I don’t think I will ever be able to connect this Thomas Baskwell with my people. He was born in the right place (Westport, County Mayo), but there just aren’t enough records surviving from the time period to fit the puzzle together properly. He surely is one of my people, though. Born about 1769, he served for eighteen years in George III’s army, before he was discharged at age 48 for “being worn out.”
red paper boat 
Worn out. I wonder if that’s like being an old shoe with holes in it, to be tossed aside. Very interesting phrase.
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