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An old and mysterious genealogical blueprint was handed down in one branch of the McDonald family tree claiming that their ancestor William R. McDonald of Herkimer County, New York, was a Revolutionary War veteran and the son of Maj. Richard McDonald of Somerset County, New Jersey, who served in the Revolution with Gen. George Washington. The blueprint makes some extraordinary claims - that Richard immigrated to America from Scotland, joined the English army and fought at the Battle of Quebec, that his brother was the son of a clan chief, and that Richard himself served on Gen. George Washington's staff. Is the blueprint what it purports to be or not? Are the claims historically accurate? Family researchers have debated the blueprint's authenticity and accuracy for years. Now, genealogist Laurence Overmire, the world's foremost authority on the McDonalds of Somerset County, arguably the earliest known lineage of McDonalds in America, and the author of A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2015), conducts a thorough point-by-point investigation of the enigmatic blueprint to ascertain if it is indeed authentic or a fanciful fabrication. Astonishing DNA evidence verifies Overmire's dramatic findings. This is a must-read for anyone who descends from William R. and Abigail (Fowler) McDonald, as well as those who are descended from any branch of the Maj. Richard McDonald family tree originating in Somerset County, New Jersey. The book also delineates the generations descending from William R. and Abigail (Fowler) McDonald with fascinating biographies and family stories that have been handed down from generation to generation. Interrelated families include Adair, Ala, Alter, Apes, Barrett, Betts, Bliss, Brown, Cavanagh, Cavanaugh, Coggill, Collins, Connet, Cooke, Correll, Deitering, Debler, Dickinson, Diehl, Dowd, DuPont, Furtick, Garrett, Gerren, Gibson, Harger, Harris, Hill, Hower, Jenney, Kutsche, Lancashire, Mackstaller, McCarty, McCrory, McIntyre, Merry, Mikesell, Morgan, Moseley, Oley, Parr, Schalkofski, Schroeder, Smith, Stuckey, Summerrow, Wallace, Wilcox, Wilder, Vincent, and many more.

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LAURENCE OVERMIRE has had a multi-faceted career as genealogist, poet, actor, director, and educator. He is the author of five genealogy books, including the epic family histories: One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009 and A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey. To help others become aware of their intriguing ancestral ties, Overmire researched many of the early immigrants to America, tracing not only their celebrated ancestors, but also the prominent Americans who descended from them. He published this work in several genealogical studies online, most notably in The Ancestry of Overmire, Tifft, Richardson, Bradford, Reed, which includes the family trees of many U. S. Presidents and European monarchs, and a host of famous statesmen, soldiers, artists, actors, writers, poets, musicians, scientists, inventors, and social reformers. As one of the pioneers in this type of research online, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people discover their family roots and find their intimate connections to the people and events that have shaped world history. laurenceovermire.com

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