While I realize the Thanksgiving story is fraught with problems, that the colonists never saw native Americans as equals and were looking for the first opportunity to get the upper hand and take their land, there was some sort of feast where Plymouth colonists and Native Americans sat down and ate together.
My earliest know Immigrant ancestor, Stephen Deane, probably missed that first Thanksgiving celebration by a month or so. Probably got on shore around this date in 1621. #genealogy
My ancestor Stephen Deane's ship, the Fortune, arrived in Plymouth harbor around Nov 7-14, 1621. Though they didn't fully understand disease transmission, the ship was quarantined for a week or two offshore. That gets us to a probable arrival on shore in late Nov. 1621.
He set up the first grain mill in New England. He married, had children, and died in 1634. #genealogy
Sharing the 17th century family history joy!
My ancestors (10th great grandparents) Giovanni Battista Delli Gatti & his wife Geronima Biacarella had 3 children in the southern Italian village of Nusco:
1633 Domenica
1634 Marco
1638 Giovanni
There they stayed until approximately 3 centuries later my grandfather passed through Ellis Island. Late to the party but here we are! LOL