You're very Irish. My father found out he's 78% Irish. My German ancestors came here in 1609. My Italian ones came in 1898. I did have 4% African in my DNA. Holy shit, I hope it was love. I don't know if the German side owned slaves. I was told they were pacifists and farmers. Some did fight for the union. Actually, some slave owners did…
You're very Irish. My father found out he's 78% Irish. My German ancestors came here in 1609. My Italian ones came in 1898. I did have 4% African in my DNA. Holy shit, I hope it was love. I don't know if the German side owned slaves. I was told they were pacifists and farmers. Some did fight for the union. Actually, some slave owners didn't want their slaves used when digging up Louisiana because they were dying of malaria. They were their commodity. They sent in the Irish instead. Not many jobs available to them. That's why so many of my Irish relatives were involved in organized crime. Rumrunners and such.
You have a very important perspective because you lived it. I grew up whiter than wonder bread. Not much depth there. I love history. It explains the what and why's of life. It's hard for me to read the book Caste. I ball my eyes out. To put myself in their shoes is the least I can do. I have much to teach my grandbabies. Thank you for responding to my comment. Most appreciated.
Your ancestor arrived in Jamestown in time for the Starving time of Cannibalism 1609 - 1610
1609, the Virginia Company sent two relief voyages to Jamestown, Virginia:
July 1609: The Mary and John arrived at Jamestown, carrying Captain Samuel Argall and supplies. Argall's ship was the first to use Jamestown as a port.
Mid-August 1609: Some ships arrived at Jamestown with 300 colonists and few supplies.
The story of the Third supply, probably your ancestor was on one of the shipshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions#:~:text=In%20early%201609%2C%20Captain%20Samuel,mouth%20of%20the%20Chesapeake%20Bay.
You're very Irish. My father found out he's 78% Irish. My German ancestors came here in 1609. My Italian ones came in 1898. I did have 4% African in my DNA. Holy shit, I hope it was love. I don't know if the German side owned slaves. I was told they were pacifists and farmers. Some did fight for the union. Actually, some slave owners didn't want their slaves used when digging up Louisiana because they were dying of malaria. They were their commodity. They sent in the Irish instead. Not many jobs available to them. That's why so many of my Irish relatives were involved in organized crime. Rumrunners and such.
You have a very important perspective because you lived it. I grew up whiter than wonder bread. Not much depth there. I love history. It explains the what and why's of life. It's hard for me to read the book Caste. I ball my eyes out. To put myself in their shoes is the least I can do. I have much to teach my grandbabies. Thank you for responding to my comment. Most appreciated.
Your ancestor arrived in Jamestown in time for the Starving time of Cannibalism 1609 - 1610
1609, the Virginia Company sent two relief voyages to Jamestown, Virginia:
July 1609: The Mary and John arrived at Jamestown, carrying Captain Samuel Argall and supplies. Argall's ship was the first to use Jamestown as a port.
Mid-August 1609: Some ships arrived at Jamestown with 300 colonists and few supplies.
My 9th Great Grandmother arrived in 1610 aboard the Swan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Jordan_Farrar
My 9th Great grandfather, my namesake, arrived in 1618 aboard the Neptune
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farrar_(councillor)
The story of the starving time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starving_Time
The story of the Third supply, probably your ancestor was on one of the shipshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_supply_missions#:~:text=In%20early%201609%2C%20Captain%20Samuel,mouth%20of%20the%20Chesapeake%20Bay.
he obviously survived the starving time, and you know his name, it should be recorded in the Muster of 1624/25 http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/muster24.html
FYI, I am a genetic genealogist and have edited some of those wikipedia pages.