Part of my genetic DNA background comes from a Jamestown survivor and later a Mayflower Pilgrim, Stephen Hopkins.
He was the big guy in the recent tv series Saints and Strangers about the pilgrims. He and Bradford locked horns several times, until Bradford gave up the socialism. Hopkins, also proved that armed citizens were necessary to protect their families, homes, farms and businesses.
One of Stephen Hopkins’s direct descendents, another Stephen Hopkins, was one of the Declaration of Independence signers.
Another down the line descendent of Hopkins, James Cole owned Cole’s Tavern in Boston where discussions, were held of what to do with the Brit Redcoats. I believe the tavern is still there in Boston.
I’m descended from Hopkins the signer too