[Elsie]

The point was that they were Americans who emigrated here...

I think you mean:

.. they were Americans AFTER they emigrated here,

[truth_seeker]

“I think you mean:

.. they were Americans AFTER they emigrated here,”

Thanks so much for the help. Perhaps to be precise they were British colonists until the Declaration, after which they foought for our country and became Americans.

Later generations converted to Mormonism.