Surnames - Are You A Pilgrim?

[grayhank]

Many American's claim to be descendants of the 102 Pilgrim's who sailed from England on the Mayflower in 1620. Here is a list of 27 recorded surnames of the 52 people who survived the first year.

The Genealogy Forum: Mayflower Surnames

Some of us came a little later so here is also a list of the 100 most common surnames in the US. Is your name on the list? Mine is! Just think we could be related!

GenealogyForum.com: Surname Center: Top 100 Surnames

[nvmbrsdoom5]

My name is in the top 100.

Interesting read about the pilgrims, though. Amazing how few actually survived that first trip here.

[Joe90]

1620? My mother's side has them beat by 15 years.

Vive l'Acadie!

Of course the Micmac in me can beat that claim by several thousand years.

[jwyblejr]

My family didn't come over here until 130 years later.

[JPkempo]

What no Piasecki ??

My great grand father came over befor the first world war.
A German officer would come in for a flat top haircut. After the cut he would put talcum powder on the hair, if he could see even one hair that was missed he would slap the barber across the face with his leather gloves. At that point my great grand father Brantaslaw John Piasecki knew it was time to get out of Poland. (I may have spelled his first name wrong)

[Bo8a_Fett]

I can safely say......no i'm not.
but thanks for asking

[EmergencyIan]

Not mine. They didn't make it over until 1664.


- Ian

[mitchedwards]

Not a Pilgrim, but my name is in the top 100

[SUP-Ronin]

I can't even answer. I'm adopted.

[Hector]

I'm Mexican-American with one fourth Tarascan indian, one fourth Spanish, one fourth Lebanese, and one fourth French.

I hope that answers your question.

[Mikey]

Surnames - Are You A Pilgrim?

Only if a Pilgram is counted as landing on Ellis Island

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Not a pilgrim; my folks immigrated from the Scottish highlands only 3 or 4 generations ago.

Plus, I'm Canadian.

Don C.

[English Paul]

My Grandmothers surname is Rogers (on the list) who lived in Allerton (on the list) which is a small village just outside Bradford (on the list) - Wierd eh?