According to Ancestry.com, my English and European kin started arriving in the US in the 1740’s. Poor folks ........... no welfare, they had to make it on their own.
If they came in 1740, they were probably indentured. Someone had to pay their fare.
Ya, me too. Those evil Europeans.
A harrowing story no doubt. We discovered the origins of my great-grandfather and it was a sad tale. His whole family perished from disease and starvation and all that remained of his family was him and his half brother. Both became sailors boarded a ship, worked to earn their passage, and immigrated to “America.”
No welfare waiting for him. Just the American dream.
1648 for mine. There were no government handouts in the Jamestown Settlement. There wouldn’t even be a US for over 100 years.....