Originally Posted by Sewingyankee
My ancestors John and William Boynton came to America in 1638. We are descendants of Burton Agnes Hall in Yorkshire, England. My father always said that some of our ancestors were here to greet the Mayflower.
Hey, I'm a Hall descendent, too!
One interesting item I have from the past is the journal one of my relatives kept during the American civil war. Glad I wasn't around then.
You might get a chuckle over this.
I was taking a university course on the multicultural classroom, and we decided to have a potluck dinner to which we each brought a dish that reflected our cultural background. They told me I was cheating when I brought apple pie - now, what's more American than apple pie? Apparently I was supposed to pick something "farther back" but I thought those roots went back pretty far already!