I do genealogy and both I and our adopted daughter have ancestors who came here in the 17th century. Several were Huguenots who first fled France to Holland and then came to New Amsterdam. Others were refuges from Cromwell and settled in Virginia. And my favorite family actually left Virginia because they were not allowed to preach unless they were ordained in the Anglican church.
Roger that. Mine came mid 1600’s as part of the Dutch Reform Church and mostly settled around the Hudson Valley NY areas. Green Mountain folks.