[nanetteclaret]

My ancestors:

GGGGG Grandfather, Cullen Conerly, North Carolina

GGGGG Grandfather, Wettenhall Warner, South Carolina

GGG Grandmother, Margaret Henry, whose father was 1st cousin to Patrick Henry

[Grammy]

Mr G is directly descended from the Mayflower on both sides of his family. On his dad’s side they are from John and Priscilla Alden, and I don’t recall the name from his mom’s side.

I am from old Dutch stock that came here in the 1700’s to escape religious persecution. I also have Samuel F B Morse, inventor of Morse code, in there.

[ussc1863]

My GGGGG Grandfather, Gaius Allison, fought with the Va Dragoons in the Revolution. My Great-Great Grandfather fought in the 138th PA Vol Infantry and my other GGG Grandfather fought with the 9th VA Calvary in the Civil War. My Grandfather fought in WWI, had several uncles in WWII including the 82nd Airborne and my father was a Marine corpman in Korea.

We even had family in the French and Indian war. Both sides of my family have long traditions in our wars and have been here for a long time. Gais Allison’s family received a land grant from William Penn’s son in the late 1600’s.

[DocRock]

I have direct descendants that settled in Jamestown in the early 1600’s, and some sailed with Sir Frances Drake. The family tree is not handy, but they were on my grandmother’s father’s branch with many killed in the Revolution. The settler’s names were Leeh and Leigh and later some were Lee, and we know some where directly related to General Lee.

[real saxophonist]

I was told there was a John Culpepper on the Mayflower.

My Dad was a 22 year old LT (j.g.) in command of U.S. LCT 457 on UTAH Beach.

He had bulldozers and TNT on his boat. He and his boat were on the way to the Pacific when the war ended.

[Xenalyte]

I never miss a chance to tell the story of my many-times-great-grandfather, Captain John Manning, known affectionately to the family as Cap’n John.

Cap’n John was born in England in 1727, and came over here during the Revolutionary War as part of the Redcoat forces. He was around 50 then.

Near the end of the war, Cap’n John fell in love with his commanding officer’s daughter, Nancy, who was about 16, so 35 or 40 years younger than him. They eloped because her father found Cap’n John too old for his baby girl.

Nancy and Cap’n John had twelve children. Nancy died in the 1820s. Cap’n John lived until 1837 - he had just hit his 110th birthday when he shuffled off this mortal coil, and from all accounts was a rounder to the end.

It’s nice to have role models in the family.

[hsmomx3]

All I know is that my husband’s great, great, great, great grandfather was the first gov. of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin.

[hsmomx3]

OH, and we are also related to Sir Francis Drake.

[Fairview]

Me. Mine were from what is now Fauquier County, Virginia.