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[spoiler]Yesterday's quote:
Ep #3 (1966) - Carolyn - 'Oh, good old Uncle Isaac-- Isaac Collins. He's the one who began it all: Started the whole wingding back in the 17th century, built the fishing fleet, founded the town, gave it a name-- the works. He MUST have really been something.'
From "#0003/0004: Robservations 05/18/01: Fears About Burke"
Look, says Carolyn, are you sure you want to continue this grand tour?--because I'm beginning to think this place is really getting you down. Vicki assures her no, she's all right--and promises not another word about Mr. Devlin. Vicki looks at a portrait above the piano and asks who he is. Good old Uncle Isaac, says Carolyn cheerfully--he's the one who began it all, started the whole wingding back in the 17th century (does not jive with history as we come to know it)--built the fishing fleet, founded the town, gave it a name--the works--he must have really been something
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It's very interesting that Carolyn refers to Isaac as an "uncle" because that would invalidate them as his direct descendants, as we're led to believe. But then there's so much rewriting of the present day family's lineage that it's pretty much impossible to square it all. They're Jeremiah's descendants. Then they're Daniel's - and we don't even know how Daniel and Millicent fit into the 1795 family except that they were cousins from NY. How was their father related to Joshua? We'll never know...
But be all that as it may, unless I'm forgetting something, I don't recall anything on the show that ever contradicted the story that Isaac Collins founded Collinsport in the 17th century. I'm not sure what the Robservations is getting at...