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title: William Windham slug: william-windham description: Today I Learned about William Windham. <!--- authors:
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Today I Learned about William Windham.
I had already known a bit for quite some time but I shared the conjoined images on a text thread with friends and I just wanted to put it here for posterity.
The fella on the left is my dad from a couple years back and on the right is William Windham from around 1770 [^1]. The first time I saw this, I immediately recognized the similarities. About ten years ago after buying myself and my parents genetic testing kits. I got an email from a fella who ran a geneology group and offered to do an ancestor chart in exchange. Evidently dad's side goes back to a kid who got sent over in 1643 and his family property is a combination of a grant from King Charles II and a Governors grant for a revolutionary war hero Amos Windham[^2].
[^1]: William Windham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Windham#Legacy [^2]: David Windham Ancestors - https://davidawindham.com/ancestors/