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Excerpts From "Justice Prevails" Commentary to Internet Willey Article
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Justice Prevails by Author Joanne V. (LEWIS) Thomas; 2005 Copyright; 2008 Rewrite
Explanation Of The Book Rewrite
Due to the gravity of the charges lodged against John Willey Jr. of Sussex County, DE in 1759 (249 years ago) by the Province of PA Court appointed Grand Jury holding session in Lewes, Sussex County, DE for the alleged killing of William Outten, with those charges dismissed for manslaughter -- the 2005 dated same titled book was released via gifts and/or private sale to a chosen handful (5 and under) of Willey researchers as a prototype to gather public opinions.
Thus, due to that exposure of hearing several disparaging remarks that basically said; "Willey got away with murder" and finally reading a glib dissertation on the Internet (dated 6 Oct. 2002; entitled; "The Willey Outten Affray.......1759......." with comments of "...... Outten had sufficient forces with him to arrest the "tax cheats"; to include making false statements of: ......"After capturing one protester" and; ...... "Guns were firing, women were crying, men were fighting". In all, making the prejudiced comments of neophytes available to the public in order to make it appear they were in no way related to John Willey Jr. was quite enough of this whole ugly scenario to cause the hair on the back of my neck to stand up making cold chills run down my spine that got my immediate attention.
Therefore, reasoning that the "event" just didn't fit the demeanor of an untitled Christian Lay Minister -- the entire "inquiring project" was scrapped for further in-depth research by treating the event as a cold case.
Thus, what I found during those nearly 3 years of "digging" came as no surprise to me -- which prompted the final book rewrite that clears John Willey Jr. of the so called murder of William Outten; that in fact was an assassination by his own associates.
Therefore, any further derogatory remarks and/or unkind innuendoes toward his character and family are entirely unwarranted.
Though, in all fairness to any of the surname Willey researchers -- John Willey Jr. has been labeled a murderer since 1759 (again, reiterating for a period of 249 years) due to the cleaver MD Government conspiracy. With none of his descendants willing to venture into any aspect of clearing his good name and reputation for fear of being known through his blood line -- they simply chose to distance themselves from the event. Even one recently commented on the prototype book by saying ... "Is that all we have is murders in our ancestry"?
Due to the fact that this writer, an 8th generation Willey descendent, has never been known to shy away from a challenge -- the quest began based on the exemplary Christian life led by his daughter, Mrs. Anna Stacia (WILLEY) Postles (who, as a 6 year old witnessed the dastardly melee in 1759) and her husband, Shadrach Postles in Franklin County, Prairie Township, Ohio. Their life is fully documented in my popular family book entitled; "Postle(s) In America", Copyright 1985 (300 books sold out); then Copyright & Reprint 2000 by Heritage Books, Inc.
Fortunately, it includes the only documentation available for the reclaimed Postle Family Cemetery (a fascinating restoration venture in itself) on Norton Road, in Columbus, Franklin County, Prairie Township, Ohio. It contains 263+ final resting places of family, friends, church members, strangers and/or pioneers traveling west, fallen soldiers from the various wars and 6 Shawnee Indians who were shielded by the Postles when the government mandated that all Indians were to leave the area.
The Cemetery is currently nestled among a new condo project aptly named; "Gabriel's Landing" in a park-like setting. Yes, Gabriel was the youngest son of Shadrach and Anna Stacia (Willey) Postles through which my direct bloodline flows. Furthermore, it is a designated State of Ohio Historical Landmark that is protected by law from further devastation.
With no further explanation needed, my mission that became quite clear was inspired by Anna Stacia (Willey) Postles' upbringing as a Christian that didn't equate to a parent who would deliberately commit murder. |