Calif. Families American Colonists Contact
Some of my G-G-G... Grandfathers:
Joseph Cobb my 10-G Grandfather (1599-1633)
In 1613 he came from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia.
He was part of a 2nd wave of settlers, after 80-90% of the first settlers, who came in 1607.
At first At first, Powhatan, leader of a confederation of tribes around the Chesapeake Bay, hoped to absorb the newcomers through hospitality and his offerings of food.
As the colonists searched for instant wealth, they neglected planting corn and other work necessary to make their colony self-sufficient. Powhatan's help probably saved them. However With a drought in 1609 they demanded too much food and relations with Powhatan soured. By 1610 80-90% had died due to starvation and disease.

A 2nd group of settlers in 1613 included a variety of settlers with a variety of skills, including Gentlemen Soldiers, captains and commanders whose experience on the battlefields of Europe prepared them for combat and hardship in America, of which Cobb was one.

George Soule my 8-G Grandfather (1590-167?)
arrived in Plymouth Plantation (It became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) from England on the Mayflower in 1620.

The tides were turned from today. Our ancestors were the immigrants. The residents, the Wampanoag people, welcomed them and taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate indigenous crops and how to fish and hunt in the area.

the "first Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This feast lasted three days and was attended by 90 Native American Wampanoag people and 53 of the Mayflower (Pilgrims). I am probably here because of that cooperation.