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My 6th gr. grandfather & his 5 sons & 2 daughters came to america in 1748 on a ship named the patients...
They we're preachers & farmers.
A couple of them fought under G. Washington in the french-indian wars
and again during the American Revolution, one of my grandpa's grandkids froze to death after crossing the deleware.
They we're given a few 100 acres in Niagera falls, NY for they're particapation in the Rev.war...
They also protected & helped in building the wall that protected NY... Today that street is called Wall St.
Some belonged to the militia's that we're around then.
My family was in the war of 1812, 1st & 2nd World Wars,Korea,Viet-nam,Iraq1,Afghan & Iraq2,
and the U.S Border...
Out of all this:
I Love the fact that my family was here spreading the Gospel before this was even a country!

That is really awesome. It is interesting to read about family history.    Where did they come from?

I've traced my ancestry on my dad's side (with some help) back to 1620 when My namesake was born. His name was Jonathan too. They were of French ancestry even though Jonathan is a Hebrew name. My last name is a French name. I'm British on my mother's side, although I was born in the US. I've supposedly got some Sioux Indian in me also.

Family history is a subject that has always been a focal point in my family for some reason. I come from a long line of farmers on my Dad's side. My G-G-Grandfather came from Ostergottlen, Sweden in the early 1800's to settle on a farm in north-western Illinois. Eventually owning all of a very fertile valley there except the small town and coal mining facility there.

My maternal side came from Ireland during the Great Irish Famine of 1740-1741. That was a famine that took place prior to the Great Potato Famine of the 1800's. The majority of them were coal miners in various places throughout the states including N. Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and finally Illinois. One of my mothers g-g-uncles fought in an Illinois regiment along side of Abraham Lincoln during the Black Hawk War. My mothers grandmother was a Cherokee who was in the Trail of Tears as a child. Many of them fought in the war of 1812, WW1 and WW2 also. I was in the Viet Nam war and Desert Storm.

Ronald Reagan is a distant cousin, His mothers sister married my great grandfather on my mothers side.

In a short pareagraph, I'm researched my family for 31 years. I've traced one side of my family back to 1601 in Linlithgow, Scotland, Another side to 1615 Moulton MT., England, 1238 in Stokesbrough, England and more further back. :-\

Both sets of grandparents came from Holland but I forget when. That is all I know  :'(

Great stories you guy's...
My maternal gr.grandmother(grandpas side) was a full blooded Cherokee, I to had family
that was forced to travel the trail of tears!
My maternal grandma was an Apache...
My paternal grandma was all German...
"              "grandpa  all Irish...
I have alot more details:
I'll come back later

I found it interesting to trace my ancestry and find ones who were Christians, as most of my relatives today are not only non-believers but hostile to the faith.

I found a number of believers in earlier days, including Rev. Aaron Foster, a co-founder of the Congregational Home Missions Society, who went to Lawrence, Abbeville, and Pendleton, SC as an early missionary but had to leave over the slavery issue in 1832 ( after receiving 7 slaves into the church),. He and his wife buried a 6 month old son on the banks of the Savannah on the way north.

Also have Rev. Jonathan Leavitt and Rev's. Thomas and Samuel Hooker, and a few others as ancestors. Will be interesting to meet them someday!

Hi Rhys,
I can't wait either, I long to be with the Lord & all those that make it...
I'll pray for your family too...
A Loving Brother
Duane