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	Siege & Battle of Bexar from Samuel Maverick
		Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) was born in Pendleton, South Carolina, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Anderson) Maverick.
		Maverick was taken prisoner upon the invasion of San Antonio by general Adrian Woll's forces and was one of the Perote prisoners released in 1843.
		Samuel Maverick kept a journal (above) covering the period 16 March 1835 to 1 January 1836 that is a part of the public archive in the Maverick Family Papers, Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/bexarmaverick.htm (4503 words)

	Ancestors of David Kipp Conover - Person Page 145
		Samuel Maverick was born circa 1602 at England.
		Maverick, one of the ministers of Dorchester, in drying a little powder (which took fire by the heat of the fire pan), fired a small barrell of two or three pounds, yet did no other harm by singed his clothes.
		Maverick claimed that they had an agreement for a 99 year lease for a essuge and lands in Awliscombe, based on the three lives of his son Nathaniel, and grandsons, Samuel and Elias Mavericke (the sons of Reverend John Maverick).
	www.conovergenealogy.com /ancestor-p/p145.htm (5141 words)

	AlternativeApproaches.com: Maury Maverick Jr. 1921 - 2003
		His great-grandfather, Samuel Augustus Maverick, who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, was a rancher who refused to brand his cattle.
		After that, all unbranded cows came to be known as mavericks, a term that quickly came to be used to describe non-conforming people as well.
		Maverick's response was to introduce another bill that called for life imprisonment for anyone merely suspected of being a Communist.
	www.alternativeapproaches.com /altapr/aamaverick.html (798 words)

	Maury Maverick, Jr., Prominent San Antonio Liberal Voice Dies At 82 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Maverick scored his first big legal victory in 1954 after an appellate court in Austin threw out a law that prohibited professional boxing matches between fls and whites.
		Maverick made a successful end run around the prohibition: Instead of arguing the law was unfair, he claimed it denied his client, boxer I.H. "Sporty" Harvey, the chance to make a living.
		Maverick, who was fond of purple martins, often picked up stray animals during his once-daily walks in his neighborhood.
	texana.texascooking.com /news/maurymaverickobituary.htm (1185 words)

	The Pilgrim John Howland Society - Articles: John Howland's Texas Legacy
		Their son, another Samuel, was married in Pendleton, South Carolina in 1802 and his son Samuel Augustus Maverick himself was born in Pendleton in June of 1803.
		Samuel Maverick was a lawyer and speculator in land.
		Mary Ann Adams Maverick lived until 1898, as the matriarch of a large family, many of whom are still prominent in the state of Texas and the United States.
	www.pilgrimjohnhowlandsociety.org /john_howland_texas_legacy.shtml (1443 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Samuel Augustus Maverick, land baron and legislator, was born at Pendleton, South Carolina, on July 23, 1803, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Anderson) Maverick.
		Maverick was educated at home until age eighteen, when he left South Carolina and spent a summer studying under a tutor at Ripton, Connecticut, in preparation for entry to Yale University.
		Maverick obtained his Texas law license, engaged in West Texas land speculation, and served as the city's mayor in 1839.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/MM/fma84.html (1086 words)

	Maverick, Texas
		Maverick County is a bedroom and shopping suburb of the much larger Piedras Negras across the Rio Grande River.
		Ninety percent of the population of Maverick County is Hispanic, although 52% of the population was born in Texas.
		Although the overall birth rate in Maverick County is nearly double the national average, the ratio of births to mothers under the age of 20 is about the national level.
	members.aol.com /ihsoa/crown/maverick.htm (2149 words)

	Maverick Family
		Descendants of Samuel and Amias (the Barbados branch) eventually settled in Texas.
		Though extinct in the New England States, the Maverick family has existed for the past one hundred and fifty years in New York City, where Andrew Maverick, a young painter, 24 years of age, was admitted freeman 17 July 1753; his name occurring on the Poll List of Feb., 1761.
		The Latter, born in the city April 11, 1755, a silver-smith, etcher and engraver, was in Aug 1775 an Ensign in Capt. M.
	www.wellswooster.com /tommies/maverick.htm (914 words)

	About Maverick
		Usually a skipper, save one of sour disposition towards life in general, will maintain that his or her personal boat is superior to all other craft, much as one would defend one's child, mother, or spouse from ill-mannered criticism no matter what differences may otherwise characterize the relationship.
		On Maverick it is the same; but here we have objective proof of her superiority.
		Maverick has suffered with equanimity these various alterations, of which many place her squarely in the dowdy cruiser category.
	www.ussmaverick.net /about.html (930 words)

	Maverick
		From these various records and from others then in print it was possible to compile a Maverick pedigree extending from Robert Mavericke, clerk of Awliscombe, to his great-grandson Samuel Maverick, the well-known settler at Winnissimet and Noddles Island, Mass., an the latter's children and grand-children.
		John was the son of Peter and Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick and grandson of Robert Maverick, clerk of Awliscombe, co. Devon, England.
		It was here that Samuel Maverick was living when Winthrop and his party arrived in 1630, and to these newcomers he was always generous and courteous.
	members.aol.com /rayparsons/maverick.html (1079 words)

	Texas, The Lone Star State: Maverick
		That is or derives from a maverick; (chiefly in extended use) individualistic, unorthodox, independent-minded.
		Maverick (San Francisco) 13 Feb. 4/1 People would say, ‘He holds maverick views’, meaning that his views were untainted by partisanship in the matter.
		Samuel Maverick, a wealthy San Antonian, had a large stock of cattle and did not have them looked after and marked and branded very closely, and it got to be the case that all the unmarked cattle on the range were called mavericks.
	www.barrypopik.com /index.php/texas/entry/maverick (497 words)

	Samuel Maverick
		Samuel Maverick had chose to settle on a little hill that faced the inner harbor at the confluence of two rivers, an ideal place to set up a trading post.
		Maverick made his settlement in 1624 and built a fortified house, the first permanent house in Massachusetts (It is believed this house was located near the beginning of the pier on Admiral's Hill).
		In 1628 Samuel Maverick married Amias the widow of David Thompson.
	www.olgp.net /chs/d1/sammaverick.htm (522 words)

	The Governor Cary House
		Samuel Cary Jr., the eldest of the Cary children, married Sarah Gray in November 1772.
		Samuel and Sarah Cary remained in Grenada for eighteen years during which time, eight more children were born to them.
		Samuel and Sarah Cary with their children, returned to Chelsea in 1791 and immediately began renovations on the mansion.
	olgp.net /chs/d1/caryhouse.htm (790 words)

	X-Men Character Bios: Maverick
		Maverick's powers were also boosted to the point where he could rechannel the kinetic impacts he absorbs and expel the energy as concussive blasts.
		Somehow, Maverick survived, Presumed dead, he was in fact found by Weapon X and brought to headquarters in critical condition.
		Maverick was attacked by Omega Red and left for dead, but refused to reveal the location of the device.
	www.mutanthigh.com /weaponzero.html (895 words)

	Samuel Maverick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Maverick," came to this country in 1630, and was one of the original pastors of the first church in Dorchester, Massachusetts Samuel arrived in New England several years before his father, settling as early as 1629 at Noddle's island (now East Boston), of which he received a grant from the general court, 1 April, 1633.
		Samuel Maverick, a man of very loving and courteous behavior, very ready to enter-rain strangers; on this island, with the help of Mr.
		One of his pinnaces was about forty tons, of cedar, built at Barbathes, and brought to Virginia by Captain Powell, who there dying she was sold for a small matter." Maverick was one of the earliest slave-holders in Massachusetts, having purchased negroes in 1638.
	www.famousamericans.net /samuelmaverick (634 words)

	Samuel Maverick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Augustus Maverick (July 23, 1803–September 2, 1870) was a Texas lawyer, politician, and land baron.
		Born near Pendleton, South Carolina, he was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Anderson) Maverick.
		Maverick is also the namesake of the eponym maverick meaning an unbranded range animal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Maverick (362 words)

	Cinequest—San Jose Film Festival
		Maverick was an American pioneer who did not brand his calves
		Cinequest Maverick Spirit events have honored many of the world’s most accomplished directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, editors and composers.
		Then, the most Maverick chapter of his extraordinary career: In 2003, Schwarzenegger desired to change the face of California.
	www.cinequest.org /2004/guide/Maverick1.html (558 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Samuel Maverick, Jr., soldier and businessman, son of Samuel Augustus and Mary Ann (Adams) Maverick,
		He was the first of the Mavericks' six surviving children and was brought to Texas as a baby.
		Maverick was involved in the construction of San Antonio's first streetcar line, to Prospect Hill, and founded the Maverick Lithographing Company, later Maverick-Clark.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/fmabh.html (566 words)

	Maury Maverick's San Antonio
		Maverick feels that his election in erstwhile conservative San Antonio is an object lesson for the New Deal and for all progressives.
		Maverick obtained a few Mexican votes in 1932 when he was elected tax collector as the reform candidate of the Citizens' League, and more in 1934 when he was elected to Congress.
		Maverick is insisting that employee be chosen on a strict merit basis, breaking the tradition of political.
	newdeal.feri.org /survey/39a07.htm (3838 words)

	Maverick Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Grandma Maverick told me: "The day your father was born, he just walked out wearing a diaper, a stovepipe hat, and with his fists up ready to protect himself from the teasing of his ten older brothers and sisters." That may be how he got his combative personality.
		Sam Maverick, after whom the cattle were named, because Jack was lazy, was no "rough and ready" fellow, even though he fought in bloody battles, was a plain man, but led a spectacular life.
		Maverick is insisting that employees be chosen on a strict merit basis, breaking the tradition of political health appointees.
	maverickamericans.blogspot.com (19319 words)

	Maverick Thinking Home Page
		Mavericks have been described as being independent in thought and action, individuals who view things differently and not only consider alternatives to traditional ways of doing things, but act on those alternatives.
		The original Maverick (Samuel A.) died in 1870 and did not brand the calves he let wander the open range - hence "maverick" has become synonymous with doing things against the mainstream.
		In the case of Samuel A. Maverick: Did he just go against the mainstream (refusing to brand his cattle), thus giving the dictionary a new term to define "maverick", or was it something else?
	www.maverickthinking.com (404 words)

	Texas Monthly July 2003: The Last Maverick
		Together, the two of us visited the grave of Samuel Augustus Maverick—a distant cousin who, in 1770, at the age of seventeen, was one of the first five men who gave their lives for this country at the Boston Massacre.
		Maverick, do you remember me?" he'd flinch and mutter under his breath, "No, you son of a bitch." A loner, he was shy in the extreme.
		When poet Naomi Shihab Nye, one of his close friends, suggested that he consider spending a few weeks of the summer on a cool beach in California, because he suffered so from the heat, he told her it was out of the question.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2003-07-01/reporter-2.php (1121 words)

	Matthew
		Maverick's career in Congress ended in 1938 after Roosevelt's son, Elliott, came to Texas and campaigned for Maverick's opponent in the Democratic primary.
		Maverick says bigots and racists in Texas used the "Red Scare" to bust the unions, bust fls, bust Mexican-Americans and intimidate school teachers and librarians" (David Uhler, San Antonio Express-News, June 20, 1999).
		Eventually, Maverick "quit politics in disgust and turned his life to monetarily unprofitable but personally fulfilling work of defending conscientious objectors [including Matthew Loper's father, George], suspected Communists and anyone else whose civil rights and liberties were in danger of being trampled" (David Uhler, San Antonio Express-News, June 20, 1999).
	george.loper.org /family/matthew/matthew.html (645 words)

	TACC > Meet Maverick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dedicated at TACC on October 1, 2004, Maverick is a unique resource for both TACC and the National Science Foundation (NSF) TeraGrid, in which TACC is a partner, because of its excellent balance among large memory, capable computing, and powerful, flexible graphics.
		Maverick has the capabilities needed to understand the data resulting from large-scale experiments and simulations rapidly and effectively, thus increasing scientists' ability to address important problems that have urgent or real-time solution requirements," says Dr. Jay Boisseau, Director of TACC.
		Maverick will be able to predict inundation patterns for specific hurricane and storm tracks, enabling rapid planning and changes in evacuation routes and shelter locations.
	www.tacc.utexas.edu /general/news/features/maverick.php (1209 words)

	maverick
		Maverick eluded dogcatchers, dog lovers and irritated citizens during his infamous four year stint as a stray.
		My Great Aunt Doris Crown adopted Maverick and I wrote the following story about his saga (gleaned from newspaper and other clippings) in his honor and in tribute to Doris and kindred souls who in heart and home always have room for pets in need of comfort and love.
		Maverick whimpered in reply and licked her hand.
	geocities.com /thought332000/maverick.html (1849 words)

	X-Men Character Bios: Bolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then, when his house was burned by mutant-haters, Chris rejected Iceman's offer of assistance, and instead went off with Maverick, who was able to relocate the Bradleys and who, because of his own infection with Legacy, understood Chris better than the X-Men.
		Maverick set Chris and his family up under assumed names in Florida, and Chris kept in touch with the costumed fighter.
		Unfortunately, Maverick II was tracked by Weapon Zero, who was the original Maverick, and Zero, not knowing Maverick II's identity, fatally shot him when it appeared that Mav II was reaching for a weapon.
	www.mutanthigh.com /maverickII.html (398 words)

	Teale, Simpson, Sherwood, Tupper, Mayhew and Related Families - pafn32 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		(4) Moses Maverick, baptized 11 November 1611 at South Huish, Devon, England, died 28 January 1685/1686 in Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married in 1633 Remember Allerton, a Mayflower passenger, born in 1614 in Leyden, Holland, died 1655 in Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
		John MAVERICK [REVEREND] (1) was christened on 28 Dec 1576 in Awliscombe, Devon, England.
		Samuel MAVERICK(1) was born in 1602 in, Awliscombe, Devonshire, England.
	members.tripod.com /bill_buchanan/teale/pafn32.htm (966 words)

	Maverick Publishing is a regional press concentrating on general interest nonfiction about San Antonio, Texas.
		Maverick Publishing is a regional press concentrating on general interest nonfiction about San Antonio, Texas.
		The company name is a tip of the Stetson to Samuel Augustus Maverick, the legendary San Antonian whose unbranded cattle landed his name in the English language.
		Maverick has published more than thirty titles since 1996.
	www.maverickpub.com /index.php (528 words)

	Chiron And Friends - Keywords
		MAVERICK: This word came from Samuel A. Maverick, an American pioneer and rancher who did not brand his cattle, unlike all the other ranchers around him.
		The easiest way to understand the term Maverick is to think of Chiron's placement---in between Saturn [the authority, the established group and its rules], and Uranus [the rebel, the revolutionary, the individualist who openly breaks away from the system].
		So Maverick does not wear any brand to say he can be labeled as following the group ideology---yet at the same time, he does not carry the banner of protest against said ideology.
	www.zanestein.com /keywords.htm (1062 words)

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