Up a Tree

I have cited a couple of family-produced histories in this series of vignettes that link our family members with notable events and people in the past. For the past few posts, I have referenced The Hussong Manuscripts ( Hussong, Edward Marston. 1976 (1993 Printing). Compiled by Mary Marie Glascock Brewer. Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon, Milwaukie, Oregon.)  In those posts, I was able to find the links needed to tell the stories, sometimes because the Manuscripts directly cited a source and sometimes because my chasing down of the events confirmed the events described in the Manuscripts. But occasionally I run across stories I can't confirm with my limited skills as an Internet researcher. And sometimes the information doesn't line up well with what the research finds. For example, the Manuscripts  assert that Rene Jacques Husson, the first Husson in Sharon's family line, to come to America and the one whose story led us to explore the history of French Huguenot immi