Comments on Tannie Ossewania Praat Kaktus: Tom Quick “The Avenger of the Delaware”

I am another relative through the Helms-Gonsalus l...

2009-02-17T11:25:00.000+01:00

I am another relative through the Helms-Gonsalus line. I think we should all be proud of the struggles on both sides of this historical scenario, which shaped our nation in all of its proud and yes ugly roots.

A proper monument to all those who forged the Upper Delaware and Hudson valley should be made.

My family built this area from the bare wood and bullets needed to create what is now the USA. Yes ugly and brutal, but that is our shared history. It is time to be honest as to all that was and now is.

Maybe we all need to have a gathering there and end this.

Joe Manduke

son of:

Manuel Gonsalus and Peter Helms-Rymeria Quick Lines.

As a resident of Sarah St. Milford the former Tom ...

2008-09-28T08:27:00.000+02:00

As a resident of Sarah St. Milford the former Tom Quick monument is in sight. It is understandable Indians & others did not like prior caption & "slant" on the memorial. But the remaining "boat like" raised area with flowers planted that separates the 2 traffic lanes is an eyesore.
A neutral landmark of the history of the founding of Milford in that space would serve to greet & inform visitors to town.

interesting you say that, I'm also a tom quick rel...

2008-08-10T01:03:00.000+02:00

interesting you say that, I'm also a tom quick relative...my grandfathers grandmothers side. i don't know exactly how many greats it is...but my grandfather showed me an excerpt from the quick family tree book published in 1883. it doesn't give as detailed account as some of the websites I have seen....My lastname is Matthews...which came here in the mid 1800's and then married a quick woman...its a very interesting story though, also did you know the us destroyer "Quick" was named after a lt cournell in the 1940's?

I'm a Thomas Quick, great great great great nephew...

2008-07-11T15:11:00.000+02:00

I'm a Thomas Quick, great great great great nephew, who was to say he did what he did out of the love of his father and my great great great great great granfather... NO one know what they would do if it was their loved ones.... I'm also half native american, and to us he was a hero proud and true not a murder.... We have statues of people who have done worse and have holidays for whites, blacks, jews, and so on.... But what about the native americans they get nothing and they were here first.... The true founders of this nation of ours, proud descendent of both Thomas Quick, and my native american side of the Mohawk nation.....