Thanks to cousin Larry Ritterband for recommending this article from the Smithsonian:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-george-washingtons-effo...
Thanks to cousin Larry Ritterband for recommending this article from the Smithsonian:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-george-washingtons-effo...
Loved the article !
But he wasn’t “the first.” Apparently genealogy was a “thing” with the Founding Fathers of the United States.
For example, one of the Adams (was it Gov. Samuel Adams II , Signer of the "Declaration of Independence" ?) mentioned that he was the sixth generation from England.
Ben Franklin’s father had the family bible brought from England.
More?