© John Choate

April 20 1176 Richard de Clare, 2^nd Earl of Pembroke died 20 April 1176 (age 45/46) Dublin, Ireland. Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland (1130 – 20 April 1176). known as Strongbow (French: Arc-Fort).

1296 sometime in April. Wife, of Earl of Dunbar and March, who took the Scottish side and retained the castle of Dunbar for Balliol, but was obliged to surrender it to King Edward I of England in April 1296

1307 sometime in April. Battle of Glen Trool.

1508 The Porteous of Nobleness, published by Androw Myllar and Chapman, in Scotland. This tract consists of fourteen leaves, and has Chepman’s device on the title-page, and Myllar’s device at the end. The only copy known is in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh.

1576 Colin Campbell, 6^th Earl of Argyll

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held Justice Court. His Court officer was Dougall Campbell 4^th of Inverawe,

Son of Archibald Campbell 3^rd of Inverawe and Margaret Campbell. Dougall married Christiane Carswell, daughter of John Carswell, who held the office of Bishop of the Isles between 1560 and 1572.

Katherine Ruthven page http://www2.div.ed.ac.uk /courses/Kate/

1586 – In April 1586, Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Eglinton, aged twenty-four, was travelling to Stirling to join the Court having been commanded to attend by the King, accompanied only by a few domestic servants. He stopped at Lainshaw Castle to dine with his close relative, a Montgomery, the Lord of Lainshaw, whose Lady was a Margaret Cunningham of Aiket Castle, with sisters married to John Cunningham of Corsehill and David Cunninghame of Robertland. It seems that a plot to kill the Earl had been organised and the Lady, or some say a servant girl who was also a Cunningham, climbed to the battlements after the meal to hang out a white table napkin and thereby sprung the trap. Thirty Cunninghames attacked the Earl as he crossed Annick Ford and cut his servants to pieces; the Earl himself was dispatched with a single shot from the pistol of John Cunningham of Clonbeith Castle. His horse carried his dead body along the side of the river, still known as the ‘Weeping’, ‘Mourning’ or ‘Widows’ path.

Hugh, 4^th Earl of Eglinton, was a 3^rd great grand son of James 2^nd King of Scots. Also, Hugh 4^th Earl was 2^nd great grand son of Hugh Montgomerie, 1^st Earl of Eglinton and father of, Elizabeth Montgomery who married John Blair Junior, 2^nd great grand parents of Grizel Cochrane, wife of Robert Miller 1^st , and ancestor of Simmons and Choate.

1689 – The former King James II of England (7^th of Scots), now deposed, lays siege to Derry, Ireland.

1746 April 20 21. 22-25. 26., ARRIVAL IN BENBECULA 47 At night walked to Borradale by Glenbeasdale, which is a pendicle belonging to the Warm. of Borradil’ (III. 376). There is no authority for the statement that the Prince went first to Meoble and then turned back to Oban. Publications OF THE SCOTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XXIII, Pg 62 (47) April 1897 SUPPLEMENT LYON IN MOURNING PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART ITINERARY AND MAP. Ed.W. B. BLAIKIE, from Narrative of Lord MacLeod, son of the Earl of Cromarty

 Lewis, Orkneys, Skye

1769 The question concerning literary property, determined by the Court of King’s Bench on 20^th April, 1769, in the cause between Andrew Millar and Robert Taylor with the separate opinions of the four judges, and the reasons given by each in support of his opinion by Andrew Millar.

1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord aftermath.

150^th anniversary 1925 issue. Shot heard round the world. The Minute Man by Daniel Chester French, Special militia units able to be called to arms “at a minute’s notice,” the Minutemen first were organized by the Massachusetts provincial congress in 1774. The first of these units fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. British Gen. Thomas Gage’s orders to seize gunpowder and arms stored by Massachusetts at Concord. Paul Revere’s ride, and that of his colleagues, to summon the minutemen allowed time to remove most of the gunpowder, and immortalized by Longfellow’s poem of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. The minutemen then began to assault the British on their return to Boston, inflicting 273 casualties. British losses were so severe, they did not venture forth except with large numbers.

1775 the Siege of Boston begins, (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) following the battles at Lexington and Concord. Henry Knox Commander of Patriots. William Howe British Commander. defenses of Boston, 1775.

The Right Honourable The Viscount Howe KB PC. William Howe, 5^th Viscount Howe, KB, PC  (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814) was a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence. [Scots descent from the Stewart Clan as follows] Howe was the third and youngest son of Emanuel Howe, 2^nd Viscount Howe and Charlotte, the daughter of Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Leinster and Darlington, an acknowledged natural daughter of King George 1^st. George 1^st was the son of Sophia of the Rhineland Palatinate. Sophia was the daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia, Elizabeth was the daughter of King James 1^st Stewart of England, 6^th of Scotland. (clans Drummond, Stewart, Douglas, Lennox) Making Howe a great grand son of George 1^st, and 4^th Great grand son of James 1^st.

 1957 The Spirit of St. Louis is a biographical film directed by Billy Wilder and starring James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh.

Poster. James Maitland “Jimmy” Stewart 1908-1997. Major General United States Air Force, American actor, Scottish descent.

2014 Utah is ranked 2^nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017). United Health Foundation America’s health rankings Children in poverty percent of children Utah #1 LOWEST p.128,

http://assets.americashealthrankings.org/app/uploads/americas-health-rankings-2014-edition.pdf

2015

Skip has a program where if you volunteer to go on it, they do a genealogical trace (which you can do at Ancestry.com). They go back and they find your family tree. The well-known Hollywood playwright, screenwriter, actor, Ben Affleck — the new upcoming Batman — did it.  He went on the Skip Gates. Skip Gates found slavery in Ben Affleck’s family, Michael Lynton ‘’ You either just leave it out with the full knowledge it’s gonna get discovered someday and you’d better have an answer for it, or put it in there and deal with it and treat it for what it is.”

My grandfather did an in-depth genealogical trace of our family a long time ago.  when I was working at the Kansas City Royals, we had a special day for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, group day, ** and they presented a gift to George Brett, which was just a beautifully bound family trace. [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]  has one of the best genealogical libraries in the country. I remember Harmon Killebrew came in to present it to Brett and they gave it to me to give it to him. It was so beautiful I didn’t want to give it up. It wasn’t even about me, it was just so well done and it traced Brett all the way back to his family roots in what is now the United Kingdom, Great Britain.  It was fascinating, just fascinating stuff.  Rush Limbaugh

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/04/20/sony_hack_skip_gates_covered_up_ben_affleck_s_slaveholding_roots

Ben Affleck’s patrilineal line can be traced back to his 3rd great-grandfather, William F. Affleck, who was born, c. 1825, in Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.

Ben’s paternal grandfather was Myron Hopkins Strong Affleck, Jr. (the son of Myron Hopkins Strong Affleck and Frances Lucretia Perkins). Ben’s great-grandfather Myron was the son of William Robert Affleck and Mary Hoyt Strong. Frances was the daughter of Willard Clifford Perkins and Rachel Harris Rathburn Cross.

Ben’s paternal grandmother was Nancy Louise Byers (the daughter of Allen Dewey Byers and Dorothy Elizabeth McGuire). Allen was the son of Allen C. Byers and Lulu Lee French. Dorothy was the daughter of George Woolverton McGuire and Viola M. Naylor.

Ben’s maternal grandfather was William O’Brien Boldt (the son of Joseph Raymond Boldt and Anne Rita Lenihan). Joseph was born in Rhode Island, to German immigrants, Henry Boldt and Eliza/Ida Luttuch/Lettich/Hanckal. Anna was born in County Down, Ireland, to Edward Lenihan and Anne/Annie Smyth.

Ben’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth N. Roberts (the daughter of Lawrence Lester Roberts and Margaret McLain). Lawrence was born in the District of Columbia, to parents from the state of Georgia, Flournoy Carter Roberts and Margaret V. Cole. Margaret McLain was born in Mississippi, to parents who were also born there, Gordentia Waite McClain and Harriet M. Roberts. One of Ben’s maternal great-great-great-great-great-grandfathers was Adam Rankin Alexander, a U.S. Congressman, of the Jacksonian Republican party, from Tennessee (from 1823 to 1827).

http://ethnicelebs.com/ben-affleck

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/04/20/sony_hack_skip_gates_covered_up_ben_affleck_s_slaveholding_roots

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