If …You Knew Your Heritage, You Would Quit Your Demands and Public Demonstrations!

Jeannette Holland Austin
3 min readMay 22, 2024

All that it takes to get what you want is . . . work!

Painting of Wormsloe Plantation, built in 1733 by Noble Jones.

Noble Jones, one of many industrious, hard-working ancestors, could have been your heritage!

America’s bloodline traces to the most talented, bravest, and caring generations of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Our founders were the Irish, Scots-Irish, English, and Germans who left Europe's religious persecutors and monarchs and developed and built communities throughout this land. They assumed every risk; they embarked on dangerous sea voyages. They died from smallpox and other fevers. Their ships risk the high waves and storms of the Bermuda Islands, and the remains of vessels can be seen on the bottom of the ocean using sonar technology.

Your ancestors crossed the frontier amid Indian attacks. There are many stories of Indian raids, tomahawk attacks, and removing women and children into slavery. Their life was one of hardship and disappointments.

They constructed their homes, cultivated fields, hunted for food, and were part of the local militia. They then answered the call to participate in the French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War), which lasted from 1754 to 1763. This war fought for control of the North American Continent and involved the…

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