I have an amazing story from my family tree this month. I new that there was drama but I think this one takes the cake. However, we are going to talk about another amazing story first. That would be the story of Mulan.
We all remember the story or the girl who saved a nation right? Well, the remake of this movie is just a fun and beautiful as the first. Mulan one of the only two children of her family. Both children being girls, be best way to bring honor to the family is by marring and being a good wife and mother. However, Mulan's path is not what every one else things it is. When war breaks out in her country, and her father is called back into the line of duty, Mulan decides to take her father's armor and pretend to be a man. She is successful and quickly becomes one of the be recruits that they have. She does this for the love of her family and finding out who she really is.
When this movie was first announced I was not happy. The reason was because all for the other live action remakes that Disney has done over the years have been true to the animated movies, for the most part. One of the best parts about the movie Mulan is the music. The remake was told from the start that it was not going to be a musical and Mushu was not going to be in the movie. Couple that with the fact that the movie came out in 2020 on Disney+ instead of in the theater, I didn't hear much about how good or bad the movie was. However, it's truly a beautiful film that you should see.
Now for some drama!
So, My 9 times great grandfather John Gatchell has a crazy story. Not much is known about him before he came to America but There is a Gatchel family plaque on a church in England. He has some history. There is a hours that he built that still stands in Massachusetts, and he has earned it still being there. In March of either 1683 or 1684 a group of locals went into the home of George Corwin to steal a whole lot of money. While John was not part of the group directly he got caught as being accessories to the theft. John, his wife Wibera, and son Thomas were all sentenced to either be whipped 39 times or pay 10 euros. I am not really sure which what they ended up doing.
However, things just got more interesting. So, John is my 9 times great grandfather, his son Jonathan is my 8 times great grandfather. Jonathan's brother Jeremiah is my 8 times great uncle (I think the number confuse me). Anywho, he married 3 times. He died during his third marriage. His first and second wife both died during their marriages. However, his second wife, Elizabeth Boude, is very interesting. She was actually a witness in the Salem Witch Trails. She attested to the good character of Mary Bradbury, who was accused of being a witch. Mary was found innocent. However, that is not the only interesting thing I found out about Elizabeth.
You see Elizabeth is cousins to some royalty.... English royalty. Elizabeth's parents are the 7 times great grand Parents to Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of whales. The world knows her better as Princess Diana. YES, HER!
I am related, by marriage, to the English Royal Family..... How weird is that?
Yeah nothing is going to top that, and what all of that means, for a while......
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