Following the Notes ~ Down the Rabbit Hole

  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 13 (MUSIC)

This week's blog is late. 

Not late according to the 52Ancestors challenge, but definitely late on my own schedule. 

I found myself  'down the rabbit hole' this week. 

The more I clicked, the more intrigued I became. 

I finally decided that I just had to write & post when I realized I will never know it all.

Lets start at the beginning!

Like so many who grew up during the 70s and 80s I loved the Beach Boys. I sang their songs while trying to dance along with them. I imagined myself at the beach: surfing, singing, and dancing!

What amazing music they shared with us.

Brian, Dennis & Carl Wilson are my 10th cousins via their mom's (and my mom's) family line. I am not related to their cousin Mike Love who was also a founding member. He is their cousin via the Wilson line. 

We share our 9th great grandparents:
Hepzibah Ford
BIRTH 15 MAY 1625 • Dorchester, Dorset, England
DEATH 11 APR 1683 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
and
Richard Lyman
BIRTH FEB 1618 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 3 JUN 1662 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Me through daughter Sarah (my 8th great grandmother):
Sarah Lyman
BIRTH 1643 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 1701 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
and husband
Jonathan (John) Marsh
BIRTH 29 AUG 1643 • Hartford, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 1 JUL 1727 • Hartford, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

The Wilson brothers through daughter Hepzibah (their 8th great grandmother):
Hepzibah Lyman
BIRTH 1644 • Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 4 JUN 1732 • Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
and husband
Josiah Dewey
BIRTH 10 OCT 1641 • Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 7 SEP 1732 • Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA

This makes Brian's daughters, Carnie & Wendy, my 10th Cousins X1 Removed.

Carnie & Wendy are the Wilson part of Wilson Phillips!

When I discovered a musical connection to my family line I was surprised.

I can't carry a tune. 

That has never stopped me from singing. 

My favourite part of commuting includes being a ROCK STAR. I dance and sing with all I have while driving down the freeway. It's a challenge to cover all the parts, but I manage to be my own backup singer too. 

I have been trying to learn to play the ukulele for the past 4 or so years. After all of the practice and online learning I can tune my ukeleles (yes I have 2) like a demon! Actually playing them (or any other instrument) is beyond me.

Anyone who has heard me sing would be shocked to find out that I lead parents & tots in song as a Parent-Child Mother Goose Teacher.

I sincerely hope the takeaway for the parents I lead is that having fun is more important that carrying a tune. 

My husband plays piano.

He took Royal Conservatory lessons as a child, and is still pretty good. 

He tried to teach me, but it appears as though I have two left feet while trying to play the piano. My husband lost patience with me. He just couldn't understand why my left feet were making an appearance at the piano! 

He taught both of our boys to read music, and to play piano. Both boys have musical talent. Neither of their feet made appearances during their lessons.

They appear to have good hemispheric communication allowing both their hands to do different things at the same time. I have realized that I do not have this skill. 

Neither of our boys have taken any professional lessons, and both play a few instruments.

Our youngest taught himself to play violin using only the internet when he was about 8. 

I always thought their talent was inherited from their dad's side of this Bramble Bush.

After finding this musical family line I'm not so sure.

The Beach Boys parents were both musical.

There is a possibility their mom's talent and skill descends down the same line as I descend from.

As I continued to research I discovered that I am related to:

Amy Grant 

Pete Seeger

and a lot more. 

The reason this blog is late is because I was trying to fit all of the famous musicians into my tree before finishing this blog. Realizing this was not possible I decided to wrap things up!

I had found some very intriguing stories about the musicians attached to this Bramble Bush. I wanted to incorporate some of those stories into this blog. I realized that there are piles of books, articles and websites dedicated to sharing their stories. 

Those stories were shared after careful research. 

The couple of weeks I was dedicating to this research didn't even begin to scratch the surface.

Are you related to anyone famous? 

Type their name into a search bar & follow the trail.

There are so many stories and facts out there just waiting to be found.

Dedicating the time necessary to research accurately!

This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















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