/dev/null Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 It's estimated that 10% of Americans can trace lineage back to the Mayflower. That's over 30 Million people descended from 24 males who had children. Are you aware of any lineage back to the first Thanksgiving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Does this count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) I found out a few years ago my great, great......grandfather came over on The Fortune the first ship to arrive after the Mayflower. What, was he washing his hair when the Mayflower set sail? My grandfather http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I14816&tree=1A https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bassett_(d._1667) Edited November 26, 2015 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 We've traced my great-great-great-etc grandfather to the 1630 crossing of the Arbella with Gov Winthrop of the MA Bay Colony. Last month when I was in the UK for the Bills game my brothers and I visited the village he was from and drank at a pub there that dated to the 16th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 We've traced my great-great-great-etc grandfather to the 1630 crossing of the Arbella with Gov Winthrop of the MA Bay Colony. Last month when I was in the UK for the Bills game my brothers and I visited the village he was from and drank at a pub there that dated to the 16th century. I was blown away when I found out. I just googled my grandfather and found that site I linked. Kept going back and back and back. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 We traced my grandparents ancestry back to the Mayflower. Also my mother is a Daughter of the Revoloution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 We traced my grandparents ancestry back to the Mayflower Which Pilgrim? One of my cousins traced us back to John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley who it is estimated have 2+ million descendants in the United States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 It's estimated that 10% of Americans can trace lineage back to the Mayflower. That's over 30 Million people descended from 24 males who had children. Are you aware of any lineage back to the first Thanksgiving? Nope. Jacques Cartier, though. So my ancestor beat the Mayflower by about 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I do not. But I just watched the American Experience on the Pilgrims... Really great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fires Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 My uncle was a descendant of the Wnslow that came over. Possibly on 2nd voyage. He claimed Winslow, Arizona was named after a member of his family too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 As far as I can research back my ancestors came over during revolutionary war. One Prussian worked for colonists and was awarded large track of land in western PA. One Hessian was mercenary for British and stayed behind rather than facing punishment for losing. Both had brides come from old country (Germanic states) come over after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 We've traced my great-great-great-etc grandfather to the 1630 crossing of the Arbella with Gov Winthrop of the MA Bay Colony. Last month when I was in the UK for the Bills game my brothers and I visited the village he was from and drank at a pub there that dated to the 16th century. That would be so awesome, Some day I'm gona back to Ireland and do the same thing (I don't drink but I may have one out of respect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I was blown away when I found out. I just googled my grandfather and found that site I linked. Kept going back and back and back. Very cool. Yes, very cool. My father did a lot of genealogy work before he died; we followed the lineage to Mystic, CT, found 18th and 19th century graves still intact and discovered one of the original houses in the Mystic seaport museum had been the residence of one of my ancestors. http://www.mysticseaport.org/locations/village/burrows-house/ I really need to pick it up ; I'm sure there's so much more info online now than when my Dad was researching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I came out of the pumpkin patch. You may have eaten some of my relatives yesterday for desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 I came out of the pumpkin patch. You may have eaten some of my relatives yesterday for desert.no pumpkins no pies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I found out a few years ago my great, great......grandfather came over on The Fortune the first ship to arrive after the Mayflower. What, was he washing his hair when the Mayflower set sail? My grandfatherhttp://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I14816&tree=1Ahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bassett_(d._1667) I hate to break it to you but the first ships to arrive after the Mayflower were the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 little known fact, the titanic was on schedule to immediately follow the Mayflower, but it mistakenly turned left and headed towards Bermuda, the rest is history, they will never know what happened.... I hate to break it to you but the first ships to arrive after the Mayflower were the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Kiko Alonso descended from the Roanoke Colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Kiko Alonso descended from the Roanoke Colony. I thought Kiko descended from Mount Olympus and blew out his knee upon landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I thought Kiko descended from Mount Olympus and blew out his knee upon landing Only on his mother's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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