I expect they did. If your ancestors settled on the James River, as mine did, they would have been just down the river from each other.
As long as my ancestors were first sons, they stayed in Virginia, but in the early 1800’s they came to Texas. We are not really sure when, but my GGgrandfather was buried near Jefferson in the mid-1800s. I have the exact dates in a book put together from research my great-aunt did.
We might be kin!
Do you or any of your relatives have red hair?