Well Biged, I'm wondering about this tea dumping affair. You made this statement, "It all started when WE Americans thumbed our nose at----". What I am wondering is if your fore fathers were in Massachusetts in 1773, in order for you to use the word "we".
Because my great, g,g,g,g,g,g,g,g,g, (however many greats,) grand father landed at Massachusetts Bay in 1630, 143 years before WE dumped the tea in the harbour.
He, his wife and infant son were on one of the first four ships of the Winthrop fleet, who landed at Salem, Massachusetts, June 13, 1630. He was actually on the same ship as John Winthrop, who was named the governor of the fleet. These were the Puritans, who were fed up with the English government and pulled out.
I have proof of what I have written because a family member has been working on the family tree for years and spent last summer holidays in Boston, getting the final information. They were 99 per cent sure they had it correct, which was verifying something my father had always said, that he was a direct descendant of the L---- that landed in Massachusetts shortly after the Mayflower, but they required a male L---- to take a DNA test to prove it.
I took the test and it proved out, I am a descendant of the L---- who was on the Winthrop fleet!
So Ed, I just want to be sure of whether or not, you were one of the "WE," who dumped the tea.
I see, your ancestors fled to Canada to keep from being burned at the stake for witchcraft.




















































