[Magdalen] Gap year (or more)

[Jay Weigel]

I'm DAMN sure my first immigrant ancestor wouldn't approve of mine.....he
was a Dutchman named Pieter van der Meulen who got tangled up with a bunch
of English "theological students" who had established a college in Leyden
(and we all know who *they* were, don't we?). He ended up in Connecticut
after being disowned by his father for his "wrong theology" and
unwillingness to join the family business of building dykes and canals. Oh,
and he changed his name to Peter Mills.....and he's referenced in at least
two documents that I've seen as "Peter Mills, the Dutchman".

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/4/2015 2:23:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> My  mother came from a family in which education was  prized>>>>
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> On the subject of families with a tradition of education, I think my
> father's side is remarkable.  My grandfather, a USA Civil War  veteran
> who fought at Vicksburg and who was born on PEI, in the Canadian
> Maritimes, homesteaded in Western Minnesota, and was a farmer all
> his life.
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> There were six children.  The two girls were high school teacher  graduates
> of Hamline University.  For the boys, there were two physicians, a
> dentist,
> and a lawyer (my father).
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> .....Pretty good for farms kids from the prairies of Western  Minnesota.
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> David- who goes back to the Huguenots and their arrival at New  Rochelle
> in 1688 on father's side.  I'm afraid they wouldn't approve of my  catholic
> theology.
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