I joined Geneology.com last night after hauling out great, great, greatuncle Reynold's family tree and finding the McKnights on it. I was looking through the "McKnight" fammily discussion forum and ran across some questions regarding some names that are on my family tree. I joined with the free two week membership, messaged the person who'd asked the questions, and in less than 24 hours I am now in contact with McKnights from Arizon, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.

Two of them have sent me a pile of information about my Piercy and Romney ancestors that married McKnights. The most famous McKnight was a sea captain of some repute who seemd to have a lot of rotten luck with getting cargoes in and out of Europe.

I'll be sharing some of the information that I've got, the coolest thing happens to be a history of the Masonic Lodge of Alexandria. US History buffs may remember that Alexandria was the name of the town that was ceded to the District of Columbia and was later renamed "Washington". Turns out that the Masonic Lodge, chockablock full of Revolutionary War veterans, met for quite some time during the 1780's at "McKnights Tavern".

So my two most famous Scottish ancestors were...1.) a sea captain that was repeatedly captured by the French, and 2.. Some guy who kept a tavern along the waterfront in a fever-ridden town named Alexandria.

....buncha crazy wild men, for sure.

ain't the internet an amazing thing?