Dunscomb and Jacinto, a true story…..
The idea that anyone on the planet is connected to any other person through a chain of acquaintances with no more than five links (six degrees) has been referred to as "six degrees of separation" as well as the "small world" phenomenon.
As some of you may know, our family was blessed with a healthy and handsome baby boy two years ago. Jack's parents gave him the middle name of Dunscomb, after his paternal grandfather Edward Dunscomb, a respectable lawyer from upstate New York.
Aside from both maternal grandparents coming from Puerto Rico, Baby Dunscomb has yet another interesting connection to Borinquen.
That New Year's Eve, when I visited my baby grandson, my son-in-law related a story his father had told him and produced a typed document to prove the story.
After graduating from Columbia, Edward Dunscomb, Baby Dunscomb’s great, great grandparent, was sent to Borinquen. The purpose of the visit was to fill the family company schooner with rum, molasses, and sugar to bring back to the States. Young Dunscomb tells an interesting story of how Jacinto Texidor, the plantation owner, befriended the Columbia graduate, becoming extremely fond of him and inviting him to stay in his home whenever he visited the island. He also tells how Jacinto who came from the humblest of beginnings, came to own one of the richest plantations in Puerto Rico. It’s a fascinating story, which I think you might enjoy reading.
Which brings me to my point. What a small world! We’re all so interconnected. To think that a story from the year 1830 would have such a direct connection to our baby grandson, is to me, quite remarkable.
I’ve attached Edward Dunscomb’s personal story in a separate link for those interested in reading the document in it’s entirety.
Click on the link below to read on, then you be the judge. https://www.dunscombe.info/e1422.htm
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