Re: Stackpole Ross Lagasse
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Stackpole Ross Lagasse
Peter Lagasse 4/01/09
I AM WRITING FROM MEMORY BUT YOU MAY BE ONTO A VERY EARLY CONNECTION WITH QUEBEC. IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF JAMES (THE IMMIGRAN- FIRST STACKPOLE (STAGPOLE ) RECORDED IN THE 1600'S.
HIS SON WAS CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH & INDIANS AND TAKEN TO FORTIFIED QUEBEC (HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE INDIAN CHIEF WHO PROTECTED HIM. ON A JOINT HUNTING TRIP WITH THE CHIEF HE ESCAPED (MAYBE) WITH CONSENT THIS DURING THE DEAD OF WINTER HE MADE HIS WAY BACK TO MAINE. HIS WIFE WAS LEFT IN QUEBEC WHERE SHE WAS FORCED TO MARRY A FRENCH OFFICER. ( THEY HAD CHILDREN) WHO WERE EDUCATED IN CTHOLIC SCHOOLS. SHE LATER ESCAPED ALSO AND RETURNED TO MAINE AND LIVED OUT HER LIFE . SHE WAS VERY WELL LIKED AND RESPECTED FOR A GOODLY NUMBER OF YEARS. IN THE BOOK BY E.S. STACKPOLE THE HISTORY & GEN. OF THE STACKPOLE FAMILY (FULL BOOK ON THE I-NET) I BELIEVE MAY TIE IN WITH THE QUEBEC INCIDENTBUT MANY YEARS EARLIER. WE KNOW THEY HAD CHILDREN THAT REMAINED IN QUEBEC WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR YOUR TIE IN VIA QUEBEC. (UNKNOWN GENERATIONS LATER). THE SCRIBES HAVE BUTCHERED THE SPELLING ABOUT EVERY WAY YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO FIND PROOF POSITIVE OF JAMES THE IMMIGRANT IN IRELAND.
GOOD LUCK AND MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.CHARLES