[patriciaruth]

As I recall the Mayflower carried the first settlers to the future United States that have descendants here, as the settlers in the earlier Virginia colony were all wiped out.

Thus your ancestors couldn't have arrived 100 years before the Mayflower, unless they were just exploring and then went back to England. Of course, they could have come 100 years before the Declaration of Independence.

My father used to do genealogy research and had a large library. When I moved him and mother into a retirement complex, I gave most of his library and research to the Mormons. It was quite a treasure trove.

[Clinging Bitterly]

>> ...to the Mormons

Funny, we are discussing connections with early settlers, who ostensibly came here to avoid religious persecution, and I have connections to the Quakers and you seem to have Mormon history (or was that material donated to them just for their interest in geneology?).

In my father's bloodline, he was the last observing Quaker, and his sister became more of a Unitarian. His sister's offspring ignore religion altogether, and I am a believer who does not participate in any religious organization. The last church I went to was a Southern Baptist congregation, and when the pastor said I should continue attending regularly or I would probably go to hell...