My understanding is that Palin was mocked for saying Revere told the British that the militia was gathering, which he did when captured by a British scouting party and his horse taken. He was released when the scouting party fearing being attacked by a large force of militia returned to their base.
I am also a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins through their great-granddaughter, Sarah Alden who married Seth Brett. Yes, Longfellow’s “The Courtship of Miles Standish” is fiction.
Sorry - I wrote “Morrison” when I meant “Mullins.” The other name just came out because she’s an author of a book I recently read!
I am descended from Elizabeth, their second daughter, and William Pabodie.