alias Singletary: The Extraordinary Immigrant's Tale about the Kidnapped Infant Heir of the House of Dunham among the Lost Colony

by Doug Wilson, Lauren V. Farr (Illustrator)

Overview

"In the last quarter of the sixteenth century, there was living in England a family of title and large estates known as the House of Dunham."
So begins the most extraordinary immigrant's tale ever told. A story of faith and survival. A story of a father denied the right to acknowledge his son and heir. Blending fact and fiction, this volume explains the US Singletary family origins legend - that may actually be true.
The story is retold here in context to reveal that this unusually detailed immigrant's tale is supported by the historical record. These facts, enhanced with fictional narrative, explain what it may have been like as a "Lost" Colonist living peacefully among the natives for 20 years and escaping massacre just before the Jamestown colony came to find them.
The fate of the Booth lords of Dunham Massey was changed forever when the family heirloom signet ring went missing, presumably with the nursemaid and infant heir of Dunham. For fifty years their disappearance went unreported and unexplained until the nursemaid confessed on her deathbed that she was hired to kill the heir.
A portrait of Sir George at Dunham Massey shows an unidentified ring noticeably tied to his collar strings as if telling us something about the missing Dunham heirloom and heir.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798990976245
Publisher:	Doug Wilson
Publication date:	01/12/2025
Edition description:	Hardcover Keepsake
Pages:	532
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.56(d)

About the Author

Doug Wilson grew up in the Somerset Hills of New Jersey amidst colonial artifacts and Lenape, Dutch and English place names. He received a BA at The College of New Jersey, an MSW at The Ohio State University and retired from public service in 2012.
His family history research reveals the facts in historic legends, repairs family branches and restores the good name of more infamous ancestors. His web article Pieces of Eight reveals the pirate backstory of R.L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island and the Fitz Randolph and Jackson family roles in the theft of Spanish treasure on the Carolina Outer Banks. The Elm Tree Tavern details the Patriotic and clandestine roles of these families using the tavern as a safe house and meeting venue during the American War of Independence.
Family talk at Thanksgiving dinner inspired a paternal descendant of the colonial Woodbridge Jackson family to search for their orphaned ancestor online and found Wilson’s research. Two months later, Y-DNA proved they are Jacksons, descended of Patriot tavernkeepers and a founder of Hempstead, Long Island.
His research also revealed the "oft-married" Mary Fitz Randolph (b1710) was mistaken by family historians for her niece Mary (b1748). The younger Mary was disowned by the Friends for marrying her 1st cousin, the elder Mary’s son Charles Jackson. Notably, Mary’s 1726 schoolgirl needlework sampler, the oldest known in New Jersey, is on display at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
His article Paternal Origins of Wilson of Broomhead Hall documents how his Wilson ancestry descends from the medieval family de Waldershelf, a branch of the baronial Ferrers family of Tutbury Castle. The Waldershelf family and their royal service are outlined in a wall-sized family tree chart on his website.