Thoughts and stories, by Pal

Two days ago on Facebook, I posted the entry I had done 2 years ago, about my ancestor who was a Pirate King.  This is about his son.  It isn't exactly what is a Sunday article, but I hope to interest you in finding stories about your own ancestors.  You can put their name and birth year in Google, and find many stories!  It is so important to learn about our ancestors, and love them!  My dear husband Wayne is up with them right now, and probably has met them!  It also makes us grateful to have been born at this time on earth! This was originally posted as # 155, on May 27, 2014, right after the entry about Jan Jansoon Van Haarlam, my ancestor who was a pirate!                           ANTHONY JANSEN VAN SALLEE , 1607-1676                             by Hazel Van Dyke Roberts, PH.D.   I'm using the hi...

Every family has a few skeletons in their closets!  If you haven't found them yet, you probably will someday .  The story below, although around 450 years old, is about one ancestor who was a pirate, and his son, who wasn't too reputable of a person either.  They are on my Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestry line.  I hope you enjoy reading about them -- Hopefully by now they have repented!                               JAN JANSZOON VAN HAARLEM                                 The Pirate King of the Barbary Coast                                    c. 1575-c. 1641       About 1575 a child christened Jan, was born in the city of Haarlem, North Holland, the Netherlands. Jan grew up an average Dutch boy, and when...