Two Prominent Patriots
TWO PROMINENT PATRIOTS July seems to be the month in which we honor pioneers and patriots. Our family (like many) has several of both whose lives we honor and whose sacrifice we appreciate. As you view these two portraits of patriots, one will be familiar to most of you, my father, Alfred Byron Wade whose life we paid tribute to in our Grandparent Chronicles August 3, 2018- “Happy Birthday Big Al!” and June 13, 2023-“A Father’s Day Tribute to Dad”. (We commend both to your re-reading.) On August 6, 2025 we will celebrate dad’s 100 th Birthday! He passed in 2013 but his was a life worthy of celebration and remembrance. The other portrait, with obvious family features, is that of his 2 nd cousin 6 times removed. His is a story that you’ve probably never heard, but one worth telling. William Ellery was born on Dec. 22, 1727. He attended Harvard College at the age of 16 and graduated in 1774. He married Ann Remington in 1750. Together they had 7 children. Ann ...