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Yep.

First one of my family to hit theses shores was about 1670ish (I need to pull out the info and read it again) in Jamestown settlement.

We fought in every war around these parts since then.

And yeah bammy, we damn sure DID build a few things around here.

Yours truly, TLI, (very) Native American.

Two of my ancestor families came over on the Mayflower. But, on my mom's side, we have Cherokee ancestors. Not a one owned slaves. They were too poor for that. They just did their best to make a living. One ancestor was an indentured servant. I think that was for 7 years. I need to get my FTM fixed. I updated that thing and nothing I had-—24,000 names can be read! My old program did not match the new one. : (

One of my ancestors Stephen Hopkins was a Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor and a Mayflower Pilgrim.

Another ancestor James Cole, a Mayflower Descendent, founded the first and still standing Tavern in Boston, Cole’s Tavern. He was arrested a few times for selling ale on Sundays and to the first locals, Indians.

A cousin of James, Israel Cole helped to write and signed the “Letters of Discontent” to King George. That poed Crazy George, who sent Brit Marines to eliminate any future letters. Later, the signers of the Letters of Discontent were considered to be the first revolunataries by both sides.

Israel left upstate NY with 5 daughters and his wife to stay alive. They escaped from upstate NY to a rural area of Virginia to live near another Cole family, Sampson Cole. They were cousins and the 5 daughters married the 5 sons of Sampson Cole. That screwed up genealogists for centuries until we figured out what happened.