I could claim that my forgetfulness in writing a note yesterday for today was due to the genes which I inherited. My story would go back to Mark Finks, Jr. (mentioned here previously as an officer in the Revolutionary militia). In his senior years, when the pensions were being granted, he could not remember any of the events surrounding his service. Probably he could not even remember that he had served.
His family filed on his behalf saying that he had lost "his mind" and could not remember any of the events. His application consisted of affidavits from others who testified that he had served. I do remember reading the application, but it is filed somewhere that I can't remember. So I will have to be content with just noting that there was an application. Probably Mark was suffering from one of the forms of senile dementia.
My real excuse for not writing yesterday was that the day was filled with too many "must attend" events.
In the last note, pertaining to Henry Miller, I should have noted that the original story on the Millers appeared in Louise Keyser Cockey's book, "
History of the Descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller
". Excerpts from this appeared in Beyond Germanna, vol. 1, number 5.
(14 Mar 01)
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