A friend on facebook, Annie Kay Turnbell Fredritz, from my hometown discovered she is also a direct descendant of Col. William Crawford who was burned at the stake by indians near, what is now, Carey, Ohio in 1782. Turns out we're both 7th generation grandchildren being descended from Crawford's grandaughter, Isabella Crawford and her husband, George Washington Tong.
What I had no idea about was after doing some digging, I found another genealogy following the line of Col. William Crawford back to 1067 in Scotland to find that Margaret de Craufurd, daughter of Sir Reginald de Craufurd, Sheriff of Ayr, married Sir Malcom Wallace and had three children, one of whom would eventually lead Scotland in its fight for independence from England. His name - Sir William Wallace. Only a distant cousin, but how cool is that?
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