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Originally Posted by Army
Oh right - do they have Mayflower clubs? I think the Mother of my wife's best friend is a descendant of one of the first European settlers in Maine...
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I believe there are Mayflower clubs, but I've never been involved in them.
My immigrant ancestor's son married a woman named Elizabeth in New Hampshire and settled in Southern Maine, where they had a large number of children.
They were the first children of European descent to be born in Maine.
My immigrant ancestor purchased a ton of land from an Indian chief in that part of Maine, and were the largest owners of land in the history of Maine.
Their deed to the land was lost at the end of the 17th century, and the descendants of the immigrant sued the state to get the land back in the 18th century.
They appealed to the Supreme Court and lost. I found the actual trial information on an internet search.