One of my great-grandfathers (14th) on my father’s side was Stephen Hopkins who sailed both to Jamestown and eventually to Plymouth. He was one of the strangers who was shipwrecked in the Barbados on the way to Jamestown and was sentenced to hang for mutiny when he got to Jamestown. He talked his way out, from what I can gather by pleading that it was not mutiny because they were shipwrecked on land and not at sea. He later made his way back to England and eventually took his family onto the Mayflower with the original intent to settle allotted ground near Jamestown. They had problems at sea and decided to land at Cape Cod and eventually founded Plymouth. He was one who pushed against the socialist setup and eventually opened a inn and tavern. He was frequently in trouble for selling liquor on the Sabbath.
I try to go through them but I quit and do something else. I must resolve to do better.
I was reading some info from Williamsburg College and found the name of one of our ancestors . The poor guy got in trouble with the Presbyterians and they cut off his ear.
I had no idea that the Presbyterians would do something like that. There is a P. church just down the street, I'd better be careful.