answer this. RESEARCH AND WRITE MORE. 

One source says he had six sons and 1 daughter. Another source says he had two sons: John and Raleigh Gilbert. I WILL RESEARCH MORE.

His brothers were: Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert (see).

His half brothers were: Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh. They shared the same mother, Catherine Champermowne.

Cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.

The family seat was Compton Castle. 

Married Anne Aucher in 1570 and they had six sons and one daughter.

His titles were: Explorer, adventurer, soldier, member of parliament, and pioneer.

He is the first colonizer of England.

He was not a sailor, but knew how to circumnavigate.

See 1570-1579 Timeline at:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1570-1579-timeline.html

See Timeline 1580-1589:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1580-1589-timeline.html

1570-1579 Timeline

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1570 Sir Humphrey Gilbert (see) married Anne Aucher and they had six sons and one daughter.

1578

1578-1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the world.

June 11, 1578 A Letters Patent was issued to Sir Humphrey Gilbert (aka Sir Humfrey Gylberte) by the Queen Elizabeth I for Western discoveries, and to plant an English colony in America, with the provision he would not cause any harm to Spanish subjects.

September 26, 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert assembled a rather large fleet, which sailed from Dartmouth, England. However, storms made them seek refuge in Plymouth, England until November 19, 1578. He gave up this attempt. The plan of the voyage by Sir Humphrey Gilbert was to establish a new English colony between Cape Hatteras and the Hudson River.

1579 April Sir Humphrey Gilbert returned to England after his sailing.

1580-1589 Timeline

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1580

1578-1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the world.

1583

June 11, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert made his second attempt to find where to plant an English colony in America. They left Plymouth, England on this day. They arrived in Newfoundland on August 03, 1583.

August 03, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and crew arrived in Newfoundland.

August 29, 1583, the "Delight" sunk. One hundred souls were lost, along with many of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's records. The "Delight" was part of the June 11th expedition.

September 09, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert sank at sea in the "Squirrel." It was on his return home to England from the June 11th expedition.

1584

February 06, 1584 Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

March 25, 1584 Sir Humphrey Gilbert's half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, received a Royal Patent to explore and setup a colony to the South.

1584 Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh Royal Charter to set up a colony in lands that are not Christian lands.

1584-1587 is a period of time known as Raleigh's Roanoke Voyages.