A PIA Graduate and retired TWA Aircraft Mechanic (Kansas City Overhaul Base).
I have some research experience, more recently with the last 5 yrs on ancestry.com and new to wikitree and find a grave. I'm fairly knowledgeable in American history. Yes, I'm always willing to help researchers.

*Honoring U.S. Military Service of my Great Grandfathers, Great Grand Uncles and Father*

French and Indian War
6th Great Grandfather Petrus Nevius - F. and I. World War marker on grave.

Revolutionary War
6th Great Grandfather's :
John Schureman - A member of Provincial Congress, New Brunswick, N.J.
Isaac Hull - 1st Lieutenant Quartermaster, NJ Continental line
5th Great Grandfathers :
David Petrussen Nevius- Sergeant, express rider, NJ Militia.
Matthew Van Dyke - Ensign, NJ.
John E. Rutter - Lieutenant, MD 2nd Battalion 5th Company.
John Aik Jones - Pvt. PA. Press ganged by Brit navy, deserts, joins Yanks.
Isaac Johnson - Pvt. PA Militia, 8th Company, Chester County.
Henry Leinbach - Pvt. PA, 1st Battalion.
Henry Gehrett - Pvt. PA Militia as a soldier and wagon master.
Leonard Garrison - Pvt. PA, minute man, spy and frontiersman.
David Long - PA, rank: Pvt. 1st Battalion, Washington County Militia.
5th Great Grand Uncles :
*The 5 brothers of David Long. Eliel, Noah and James served in same militia. His other brothers Gideon and Jeremiah served in the 8th PA Regt.Continental Line who wintered at Valley Forge in 1778.
George Garrison - Capt. - PA Militia.
Martinus Nevius - NJ militia.
Samuel Uerr/Euwer - PA Militia.
Caleb Johnson - Pvt. PA Militia 8th Company, Chester County.
**James Schureman - Capt. NJ Militia.
U.S. Senator and 3 term Congressman of New Jersey
Delegate member of the 1st Continental Congress.

War of 1812
4th Great Grandfather Joshua Gosnell - 3rd Lieutenant, MD Militia- Randall's Battalion Riflemen.

Civil War Union Army
3rd Great Grandfather Archibald Alexander Nevius - Pvt. 48th MO Inf.
2nd Great Grandfather Jacob Franklin Gehrett - Pvt. 110th PA Inf.
2nd Great Grandfather William Howard Sias - Pvt. Co. B 28th PA Inf.
2nd Great Grand Uncles
Robert 'Pap' Forsyth - 5th PA. Co. E Heavy Artillery.
James Forsyth - Pvt. 18th PA Cal. Co. H, POW, died at Andersonville, GA.
James Wilson Gehrett - Pvt. PA.
George Washington Gehrett - Co. H 143rd PA Inf.

Spanish American War
2nd G. Grand Uncle Roy Nevius - Pvt. Co. M Maryland 12th Regt. Inf.

WW I
G. Grand Uncle James Earl Frantz - Pvt Co. F 5th Alabama Engineers.

WW II
Grand Uncle Elmer 'Bud' van Dyke Nevius - CPO, USN Seabees, Pacific.
Grand Uncle John D. Gehrett - USN
Grand Uncle Fred Zajdel - Army Air Corps * Not a DNA blood relative.

Korean War
My Father, G. Smith - Pfc. Army Ordnance, deployed to Japan.
Uncle Elmer O'Bruba - USN Seabees *Not a DNA blood relative.
Uncle Ralph E. Smith - Army *Not a DNA blood relative.

Vietnam
Uncle Steve Milko - Army intell. code breaker *Not a DNA blood relative.

Peacetime Military
Great Grand Uncle Russel Kultau - 1920's Army Air Corps.
Grand Uncle William Lewis - 1930's Maj. Army *Not a DNA blood relative.
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New World Colonists and Pilgrims
Through my maternal Grandmother Clarabelle (Nevius) Knoll.
My 11th Great Grandfather was:
Wolfert Gerritsen Van Kouwenhoven b1579 d1662
A founding Father of the New Netherlands Colony on Long Island which became Brooklyn, N.Y.

Through my paternal Grandmother Ethel Josephine (Gehrett) Smith and her 2nd Great Grandfather John Hull.
My 12th and 11th Great Grandfather's Edward Fuller and his son Samuel Fuller. Were passengers on the Mayflower and settlers of the Plymouth colony. On my ancestry.com account, I have many DNA matches of distant cousins with the surnames of Fuller, Bonham, Dunham and Drake.
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European family History
There is a probable Royal lineage, I'm actively working on it with genealogists from wikitree, find a grave and ancestry.com.
It can be researched here on find a grave. Start with my paternal Grandmother Ethel Josephine (Gehrett) Smith to John Deaver Gehrett to Jacob Franklin Gehrett to Lucinda Gosnell Gehrett to her husband Joshua Gosnell to Dinah Lane Gosnell to Dutton Lane jr to Dutton Lane to Margaret Maulden Lane to her mother Katherine Sutton Maulden to Thomas Dudley Sutton to Thomas Sutton to Geoffrey Sutton to Cicely Willoughby to Joan Strangeways to Katherine Neville Woodville to Joan Beaufort Neville and Royal House of Plantagenet.
After researching/reviewing evidence, DNA matches with surnames of this lineage, documents and tracing back this particular lineage myself. It is my opinion that we/my family descended from,
Edward III Plantagenet - King of England.
But IF and when officially certified true by pro English genealogists ? Who knows ? (Costs $$$ to prove it)

Also read the 'Research Notes' paragraph and my comments on this lineage :
wikitree.com/wiki/Sutton-12388
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A PIA Graduate and retired TWA Aircraft Mechanic (Kansas City Overhaul Base).
I have some research experience, more recently with the last 5 yrs on ancestry.com and new to wikitree and find a grave. I'm fairly knowledgeable in American history. Yes, I'm always willing to help researchers.

*Honoring U.S. Military Service of my Great Grandfathers, Great Grand Uncles and Father*

French and Indian War
6th Great Grandfather Petrus Nevius - F. and I. World War marker on grave.

Revolutionary War
6th Great Grandfather's :
John Schureman - A member of Provincial Congress, New Brunswick, N.J.
Isaac Hull - 1st Lieutenant Quartermaster, NJ Continental line
5th Great Grandfathers :
David Petrussen Nevius- Sergeant, express rider, NJ Militia.
Matthew Van Dyke - Ensign, NJ.
John E. Rutter - Lieutenant, MD 2nd Battalion 5th Company.
John Aik Jones - Pvt. PA. Press ganged by Brit navy, deserts, joins Yanks.
Isaac Johnson - Pvt. PA Militia, 8th Company, Chester County.
Henry Leinbach - Pvt. PA, 1st Battalion.
Henry Gehrett - Pvt. PA Militia as a soldier and wagon master.
Leonard Garrison - Pvt. PA, minute man, spy and frontiersman.
David Long - PA, rank: Pvt. 1st Battalion, Washington County Militia.
5th Great Grand Uncles :
*The 5 brothers of David Long. Eliel, Noah and James served in same militia. His other brothers Gideon and Jeremiah served in the 8th PA Regt.Continental Line who wintered at Valley Forge in 1778.
George Garrison - Capt. - PA Militia.
Martinus Nevius - NJ militia.
Samuel Uerr/Euwer - PA Militia.
Caleb Johnson - Pvt. PA Militia 8th Company, Chester County.
**James Schureman - Capt. NJ Militia.
U.S. Senator and 3 term Congressman of New Jersey
Delegate member of the 1st Continental Congress.

War of 1812
4th Great Grandfather Joshua Gosnell - 3rd Lieutenant, MD Militia- Randall's Battalion Riflemen.

Civil War Union Army
3rd Great Grandfather Archibald Alexander Nevius - Pvt. 48th MO Inf.
2nd Great Grandfather Jacob Franklin Gehrett - Pvt. 110th PA Inf.
2nd Great Grandfather William Howard Sias - Pvt. Co. B 28th PA Inf.
2nd Great Grand Uncles
Robert 'Pap' Forsyth - 5th PA. Co. E Heavy Artillery.
James Forsyth - Pvt. 18th PA Cal. Co. H, POW, died at Andersonville, GA.
James Wilson Gehrett - Pvt. PA.
George Washington Gehrett - Co. H 143rd PA Inf.

Spanish American War
2nd G. Grand Uncle Roy Nevius - Pvt. Co. M Maryland 12th Regt. Inf.

WW I
G. Grand Uncle James Earl Frantz - Pvt Co. F 5th Alabama Engineers.

WW II
Grand Uncle Elmer 'Bud' van Dyke Nevius - CPO, USN Seabees, Pacific.
Grand Uncle John D. Gehrett - USN
Grand Uncle Fred Zajdel - Army Air Corps * Not a DNA blood relative.

Korean War
My Father, G. Smith - Pfc. Army Ordnance, deployed to Japan.
Uncle Elmer O'Bruba - USN Seabees *Not a DNA blood relative.
Uncle Ralph E. Smith - Army *Not a DNA blood relative.

Vietnam
Uncle Steve Milko - Army intell. code breaker *Not a DNA blood relative.

Peacetime Military
Great Grand Uncle Russel Kultau - 1920's Army Air Corps.
Grand Uncle William Lewis - 1930's Maj. Army *Not a DNA blood relative.
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New World Colonists and Pilgrims
Through my maternal Grandmother Clarabelle (Nevius) Knoll.
My 11th Great Grandfather was:
Wolfert Gerritsen Van Kouwenhoven b1579 d1662
A founding Father of the New Netherlands Colony on Long Island which became Brooklyn, N.Y.

Through my paternal Grandmother Ethel Josephine (Gehrett) Smith and her 2nd Great Grandfather John Hull.
My 12th and 11th Great Grandfather's Edward Fuller and his son Samuel Fuller. Were passengers on the Mayflower and settlers of the Plymouth colony. On my ancestry.com account, I have many DNA matches of distant cousins with the surnames of Fuller, Bonham, Dunham and Drake.
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European family History
There is a probable Royal lineage, I'm actively working on it with genealogists from wikitree, find a grave and ancestry.com.
It can be researched here on find a grave. Start with my paternal Grandmother Ethel Josephine (Gehrett) Smith to John Deaver Gehrett to Jacob Franklin Gehrett to Lucinda Gosnell Gehrett to her husband Joshua Gosnell to Dinah Lane Gosnell to Dutton Lane jr to Dutton Lane to Margaret Maulden Lane to her mother Katherine Sutton Maulden to Thomas Dudley Sutton to Thomas Sutton to Geoffrey Sutton to Cicely Willoughby to Joan Strangeways to Katherine Neville Woodville to Joan Beaufort Neville and Royal House of Plantagenet.
After researching/reviewing evidence, DNA matches with surnames of this lineage, documents and tracing back this particular lineage myself. It is my opinion that we/my family descended from,
Edward III Plantagenet - King of England.
But IF and when officially certified true by pro English genealogists ? Who knows ? (Costs $$$ to prove it)

Also read the 'Research Notes' paragraph and my comments on this lineage :
wikitree.com/wiki/Sutton-12388
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