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An ancestor who survived a battlefield amputation. Another who signed the Mayflower Compact. Ashley Judd’s family story is far stranger and braver than she imagined. Following clues from Kentucky to Virginia and across the Atlantic, Ashley uncovers the fate of Elijah Hensley of the 39th Kentucky Infantry, a Union soldier captured twice and wounded at the Battle of Saltville. A Civil War medical expert reconstructs the brutal, life-saving procedure that changed Elijah’s life at just 17. Then in Boston and York, England, a paper trail points to William Brewster—Puritan separatist, fugitive, and eventual Mayflower passenger—whose name Ashley reads in a 1772 copy of the Mayflower Compact. A prison cell in Boston, Lincolnshire, and letters from Leiden reveal how close he came to capture. How did faith, resilience, and radical conviction shape generations of her family? And what connected a one-legged Kentucky farmer to a pilgrim who defied a king? Watch to see the revelations that bring Ashley and her father closer to their roots. Watch now and follow the journey behind the records to the people who lived them. Any

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Ashley Judd Uncovers Her Family’s Darkest Chapter | Who Do You Think You Are USA?
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Society
Runtime
42 minutes
Language
English
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Real Stories

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