My Debt

by Cheryl Merrick
They left homes and property
Seeking religious freedom
Believing in revelation from God
Puritans, Pilgrims and Quakers
They came to America
Some came on the Mayflower
Later one, a young boy, became an orphan 
when his parents died on the voyage

Following My Ancestors

by Cheryl Merrick

You left England

searching for religious freedom.

Several sailed on the Mayflower.

Some settled in Puritan Massachusetts,

and others as Quakers in Pennsylvania.

You were one third of the signers of both

the Declaration of Independence

and the Constitution of the United States.