Hester Lynch Salusbury

It was through the research of Hester Lynch (Salusbury) Thrale that I need to correct history again about the terminology "old blue stockings." As referenced by other sources, it is not about social fashion of being disgraced by wearing old blue stockings to an intellectual society as Benjamin Stillingflee attended the meeting.

Thrale was an author, diairist and poet. Her writings about Dr. Samuel Johnson became a popular seller.

From my research, Johnson didn't observe an important detail.
The ladies wearing blue-stockings symbolized their honor of some military relatives from the pre-civil war Brits.

Hester's great-great grandfather was an officer in the defense of Denbigh castle and held out to the point that they (Denbigh soldiers) were the last to surrender at the end of the English Civil War. Salisbury was known as "olde blue-stockings" because he wore his uniform from the previous war (before the civil-war) and it had the typical blue stockings.

These nice ladies were family genealogists enjoying the process of sharing notes. Now I wouldn't doubt that they were classy and distinguished ladies. That class is common for ladies doing history like the DAR.

Johnson needed to listen a little more carefully.

This term is still used today and needs to be reworked. We need to correct many dictionaries.