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Jennie O'Brien
- GPS Administrator. Researching Robert Catesby for a book on the
leader of the conspirators. Jennie is looked upon as the Society Field
Researcher and Archivist.
Below is a list of some of the GPS members and their
interests:
David Herber
- GPS Administrator. Researching the traitor
Francis Tresham, and the life of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby.
Douglas
Burbury - Researching the Wintour family and his family legend of connections
to them. Douglas is the GPS genealogy contact.
Douglas Garnett
- Doug is currently the "world authority" on the Garnett family (from who
the Jesuit priests Henry and Thomas are descended), and runs the Garnett
family web site.
Daniel Wright
- Dan is a direct descendent of Robert Wright of Plowland, father to the
conspirators John and Christopher. He is researching the Wright family.
Steven
C. Smith - Steven's primary interest is the effect the Gunpowder Plot
had on the founding of American Civilization from the 1606 First Virginia
Charter onwards. Visit him at http://bestofwilliamsburg.com/smith
Joseph
H. Digby - Joseph is the Digby 'Family Scribe', and as such has been
researching his family for more than 30 years.
Richard
Wade - Richard is interested in "that beast Waad", Lieutenant of the
Tower, who interrogated the plotters after their capture. He runs the Guild
of One Name Studies for the surname Wade.
Jim
Bates - Jim is researching the family of Thomas Bates, Catesby's servant,
of whom little is currently known. Jim is hoping to establish a link between
Thomas Bates' family and his own.
Ivon Martinez
- Ivon's interest is the history of the Winter family.
Tom Hickcox
- Tom has a general interest in all aspects of the Gunpowder Plot.
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