Polish connection

[macwilkin]

I like a few others on this board are of mixed Scotish/Polish ancestery

I know that Jamestown was established in 1607
and I also know that the first Poles came there in 1608 or1609

I was wondering what was the connection between England and Poland
to bring Poles to an English colony or were the Poles already in England at the time.
I understand that James I had a tie to Poland

can anyone on this board help explain this

I believe the Poles were brought to Virginia by the Va. Company of a London because of their skills as lumbermen. This is the same reason that the Swedes brought a number of Finns to their colony of New Sweden in what is today Delaware.

T.

[auld argonian]

Here's the one Polish connection that I find compelling:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Klementyna_Sobieska

There are also a lot of transplanted Poles that ended up in Scotland as a result of the Second WSorld War.

Best

AA

[highlander_Daz]

There were a lot of very good Polish Pilots based all over the UK during WW11, you will also find that lot of people of German descent in the Ayrshire area, this is because a lot of U boats were kept at loch ryan and tended by German sailors many fo whom settled in Scotland,



http://community.webshots.com/album/...kDdjsD?start=0

[TheKiltedWonder]

Here's the one Polish connection that I find compelling:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Klementyna_Sobieska

May I add, that her last name of Sobieska is Sobieski if one is a male. I've just seen too many websites dismissing the claims of the Sobieski-Stuarts because they "messed up" the last name, rather than dismissing them because their claims were clearly ridiculous

I didn't know that the Poles came to Jamestown so early. I may have to make a side trip (all of 5 mins) to the museum area and ask around a bit to see if I can turn up any reasons (aside from lumberjacks) that they brought in. Maybe the English loved kielbasi?