Treasure hunting, secret passages, unsolved history are TV shows that capture my interest. The announcer mentioned a Captain Keppel who lead some kind of expedition to hide, steal, or find a treasure on Oak Island. Luckily, at the time I was really into my IPod and typed it into a memo instead of relying on my memory or a sticky note. Today I brought up that memo and it led me to the attached website. (Click on the title Oak Island Treasure.)
"King George III...arranged to have 3 brothers put in command-the Keppel brothers. I believe the ship that contained the treasure buried on Oak Island was the one under the command of the Keppel brother, George I believe, who had commanded the land forces."
Curiously, there is a George listed as a brother in the biography of Mr. & Mrs. David Keppel. George was the third of twelve children. The youngest, David, was born in 1767. So the Pennsylvania George is old enough to be that Captain. Hmmmm. I always assumed the Kepple's were from Germany because of their Pennsylvania roots, but who knows....the investigation continues.
Susie
I have discovered (but don't remember the source!) that the Kepples that we are directly desended from lived in Herbizheim, Alsace, France before coming to America. On the PBS show "Faces of America" I learned that in 1749 the country we know as Germany was not yet formed. But look at the name of the town - Herbizheim. Sounds German, doesn't it? It would later be included in the new country of Germany.
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