Not my gnth grandad Tillman Weissgerber...who died in Culpepper Co. VA in 1759. He was born in Niederndorf, Germany.... more than 700 miles from London. Came here with a boatload of Germans...
There was a colony of them called the Germanna Colony which has the oldest continuously used Lutheran Church in the country:
Yes. I know one line of my ancestors came from Germany in the early 1700’s.
That family emigrated to PA but soon moved to what’s now TN.
They pledged allegiance to the US and participated in the Revolutionary War. They are verified patriots in the DAR archives.