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chowmama

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35. Direct descendent of Thomas Leffingwell

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2025, 02:28 PM

May 4

Who founded Connecticut. He's supposed to be the inspiration for Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) in The Last of the Mohicans. However, neither Leffingwell or Cooper are around to verify or dispute this.

This is according to DH's genealogy research. It's through my maternal grandmother's side.

Leffingwell descendent(s?) fought in the Revolutionary War. If my aunt had only followed her mother's genealogy instead of her father's, she could totally have joined the DAR. It was her lifelong unfulfilled dream, alas. It's a dream unshared by me.

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