1. Which ancestor was the son of our earliest proven ancestor? (This is a very deep root, going back to 474 A.D.!) Ercc, King of Dalriada, in Northern Ireland, son of Eochaid Muinremur, King of Dalriada, died in 474.

2. Name the family's Scottish bloodlines for which there are clan tartans. We know of two clans (Kennedy and Wallace) although several other ancestral lines originated in Scotland.

3. Which ancestor was cousin to Macbeth, and was put to death in 1040? (Hint: he was another King of Scotland.) Ducan I, son of Crinan, who reigned 1030-40.

4. Which ancestor came from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066? Robert de Bruce, a wealthy baron in Yorkshire.

5. Which ancestor was a famous Scottish King? Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, b. 11 July 1274, was the glorious restorer of the Scottish monarchy, crowned in 1306.

6. Which ancestor was our earliest Pilgrim in the Plymouth Colony? John Jenny, born ca 1593 in Norwich County, Norfolk, England. Came over with his family on the Little James in 1623 and became an important figure in the Plymouth Colony.  His daughter Abigail married Henry Wood in 1644.

7. Which ancestor served with his father in the Jacobite army in 1715 (in the rebellion against the King of England), was captured, imprisoned for 2 years and then transported to Virginia? (Hint: as crown surveyor of Spotsylvania County, he taught surveying to George Washington) Lt. George Home (Hume in U.S.), b. 1698 at Wedderburn Castle, Scotland.

8. Which ancestor is our only known English "convict"? (Hint: he was transported to Annapolis, Maryland in 1719.) Thomas Goodrum, who arrived in Annapolis in 1719 aboard the Worcester and served an indenture period of 7 years.  He is listed in Coldham's English Convicts in Colonial America.

9. Which ancestor had General Cornwallis station a detachment of troops at his house during the Revolutionary War with orders to capture him? (Hint: Colonel Tarleton, the British Commander, said his wife was "the most beautiful and spirited woman in America.") Col. William Williams (1748-1827) and his wife Rebecca Lanier Williams, lived on the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina.

10. Which ancestor was present for the surrender of General Cornwallis? (Hint: He was also a Commandant of Fort Knox, and was one of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of Holston with the Cherokees and afterwards laid the site of Knoxville, TN.) Col. James King (1752-1825), who married Sarah Goodson, was a "Patriot of 1776.

11. Which ancestor was the first white child born in Knoxville, TN? Sara King, daughter of Col. James King, was born there in 1792 when Knoxville was still a fort.

12. Which ancestor introduced "Indian" blood into the family? We don't really know.  But after years of research, it would have had to be Susannah Kelly who married James Goodrum in Kentucky on March 13, 1809 (they were married by Jesse Head, the same Methodist Minister who had married Abraham Lincoln's parents three years earlier). The theory is that Susannah's mother was an Indian squaw.

13. Which ancestor fought in the War of 1812? We know of two: a) Charles Long, born in Maryland, was a soldier in the War of 1812, was honorably discharged, and received a land grant in Kentucky for his service; b) Granville Kennedy, born in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1798, enlisted as a youth in the War of 1812.

14. Which ancestor ran off at the age of seventeen through the wilderness to enlist under General Andrew Jackson? Thomas Stringfield.  An Indian bullet grazed his forehead and he fell to the ground unconscious.  General Andrew Jackson picked him up and said "poor little Tommie… this buck is worth his weight in gold."

15. Which ancestor was born in the Black Forest of Germany, came to the U.S. in 1850 and, as a young man, worked on a Mississippi riverboat? George Volle, born in Baden, Germany in 1825.  He emigrated to America in 1850 and abandoned a naval ship to work on a Mississippi riverboat.  His father Georg Volle was a timber contractor in Germany and "made wooden pipes and tills."

16. Which ancestor crossed the Mississippi River in 1869 with his family at Hannibal, Missouri, and continued westward by covered wagon? (Hint: they settled near a famous town on the Sante Fe trail) Lewis Edward Long and his family left Illinois in 1869 by "prairie schooner," crossed the Mississippi by ferry, and settled near Council Grove, Kansas. Council Grove was the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail.

17. Which ancestor at age 10, lived alone for several weeks in a "dugout" to hold down his father's claim in the Oklahoma Territory? (Hint: he later earned five football letters at O.U.) Frank Millard Long lived alone in a dugout in the southwest corner of Grant County, Oklahoma, during the "run of '93," while his father Joseph Alvin Long returned to Council Grove, Kansas, to earn some money.

18. Which ancestor was the author of several books? (Hint: she was named Virginia's "Mother of the Year" in April 1959.) Eula Lee Kennedy Long wrote at least 8 books (seven in Portuguese): O Companheiro do Lar, Conselho as Maes, Coracoes Felizes, Maes de Homens Celebres, Exercicios Biblicos, Do Meu Velho Bau Metodista, and O Arauto de Deus; an eighth book was a novel in English which was never published.  She also wrote a pamphlet entitled "Outlook in Brazil," published in 1942 by Friendship Press (NY).  [In 1982, her manuscript of God's Trumpeter (O Arauto de Deus) was edited and published privately by her grandson, Frank L. Long.

19. Who was killed in action while serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII? Ensign Frank Millard Long, Jr., born in Porto Alegre in 1921, was killed in action aboard the USS Astoria on August 9, 1942, in the Battle of Savo Island near Guadalcanal.

20. Name five relatives who were ministers of their Church:

          1)  Rev. Thomas Stringfield -- Methodist Minister in Tennessee

            2) Rev. James Skidmore Kennedy -- Methodist Minister, Holston Conference, Tennessee

            3) Rev. James L. Kennedy -- Methodist missionary to Brazil

            4) Joseph Alvin Long -- preached for a short time as a Free Methodist Minister in Kansas

            5) William R. Schisler, Jr. -- Methodist Minister was active in Florianopolis, Brazil.

21. Which ancestor was the wife, mother, daughter and sister of Methodist ministers? Melinda Stringfield Kennedy, as inscribed on her tombstone. We all expect this is something few can expect to claim!