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Christian James attended the celebration in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City for the 30th anniversary of the death of his grand uncle Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
Sheen, who is buried in a crypt beneath the main altar in St. Patrick’s, is now a candidate for sainthood.
Also attending with Christian (C) was his mother Delia Sheen-James-Hamlin, her daughter Sarah Hamlin-Colella & granddaughter Josephine Colella, with Christian’s step-father Richard Hamlin and brother Andrew Hamlin & girlfriend. Christian is the son of Stray Leaves publisher Eric James, who was married by the Archbishop to his niece Delia Sheen.
Here’s a photo of then Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, speaking at the reception following my wedding with Delia, which he performed at St. Clement’s Church in Chicago. The reception was at the Ambassador East Hotel. To the right is Delia’s sister Cate Sheen. On the left is their half sister, Judy Cain/Sheen.
My mother had asked him to say something in honor of the wedding couple. He spoke about the heart not being perfectly formed, as we know it in iconography. The reason for the deformity is because God keeps a part of our heart, so it can be reunited with Him after our death.
Knowing that I had been in the seminary formerly, and knew the homily well as part of my training, Bishop Sheen then sat down. He leaned over to me and whispered, “I didn’t know what to say.”
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THE FIRST IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA OF OUR JAMES FAMILY . . .
Stray Leaves, our website below, now reaches back into the 17th century to bring you the story of our first immigrant, John James, in narrative form.
John’s story comes to us through original documents and seasoned source citations, which are also provided.
What John James Tells Us
• He arrived at Jamestown.
• He transported 10 indentured people.
• He was rewarded with a land patent.
• The location of his land can be visited today.
• He and his neighbors comprised the important founding families of Virginia.
• The location of origination of the James in the Old World, as Jesse James family historians say is Pembrokeshire, Wales is disputed and unproven.
• The name identity of John’s wife as formerly stated by traditional genealogists is disproved.
• John James arrived as an oligarch and royalist with no pretensions to democracy or self-rule.
• Early James family wealth was accrued in the tobacco culture and by land speculation.
• John and his family were followers of the Church of England.
• His children and grandchildren remained savvy and street-wise, relating well with common people.
• Generations beyond the grandchildren of John James produced significant diversity in America’s people and culture.
Read about John James, the Immigrant now.
John James – Immigrant Cavalier to the New World
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The first foothold of the James family in the New World was secured by John James, the Immigrant. John was born about 1623. Sometime before 1690, he died.
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Founder of Churchill Downs race track, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. is a 4th cousin, twice removed of Frank & Jesse James.
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