Albert and Patricia Ann Myers' Home Page

on an island near Fort Myers, Florida

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Albert's interests include family and local history, especially colonial era in PA and ME, and in Great Britain and Germany before 1750.   He was Genealogist of the Miami Chapter, and served as President and Genealogist of the Caloosa Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.   He was Elder (Chaplain) of the Florida Society of Mayflower Descendants and of its Myles Standish Colony in southwest Florida and is a founding member of the Henry Samson Colony in Lee County, Florida which he served as Captain and now as Elder.   He is a member of the General Society of the War of 1812 and its Florida Society.   He is a Charter Member of Camp 2 of the Florida Division of the Society of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War.   He is member # 60 of the Sons and Daughters of Officers of the Colonial Militia 1775-1783.

Albert owns land - a mini-estate - in Glencoe Wood in Appin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, therefore he is a Laird.   Glencoe Wood is part of the Keil Estate which is about 15 miles southwest of Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands.   Albert is also Laird of Chaol Ghleann at Dunans Castle, an historic structure located in Glendaruel, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.   He has many Scottish ancestors, including early MacAlpin, MacCrinan, MacKenneth, Stewart, Campbell, Dunbar and Bruce.

Albert also owns land in northeast Ireland in Glens Wood in the Barony of Lower Glenarm about a dozen miles southeast of Ballycastle and west of Cushendun in County Antrim and is therefore a Squire (or Scuibhéirín). Glens Wood is an extension of Craigagh Wood located within the famous Nine Glens of Antrim. His mother was a Conner and he has many Irish ancestors including the "Great Monarch" of Ireland, Brian Boru, his 32nd great grandfather.

Patricia Ann's interests are gardening, Southern-style and French cooking, and hosting parties.   She was 2002-2004 Regent of the Coral Gables (Florida) DAR Chapter and 2007-2008 Treasurer of the Caloosahatchee DAR Chapter, Fort Myers, Florida.   She is a founding member and was Treasurer of the Henry Samson Colony.   She has been a volunteer at our local public library, was 2016-2018 President of the James E. Hendry Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society, and is a Florida Master Gardener and Master Naturalist.Master Naturalist   Master Gardener She owns and manages vacation rentals in Sail Harbour near us.

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