THESE LAST NAMES ARRIVED AT JAMESTOWN BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER — IS YOURS ONE OF THEM?
American BloodlinesThe Mayflower is not the beginning of American ancestry. In 1607 — thirteen years before the Mayflower — three ships landed on the James River in Virginia. By 1619 Jamestown had survived wars, starvation, and the 1609-10 starving time. On July 30 1619 it hosted the first representative legislature i